- NESSA: Today, on Part One of the "Teen Mom 2" reunion...
- I remember the day when things were not, shall we call,
collaborative, there was a little tension
between you two.
- Hi, Kail. - I really just don't think
that we need to get into that right now.
- This is gonna be my final season.
- Am I the only one that's both pissed and sad?
- I take care of everybody, and who the [bleep]
takes care of me? Who helps me?
- I didn't know someone was sending in a home video
that they shot to be a [bleep] bitch.
- I remember thinking I wasn't gonna survive.
- I'm done here, I don't wanna finish this conversation.
- Do you think you have broken the inter-generational cycle?
- ♪
- [applause]
- Welcome to the "Teen Mom 2" reunion, I'm Dr. Drew,
here with my co-host, Nessa.
- [applause] - Hey.
- And "Teen Mom 2" has been on the air for ten years.
Yes, believe it or not, we've been watching these moms
and their families grow for a full decade.
And after all this time, they're still finding
new challenges to face, new obstacles to overcome.
- One of those is a challenge the entire world is facing:
the COVID-19 pandemic.
Because of that, we're doing this reunion
a bit differently.
Instead of having the moms join us here in New York,
we'll be talking to them from their hometowns,
and I can't wait to talk to them so let's get right into it.
Please welcome from West Virginia, Leah.
- AUDIENCE: [applauding, cheering]
- From Florida, Briana.
- AUDIENCE: [applauding, cheering]
- From Delaware, Kailyn.
- AUDIENCE: [applauding, cheering]
- From South Dakota, Chelsea.
- AUDIENCE: [applauding, cheering]
- And from Indiana, Jade.
- AUDIENCE: [applauding, cheering]
- It is so great to see all of your faces today.
Hi, everyone!
- Hey! - Hi!
- DR. DREW: [laughs] That's weird.
- It is. - But it's cool
at the same time. - But--but here we are.
Now, how disappointing is it that you all can't come together
to do this reunion in person? We'll start off with you, Leah.
- I don't know, I really like-- I really enjoy doing
the reunions all together, so it sucks a little bit.
- I don't know, I'm okay being home. [laughs]
- I was gonna say the same thing, I'm like, pumped
that I am home, I didn't have to travel
with a bunch of kids, it's kinda nice.
- So before we do anything else, let's take a look back
at the highs and lows from this season of "Teen Mom 2."
- ♪
- Yay!
- You're two!
- [balloons popping] - [cheering]
- Gonna do a dance.
- ♪
- [laughs]
- Lux! What are you doing?!
- I'm pregnant, but I have no intentions of including Chris.
It's a relationship where, um, it's just, like, really toxic.
- The miscarriage that played out on TV was an abortion.
- I don't think I co-parent at all.
- You just parent.
- BRIANA: I feel like I'm doing everything by myself,
and I don't want it to be like that anymore.
- Have you not been, like, watching the news
about everything?
It's clearly no joke when people start dying.
- Like, at first, I didn't think this coronavirus thing
was actually a big deal. - It's a huge deal!
- Well, I'm getting scared now!
- Allie has a compromised immune system,
she couldn't fight it like you and I could.
- I feel like it's something that's super terrifying,
and I live with a lot of anxiety.
My ex-boyfriend got pissed off and then busted out
my dining room window.
I'm done! I want him out of my house.
- We're having a baby.
- ♪ For the dreamers, for the lovers ♪
♪ Hear the thunder undercover ♪
♪ For the reckless, the believers ♪
♪ For the heartless, this is for the dreamers ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh-oh, oh ♪
- Okay, well, Jade, what stood out most for you
from this season?
- It was just hard, but I mean,
I feel like there were god times and there were bad times.
- DR. DREW: Kail? - The whole pregnancy
and finding out and just being in a really bad place,
and then seeing where I am now has been kind of a crazy journey
but, um, I would definitely say it was one
of my hardest years for sure. - DR. DREW: Oh, no kidding.
So, Kail and Briana, we have you two side by side right now,
you've had your differences in the past, uh,
it is the first time you've sort of been in conversation
for a while, let me start with you, Kail,
how are you guys feeling about one another?
- I really just don't think that we need to get
into that right now.
- I'm fine, I'm cool with it, it doesn't bother me.
Hi, Kail. - Good.
- BRIANA: And that's pretty much it.
- Is there anything you'd like to say to one another?
- Uh, no. - No.
- Okay.
- Well, I wanna say congratulations to you, Leah,
on publishing your book during this pandemic.
So so proud of you. - AUDIENCE: [cheering, clapping]
- Thank you.
- Now, Leah shared a lot of information in her book.
Now, did any of you know about her abortion?
