As an employer, MTV tends to have a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to racism, violence, and other malicious cultural remarks. The network simply can’t afford to have its brand ‘smeared’ with bad publicity, as it greatly affects the viewership of their shows.
For every bad comment made by one of its cast members, MTV is due for public scrutiny as the media tends to include the usual ‘Teen Mom’ star prefix to anything done by the cast.
Even after being dismissed from the show, ex-cast members are referred to as ‘Teen Mom’ stars, which could spell trouble for the network in the long run given the widespread of social media.
In the past, many couples were banned from filming the show due to them causing drama or making certain unattentive comments on social media.
1) Jenelle & David Eason
Jenelle Eason had a decent run with the ‘Teen Mom’ series, filming more than 100 episodes of the show, 109 to be precise.
Despite her history with the show, the network couldn’t keep her on board due to a series of scandalous events that were started by her husband, David Eason.
Due to David’s alleged violent behavior towards the family dog, MTV couldn’t help but cut ties with the couple. Among other things, he’s also very talkative about certain topics on social media which we’re sure doesn’t fit very well with MTV.
Jenelle and her husband David have expressed dissatisfaction in regards to the decision that MTV had made.
“…It caught me by surprise because they filmed me on drugs. They filmed me, no lie, nodding out on-camera,” Jenelle said of the situation, implying that MTV didn’t care to film her in all kinds of situations but this one event managed to bring the whole house down.
” understand. I know you guys are calling me because you’re letting me go. I understand that the media is going crazy right now, and if that’s your decision, I understand,” she said at the time.
2) Ryan & Mackenzie Edwards
Ryan’s history with the show is well known as he’s one of the ‘OG’ stars along with his ex-wife Maci McKinney.
Somewhere along the road, Ryan managed to get himself in a not-so-desirable situation due to substance abuse. Reportedly, the network didn’t want to show Ryan as a recovering user so they just opted out of filming him and his storyline.
It’s also worth noting that MTV completely banned Ryan & Mackenzie from filming the show, not just a segment of their lives that could have been moved past from, but the couple was fired not too long ago.
“They don’t want to show me or Mack in a happy light or that I am active in my recovery,” Ryan said at the time.
3) Cory Wharton & Taylor Selfridge
Cory’s first introduction to the ‘Teen Mom: OG’ series happened alongside his then-girlfriend, Cheyenne Floyd. After parting ways, Cory moved on with his life and met Taylor, now his fiance.
Although Cory is still filming short segments as a part of his arrangement with Cheyenne and daughter Ryder, the network made a decision not to premiere Cory & Taylor’s new baby special in 2020, when their daughter Mila was born.
MTV cleared the air by issuing a statement at the time: “MTV strongly condemns systemic racism and stands with those raising their voices against injustice,” citing Taylor’s previous social media comments.
As for Taylor herself, she had this to say on social media: “…I wasn’t thinking it was anything negative. I thought ‘Oh, this is funny’ or something like that, but it’s not.”
