Jenelle Evans has spent much of the past year proving that there’s really no contest when it comes to the title of Worst Mom in the Teen Mom franchise.
But amazingly, it seems Jenelle doesn’t see it that way at all.
In fact, the Carolina Hurricane is under the impression that she’s not even the worst mom in her own family.
If you’re a long time Teen Mom 2 viewer, then you’re no doubt aware that Evans’ mother, Barbara Evans, has had primary custody of Jenelle’s oldest son, Jace, for pretty much his entire life.
The reasons for this are myriad, but they mostly have to do with the fact that Jenelle is a violent lunatic who’s been arrested more times than Charlie Sheen.
So despite the fact that Babs is a bit lacking in the maternal instincts department herself, family court judges have decided on multiple occasions that Jace is safer with his grandmother than with his mom.
But Jenelle isn’t giving up without a fight.
On last night’s episode of TM2, Jenelle called the police after Jace contacted her and alleged that Barbara had hit him.
It was quickly revealed that Jace lied about being abused, but being the supremely effed-up human being that she is, Jenelle was weirdly proud of her son and counted the situation as a victory against Babs:
“Dude, you’re so mad because he wants to live with me so bad,” Jenelle said in reference to her mother.
It’s a little sad that Jenelle is battling for the approval of 8-year-old, but what makes the situation even worse is that she seems less concerned with Jace’s well-being than with one-upping Babs:
“This is getting me really scared for Jace’s sake,” Jenelle told David Eason during last night’s episode.
“I just don’t want Jace to grow up like I did where it was constant yelling and screaming.
“I think I’m gonna take my mom back to court,” she told Eason.
“I think it’s time.”
While Jenelle remains convinced that Jace is being mistreated by his grandmother, Babs maintains that the real problem is the fact that Jace has inherited his mother’s anger issues:
“Everything was going smooth at home…and then he came home and had another meltdown,” Barbara said last night, referring to an incident in which Jace punched a hole in a wall.
“Instead of working together, she’s tearing him in half,” Barbara said of her relationship with Jenelle.
“That’s all Jace wants, is us to get along. It’s never gonna happen,” she added.
“We’re extremely worried about his future. Over my dead body, I’ll make sure like hell that I will try my best to get him to grow up properly,” Babs concluded.
Needless to say, it doesn’t look as though this situation will be resolved any time soon.
Fans are almost universally of the opinion that Jace is better off with Barbara, but currently, it looks as though both Evans women are more concerned with besting one another than with ensuring the boy is well taken care of.
And as the competition heats up, it becomes more and more clear that the real loser will be poor Jace.
Watch Teen Mom 2 online for more of the Evans family’s most appalling moments.