Tyler Baltierra and his wife Catelynn Lowell are doubling down in their war of words against their biological daughter Carly’s adoptive parents Brandon and Teresa Davis.
The Teen Mom stars both hit social media on Wednesday to do interviews (more on those later), and Tyler even did a Q&A session with fans on Instagram Live to answer questions regarding their recent decision to speak out against Carly’s parents, after they found out that Brandon and Teresa had cut off contact with them. As The Ashley previously told you, Catelynn told her 4 million+ Instagram followers this week that Teresa blocked her for sending family updates to Carly via Teresa’s phone.
Many fans accused Catelynn and Tyler of “spamming” Teresa with unwanted messages, and some wondered if Carly’s parents have tried to take any sort of legal action to silence Ty and Cate from blasting them online. During his Q&A session on Wednesday, Tyler stated that he would welcome a legal battle with Carly’s parents, if they sought it out.
“I would welcome that challenge, for sure,” Tyler said on Instagram Live.
He went on to confirm that, so far, Brandon and Teresa have not taken any legal action to try to silence him and Catelynn from speaking out against them or their adoption.
“I am not worried about that,” he said. “I actually welcome that legal battle, like, please! I would love for that to be part of the story, if that is what [they] want. I don’t want that, but if that is something [they] would do, if [they’re] so worried about harming Carly, that would be really harming– in my opinion– to go that far and that route. To have that be a part of Carly’s adoption story, to [send us] a Cease and Desist. You’d have to have pretty valid evidence to make that happen.”
During an interview with creator JordyCray on Instagram Live earlier on Wednesday, Tyler again addressed the possibility of Brandon and Teresa taking legal action against him and Catelynn, adding that he would never be the one to initiate a legal battle with Brandon and Teresa.
“I wouldn’t do anything legally. That really wouldn’t help anything,” Tyler said. “I definitely wouldn’t, even if the opportunity was there.”
He went on to add that he would never try to “challenge” Carly’s adoption legally, for any reason. (Earlier in the interview, Tyler explained that the “adoption contract” regarding their post-adoption visits/contact with Carly was not “legally binding” and therefore can’t be used to force Brandon and Teresa into allowing them to contact Carly.)
“I would not challenge our adoption at all, legally. I don’t think that would do anything,” Tyler said.
However, Tyler stated that, should Brandon and Teresa go the legal route to stop him and Cate from talking about them online, it would at least force Carly’s parents to reveal why they chose to cut off communication with the ‘Teen Mom’ stars— something Tyler says Brandon and Teresa have refused to do.
“I would love to talk, I would love to see what they would say,” he said. “If they tried to sue me or cease and desist and whatever the hell it would be, I would love to see the evidence for it. But I’m not worried about that at all.”
In a message posted on Tuesday to Instagram Stories, Tyler explained to his followers that he and Catelynn feel they are now forced to post about the adoption on social media, so that Carly will be able to see that they “always tried” to keep communication open between them and her.
“We have no way of getting this information to Carly when/if she seeks it out,” Tyler wrote on Tuesday. “So that’s why we continue to use our platform as a way to get to her in case it’s needed, regardless of anyone’s opinions about it.”
(Tyler also revealed on Wednesday that Cate sent Teresa those text messages and family updates after Teresa told them she didn’t want contact with them anymore.)
“I completely understand that some people believe that ‘we are the bad ones’ or that ‘we’re in the wrong,’ and yes we have made many mistakes ourselves navigating this journey from children into adulthood…but to us, this isn’t about ‘right and wrong’ or ‘good vs. bad’ because it’s actually quite typical for birthparents to be expected to remain silent, to be ridiculed and judged for having any sort of emotions/reactions to their feelings regarding their own adoption experience, so we’re very used to this by now.”
On Wednesday, Tyler said he disagreed with some people’s perspectives that he and Cate have crossed boundaries in their fight for access to Carly.
“There’s a lot of things that people don’t know,” he said. “There’s a lot of misconceptions regarding me and Cate crossing boundaries and all that kind of stuff. Everyone’s perception is valid from their perspective…but this is where we’re at…”
