Back in February, fans were thrilled by the news that Chelsea Houska had landed her own HGTV show.
Chelsea had hinted that she had something big in the works when she retired from Teen Mom 2, but let's face it -- former reality stars often claim that they have bigger and better things on the horizon, and those projects rarely come to fruition.
For years, Chelsea Houska was the most popular member of the Teen Mom franchise.
When Chelsea announced that she would be stepping away from the show that made her famous, fans reacted with shock and dismay.
When Chelsea Houska quit Teen Mom 2 back 2020, fans were concerned that the mother of three would disappear from the spotlight altogether.
Needless to say, that hasn't happened.
Even though Chelsea Houska's return to reality TV announcement was met with mixed responses, she remains adored.
She is a true Teen Mom success story -- not just finding financial security in fame, but actually getting her life together.
Chelsea Houska and Cole DeBoer are going from MTV to HGTV.
And they hope you'll join them in doing so.
When it comes to the fathers in the Teen Mom franchise, Adam Lind has always been one of the very, very worst.
Like, just a sincerely terrible person in a wide variety of ways.
There are few cushier jobs in the world than starring on a long-running reality show.
Sure, you have to put your personal life out there for public consumption, but these days, most folks do that for free on social media every day.
For the first time since she became famous while still in her teens, Chelsea Houska is enjoying a shred of privacy these days.
The quest for a less public life led Houska to quit Teen Mom 2 back in November of 2020, and while it couldn't have been easy to walk away from the gig that made her rich and famous, Chelsea made the decision for the sake of her kids and her own peace of mind.
When Chelsea Houska quit Teen Mom 2, she made no bones about the fact that haters and trolls were a major factor in her decision.
Chelsea had grown up in the spotlight, and she could suffer the slings and arrows of social media trash-talkers without complaint.
This might sound silly, but there are downsides to becoming rich and famous at an early age.
We've all seen it before:
At the time of her retirement from the show that made her famous, Chelsea Houska was considered the most popular of all the Teen Moms.
Perhaps one of her goals in stepping away from the show was to go out on top.
During her time on MTV, Chelsea Houska quietly secured a place for herself as the most popular of all the Teen Moms.
It seems counter-intuitive that one of the more low-key cast members could also be the breakout star, but sometimes fans want someone down-to-earth to whom they feel they can relate.
These days, Kailyn Lowry and Leah Messer are the best of friends, and Chelsea Houska is generally considered to the kindest and most relatable of all the Teen Moms.
But according to Kail, that wasn't always the case.
Despite the fact that she's no longer professionally involved with the franchise, Chelsea Houska remains the most popular of all the Teen Moms.
She has a following of 6.3 million, which means there are more people watching her on Instagram then there ever were on MTV.
Do you like to hear weird, kind of embarrassing stories about Jenelle Evans and all of her hijinks?
If so, then boy, do we have a treat for you today!
It's been almost a year since Chelsea Houska quit Teen Mom 2, and at the time she stepped down, fans were concerned that the beloved reality star would disappear from public view.
Fortunately, that hasn't turned out to be the case.
MTV's longest-running reality franchise has been in dire straits for a while now.
Ratings for both Teen Mom OG and Teen Mom 2 have been plummeting for several seasons, and Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant has yet to take off the way the network hoped it would.
Well, you can't win 'em all.
That phrase (or something like it) might have become something of a mantra for Chelsea Houska over the past 24 hours.
Chelsea Houska has a well-deserved reputation as the most frank and candid of the Teen Moms.
Houska might have quit the show that made her famous last year.
Despite the fact that Chelsea Houska quit Teen Mom 2 back in 2020, she remains one of the franchise's most beloved figures.
With 6.3 million Instagram followers, Houska is the most popular Mom out of all the current and former cast members, and she seems to enjoy maintaining a close relationship with fans.
For much of her time as part of the franchise, Chelsea Houska was the most popular Teen Mom.
Thus, when Chelsea quit the show, the decision initially came as a shock, but the more fans mulled it over, the more sense it seemed to make.
When Chelsea Houska quit Teen Mom 2, some of her biggest fans expressed doubts about her future.
After all, Chelsea was walking away from a $400,000 income, and since her husband, Cole DeBoer, was paid the same rate per episode, his earnings were probably in the same ballpark.
During her time as a reality star, Chelsea Houska was regarded as the most popular star in the Teen Mom franchise.
Fans were distressed when Houska quit Teen Mom 2, as they feared that she would avoid the public eye altogether, and they would no longer receive updates about her life and family.
