Adolescent mom 2 alum Jenelle Evans dated Andrew Lewis For two years before they were separated after welcoming them with their son, Jace.
“He was more interested in sharing with his friends and drunk than to spend time with his pregnant girlfriend,” Evans claimed for Lewis in her 2017 memory, Between the lines. “Not to mention that he was a mediator than f *** and there was no work. What in the hell have I ever seen in it?”
Evans and Lewis initially connected online, ending their romantic relationship for good immediately after Jace was born in 2009. While Evans mainly raised her son alone, the news broke down in May 2025 that Jace left Evans’ house and moved with his father.
“We have tried everything we could,” Evans said in a ticking video, citing Jace’s mental health wars as the reason for him to leave her main place. “For now, he has to be in a situation where both families are safe.”
Keep moving to review Evans and Lewis relationship ups and ups:
The beginning of their high school romance
Evans and Lewis, who have a change in the age of six, were first connected online.
“We met online and talked through messages for a few weeks,” she wrote in her remembrance for 2017. “Just after my birthday in December, we finally met in person.”
She added, “He came and got what he wanted from me, when he loved him, and I waited for him to tell me what to do. We had to talk when he wanted to speak, no matter the strange hours. We had to go out when he wanted to go out. We did what he wanted to do.”
Jenelle claims that Andrew ‘was not interested in having a baby’ – and left away
Before Evans Pregnancy Chronicle in MTV 16 and pregnantShe informed Lewis that they were waiting. According to her book, Lewis is suspected of “wear a smile to make (it) happy.”
“In my gut I could feel that he was not interested in having a baby,” Evans wrote. “I knew then he wouldn’t stay around. And he didn’t.”
A special of 2017 i Teens She reported that Lewis was living in New York City while Evans was again in her hometown in North Carolina.
Andrew allegedly maintained contact with Jace over the years
Andrew Lewis
MtvEvans further claimed in her memory that Lewis “signed” his parental rights at an undiscovered time.
“He never comes to see his son, though he still calls and says he wants,” she wrote. “Simply never happens. … he signed his custody and I don’t know if he will be in his son’s life again.”
Two years later, Lewis was thrown into the name in an episode of Adolescent mom 2 When an executive manufacturer claimed that they received a text from Lewis, seeking to meet Evans and Jace.
Jenelle Evans/Instagram courtesy Jenelle Evans Rocky relationship with son Jace was often the central point of her story line on Mom 2. Jenelle was 17 when she was born her eldest son in August 2009, who was caught by cameras in her 2010 and pregnant episode. (Jace’s father (…)
Jace while fleeing
Jace left Evans’ house many times in 2023, amid the issues claimed with her husband then, David eason. After the news of Jace’s disappearance was broken, Lewis arrived publicly.
“Jace, you are 14 years old, and I heard you left twice,” Lewis said in a video taken from The sun. “(Jenelle and her mother) said that as soon as you turn a teenager, I would be allowed to talk to you. Well, now it’s time, you went.
He added, “so I’m just informing you as the only way I can approach you is the media. Want to talk, want to see me, want to zoom in, whatever you want. I’m here, and I will always be.”
The weekly It broke the news in March 2023 that Evans was given full custody of Jace nearly a decade after she handed over his mother’s care, Goth.
“My mother and I decided together to give full custody to me because we want to build our relationships as a mother and daughter,” Evans said we at the time. “Also, my mother agrees that it is time for Jace to return with his sisters and sisters and live with a mother and father. She also thinks it is important for Jace to be around a father’s figure to learn ‘the boy’s things’ and have’ men to talk. She has seen the way David my children’s parents and she knows that we are able to treat her.
In addition to Jace, Evans shares the Kaiser boy with Nathan Griffith And the Esley girl with Eason.
Jace’s movement
In a video of the May 2025 Tikite, Evans defended her decision to allow Jace to move to Florida to live with his father.
“You guys are looking at it as a negative situation, but everyone behind the closed doors are looking at it as a positive thing for it,” she said. “You can say everything you want. You can say I’m not taking care of my kids. Being a mother is making the best interest in your baby and I’m doing the best interest in my baby.”
Evans, who lives in Las Vegas, noted that Jace went to Florida to help address his mental health challenges.
“He was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 10 and more recently, in 2023, he was also diagnosed with a depressive disorder along with ADHD and his protected or weird disorder,” she said. “With unstable disorder, it is very difficult to deal with. Children act on purpose because they want attention. They have no repentance. They have no empathy for what they did.”