- I don't--I knew after the fact,
so I almost feel...like I missed an opportunity
to be there for her when she needed somebody,
so I feel bad that I wasn't there for her at the time,
but I know she would've reached out to me too
if she--if she needed me and I, you know,
could've supported her. - Yeah.
- And Leah, we'll get into all this later in the show.
- NESSA: For sure. - Okay.
- Now, we are taping this show
before the season finale has aired,
so it is possible that most of you do not know
that there is some big news.
And, uh, Chelsea, I'm gonna give you
the opportunity to fill everyone in.
- Oh, okay, I wasn't... expecting this.
Um, so...this is gonna be
my final season,
my final reunion, and it is definitely bittersweet,
and it's weird that the last one is here, like this,
and we're not all together. - I know.
This is...such big news.
We are gonna miss you so much, Chelsea.
Dr. Drew, I gotta ask you. - DR. DREW: Yeah?
- How are you feeling right now hearing
that Chelsea's leaving? - Am I the only one
that's both pissed and sad? - NESSA AND CHELSEA: [laughing]
- But my question is, I have a mix of emotions
and I'm sort of keeping a lid on them at the moment,
but why? Why are you doing this?
- I feel like just watching this last season,
I was getting a bad feeling in my stomach.
It just feels like it's just time to close the chapter
and I'm almost 30, I'm having my fourth baby,
like...it just feels like the right time.
- Right now, what's going through everyone's mind
hearing this?
- More power to you, good luck on your journey
with you and your family, I wish you nothing but the best.
- NESSA: Leah, what are your thoughts?
- It's sad, it's definitely bittersweet, but I think that
Chelsea and her family get to make the best decision
for their family at the end of the day
and I wish them nothing but the best.
- I'm really surprised, honestly,
I didn't, like, expect it, especially since she's having
a new baby and so it seems like there was a lot of stuff,
like, going on, but I totally understand, like,
wanting to step back from the reality TV world.
- Yeah. Kail, what are you thinking
when you just heard that?
- I do think it's gonna be a little bit weird
of a dynamic without her, because we've been doing this
together for ten years, but I'm really excited
to see what opportunities she has, kind of,
when she moves on from this. - Now, for the original moms
who have been on this journey with Chelsea,
Leah and Kail, did any of you know about this?
Have a feeling this was gonna happen?
- I mean, I wasn't necessarily expecting it, so no.
- No? How about for you, Kail?
- I'm not entirely shocked, just because I do talk
to Chelsea pretty often, um, so we've had conversations
here and there, um, but, you know,
I definitely told Chelsea, you know...
"This is obviously the right decision for you
"if you feel like there's....
a weight lifted off your shoulders."
- Yeah, it's definitely bittersweet,
and there's so much to cover in this reunion.
We'll get more details about what's in store for Chelsea,
and up next, we'll talk to Jade about whether she can
make things work with Sean and see if we can clear up
the mystery of the hidden camera video. Stick around.
- ♪
- No one's innocent. [bleep] doesn't even have to do with me,
[bleep] that happened with them, arguments that
I'm constantly in the middle of that I do not
want to deal with anymore.
- AUDIENCE: [clapping, cheering]
- Welcome back to the "Teen Mom 2" reunion,
we are turning now our attention to Jade.
- AUDIENCE: [clapping, cheering]
- Jade has two complicated relationships in her life,
one with her boyfriend Sean, and one with her parents,
Christy and Corey. Each one is turbulent,
and when they come together,
things have a tendency to explode.
Here's a look at what Jade went through this season.
- ♪
- CHILD: [laughing]
- [blows raspberry]
- You are just the cutest baby, your dad doesn't know
how to dress you or do your hair worth [bleep].
She looks like a little boy.
- Right now, my money is gone.
- Okay, so... - So, me staying at your house
maybe a month or two and paying you rent?
- JADE: My mom's supposed to be here at 11:00.
- CHRISTY: We are on our [bleep] way!
- That's 25 [bleep] minutes ago!
- Congratulations, you are now a licensed professional.
- ALL: [cheering]
- So what if your mom doesn't get that apartment?
Are you cool with them staying here
as long as they need to or...?
- JADE: I just hope they're not gonna try
and get in between our relationship.
I see, like, something on the counter,
my mom was like, "Yeah, that looks like...some kind of,
like, drug residue," and Sean was like,
"It's not me, it's your mom."
- Sean's screaming in there and Jade's screaming,
I'm like, "What the [bleep]?!"
And she's like, "He attacked dad, he attacked dad!"
And he was like, "Yeah, you better go check on
your bitch-ass husband, 'cause I [bleep] him up."
- I just want you to take a drug test and prove
you're not doing drugs.
- SEAN: Did it say I pass? - Yeah.
You can go to school and you can have a job,
'cause you can do the school [bleep] like part--
not even full time. - I wanna figure out
my high school part of it first.
