Janelle Evans and David Eason.Photo:Bruce Glikas/Getty
Bruce Glikas/Getty
Jenelle Evanshas filed for permanent separation from her estranged husbandDavid Eason.
TheTeen Mom 2alum confirmed on Wednesday that she is legally separated from her husband of six years. (A rep for Evans also confirmed the separation to PEOPLE.)
Evans, 32, took toTikTokto publicly announce the news with a video in which she shared, “I filed for separation,” and later posted anothervideoexplaining that she had to file for separation in the state of North Carolina before filing for divorce.
Once the chorus played, “I filed for separation 👏🏻,” appeared and she took a bow.
Evans also spoke candidly in another TikTok uploaded on Wednesday that was made in response to a fan’s comment inquiring why she didn’t just file for divorce from Eason, 35. “I would’ve skipped straight to divorce, but I couldn’t, because in the state of North Carolina, you have to be legally separated for a year, and you have to prove you have two separate addresses,” themother of threeexplained.
Evans added, “If you guys see each other one time, hook up and end up back together just for a night, but then you argue and you’re like, ‘Nah this isn’t going good,' it doesn’t matter. The clock restarts, so they’re very particular here, which is crazy.”
“That’s where I’m at right now and the clock has begun,” she concluded.
Jenelle Evans and David Eason.Nancy Rivera/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
Nancy Rivera/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
After announcing her separation on social media, Evans also shared a TikTok with the caption, “Vibes on a high right now 🙃,” in which she mouthed an uplifting quote fromGypsy Rose Blanchard. “You can’t bring me down, I’m on a high right now. I’m living my best life and y’all can’t say nothing to me,” the voiceover says.
PEOPLE has reached out to reps for Eason.
Evans and Eason share daughter Ensley, 7, and she is also mother to sons Jace, 14, and Kaiser, 9, from past relationships.
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Jenelle Evans and her kidsJace, Kaiser and Ensley.Jenelle Evans Instagram
The former couple were wed in 2017 and have had a tumultuous marriage at times.
The pair previouslysplit for a brief periodin late 2019, butreconciled several months laterin early 2020.
In November 2021, Eason also had a run-in with the law when he was caught driving with a revoked license and being in possession of an open container.
source: people.com
