When it was first announced that Briana DeJesus was joining the cast of Teen Mom 2, the news was accompanied by many dire predictions.
Many feared that a fifth mom woud make the show feel overstuffed.
Others were concerned that Briana would be unable to bring anything new to an already densely-packed series.
Oh, how wrong the haters were.
It turns out, Briana delivered so much compelling drama that it couldn’t all be contained in a single season.
Since the show wrapped filming Briana has gotten caught up in enough shenanigans to sustain her very own reality series.
First, we learned that Briana is dating Javi Marroquin, much to the chagrin of Javi’s baby mama, Kailyn Lowry.
Shortly thereafter, Briana slammed her Teen Mom 2 co-stars, accusing them of being vincictive and inauthentic.
(Interestingly, the show’s most volatile personality, Jenelle Evans, was spared from Bri’s social media roasting.)
Not surprisingly, Briana’s co-stars were less than thrilled when they arrived home from the latest TM2 reunion special to find that their newest castmate was talking trash.
“If ‘fake’ is the definition of rising above unnecessary drama, I’ll be considered fake, I suppose,” Leah Messer wrote on Instagram in response to DeJesus.
“However, I consider it being mature. I’m also a loyal friend and I call it how it is. There was a lot happening backstage.”
In the wake of Briana’s now-deleted rant (she also deleted all of her tweets and Instagram posts), there were rumors that Briana would be driven off the show by her irate co-stars.
Briana addressed the rumors last night in a new Instagram post:
“Had some time to sit, reflect and talk to the executives and I came to the conclusion that I’m gonna always do me,” DeJesus wrote.
Many fans interpreted the comment as an indication that Briana would soon be leaving the show.
She later clarified, however, that for the time being, at least, she has no intention of quitting:
“I am not going anywhere,” DeJesus wrote in response to a rumor that she had quit the show after being pressured by Kailyn.
Watch Teen Mom 2 online to get caught up in time for the reunion show.
It promises to be a doozy.
