Should Jenelle have given Jace, who is only 2 years old, a balloon from a restaurant that sexualizes its waitresses?
Teen Mom 2 star Jenelle Evans really needs to stop setting a bad example for her 2-year-old son Jace. Besides getting arrested twice last week, Jenelle also recently let Jace play with a Hooters balloon.
Jenelle posted the pic of Jace and the balloon on her Facebook fan page on Jan. 23. But Jace is not only playing with the balloon, he’s blowing it up with his mouth.
It’s fine that Jenelle lets Jace play with balloons — but should she really have let him blow up a Hooters ballon? Hooters restaurants are known for their waitresses who wear booty shorts and let their cleavage hang out. Should a toddler really be subjected to these sexual images?
BFFs — tell us what you think — was Jenelle out of line for letting Jace have a Hooters balloon?
Be sure to catch an all-new episode of Teen Mom 2 on MTV Jan. 24 — and check back here at HollywoodLife.com for our recap.
- Lindsey DiMattina
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Rose
Posted at 5:14 PM on February 7, 2012
LMAO!!!
How is this inappropriate?!! Because it says, “i love hooters?” The kid can’t read! He is probably barely learning his alphabets! We have taken our daughter to Hooters, does that make us bad parents and we are predisposing our child to be a stripper? She.didn’t care about anything other than the food! Good lord!
Holly Lynn
Posted at 8:55 AM on February 5, 2012
If he is only two he would not have any understanding of what hooters is t is surely fine to let him play with a balloon that says hooters at that age !
JJ
Posted at 7:39 PM on January 30, 2012
I would rather see him playing with a Hooters balloon then see him in the company of his white trash birth vessel, any …day….of….the….week.
Kim
Posted at 2:09 PM on January 30, 2012
It’s a balloon. He’ll be just fine.
I’m sure when he gets older he’ll look at this picture and think how funny it is.
Calm down.
Tiffany
Posted at 3:38 AM on January 28, 2012
Hooters is a family restaurant, and a lot of kids go there. I am pretty sure Jace will be fine lol. And besides it is a balloon…a lot of kids play with balloons lol.
XxMags11
Posted at 12:35 PM on January 26, 2012
OH my gah! seriously!? seriously. Its a friggin balloon! He’s 2, he cant read. Even if he could, SOWHAT. Is it gonna make him a bad person to love hooters? uhm, no. I’m a girl, and i friggin love hooters. Their wings and mocktails are the bombdiggity. Plus, hooters waitresses arent dressed any more scandalous than your average 16-24 year old shopping at the mall. Seriously, get a grip.
Momof2
Posted at 5:21 PM on January 25, 2012
I must be missing something. Exactly what sexual images is he being subjected to? I didn’t see any, and unless Jace is a genius he has no clue what the balloon says.
Huerta
Posted at 1:00 PM on January 25, 2012
It’s a FREAKEN balloon!… He is a 2 yr old child… He knows no difference… Give this poor girl a chance (give her a break!)… This article is ridiculous he’s Not blowing it up he has his mouth against it. Jace is a handsome and wholesome little man…
barbara
Posted at 10:03 AM on January 25, 2012
REALLY ITS NOT INAPPROPRIATE YEA SHES A LOOSER BUT THERES NOTHING WRONG WITH TAKING UR KID TO EAT AT HOOTERS. BUT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH MTV CONTINUING TO PRODUCE THIS SHOW WITH KIDS WANTING TO PLAY HOUSE!!!!
Louise
Posted at 6:51 PM on January 24, 2012
seriously like whattt?? how is this a bad example of parenting people do much worse as ‘parenting’ goes. Like her child know what the baloon means, she is trying to get her life together and you post things like this?
Jasmin
Posted at 6:09 PM on January 24, 2012
me me me
Posted at 4:05 PM on January 24, 2012
Who the hell writes this crap? I feel so bad for your kids, your the kind of crazy parents that make kids rebel and get pregnant at 14.
Jojo
Posted at 3:58 PM on January 24, 2012
For Christ’s sake he’s two years old! He doesn’t know what the balloon says, all he sees is that it’s a balloon. You people need to calm down.
c
Posted at 3:52 PM on January 24, 2012
there’s nothing sexual about the balloon… seriously? you guys are so dumb!
Ash
Posted at 2:33 PM on January 24, 2012
Sarah
Posted at 1:35 PM on January 24, 2012
Absolutely nothing wrong with taking your kid(s) to Hooters.. Let alone play with a balloon. My husband and I sometimes take our 3 kids and we always see a lot of families there!! It’s not a strip bar and the girls aren’t putting boobs in the kids’ faces. I think you should seriously relax and look into the dictionary for a new word because innapropriate is far from what this article should be using.
Ashley
Posted at 1:25 PM on January 24, 2012
It shouldn’t matter what balloon he’s blowing up or what resturant he’s at, he’s 2 its not like he’s looking at boobs? So why should it matter, they have food, its a resturant, its not like she took him to a damn strip club, stop over analyzing everything this girl does.
LeiLani
Posted at 1:15 PM on January 24, 2012
I work at hooters. Plenty of kids come bc it is family friendly. It’s just a balloon I’m sure he won’t become “overly sexualized” playing with these balloons.
Kate
Posted at 1:10 PM on January 24, 2012
Wow, you’re going to say this is inappropriate? Please, it’s a balloon, something that attraction’s a toddler’s wondering mind. What’s the point of writing these articles if you’re going to bash a parent for giving a child something to keep them entertained? And I’m pretty sure for his age, he really doesn’t know the word “Hooters” let alone knows what they are.
Jackie
Posted at 12:37 PM on January 24, 2012
IF he was trying to blow up the balloon with supervision fine, but it looks as though he is playing with it and there could be a chance of it popping and a piece getting caught in his throat. That is my only concern. As for eating or being at Hooters, children should be taught to respect women and men regardless of what they are wearing. Its a restaurant not a strip club.
Toni
Posted at 11:04 AM on January 27, 2012
First off, it doesn’t matter him playing with a balloon as long as it is with supervision. At this age, he should never be given a balloon to blow up even with supervision because it can easily be sucked town his throat. Besides, I didnt see any evidence of that. It doesn’t matter that it says Hooters, the boy can’t read anyway.
What should be addressed is the disfunctionality that goes on in and out of the house that poor Jace has to live with. The constant yelling, cussing, and temper tantrums being displayed in front of this child. Janelle needs to grow up. She is more concerned with herself being happy than this poor baby that SHE bought into this world. She has and will continue to put ever man before her child. She will never change.
What an idiot, she told her Mom she was so stressed.that she needed to go smoke pot. Seriously, she is stressed about what? Her drug test that she will fail after smoking pot that will and should give her more time. She is constantly being bailed out of trouble. But then again, she is constantly bailing her boyfriends out of jail.
I hope social services is watching Janelle because she should never have custody.
WAmom
Posted at 12:36 PM on January 24, 2012
Seriously?! I agree Sofia, it’s a balloon. Also, Hooters is a family friendly restaurant.
Sofia
Posted at 12:09 PM on January 24, 2012
Really? Gosh it’s a balloon, does it really matter that it’s from Hooters? I’m sure he doesn’t care about that it says Hooters on it, he doesn’t even know what that os, much less understand that most people think of sexy weitresses when they hear that name.
“Blowing it up with his mouth”, well, what do you blow up a balloon with? Your foot?
Jace is gonna grow up just fine.
Angela
Posted at 12:27 PM on February 11, 2012
Giving her son a BALLOON is not the end of the world. There are plenty of other places that are worse than Hooters.
Give her a darn break. Families bring their kids to Hooters all the time!