I wanna be able to control something on my own.
Miss Control Freak over here. - [bleep]
- CHRISTY: You can talk about it later.
- I mean, you can go to hell, [bleep] you.
- I'll save you a seat.
- JADE: Basically, earlier today,
I wouldn't let my ex-boyfriend in my house,
and he basically got pissed off and then
busted out my dining room window.
- FRIEND: When is enough going to be enough for him?
- JADE: It's the same bull [bleep].
And then, I'm like, "You just bust a window
"out of my house, you, like, ruined any chance
of us ever even trying to maybe work on this."
- DR. DREW: Wow, that was intense.
- NESSA: Yeah. - AUDIENCE: [clapping]
- On a more positive note, I wanna congratulate you
on getting your cosmetology license.
- NESSA: Yay. - Thanks.
- What did that achievement mean for you?
- It seemed so small, like, just a...cosmetology license,
but to me, it was...so much more than that,
it was--it showed me that I can do whatever I wanna do
on top of being a mom, on top of working,
I can still do anything that I put my mind to.
You don't see that often. - Yeah, I saw it.
- I feel like having a kid young is such a deterrent
to a lot of people and I want this--my story to show, like,
you can write your own future, it's not written for you. Yeah.
- DR. DREW: That's a great, uh... a great story to tell.
- Thank you. - NESSA: Okay, so Jade,
why do you feel like Sean isn't as proactive about
getting his career started as you are about
your own personal career? - Honestly, I don't know.
I felt like for a long time I tried to kind of understand
that or figure that out, I've done everything I can
to be an encouraging person, so I can't really waste my time
worrying about other people too much when
I have a whole career of my own.
I wanna, like, go on to the next thing
and just keep accomplishing more stuff.
- That's--that's admirable, and I--I really enjoyed
seeing you thrive this season when--when you had your work,
and I know COVID took some of that away from you,
but I'm wondering when you really sort of recognize
that Sean didn't have that.
- I thought a lot of the not working had to do with COVID.
I mean, a lot had happened and he was talking about
getting a new job and, you know, applying for places,
and the next thing you know, we're on lockdown.
And I felt like, for me, as soon as my county opened up,
I was in work, like, at my job the next day,
and he kind of just stayed stagnant, and I was like,
"Well, I have all these goals and ambitions
and I can't have someone holding me back right now."
- So, let me ask this, we didn't see the fight
between Sean and Corey, but what happened?
- JADE: Basically they're both at each other's throat, like,
my parents and him, when--any time something happens,
are all, like, they're blaming each other,
they were like, basically, against each other,
no one was getting along, 'cause we're up
each other's ass, like, in one house, I wasn't happy
about the situation whatsoever. - [laughs] That's terrible.
- And, um, basically it just started where...they were
blaming each other for this, that and the other,
and then they're arguing, and next thing,
they're cussing at each other and then, all of a sudden,
they're just literally fighting with each other.
- Yeah. - So, you didn't watch the video
Corey recorded that allegedly showed Sean with a pipe, right?
- Yeah, supposedly. - Okay.
Would you be willing to watch it right now?
- No. I mean, I didn't know someone was sending it in
home video that they shot to be a [bleep] bitch, I guess.
I'm assuming my mom sent it in so she can look like
this innocent person that she always loves
to perceive to be, sure. - Okay.
- I mean, no one's innocent, [bleep] doesn't even
have to do with me, [bleep] that happened with them,
arguments that I'm constantly in the middle of
that I do not want to deal with anymore, like,
I do not wanna do it. - DR. DREW: Okay. Right.
- I mean... - Seems like you've effectively
pulled yourself out of it by getting physical boundaries,
they're not living with you anymore,
which is a much healthier situation, right?
- For sure. - NESSA: Okay.
After the break, Jade and Sean will talk about
if anything can be done to heal their relationship.
Alright? So stick around.
- AUDIENCE: [clapping, cheering]
- Now, there's been a lot of talk about this
hidden camera video
that Christy showed one of our producers this season.
We thought we should show it to you so that
the viewers can judge for themselves, take a look.
- ♪
- AUDIENCE: [clapping, cheering]
- Welcome back, we are still talking to Jade
and now we'd like to welcome Sean.
- AUDIENCE: [clapping]
- Sean, you said something very touching this season, uh,
where you said, you know, you brought--mentioned
what great friends the two of you were,
and then once you started living together
and getting romantically involved,
something seemed to happen that ended up
in you guys fighting,
what do you think the root cause is of that?
- Me. Just 'cause I have a lot of growing up to do,
you know, still trying to... not only figure myself out,
but like, figure out how to be a dad at the same time.
- I gotta tell you, I have never heard Jade criticize
or in any way ask for more from you as a father.
