Where Are the ‘Teen Mom’ Stars Who Left the Show Today? What the Moms and Their Exes Are Up to Now

Bristol Palin

Bristol departed the show in 2019. During her short stint, the demise of her marriage to Dakota Meyer in 2018 was chronicled. Since quitting the show, she’s been working as a real estate agent in Texas. 

After her divorce from Levi Johnston was finalized in August 2018, Bristol shifted her focus to spending time with her family and pursuing her goals. She shares Tripp, 12, with ex Levi and Sailor, 5, and Atlee, 3, with former flame Dakota Meyer. 

Mackenzie and Ryan Edwards

Since their family’s blowout on the reunion, Ryan claimed that he hadn’t seen his son, Bentley, for more than a month and said they haven’t been keeping up with their father-son therapy sessions. 

“Maci has kind of put a halt on everything after my dad and Taylor had that argument,” he said at the time.

As for life after TMOG with the Edwards family, Ryan told The Sun, “We’ve been doing good since leaving the show, just kinda hanging out.” 

“Everybody’s happy,” he added. “I’m not resentful, MTV is all about making money and s–t, and that’s alright.”

Farrah Abraham

In 2020, the former reality star launched the podcast “Abraham Gals,” where she shared about her life with her daughter, Sophia. 

In 2021, she released another book, “Dream Twenties,” which she described as a self-guided self-help memoir. In March 2022, a year after being sexually assaulted, she entered a trauma treatment center to work on her physical and mental health, explaining on Instagram that she wanted to work toward a “brighter future.”

Simon Saran

After splitting from Farrah, Simon Saran moved on in 2018 with Ashley Hannawacker.

Jenelle Evans

Viewers first met Jenelle on 16 and Pregnant in 2010 when she welcomed son Jace with then-boyfriend Andrew Lewis. She later joined the cast of Teen Mom 2 in 2011. Since then, Jenelle has welcomed two more children, giving birth to son Kaiser in 2014 with now-ex Nathan Griffith. She then had her third child, daughter Ensley, with husband David Eason in 2017. The series showed Jenelle’s many legal troubles, which included charges for driving without a license, arrests for assault and a divorce from Courtland Rogers after a whirlwind four-month marriage in 2013. 

Jenelle’s scandals grew during her relationship with David, which started in 2015 after they met on Tinder. 

The couple reconciled in 2020 following a split in late 2019. Jenelle has since started a clothing line, JEShop, and a beauty line, JE Cosmetics. In March 2022, Jenelle revealed to E! News that she was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, an incurable condition characterized by chronic pain.

Nathan Griffith

Jenelle shares son Kaiser with her ex Nathan Griffith. Jenelle met the model on Tinder and gave birth to Kaiser in June 2014. 

By January 2015, Nathan proposed to Jenelle, but their romance didn’t last as they constantly argued. By the summer of that year, the duo had called off their wedding. In the years that followed, Nathan and Jenelle disagreed about coparenting, which led to a custody battle over their son.

The exes reached a custody agreement in 2020, with the reality star exclusively telling In Touch that October, “I am glad both parties can settle outside of court instead of fighting. I feel like co-parenting at such a young age is scary and hard to cope with. Not everyone is going to get along to begin with. Everyone has a little space to grow and super glad we can all be on the same page now. Kaiser is a lot [happier], and it’s a very positive change.”

After he and Jenelle split, Nathan moved on with ex-girlfriend Ashley Lanhardt in 2017. However, the former Marine announced they went their separate ways in a July 2021 Instagram Live, saying at that point that they hadn’t been together for six months.

“It sucks, but that’s reality,” he said about he and Ashley’s breakup. “I have started seeing other women and stuff like that, but it sucks.”

In September 2021, the fitness enthusiast revealed that starring on the reality franchise had negative impacts on his personal life.

“How they wanted to portray me as a person isn’t who I really am, and it made my life so difficult because of it,” he told The Sun that month. “I lived in Myrtle Beach for seven or eight years, and I was never in trouble once before I met Jenelle Evans. And it’s not because of Jenelle Evans, it’s because reality TV puts a stigma on these celebrities.”

Nathan continued, “If MTV really wanted to help people, they should focus on the stories of the men and women overseas and what they go through at home … I also have Traumatic Brain Injury on top of PTSD.”

Chelsea Houska

Chelsea and husband Cole DeBoer announced that they will be returning to television with a new show on HGTV called Farmhouse Fabulous.

The six-episode limited series, which is set to premiere in Spring 2023, will document the former MTV couple launching a full-time renovation and design business to help local families make over their homes. 

Chelsea and Adam appeared on 16 and Pregnant in 2010, which documented her first pregnancy when she was a 17-year-old high school senior. Chelsea gave birth to Aubree on September 7, 2009, and her parents both went on to star in its spinoff Teen Mom 2 in January 2011. 

The South Dakota native and Adam’s tumultuous on and off relationship played out on the MTV series until they split for good in 2014. Chelsea later met future husband Cole that year. The duo became engaged in November 2015, married in October 2016 and welcomed three children together: Watson, Layne and Walker.

Adam Lind

Chelsea shared a rare update on her ex Adam Lind on February 4, 2022. “I think he’s doing pretty good,” she responded to a fan’s question in an Instagram Live video. “I don’t know because I don’t speak to him personally, but I have heard some good things, that he’s in a good place.” 

However, the former 16 and Pregnant star noted that her daughter Aubree, 12, whom she shares with Adam, is “still is not close with him.” “There’s no, like, setup time to see him,” Chelsea said in the clip. “Since I know a lot of people want to know that stuff.”