{"id":2451352,"date":"2026-06-09T13:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2451352"},"modified":"2026-06-09T13:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:05:09","slug":"youtuber-jesse-ridgway-wives-family-urged-her-to-leave-me-over-pregnancy-termination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/youtuber-jesse-ridgway-wives-family-urged-her-to-leave-me-over-pregnancy-termination\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTuber Jesse Ridgway: Wive&#8217;s family urged her to leave me over pregnancy termination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jesse Ridgway put his wife Ashley Ridgway\u2019s family members on blast for their reaction to the couple\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/04\/celebrity-news\/youtuber-jesse-ridgway-and-wife-terminate-pregnancy-after-down-syndrome-diagnosis\/\">pregnancy termination<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer family has been nowhere to be found,\u201d the YouTuber <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1485825170225076\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote via Facebook<\/a> on Monday. \u201cSome even going as far as joining in on the bandwagon hate PUBLICLY, kicking her while she\u2019s down at her lowest point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The duo, notably, have been at the brunt of rampant online backlash \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/05\/celebrity-news\/youtuber-jesse-ridgway-defends-badass-wife-after-terminating-pregnancy-over-down-syndrome-diagnosis\/\">including death threats<\/a> \u2014 since deciding to abort their pregnancy last week over a Down syndrome diagnosis.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@mcjuggernuggets<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@mcjuggernuggets<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cShe has received text messages from her family accusing me of abuse and that I\u2019m brainwashing her,\u201d the 33-yer-old claimed, alleging that Ashley\u2019s loved ones \u201cissu[ed] ultimatums that she needs to LEAVE [him] IMMEDIATELY.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He dubbed their \u201cdownright disgusting gossip and s\u2013t-talking\u201d comments \u201caudacious s\u2013t that will have your head-spinning because of the delusion and lack of consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Without clarifying which family members he was referring to, Jesse added, \u201c[They speak] as if she\u2019s not even blood. No backbone, just cowardice as they accuse me of making the decision and controlling\/manipulating her over all the years of being together.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">ashreneeway\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">ashreneeway\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The content creator, who married Ashley in October 2025, continued, \u201cWe\u2019ve put up with a lot of s\u2013t, but when it\u2019s your own family exercising their bitterness and turning their backs when it matters the most, it really reveals everything about their character.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re MIA, complicit and offensive during the hardest times of our life then you will never deserve to be there when it\u2019s good,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n<p>Jesse dubbed Ashley \u201cthe sweetest and strongest woman\u201d he knows, insisting, \u201cThe last thing she deserves is to be treated this way.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">ashreneeway\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">ashreneeridgway\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He included the lengthy caption alongside footage of his partner receiving a care package from his parents.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cshattered\u201d 31-year-old teared up in the \u201csweet\u201d footage taken \u201cthe evening after\u201d her procedure.<\/p>\n<p>Jesse, who goes by McJuggerNuggets online, revealed the couple\u2019s decision to terminate on June 3 after their unborn child tested positive for Trisomy 21, meaning there was a high chance the baby would have Down syndrome.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">ashreneeridgway\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">ashreneeridgway\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He spoke exclusively to Page Six on Friday about the \u201cnuanced\u201d reasoning behind their choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re always just trying to make the best decision you can to benefit your child and your own life,\u201d Jesse said. \u201cThe second I started to get confronted with stat after stat after stat, and when I realized that more than likely I will have to bury my son, that is not what I wanted to sign up for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u00a0want my kids to outlive me and to be fully functional and be able to live a good life,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt just <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/05\/parents\/youtuber-jesse-ridgway-defends-decision-to-terminate-wifes-pregnancy-after-down-syndrome-diagnosis\/\">didn\u2019t make sense for us<\/a>. I hope people can empathize with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesse Ridgway put his wife Ashley Ridgway\u2019s family members on blast for their reaction to the couple\u2019s pregnancy termination. \u201cHer family has been nowhere to be found,\u201d the YouTuber wrote via Facebook on Monday. \u201cSome even going as far as joining in on the bandwagon hate PUBLICLY, kicking her while she\u2019s down at her lowest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2451353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24188,32366,24003,360791,21787,480103,23844],"class_list":["post-2451352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-couples","tag-celebrity-marriages","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-pregnancies","tag-celebrity-social-media","tag-down-syndrome","tag-youtube"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/YouTuber-Jesse-Ridgway-Wives-family-urged-her-to-leave-me.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2451352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2451354,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451352\/revisions\/2451354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2451353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2451352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2451352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2451352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}