- JADE: Yeah. - DR. DREW: Although,
at times, we saw your behavior becoming somewhat, uh,
erratic as the season progressed.
Have--is there any--any thoughts about that--
- Yeah. - --or what contributed to that?
- Um...drug use, for sure. Definitely contributed to that.
- So here--here's my thing. I can tell you're mostly
not using, I think--I believe. But I worry that you're not
getting the support you need to make it possible
to keep not using. - Right. Right, right.
I mean, I know we have, like, family counseling set up
in the near future, but, since, like, COVID and stuff,
it's kinda hard to get in anywhere.
- So I'm trying to figure out the anger that resulted
in you breaking the window, whether it was intentional
or otherwise, what--what had you so upset?
- I just wanted to see my daughter for a minute,
and at that-- - No, I wouldn't give him
what he wanted at that immediate time,
and he just reacted. - And that's what I wanted.
I wanted to see Kloie. I'll admit it's immature,
but I don't ever get, like, physical with you.
- No, I'm just saying that when you don't get what you want,
you have, like, a--a tantrum. - SEAN: So do you, [bleep].
- JADE: That's just-- is what it is.
- You got physical, Sean, with, uh, with Jade's dad.
- Next. - But I--I guess what I'm asking
is that that was also intense feelings,
and it--it's--I wonder where they're all coming from.
- Uh...no comment on that. - DR. DREW: Hmm. Well, alright.
Well, the other thing that caught my attention
this season was when Jade asked you to do a drug test.
Oftentime you've found that, like, off-putting,
you didn't like that. - Yeah, I just felt like
me complying would...
in a sense, give her back control, you know.
- DR. DREW: I get you're describing a feeling,
but I don't understand quite where that's coming from.
- It's definitely not me, you know,
I definitely took the advice from somebody else.
- DR. DREW: Okay, and where are you living right now?
- I am staying at my own place right now... [unintelligible]
- Which is--is it near Kloie?
- It's about 15 minutes away from her.
- Now, Sean, you mentioned you wanted to get
a music degree so that you could start a career in music.
I mean, what would that dream job look like?
- Uh, deejaying, being a DJ, for sure.
- NESSA: Okay, got it, got it. So, do you feel at all, Sean,
that, like, maybe your own fears is holding you back
from making your dreams come true at all?
- Oh, yeah, definitely scared to fail.
- NESSA: Yeah. - Sean, would you say
you're an ambitious person? - Not really.
But I'd like to be, you know?
I like the idea of myself being that ambitious.
- DR. DREW: Okay, let--let-- let me ask something.
I'm wondering if you're maintaining on cannabis
right now and if that has anything to do with this block.
- It's never crossed my mind that it was a problem
or holding me back, so I guess it probably could be.
Her making me move out this last time made me realize
a lot of things, and...I just gotta step up to the plate.
- Yeah. Is there still a romantic connection?
Are you guys still hooking up? What's the deal here?
- [scoffs] - I mean, yeah, like,
we still love each other-- - Hell yeah,
do you see who she is? - Oh, God, stop.
Um, we still love each other, and like, care about each other,
but I think we're coming to an understanding that, um,
a title in this like "relationship" is not really
what's important, what's important is making sure
Kloie has a good home life and building forward
to our future. - DR. DREW: Yes.
And are part of the rules of the game--you're allowed
to date other people, or is that going to make
the other person upset?
- No.
- JADE: I mean, we haven't-- - No way.
- We haven't really talked about anything like that.
I feel like you guys always want a straight answer.
- DR. DREW: I keep getting straight answers from Sean!
He said "Nope" like, "I'm not up for that," right?
Is that what you said? - No, he definitely doesn't
want me to date anybody else. - DR. DREW: Okay, that's very--
that's not not clear, that's clear.
- NESSA: Sean's very clear. - DR. DREW: Yeah. [chuckles]
- Well, Jade and Sean will stick around as we bring
Jade's parents into the conversation.
Hopefully we can clear up the hidden camera video
once and for all.
- AUDIENCE: [clapping] - What are they talking about?
- My mom sent them a video of you stashing a pipe,
I guess, in the room, and they asked me if I would watch it.
I flipped out-- - I'm not gonna sit here while
your parents sit there and try to discuss this whole thing.
I will leave.
- I already said I don't-- - And I don't wanna discuss it
with anybody.
- JADE: I'm not discussing it, I'm not watching it,
we're not talking about it, period.
You doing that is just... it's for them to use
and take advantage of. - I wouldn't do it again.
We love Sean now.
- Okay, but I'm saying y'all all were...not innocent,
so that's the whole point
- ♪ - AUDIENCE: [clapping, cheering]
- Welcome back, we're still here with Jade, and unfortunately,
Sean walked off, but joining us are Jade's parents,
Christy and Corey, nice to see you all together.
