Jenelle Evans Reveals Why She Decided to Send Her Son Jace, 15, to Live with His Father in Florida
In the TikTok video she posted on Tuesday, May 13, the Teen Mom star explained her reasoning behind the move
The MTV Star is also a mother to daughter Ensley Jolie and son Kaiser OrionJenelle Evans is owning her parenting decisions.
The Teen Mom star, 33, revealed — and defended — the decision she made to send her son Jace, 15, to live with his father Andrew Lewis in Florida in a recent TikTok video. Evans said that ultimately she had to do what was in "the best interest for my child," and believes it is a "positive thing for him."
"Jace is now staying with his father but also his grandmother on his other side, whom he has not seen since he was a baby," she said. "You guys are looking at it as a negative situation, but everyone behind closed doors is looking at it as a positive thing for him."
"So, you guys can say all you want," she continued. "You can say I'm not taking care of my kids. Being a mother is doing the best interest for your child, and I am going the best interest for my child. Thank you."
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In the video, Evans explained that her son Jace has been navigating mental health issues and having different incidents since he was 10 years old.
"We never wanted to put it in front of the media and explain it because it was Jace's privacy," she said. "Now we get to the point where it's happened too many times, multiple incidents for years and years and years. Something had to be done."
The mom of three, who currently resides in Las Vegas, opened up more about what led her to make the call to his father.
"I said, 'Hey, I need help,' " she recalled. "I was in a panic attack. I was crying my eyes out, and I was like, 'For once, I need your help. I need you to take over this situation because all of us have put forth effort into as much as we can give.'"
"Separating the chaos from the situation right now to protect my two younger kids is very important, and also for him to protect himself," she added. "When you're co-parenting, if both sides of the family can come together to help solve these issues before they turn into adults and really get themselves in trouble, it's just really important."
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The reality TV star first entered the spotlight in 2010 when she starred on MTV's 16 and Pregnant as a high school senior expecting her son Jace.
Evans then joined the cast of Teen Mom 2 in 2011, and viewers watched her first year of motherhood unfold, which included plenty of struggles as she balanced the responsibilities of parenthood with wanting to be a normal teenager. Not long after Jace's birth, Evans signed over custody of her son, whose father was not in the picture, to her mom, Barbara.
The young mom went on to welcome two more children: son Kaiser Orion, 10, with her ex-boyfriend Nathan Griffith, and daughter Ensley Jolie, 8, with her estranged husband, David Eason, whom she legally separated from in March 2024.
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