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When fans accused him of being homophobic, he said, “Never said anything about being scared [of] homos,” he wrote. “Homophobic? You really lost it now, im not scared [of] s**t especially a homo.”
Soon, fans made it clear that they were not interested in watching Teen Mom 2 if it involved an openly homophobic and transphobic cast member. Fans began circulating a petition to fire David which soon gained over 9,000 signatures. Apparently, the fans’ demands apparently became too much for MTV to ignore.
“David Eason’s personal comments do not reflect the views of MTV. With six weeks left of production on ‘Teen Mom 2,’ effective immediately, we are ending our relationship with him,” read a statement by MTV released Feb. 20, 2018.
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Much like Farrah before him, David included a call-out to MTV producers in his rant. “I mean why else would the head producers be the ones spreading all the lies on the internet with media outlets? Huh Morgan?” he wrote. “Just for the record THE VIEWS, OPINIONS OR DEPICTIONS OF MYSELF BY MTV DOES NOT REPRESENT MY BELIEFS OR MORAL VALUES AND STANDARDS!”
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Even though David claims to be happy to stand by his words, Jenelle is quick to come to his defense. “I don’t get if someone was raised with certain morals, values, and standards… a very Christian man… why would you try to push him to think the opposite just because you don’t agree?!” she tweeted around the time of David’s rant. “F**k you.”
She soon added, “I will stand by my husband and his opinions until the day we die. I’m sorry he offended anyone in the past, but he doesn’t HATE anyone. Never said that word. We all have opinions and sometimes they can be a**holes, everyone has one. Hanging on every word ever spoke. #Crazy.”