- AUDIENCE: [clapping] - Hello.
- Hi. - NESSA: Hey. So Jade,
where is Sean? And will he be coming back?
- He probably won't be coming back,
he stepped outside, uh, I guess he also, like,
had no idea about, um, like, a video being sent in,
so he was kind of blindsided by that and his feelings
were kinda hurt, he was upset, so he just decided to...
end it there and finish.
- Christy and Corey, do you have any thoughts
about it or do you wanna share anything
to set the record straight so we can all move on?
- Well, I just wanna apologize for sending it, first of all,
because people do stuff that they're, you know,
in the heat of the moment.
Live and learn, I guess, you know?
- NESSA: Yeah. - I wish I hadn't,
so I apologize to Sean.
I mean, the good thing from it is, and that's what I wanna
address today, is, we've come up from there, you know.
- NESSA: Yeah. - So...
- What do you think Sean ought to be doing with his life
to get--to be--make tomorrow better than today?
- That's not my--that's not my choice, and that's not for me
to say, 'cause, I'm just as [bleep] as the next one,
so I mean, I got to worry about me, but, I mean,
Sean's not a bad person and he's definitely a good--
you know, a good dad, and I just wish that, um,
him and Jade's communication was better.
- Corey, I feel you wanted to ring in here, do you--
I wonder if you have anything to say about Sean
and Sean and Jade. - If they're gonna be together,
they need to keep their problems to their selves, and, you know,
because that--don't involve us, because you see what happens
when they involve us in things they shouldn't.
- It's not that we get you guys involved,
you guys were living at my house,
so everything got to be, like--
- I'm gonna be involved. - Almost impossible for everyone
not to be involved when we're all in the same house
and [bleep] is going on.
- I'm the bad guy at the end of it,
but I'm gonna get involved, because I'm--that's my kid,
but I would like for Sean and Jade to be together
and raise Kloie and have a happy family.
- DR. DREW: You guys are living in a new environment,
tell us about that.
- I just kinda fell off for a while,
I got depressed and... I don't know,
I just lost sight of myself, I guess, but I didn't want that
and I wanted to be able to have a place where my grandkids
could come and stay and...
- DR. DREW: So you're saying that what set you back
was a depression, was a lot of that because
the restaurant closed? I mean, I felt terribly sorry
when that happened. - Yes, that was a hit,
but I was already, like, pfft. If was already bad, so...
- DR. DREW: When you say things were really bad,
what are we talking about? - CHRISTY: Oh,
I don't even wanna go into it;
you guys know, you guys watch the show.
It's just...I mean...
My whole life--and I mean, it's still not perfect for sure.
But I'm not where I was, so... - How did you get out of it?
- I just...stayed on positive things, I tried not to dwell
on...on, you know, the past, even though we're on the show
and it follows me everywhere. - [chuckles]
- CHRISTY: And everyone always has something to say.
- Yeah. - And some people say,
"Well, that gives me drive!"
It doesn't, it pisses me off.
- NESSA: Right, for sure. Corey, I wanna ask you.
What do you expect to see from Jade in the next year?
Or what do you think is gonna be next?
- There's no telling how much she's gonna accomplish,
I mean...the rate she's going, she's pretty much--
she gonna accomplish everything she planned on,
that's for sure, and that's all I care about.
- Listen, Jade, Christy and Corey, thank you guys
for taking the time to speak with us today,
we really appreciate it,
and congratulations, Jade, things are looking good.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- DR. DREW: Up next, we'll talk with Leah,
hearing about the fearless revelations in her book,
and we'll bring together Cory and Jeremy
to unpack their feud from this season,
so stick around, we will be right back.
- AUDIENCE: [clapping, cheering]
- I know that there has to be someone else in this world
that has...maybe dealt with the same thing and felt like
they had to keep it hidden.
And...I'm--when I carried that burden,
it was something that--now, I feel like a completely
different person, Nessa.
- ♪ - AUDIENCE: [clapping]
- Welcome back to the "Teen Mom 2" reunion.
We're now speaking with Leah.
- AUDIENCE: [cheering]
- [chuckles]
- Leah has faced so much adversity over the past
few years and she has opened up about her struggles
and how she's overcome them in a new book she wrote.
Let's look at what Leah went through this season.
- ♪
- Oh, Allie, there's a bee beside your butt!
- KIDS: [laughing]
- LEAH: You guys get to learn from my mistakes, right?
- ALLEAH: Yeah, you've made some big, bad mistakes.
- [laughs]
- Cory didn't attend Allie's appointment in Columbus
in who knows how long.
- He said, "Oh, wow, blood pressure
"is so high right now...
...how many have you been to?"
