{"id":2454938,"date":"2026-06-11T17:10:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2454938"},"modified":"2026-06-11T17:10:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:10:04","slug":"youtuber-jesse-ridgway-unbothered-by-hypocritical-backlash-over-pregnancy-termination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/youtuber-jesse-ridgway-unbothered-by-hypocritical-backlash-over-pregnancy-termination\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTuber Jesse Ridgway unbothered by &#8216;hypocritical&#8217; backlash over pregnancy termination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jesse Ridgway is unbothered by the \u201chypocritical\u201d backlash he and his wife, Ashley Ridgway, are facing after revealing their decision to <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\/\">terminate her pregnancy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Youtuber took to his Instagram Stories Wednesday to tell his critics he will not stop posting about his and his wife\u2019s choice, despite people telling him he\u2019s being \u201ccancelled\u201d for it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of the pro-life people are wishing death upon me and my wife \u2014 which is hypocritical. A lot of them  used God and Jesus as their weapon and their justification, but it doesn\u2019t matter to me because I\u2019m not religious.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jesse Ridgway is unbothered by the \u201chypocritical\u201d backlash he and his wife, Ashley Ridgway, are facing after revealing their decision to terminate her pregnancy. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/mcjuggernugget<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Youtuber took to his Instagram Stories Wednesday to call out the \u201cpro-life\u201d people \u201cwishing death upon\u201d him and his wife. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/mcjuggernugget<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The internet personality shared that he hasn\u2019t believed in God, the bible or hell since he was eight, but doesn\u2019t judge others for believing in it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s great. If it\u2019s how you want to frame your life and your decisions, more power to you. When you start to use it as a weapon, then it becomes problematic,\u201d Jesse said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever in a million years did I expect to be a poster child for abortion,\u201d he continued. \u201cAs a dude, it\u2019s not something you really confront. We were just trying to be first-time parents and it\u2019s been overwhelming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the \u201cabsurdly provocative\u201d backlash he continues to face, Jesse vowed to \u201cencourage the conversation and keep talking\u201d about abortion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jesse (pictured above with Ashely) said that he isn\u2019t religious but doesn\u2019t judge others who are. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@mcjuggernuggets<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cIf it\u2019s how you want to frame your life and your decisions, more power to you. When you start to use it as a weapon, then it becomes problematic,\u201d he said. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@mcjuggernuggets<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s something that matters and I\u2019m doing this not just for myself and my wife and my family, but for all the families, all the perspective parents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jesse and Ashley have been at the brunt of rampant online hate \u2014\u00a0<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>\u00a0\u2014 since sharing the news last week that they aborted their pregnancy over a Down syndrome diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>He has been especially under fire since a 2017 video of him <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/10\/us-news\/youtuber-who-posted-about-aborting-pregnancy-because-of-down-syndrome-previously-made-tasteless-skit-mocking-condition\/\">mocking Down syndrome<\/a> resurfaced.<\/p>\n<p>In the 45-minute video, he played a character with the condition, using a stereotypical voice and mannerisms often used to mock developmentally disabled people.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jesse and Ashley shared last week that they decided to abort their pregnancy over a Down syndrome diagnosis. A video of Jesse mocking Down syndrome from 2017 (pictured here) has since resurfaced. <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/McJuggerNuggets<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In the 45-minute video, he used a stereotypical voice and mannerisms often used to mock developmentally disabled people. <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/McJuggerNuggets<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Monday, Jesse accused his wife\u2019s family of contributing to the online backlash against them and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/09\/celebrity-news\/youtuber-jesse-ridgway-wives-family-urged-her-to-leave-me-over-pregnancy-termination\/\">issuing Ashley the ultimatum<\/a> that she needs to leave him \u201cimmediately.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\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 he wrote via Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>The content creator, who married Ashley in October 2025, revealed their 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>While speaking exclusively with Page Six last week, Jesse said the abortion was a \u201cnuanced\u201d decision. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@mcjuggernuggets<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cYou\u2019re always just trying to make the best decision you can to benefit your child and your own life,\u201d he told us. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@mcjuggernuggets<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jesse, who goes by McJuggerNuggets online spoke exclusively to Page Six on Friday about the <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\/\">\u201cnuanced\u201d reasoning behind their choice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\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,\u201d Jesse told us. \u201cI want my kids to outlive me and to be fully functional and be able to live a good life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it comes to being a first-time parent, or just trying to start a family in general, you don\u2019t know until you\u2019re thrust into this situation. You\u2019re always just trying to make the best decision you can to benefit your child and your own life.\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 is unbothered by the \u201chypocritical\u201d backlash he and his wife, Ashley Ridgway, are facing after revealing their decision to terminate her pregnancy. The Youtuber took to his Instagram Stories Wednesday to tell his critics he will not stop posting about his and his wife\u2019s choice, despite people telling him he\u2019s being \u201ccancelled\u201d for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2454939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[364170,24188,32366,24003,360791,21787,480103,22507,23844],"class_list":["post-2454938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-abortion","tag-celebrity-couples","tag-celebrity-marriages","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-pregnancies","tag-celebrity-social-media","tag-down-syndrome","tag-parents","tag-youtube"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/YouTuber-Jesse-Ridgway-unbothered-by-hypocritical-backlash-over-pregnancy-termination.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454938","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=2454938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2454940,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454938\/revisions\/2454940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2454939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2454938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2454938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2454938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}