Jenelle Evans Says David Eason Is Finally Growing Up

Second chances aren’t easy—especially when the first relationship ended messy. But Teen Mom 2 alum Jenelle Evans, 34, is sharing what a healthier coparenting dynamic with her ex-husband David Eason actually looks like these days, and it’s built on something surprisingly mature: accountability and real change.

In a video posted to Instagram on Thursday, July 9, Evans opened up about what she’s noticed in Eason since their 2025 split. She didn’t sugarcoat their history.“He used to lash out a lot online,”she explained, recounting how he’d post impulsively, ignore her private requests to dial it back, and seemed more interested in defending himself than in anyone’s feelings. That version of Eason, she acknowledged, wasn’t someone she could easily work with—especially as coparents to their daughter Ensley, 9, whom they welcomed in January 2017.

But here’s where it gets interesting: Evans says she’s seen genuine growth.“Now he cares more about peace,”she recalled.“And I see more maturity and growth in him lately, I will say.”It’s the kind of observation that only comes from watching someone actually do the work—not just talk about changing, but actually showing up differently over time. That’s notable enough to mention publicly, which suggests the shift is real.

The coparenting arrangement is working well enough that Evans and Eason have made a deliberate choice not to broadcast their time together on social media.“We just know that we’re coparenting and it’s working and everyone’s getting along so we’re liking that a lot,”she said. No performative family posts, no Instagram redemption arc—just peace, quietly maintained. It’s a refreshing contrast to the online chaos that once defined his behavior.

Evans is also working toward similar dynamics with her other two sons’fathers: Jace, 16, whom she shares with Andrew Lewis, and Kaiser, 12, whom she shares with Nathan Griffith.“All I ever wanted for my kid was to have a peaceful coparenting relationship with each of their fathers,”she said.“So far, I’m doing it with two.”That’s progress worth acknowledging, even if it doesn’t make for juicy tabloid fodder.

The takeaway? Sometimes the real story isn’t about rekindled romance or explosive conflict—it’s about two people deciding that their kid matters more than their egos. That’s harder than it sounds, and rarer than it should be.