Like, I don't understand when she's walking,
it's like she's barely lifting up her legs,
so it could be her muscular dystrophy.
I legit admire you, kid.
- WOMAN: We're really excited about the book.
- There are so many reasons behind me wanting
to write this book.
I've never said this before, but I was addicted
to pain medication.
Like, the miscarriage that played out on TV
was an abortion.
I don't think anyone understands the guilt.
Like, I thought I was going to hell.
[crying]
- ADDIE: Allie's lazy.
- You don't call anyone lazy, though.
- We just think that she don't wanna do things.
- Okay, well, that's not always true.
That's not always true.
- But we didn't know that, and that's what she does--
- Okay, and she also gets more tired than you do, easily!
- AUDIENCE: [clapping]
- Leah, let's start with the positives,
and I wanna congratulate you on the success of your book,
"Hope, Grace and Faith."
Why was now the right time to open up about
your addiction and your abortion?
- [sighs] Before, I was so worried about...
I just wasn't at peace with myself, with who I am,
and...I just felt--I honestly just felt like
I could take it, like, I could take the feedback
that I would get from all angles.
- Hmm. - And when I carried that burden
it was something that--now, I feel like a completely
different person, Nessa, and I know that may sound like--
I just do.
- Tell me what you're feeling right now?
Are you just so proud of everything?
- LEAH: Proud. Yeah. - Is that what it is?
Just everything you've been through and here you are.
- Yeah, there's still some work, there's still some growth,
um, and evolving to do, but...I--yes,
I'm so proud of--like, my kids have someone and...
that they can look up to and be inspired by,
and gain knowledge from...
- DR. DREW: Do you feel like you've broken
the inter-generational cycle of trauma?
- Yes! - [laughs]
- Yes. - NESSA: Leah, you recently
tweeted you would not be alive and thriving
if the producers of "Teen Mom" hadn't helped you
during your addiction, can you explain
what they actually did for you?
- Damn it, you guys. I might need some tissues.
[bleep]
Um...yeah, if it hadn't been for executive producers
really steering me into... a direction where I could-I had
adequate resources and support...
I--I would've killed myself.
- So what do you wanna tell other people out there
who are struggling or who have family members
who are struggling, 'cause those are two
different things.
- I would just say don't be a-- don't be afraid or ashamed
to reach out for support.
Some kind of support is so important.
- Yes, it's critical. - NESSA: So Leah,
Allie getting sick caused you and Cory to pull
Alleah and Addie out of activities
to prevent her from catching COVID.
How tough was that decision for you?
- The decision was very tough, you know, I've--
many have watched our journey. - NESSA: Right.
- And watched Alleah's personal struggles
with having Allie having muscular dystrophy
and not really knowing kind of how to express herself.
And..."Is Alleah gonna have a hard time?
Is she gonna blame? Is Allie gonna feel guilty?"
Just so many... - Yeah.
- [sighs] ...things that came up with it, but I feel like
at the end of the day we were making the--you know, we made
the best decision for them, for all of us.
- When the twins turn ten, you talked about how
you wanted them to know more about sex than you did,
and to not make the same mistakes.
How do you plan to do that and how has that been going?
- Uh, I leave the floor open for my girls.
If there's something that they hear at school,
I want them--I want them to talk about it
and us have that open dialogue, because I would rather
it come from me versus coming from everyone else
and then me not knowing anything.
I'm definitely gonna, you know, explain birth control
and ways to prevent sex and even abstinence and...
all--all of--yes. Yes. - DR. DREW: Got it.
- After the break, we'll see if there's any bad blood
remaining between Cory and Jeremy.
- ♪ - [applause]
- Welcome back, we are still speaking with Leah,
and now we're also joined by Cory and Jeremy.
- [applause]
- Now, Cory, it's been a while since we've seen you
on a reunion, what made you wanna come back
and participate today?
- Well, I tweeted to the whole nation that I would be here
this year so that's why I'm here.
- DR. DREW: Well, let's, in fact go back
to the last reunion when Jeremy was complaining about
you missing Allie's doctors' appointments.
How did you react when you saw that?
- I really overreacted to the whole situation, uh,
wasted way too much energy on it, uh,
but at the time, I was very angry, uh,
I didn't have a chance to...take up for Miranda
or myself, so that kind of, uh, struck a nerve.
- Now, Jeremy, any regrets about anything that happened
at the last reunion?
- Yeah, I mean, I just overstepped my boundaries
and, uh, I actually reached out to Cory, what,
probably three weeks ago? - CORY: Yeah.
- JEREMY: And me and him had a pretty decent conversation
on the phone, so I've apologized for saying what I said.
- So Jeremy, you had some strong feelings about Leah
sharing personal details in her book.
Why were you so reluctant for her to open up?
