‘Teen Mom’ Star Leah Messer Has “No Desire to Date” After Past Relationship Drama (EXCLUSIVE)

When you live your life in the spotlight and on reality TV with cameras in your face for months at a time, like Leah Messer fromTeen Mom 2 and Teen Mom: The Next Chapter, dating someone new comes with a lot more stress. Unlike people who aren't on TV, who can date casually with little to no judgments from those around them, Leah’s dating life gets picked over with a fine tooth comb no matter who she’s with. Fun, right?

Throughout her time on the Teen Mom franchise, the mother of three has introduced fans to several relationships. But, in an exclusive interview with Distractify, Leah said this season of her life is all about business — with the possibility of pleasure.

Leah told Distractify that, as of this moment, she isn't dating anyone new. After years of sharing her love life with the world, she's more focused on being a mother of three and a West Virginia-based realtor these days.

"I'm really not dating. I'm focused on my career," she said. "I'm focused on my daughters. They keep me busy enough."

Since fans met Leah on 16 and Pregnant Season 2, she has had several significant romances, including with her three daughters' fathers — Corey Simms and Jeremy Calvert. After divorcing Jeremy in 2015, she was involved in a serious relationship with her ex, Jason Jordan, who appeared on the show and was 13 years her senior.

The relationship ended in 2019, and in 2021, Leah went Instagram official with Jaylan Mobley. Leah and Jaylan got engaged in October 2022, but ended their relationship two months later in a shared statement.

Although Leah's dating challenges have played out during her time on reality TV, she said she isn't opposed to bringing her next relationship on the show and said her Teen Mom co-stars Maci Bookout and Catelynn Baltierra, who also spoke to Distractify virtually, haven't given up on setting her up.

"Maybe I'll share if I'm dating one day, but I just have no desire to date," she said. "I have no desire at this very moment."

While Leah is checking the "single" box for now, she will always have some type of relationship with her baby daddies, Corey and Jeremy. Leah and Corey's co-parenting relationship is in good standing, hers and Jeremy's didn't have as much of a clean break.

The exes were on and off for years after their breakup. Their relationship worsened in December 2023 when Leah filed a protective order against Jeremy after he and his rumored "new wife" at the time, Brooke Wehr, showed up to the restaurant where she worked as a server. Leah shared on Teen Mom: The Next Chapter that the protective order was difficult for their daughter to navigate.

Leah told Distractify that, while she and Jeremy haven't always been on the best of terms, they're more "cordial" and are doing their best to have a cohesive co-parenting relationship for their daughter.

"We just, I really just want the best for Addie, and I think that as long as we put her best interest first and foremost, that's all that matters," she explained. "As long as she's healthy and she's okay, I don't care about anything else. I don't care what you're doing, where you're doing it, how you're doing it. I mean, she She's our first priority, and as long as she's okay, then we're cool."

Catch new episodes of Teen Mom: The Next Chapter on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. EST on MTV.