Like pretty much every other reality show on television, Teen Mom 2 often relies on clever editing to craft storylines and create a coherent narrative.
Unfortunately, for the show’s producers, they’re working with stars who have been famous since they were in high school, have never worked real jobs, and thus, have nothing to compare their current lives to.
As a result, the moms of TM2 aren’t into compromise.
They want the wealth and fame that come with reality TV stardom, but none of the occasional negativity that even the Kardashians (who executive produce their own shows) understand is a natural consequence of turning your everyday life into an entertainment commodity.
Without drama, there’s no product to sell.
And if the show is cut in such a way as to make the ladies all look like top-notch moms and laid-back people, there’s no drama.
And yet, Teen Mom stars complaining about editing is pretty much a weekly occurrence at this point.
And it’s not just the ladies.
Jeremy Calvert has slammed Teen Mom 2 editors and even threatened to make pointing out the show’s errors and inconsistencies a weekly feature on his Instagram page, which is the equivalent of not only biting the hand that feeds but chewing it to the bone.
Chelsea Houska and Kailyn Lowry have become the latest to criticize the show’s editing department, but at least both women offered specific feedback with regard to how they feel they were misrepresented.
“obv crabby in the scene w my mom BUT they left out the convo b4 this where she kept talking about aubs dad in front of her,” Chelsea tweeted Monday night, referring to a scene from this week’s episode of Teen Mom 2 in which she argued with her mother.
“Then I just felt like she was pushing the “new dad” stuff and aubs was uncomfortable #ohhhmoms,” she added.
Chelsea maintains that there’s no bad blood between her and her mother, but says the talk of Adam Lind was upsetting Aubree (which is understandable) and she simply felt the need to shut it down.
Similarly, Kailyn Lowry says her latest spat with Javi Marroquin has been blown out of proportion and that all is currently well between the exes:
“Neither me or javi are bad people… however there is A LOT left out,” she tweeted in response to Chelsea’s gripe about editing.
“Glad that’s behind us,” she added.
It sounds like both ladies simply want fans to understand that their lives really aren’t all the dramatic.
Unfortunately for them, stable lives don’t make for good television.