- I just felt like this would cause her a bunch
of family drama that was, like, unnecessary.
- Hmm. Now, at what point did you find out, you know,
the truth about the abortion?
- I think it was right--uh, about the time we were
separating and splitting up.
- And we've seen Leah be so worried and talk about
how she was worried that you would think she was a murderer
when you learned about that. - I don't know, like,
the abortion stuff was kind of hard to, like, swallow at first,
but then, seeing how she was living with that,
without telling people... - Hmm.
- And, like, kind of lying about it,
I'm just kinda glad that she kinda got it off her chest
and got it out there. - NESSA: Yeah.
So Leah, you wrote that your decision to have an abortion
was partially because you were unsure about your feelings
at that time for Cory, can you explain what that means
so that it's clear?
- I just didn't wanna add another child
to the...confusion that was already taking place.
- Got it. - LEAH: I wanted to put
the abortion story in my book because I know that there are
many, many other women that maybe have had similar
circumstances happen and I would never want them to--to live
with that shame and regret and not have anyone
to open up to, and feel alone,
so that's why I included that, not for them to talk about.
- You're using some very strong emotional language,
"Shame, regret," can you tell us how the experience was for you?
- Uh, it was--I mean, it just really felt like a dark tunnel.
Growing up in a very religious background, it was--
it was definitely considered murder, so I--for me,
I thought that I was never gonna be forgiven.
- One of the most poignant moments across "Teen Mom 2"
in all ten years, for me, was that one phone call--
I'm getting emotional. Happened the last time
we talked about this--when-- Jeremy, when you told Leah,
when she was getting--really getting her recovery going,
and it was just a phone conversation, but you...
the emotion with which you expressed your gratitude
and your sincere, um, respect for her recovery,
I was deeply moved by that, do you remember that phone call?
- Yeah, I remember that, I mean, like Cory said,
it was a bad time, like, me and him talked about stuff,
we didn't know if Leah was gonna be alive the next day
or what was going on with her, so yeah, to see her, like,
go and get help and...get better was, like, a big thing.
- So, Leah and Jeremy, you know, we talked about this
at the last reunion, we've heard you both dabble
with the idea of reuniting, and this season,
Addie mentioned you two were getting married.
- No, I think that we are happy just the way things are,
and we wouldn't want to mix any of that up at all, um,
for the sake of Addie, and we do what's best for her--
- Oh, Addie, by the way, told me that,
"Mommy's looking to get a new boyfriend."
- Oh, jeez. Who's my new boyfriend?
- I don't know. - LEAH: You never know
what Addie is gonna say, I'm just saying. Ever.
And we're her parents and we don't know.
- Well, thank you to all three of you,
it's been great to see everyone,
and especially seeing everybody get along,
you've all come a long way for sure.
- Up next, we will find out if Briana regrets
hooking up with Luis, don't go away.
- ♪
- You don't look up what's financially efficient for me
and you.
- Briana, I think he has a point.
- I'm done here, I don't wanna finish this conversation.
I wanna go home, I'm going home.
- Yeah, you can't be spoken to.
- [applause]
- We're back with the "Teen Mom 2" reunion.
Now it's time to speak with Briana.
- AUDIENCE: [clapping, cheering]
- DR. DREW: Briana has been constantly frustrated
by the lack of support from her daughters' fathers.
This season, both of them offered glimpses of hope,
but also moments of disappointment.
Let's refresh our memories on Briana's journey this season.
- ♪
- Mother. - No. Mommy.
- Mommy.
- BRIANA: "You look crazy, Nova"?
Why are you around?
Do you want us to get together? What is it?
Why did I have sex with him? - Did you use protection?
- BRIANA: Nope. - That's where you [bleep] up.
- WOMAN: I do have your results back.
The chlamydia portion is showing a positive result.
- I don't think we can be anything more than...
us being parents to Stella.
I'm just--I'm seeing somebody, it's not gonna go anywhere,
we're just having a good time.
- FRIEND: Are you falling in love with him, Briana?
- I'm not in love with him, I may be a little infatuated
and definitely in lust...
- WOMAN: You just got back from Puerto Rico
with your secret bae, how's that been going?
- To be honest, we're under quarantine right now, so,
it's kind of hard.
- Bitch got a $15,000 body.
I don't even have $15,000 worth [bleep].
- This is why I don't like talking to him, like,
it doesn't--it just goes south so fast.
- [applause]
- Briana, what from this season stands out to you the most?
- I don't know, my life is a hot mess.
- [chuckles] I bet you're not surprise that we were all a bit
shocked with, uh, your hooking up with Luis. Twice.
Uh, explain all that to me.
- I don't know, it was just...
I'm gonna blame it on the alcohol. The first time.
