Ending its third season with a slew of freshly fractured relationships, TLC’s I Love A Mama’s Boy is like therapy for viewers. It includes irritating in-laws that many people can relate to. Eclipsing the condescension and never-good-enough nature of many mothers-in-law-to-be, the moms on the show went above and beyond to make everything about themselves and mark their territory.
Last season, I Love A Mama’s Boy featured the least accepting moms yet. One mom summoned the DNA testing powers of Maury Povich, while another rolled up in person at her son’s new girlfriend’s work to grill her about her intentions. Unsurprisingly, not every relationship survived the televised mama drama, and there are plenty of reasons why that happened.
5 Tre Welch & Abbey England: Broken Up
Sadly and unsurprisingly, Tre Welch and Abbey England are no longer together. The couple broke up on the show, with their final episode unveiling the separation to their respective families. While Abbey’s family was more encouraging and consolatory, Tre’s mother, Lorenda, took the news as a victory, offering an immediate “Finally!” and stating that Abbey was “lacking something” and was waiting for it to happen.
Communication and boundaries were constant roadblocks in the couple’s relationship, with Tre’s attention being more focused on Lorenda than the mother of his child. With Lorenda living directly behind the couple and walking into their home as if it were still hers, Tre welcomed Lorenda’s babying and omnipresence. Neither mother nor son took Abbey’s concerns seriously; Abbey constantly fought for Tre’s attention and lost her desire to continue their relationship. With no sign of a reunion, the smile on their son Kam’s face is all that truly matters as the couple figures out how to co-parent peacefully.
4 Ethan Weisman & Leyna Rosen: Still Together
There’s being a mama’s boy and then the relationship between Ethan Weisman and his mother, Esther Weisman. Despite the show focusing on Ethan and Leyna Rosen’s impending wedding, all the pet names, booty smacks, and flirtatious compliments were controversial between Ethan and his mom. Esther continually showcased her dominance as the leading lady in Ethan’s life, holding him like a child while playing “Baby Baby” in the pool, showing up in Miami for Leyna’s bachelorette activities despite being told repeatedly not to, and demanding Leyna curtail her guest list so she could invite more of her tennis buddies.
Their wedding was in limbo, with Leyna overwhelmed with Esther’s self-importance and Ethan’s refusal to curtail his flirting. After Ethan’s best bud/emotional support cat Dennis passed away, it was postponed altogether. While the Ohio-based couple is still together, their wedding has yet to come to fruition.
3 Matt McAdams & Brittany Taylor: Broken Up
With Brittany Taylor’s departing words to Matt McAdams, “Continue being a p****y a** b***h prima donna, Matt, bye,” the couple’s short I Love A Mama’s Boy season 3 romance ended. As Matt sped away from Brittany, who was “all riled up,” stating he only had room in his life for one Britney (Spears), he was driving into the throes of another woman’s love and secretly seeing his former boss Devon Hawley. His mother Kelly’s disapproval spelled the end for Brittany, who was put through the wringer and even approached by Matt’s mom at work for no reason other than to belittle her on TV.
While Matt and Shekeb Sekander both share the distinction of being the only remaining Mama’s Boys from the first season, Matt stands alone as the only person to date multiple women on the show. Dating his ex-fiancé Kimberly Cobb (who ditched him for Texas) over two seasons, Matt would find a stopgap in Brittany until Devon gave him the maternal presence he so desperately craved. Devon and Matt are still going strong in 2023, having recently gone to Paris together.
2 Roberto Hernandez & Kristy Miera: Still Together
Despite Robert Hernandez’s mother Nancy’s best attempts, the family of four is still together. The show’s most irredeemable villain, Nancy’s sole purpose on the show was to try and destroy Robert and Kristy Miera’s marriage. Claiming her son was “trapped,” Nancy only saw Kristy as a threat to her relationship with Robert and maliciously knocked her down every chance she got. Her pièce de résistance convinced Robert that his youngest daughter wasn’t his because she looked more like Kristy, forcing the couple to get a paternity test to prove the child wasn’t the result of adultery.
After the results stated Kimi was a 99.99% genetic match, Nancy refused to accept it, latching on to that .01% and asking, “Where’s Maury?” Embarrassing for Kristy, Robert, and baby Kimi, the couple had no choice but to distance themselves from Nancy at the season’s end. The only paternal presence on his feed was his trainer Joe “Daddy” Stevenson, but there’s no questioning that the couple is still together. Nancy has been justifiably put on the back burner.
1 Shekeb Sekander & Emily Chu: Broken Up
Ending I Love A Mama’s Boy season 3 with another fight for the ages, Shekeb and Emily Chuappear had finally gone their separate ways. After Shekeb pitched Emily moving out of their apartment and into his mother Laila’s house alongside him, Emily lost it. She started tearing up tissues, throwing candies, and screaming, “Are you like mentally f***ing stupid? I don’t even like your mom,” and climbed over the banister on her way out.
Though the couple did end each prior season in a fight-induced state of uncertainty, I Love A Mama’s Boy season 3 showcased a seemingly resolute separation with Shekeb moving back in with his mother. While Emily grew progressively more demanding and volatile after the first season, Laila’s aggressive attempts to besmirch her in the eyes of her son by setting him up on dates and insulting her to her face, paired with Shekeb’s total aloofness to her intentions over their four-year relationship would send anyone off the deep end. It seems the pair have ended things for good.
