EXCLUSIVE: Dr. Cheyenne Bryant opens up about Ashley Jones struggling during pregnancy

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life coach dr Cheyenne Bryant said she was heartbroken to learn Ashley Jones was pregnant.

Teen Mom life coach Dr. Cheyenne Bryant, who hosts the retreat on Family Reunion Season 2, has opened up about Ashley Jones struggling with Briana DeJesus during her pregnancy. Jones spat on DeJesus and DeJesus threw a canteen at Jones, resulting in both girls — as well as their mothers, Roxanne DeJesus and Tasheilia “Pastor Tea” Chapple — being sent home.

Bryant, 39, said she was heartbroken for Jones, 25.

“My heart broke for her for a number of reasons,” Bryant Heavy said in a phone interview. “Before saying she was pregnant, she mentioned that Bar was in prison … and that Bar was facing five years. So if you watch the episode… it’s very rare that I get so emotional it brings tears to my eyes, but I’m always emotionally connected. Because that’s how I am by nature, I lead with a lot of compassion and love for my mothers, my ‘teen moms’.”

As seen on “Family Reunion,” Bryant looked visibly surprised to find out Jones was expecting it. “You’re pregnant right now?” Bryant asked in the episode. “Oh dear God.”

Jones told Bryant she was two and a half months old. She is already mom to 5-year-old Holly, whom she shares with Smith.

Jones said on Teen Mom: Family Reunion that she “didn’t process anything” because the day after she found out she was pregnant, her husband, Bar Smith, was arrested in August 2022. Police said he was a “fugitive from another”. State,” a felony charge, according to Ashley’s reality summary.

The charges related to a previous “DUI, intentional disposal of a firearm and negligent arrests,” according to the statement. The sun. Smith was released from prison in September 2022, the outlet reported.

There was some debate among the “Teen Mom” ​​cast as to when and if they knew Jones was pregnant when the fight took place. Catelynn Lowell claims she spilled Jones’ secret because she thought it was the right thing to do.

Bryant said Jones and Smith made the “best decision” for their family

Bryant said Smith’s incarceration put Jones in a difficult position.

“In that moment, my heart broke for her. I was like, wait a minute, your husband is in prison, you’re pregnant, you already have a daughter, you’re married… How do you make that decision when he’s potentially facing five years in prison, which means a single mom would be two Raise kids?” Bryant said to Heavy. “You would go through this entire delivery process on your own. That is a lot. That is hard.”

Smith’s legal woes aside, Bryant said the pair are still “working through a lot of their stuff.”

Bryant wanted to be able to support Jones without being “biased about her decision about what to do with her child.”

“She’s just in a very, very difficult position,” Bryant Heavy said of Jones. “I believe Ashley and Bar together made the best decision for their family.”

Jones had mixed feelings about the pregnancy

During the episode, Jones said she wasn’t sure when Bryant asked her if she would keep the baby.

“I do not even know. While I feel like I want to keep this baby, the reality isn’t right right now,” Jones said. “I’m just hanging by a thread.”

In November 2022, Jones confirmed she was no longer pregnant.

“I know you’re wondering this, but I’m in no position to disclose,” Jones wrote on social media The sun. “I’m still processing… Thanks for your concern.”

Season 2 of Teen Mom: Family Reunion airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. Eastern Time on MTV.