The second time...I don't know, just happened.
Will there ever be another time? Hell no.
- So, first of all, I wanna-- I wanna thank you
for telling your story, uh,
of the visit to Planned Parenthood,
of this sexually transmitted infection.
Um, I'm--I'm imagining you were shocked at the results.
- Yeah, it kinda bit me in the ass because I always
get tested, like, this is something that I just do,
and I thought it was just gonna be a regular visit,
nothing was to come about it, and for me to get those results,
I was, like, super shocked and scared, I'm just like,
"This can't be happening right now, like, not right now."
But, you know, it's chlamydia, it's treatable.
- Were you nervous about sharing this information
with everyone? Like, on the show?
- Oh. [laughs] Yes. This is something that is taboo,
nobody talks about it, like, this is supposed to be a secret.
But you know, they filmed it, the phone call, so I was like,
"I have no choice but to talk about it now."
So...yeah.
- And do you know at this point if Luis has received
any treatment for his STI?
- [laughs] - I hope so.
Who wants to live with that?
Who wants to live with an itchy...crotch?
I know I don't, so. - It's not so much itchy crotch.
[laughing]
- Whatever happened to Secret Bae?
'Cause you know, we saw him-- well, we didn't see him,
we heard about him...
was it COVID that just ended things or?
- Yeah, COVID. COVID, um-- we ended up on quarantine
and...we just went our separate ways.
- If it wasn't for COVID-- - Oh, my god, she's lying to us.
I don't know what she's thinking, but that's not
what she's thinking. - NESSA: Well, Briana,
if it wasn't-- - You don't have to tell us,
but I know when you're lying.
Is he a much older guy than you?
- Yeah. - Oh, isn't that interesting?
- Yeah. - Can we not talk about him?
He's not important.
- [laughs] - DR. DREW: Sit down.
We have to discuss the ups and downs you've had
this season with Nova's father.
Coming to us from Florida, please welcome Devoin.
- [applause]
- So Devoin, thank you for being here,
we appreciate you coming out.
Nessa and I are-- we love the outfit.
We are admiring it, well done, sir.
- NESSA: Sharp. - Thank you.
- What are you doing for work right now? Are you working?
- Yeah, I still serve at Bonefish Grill.
- That's going good? - It's going as good
as it can go, you know? I mean...
- 'Cause of COVID, it's slow?
- Oh, yeah, absolutely, it was...busy season
and then COVID hit and... you know,
we're just taking what we can get.
- So, Devoin, it seemed like you got a bit defensive
when Briana asked for financial support this last time.
What was that about?
- I mean, I just...stating the obvious, you know.
- What's that? - DEVOIN: I mean, the obvious
is on black and white, it's on paper, like,
we can bring out salary, how much money you've made
and how much I've made, it's a major--
it's not even close. - I don't think it's fair
that you count what I make or what I don't make,
because at the end of the day,
we both made Nova together, and it's not fair
that I'm doing everything by myself.
- DEVOIN: Alright, now, you make all those decisions
you do, you don't look up what's financially efficient
for me and you, you make that decision on your salary.
You do not consult with me before you sign her name
on something, you never do, ever.
So when [bleep] hit the fan and COVID came
and I'm not making no money, you're stuck carrying
the bag, like, that's how that went down.
- I don't have anything to say. - DEVOIN: Exactly.
- I'm done here, I don't wanna film with him anymore.
- Briana, I think he has a point. Right?
His point is not completely invalid. Right?
- I'm done here, I don't wanna finish this conversation.
I wanna go home. I'm going home.
- Yeah, you can't be spoken to.
- DR. DREW: She already took her earpiece out.
- All this [bleep] I got on, I got this [bleep] from my job,
I work for this [bleep].
I mean, this ain't no MTV check.
- DR. DREW: Hmm. Well, alright.
In Part Two of the "Teen Mom 2" reunion,
we will try to get Briana back on the couch
so she can respond to Devoin.
Also, we'll chat with her mom, Roxanne,
and her sister, Brittany.
- NESSA: We'll also get an update from Kail,
and we'll talk to Chelsea about her difficult decision
to step away from the show.
- Until then, remember that during the pandemic,
it is even more important not to skip your birth control.
Did you know that you can still get your birth control
without leaving the house? To learn more about teleheatlh,
birth control delivery options and more,
check out bedsider.org.
For Nessa and for myself, have a good night
and we will see you next time for Part Two.
- AUDIENCE: [clapping, cheering]
- ♪
of the "Teen Mom 2" reunion... on Par
Come on!
- I take care of everybody. Who helps me?!
- I need credit for something!
- I was losing sleep over this.
- This past year has hands down been the best worst year
that I've been through.
- That was so emotional.
- I'm getting emotional, I'm not playing the video here.