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.
As Jenelle Evans gets more and more desperate in her efforts to extend her 15 minutes of fame, she's started going to extreme lengths in order to stir up controversy.
You see, controversy is the only reason that Jenelle remained "famous" for as long as she did.
When Chelsea Houska quit Teen Mom 2 back in November of 2020, fans feared that she'd leave public life behind entirely.
Fortunately, that hasn't turned out to be the case.
When word got out that Chelsea Houska would be quitting Teen Mom 2, fans reacted to the news with dismay.
After all, by just about any metric, Chelsea was the most popular Teen Mom.
During her time as a reality star, Chelsea Houska was considered the most popular Teen Mom of them all.
So when Chelsea abruptly quit the show last year, thousands were quick to express their disappointment on social media.
For years, Chelsea Houska reigned supreme as the most popular member of the Teen Mom franchise.
That all changed when Chelsea unexpectedly quit the show last year.
Chelsea Houska wasn't just another Teen Mom 2 cast member.
No, Chelsea was the most popular Teen Mom of them all, and it looks as though her departure might have been the nail in the coffin for the long-struggling franchise.
These are interesting times in the life of Chelsea Houska.
And if the mother of four was hoping that things would settle down a bit after she quit Teen Mom 2, it seems she's got another thing coming.
It's been over six months since Chelsea Houska quit Teen Mom 2, and some fans are still in shock over the decision.
And the old wounds are newly re-opened by the premiere of a new season of TM2, the first that won't feature Chelsea in any way.
It took a lot of soul-searching before Chelsea Houska was finished with Teen Mom.
In a new interview, she is updating fans on her wonderful life.
Chelsea Houska has come a long way in recent years.
When Teen Mom 2 viewers were first introduced to the South Dakota native, she was in a bad place in her life.
It's been about six months since we learned that Chelsea Houska would be quitting Teen Mom 2.
Chelsea is the most popular mom in the TM universe, so the news was not well-received by fans -- many of whom feared that they would no longer be able to keep up with the latest developments in Chelsea's life.
