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Teen Mother star Briana DeJesus received candid about why she requested her sister, Brittany DeJesus, to undertake her 6-year-old daughter, Stella.
Throughout the two-part Teen Mother: The Subsequent Chapter reunion, which aired on Wednesday, October 11, Briana defined that the authorized question was prompted by Stella’s father’s absence in her life. (Briana, 29, shares Stella with ex Luis Hernandez.)
“The final time he noticed Stella was on the daddy/daughter dance. That was a very long time in the past,” Briana informed hosts Dr. Drew Pinsky and Nessa. “There’s no, like, emotional love when it comes from him. So I used to be similar to, ‘I would like to guard Stella.’”
Brittany — who agreed to undertake Stella when her sister requested — defined that as a result of Stella and Nova, Briana’s eldest daughter, “don’t have the identical dad … if God forbid one thing have been to occur to my sister, there’s a risk that they’d be separated.” (Briana shares Nova, 12, with ex Devoin Austin, who was additionally on the reunion.)
“So from the get, I at all times informed her, ‘Put me on paper,’” Brittany, 31, added. “I’d by no means allow them to be separated. I like them like my very own.”
It’s the identical sentiment Brittany shared earlier within the season, instantly after Briana introduced up the subject of adoption.
“Clearly, you didn’t even need to ask me. I may’ve woken up tomorrow and you’d’ve been like, ‘You’re a mom,’ and I’d’ve been like, ‘OK,’” Brittany stated on the September 27 episode. “That’s a f—king given.”
Whereas Brittany was on board with the plan, Florida legislation offered some obstacles. Briana’s lawyer defined to her earlier within the season that Luis’ parental rights might be terminated via “second mother or father adoption” — when one other member of the family adopts the kid — however famous ”the courts have put the brakes on that,” which means it was “not a viable possibility” for Briana on the time.
When requested by Dr. Drew whether or not she supposed to pursue the matter additional, Briana echoed that it wasn’t “gonna occur” due to Florida legislation.
There may be one caveat, nonetheless. “Except I marry any person. That particular person can undertake stella,” Briana defined.
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Brittany, for her half, took the second to fire up romance rumors. “I ponder who,” she teased, hinting at Devoin.
“In the event that they each repair their s—t, I wouldn’t be mad at that,” she quipped. “If it’s God’s will, it’s God’s will.”
Briana and Devoin, in the meantime, are open to the potential for rekindling their romance — however solely after they’ve labored via their respective points, Briana informed the hosts.
“We’ll see what occurs,” she stated coyly, to which Devoin replied, “I received endlessly.”
