{"id":2451361,"date":"2026-06-09T13:10:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2451361"},"modified":"2026-06-09T13:10:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:10:58","slug":"jesse-ridgway-claims-wifes-family-wants-her-to-leave-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jesse-ridgway-claims-wifes-family-wants-her-to-leave-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesse Ridgway Claims Wife&#8217;s Family Wants Her to Leave Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/jesse-ridgway-sleeping-next-to-a-gun-amid-abortion-backlash\/\"><strong>Jesse Ridgway<\/strong><\/a> claimed wife <strong>Ashley Ridgway<\/strong>\u2019s family has been absent as she recovers from an abortion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis video is from the evening after the procedure,\u201d Jesse, 33, captioned a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1485825170225076\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video shared via Facebook<\/a> on Monday, June 8. \u201cMy parents drop off an extremely thoughtful gift basket and show unconditional love and support \u2026 meanwhile, her family has been nowhere to be found.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jesse alleged that members of Ashley\u2019s family have been \u201cjoining in on the bandwagon hate PUBLICLY\u201d and \u201ckicking her while she\u2019s down at her lowest point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jesse announced earlier this month that Ashley, 31, decided to terminate her pregnancy after <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/influencer-jesse-ridgway-wife-decide-to-terminate-pregnancy\/\">receiving a fetal Down syndrome diagnosis<\/a>. The couple have been navigating backlash both publicly and privately, according to Jesse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has received text messages from her family accusing me of abuse and that I\u2019m brainwashing her \u2026 issuing ultimatums that she needs to LEAVE ME IMMEDIATELY,\u201d Jesse claimed in his Facebook caption on Monday. \u201cAudacious s*** that will have your head-spinning because of the delusion and lack of consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/jesse-ridgway-slams-conspiracy-theories-after-wifes-abortion\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/jesse-ridgway-slams-conspiracy-theories-after-wifes-abortion\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Jesse Ridgway Slams Conspiracy Theories Over Wife&#8217;s Abortion: Making &#8216;S*** Up&#8217;<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tYouTuber Jesse Ridgway is firing back at conspiracy theories after sharing that he and his wife, Ashley, made the \u201cdifficult decision to terminate\u201d her pregnancy after receiving a fetal Down syndrome diagnosis. \u201cYa\u2019ll can\u2019t even keep your stories straight, it\u2019s crazy,\u201d Jesse, 33, wrote in a statement shared via his Instagram Stories and X account [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>He continued, \u201cDownright disgusting gossip and s***-talking amongst important people in her life 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<p>Jesse explained that Ashley has been <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/jesse-ridgway-got-death-threats-after-wifes-abortion\/\">experiencing \u201cthe hardest\u201d few weeks<\/a> of her life following the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s times like these where you want to be able to depend on your family for love and support,\u201d Jesse added, claiming that both family and friends have been \u201cturning their backs\u201d on him and Ashley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve put up with a lot of s***, 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,\u201d he continued. \u201cHell, I\u2019ve even seen the worst of \u2018friends\u2019 publicly joining in on the crusade despite full-well knowing that behind closed doors, they would\u2019ve made the same decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jesse noted that he doesn\u2019t <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/jesse-ridgway-shares-video-of-night-after-ashleys-abortion\/\">\u201crelish\u201d in sharing these details<\/a> because it \u201cfurthers a divide\u201d between those closest to him and Ashley.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\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 wrote. \u201cMy wife is the sweetest and strongest woman I know, the last thing she deserves is to be treated this way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jesse concluded his caption with a message to other people who have experienced something similar in their own lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy heart goes out to all of the women who have had to keep their abortions private for fear of judgment from friends\/family, it\u2019s the last thing you should be dealing with when you\u2019re already confronting the hardest\/worst of times,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThis is the sad reality. It\u2019s why I will continue to speak out. It\u2019s why sharing is better than hiding. The truth may be hard, but at least you\u2019re living freely. Do NOT ever let the opinions of others define your life or else you will be living a life that\u2019s not YOURS.\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 www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesse Ridgway claimed wife Ashley Ridgway\u2019s family has been absent as she recovers from an abortion. \u201cThis video is from the evening after the procedure,\u201d Jesse, 33, captioned a video shared via Facebook on Monday, June 8. \u201cMy parents drop off an extremely thoughtful gift basket and show unconditional love and support \u2026 meanwhile, her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2450717,"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":[24003,21738],"class_list":["post-2451361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jesse-Ridgway-Shares-Video-of-Night-After-Ashleys-Abortion.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451361","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=2451361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2451362,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451361\/revisions\/2451362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2450717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2451361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2451361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2451361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}