Jenelle Evans is sending love to Olivia Leedham.
Despite her ongoing divorce proceedings with David Eason, the Teen Mom star offered a message of support to his ex-girlfriend following the tragic death of her 7-year-old daughter Lailah Price.
“I share all my condolences and my prayers out to David’s ex,” she told the Daily Mail in an interview published June 12, “because I can just not imagine how she feels right now.”
Following the unexpected loss, a friend of Leedham launched a GoFundMe campaign June 8 to help cover her living expenses in the coming months.
“Our friend Olivia Leedham tragically lost her beautiful seven-year-old daughter, Lailah Price, yesterday,” the fundraiser’s description read. “She was in the emergency room several times without a diagnosis, and while in the hospital Friday night, she had a seizure and passed away early Saturday morning, June 7th.”
“We have been friends with this family for many years,” the message continued. “Lailah was a bright light in their family and loved life and Jesus very much.”
Leedham—who also shares son Kaden, 10, with Eason—frequently gushed about her children on social media, including a heartfelt tribute to her late daughter in May 2024.
“My little girl… she truly amazes me every day…,” she wrote on Instagram at the time. “Her beautiful heart and mind… she is smart.. she has the most amazing personality and I’m so proud of her for who she is… I love you my little Lailah bug.”
After Leedham and Eason parted ways, he and Evans welcomed daughter Ensley, 8, in 2017 and wed later that year. However, Evans filed for legal separation—a mandatory yearlong precursor to a divorce in North Carolina—in early 2024 after nearly seven years of marriage, and recently moved to make the split permanent.
“I filed for absolute divorce,” Evans told E! News in an exclusive interview earlier this month. “So, fingers crossed, just waiting on paperwork to be signed, and then I’ll have my last name back.”
