Jenelle Evans has long felt like she’s in some kind of competition against Chelsea Houska.
And we probably don’t need to tell you that this is the most one-sided rivalry in history.
It’s like a semi-pro benchwarmer measuring himself against Tom Brady or Nickelback comparing himself to the Beatles.
If you haven’t been keeping up with the former Teen Mom stars in recent years, enjoy this brief refresher on the ways their lives have gone in completely different directions:
Thanks to her new show Down Home Fab, which she co-hosts with husband Cole DeBoer, Chelsea is HGTV’s current breakout star.
The show is such a hit that after just two episodes, Chelsea & Cole has already been renewed for another season.
We’ve known for quite some time that DeBoers are popular, but we don’t think anyone expected them to explode into the home renovation scene the way they have.
And then there’s Janelle…
While Chelsea left Teen Mom 2 to move on to bigger and better things, Jenelle was fired from the show amid allegations of child neglect, animal abuse, addiction, domestic violence, bigotry.
Name any kind of bad behavior, and you can be certain that Jenelle and her husband, David Easton, have nailed it.
These days, Jenelle earns her livelihood by posting OnlyFans content, and while there’s nothing wrong with sex work, she’d probably prefer to star in a wildly successful HGTV series.
Anyway, it’s not hard to see why Evans’ former co-star might be on her mind these days.
Recently, several fans of the Teen Mom have spoken at length about Jenelle’s hookup with Chelsea.
(Some have called it an obsession, but we’re trying to be as objective as possible here.)
This situation came to a head when Janelle (reportedly) dressed up as Chelsea for Halloween last year.
Perhaps it was merely a coincidence that she decided to rock a wide-brim hat, clear-framed glasses, and a graphic tee that day, but since Janelle never corrected those who guessed she was posing as Chelsea cosplaying, it’s safe to assume that’s what she was up to.
Anyway, Janelle resumed Chelsea-posting on Thursday, and this time, the envy was more apparent than ever.
“Maybe just maybe I don’t want to be on TV right now, but here you are talking about me again,” Jenelle tweeted at Ashley’s reality roundup.
“You love me! I’m happy for Chelsea. Personally I would hate to flip houses for a living. More power to her!”
many fans immediately pointed out that there is Video of Janelle talking about how much she’d love to flip houses for a living,
Not that it really matters, because Chelsea and Cole are hosting a home renovation show, which is a different kind of thing entirely.
One person tweeted, “They’re not flipping them, they’re redistributing.”
“Well don’t come for Chelsea… I’m sure she’s glad she didn’t end up like you,” said another.
“Nobody’s coming for that, calm down,” Evans shot back.
“Oh idk, I’m always watching HBOMax or Netflix or YouTube,” Janelle replied in response to the observation that she’s too far out of her way about the nature of Chelsea’s career.
Another user accused Janelle of name searching herself, tweeting:
“IDK, you’re looking for people of yourself using GIFs, looks like you’re jealous. You weren’t even tagged or tweeted.
Evans replied, “No, I have people who send me stuff as soon as some BS is posted.”
From there, Janelle began an origin story about a feud with Chelsea.
Using a screenshot from The Hollywood Gossip, she explained that she’s still upset over a 2018 tweet from Chelsea’s dentist father in which he speculated about the state of her oral health.
Evans said, “He’s never seen my mouth in real life but I’ve never had any teeth missing … But since he’s a dentist I guess I’m wrong.”
“Now that I don’t have an overbite and I have 1 month left for Invisalign…my jawbone problems are almost gone. Thanks to me, not some random dentist online,” she continued.
We won’t weigh in on the matter of the missing teeth, but it’s safe to say that Chelsea is at the forefront of Jenelle’s mind these days.
She says she hasn’t seen Chelsea’s show, but we think she should give it a go!
After all, if you’re obsessed with someone, you might as well do it right and well be up on their latest stuff!