The video presents a moderated on‑camera interview featuring Shawntel (the mother), her incarcerated partner Tyshawn (referenced via messages), Tyshawn’s sister Jynairia, and Tyshawn’s mother Sabrina. Shawntel recounts her relationship history with Tyshawn, including two pregnancies—her first son (Jayden) born while Tyshawn was repeatedly in jail, and her second child Nyla, whose paternity was disputed. She initially denied Tyshawn’s fatherhood, citing infidelity and family pressure, leading to tension with Tyshawn’s family, especially his mother Sabrina, who later began questioning Nyla’s parentage. The conversation reveals family conflict, accusations of cheating, and a lack of communication. A DNA test is introduced as a decisive moment, with Sabrina demanding proof and the test confirming Tyshawn as Nyla’s biological father. Throughout, the host (Speaker A) interjects parenting advice, warning against labeling a young child and urging Shawntel to change her language to foster healthier development. The host also advises Shawntel not to resume a romantic relationship with Tyshawn after his release, emphasizing the dysfunctional cycle and encouraging her to prioritize her own well‑being and co‑parenting. The interview ends with affirmations of progress, a call for healthier communication, and a reminder to avoid repeating harmful patterns.
Chapters
So tell me about your relationship with Tyshawn.
I started talking to, being in a relationship with Tyshawn when I was 18. We was dealing with each other for a long time. I got pregnant with my son in the midst of us dealing with each other. Tyshawn kept going back to jail. This was my first child alone. You know, I had his family as support, but as far as him being there, he wasn't there. So I ended up messing around with someone else And in the midst of me dealing with the other guy, Tyshawn came home.
Mm-hmm.
2019, I found out I was pregnant with my daughter. At first, I told Tyshawn that he wasn't the father because I didn't wanna deal with that situation, the same thing I dealt with with my son.
Of him going in and outta jail?
Yeah. Sabrina and them kept asking me, I denied it. Nope, you're not the grandmother. It was a whole situation. I started bringing Nyla around when she, Started getting a little bit older, Sabrina finally seen her and when she seen her, she was like, "That's my granddaughter." But this makes sense now why his family rejects your daughter. Yeah.
Because you told them all it's not his.
I did at first.
And so is that why Tyshawn is denying the child as well?
I don't really know why Tyshawn is denying her or was denying her because Even when I was saying no, he still was saying yeah.
Well, we have a message from Tyshawn explaining why he doesn't believe that he's the father. I want you to take a look at this. He said, "Chantel was seeing different people at the time. LOL, we cheated and Nala was made." So you two were both cheating on each other and seeing other people. Were there multiple people you were seeing during that time?
No, it was just this one other guy.
Back then, did Tyshawn's mom, did she ever deny your daughter? No.
She never denied her. She just, it's just now.
Just now where she just disappeared?
Yeah.
And they stopped communicating. How long has this been since she just stopped communicating and stopped seeing the child?
I'm not gonna say she don't see her because she sees her all the time. She calls and of course talks to my son, but Nyla's in the background so she sees her regardless.
Got it.
It's just—
But she's calling about your son?
What I get is she really calls more about Jayden. I just feel like she don't really want a relationship with Nyla until she gets the results.
Do you feel like she treats Nyla differently?
She does.
She does.
And Nyla's a brat and she'll tell you Nyla's bad and she's bossy. Yeah. And she don't play no games. So it's in her morals. How old's she now? She's 2.
She 2?
Mm-hmm.
I mean, 'cause this is just a little quick parenting advice. You know, sometimes we give children labels early on. We say that she the bossy one, she this and she that.
Yeah, she is.
And then what happens is that these are formative years in your child's life where they are forming forming their personality. They start to live up to the things that are told. So if you're saying these things out loud, even though it's coming with jest and it's cute right now, in these developmental years, 2, 3, 4, she believes that's her personality. And you're gonna remember me telling you right now, she's forming her personality based on what you say. So when she's saying, when she's bossy, you might wanna switch the language to, there's something you need, express your words. You know, like talk to her in a way that she can hear what she needs to become and how she needs to work. Because if she don't, I'm telling you, 16, girl.
Yeah.
All right, that's a quick little parenting advice. I know that's all we here for. Back to Sabrina, did his mom ever threaten to take your other child away from you? Your son?
She has.
She's threatened to take your son away, why?
Things she don't like me doing.
Oh, okay, things, so she doesn't like how your parenting style?
Correct.
Okay then, are you afraid she'll try to take your daughter?
No.
You're not afraid. How's your relationship with Janeria, his sister? Is this okay?
I mean, we don't get along.
Not at all?
We never did.
Okay, why?
We just, I don't know. We always bumped heads.
Okay, I get it. Well, I think it's time to hear the potential auntie side of the story. So everyone, please welcome Tyshawn's sister, Jynairia, to the show. How are you doing?
I'm okay.
Good, take a seat for me. So how do you feel about what she just said?
I really don't know.
So you don't get along?
No, we never really got along.
Why?
Because of her and my brother relationship. The drama, I just wanted to get out of it.
You wanted to get out of the drama? There's no drama.
There's no drama now.
There's no drama now.
'Cause my brother is incarcerated.
But you feel like that when your brother's out—
It's gonna be a whole 360.
This is not new. Nothing is new. This is something new. So even in the beginning, Y'all didn't know Nyla. What's new?
So if her brother gets out of jail—
We talking about Nyla. We not talking about Jayden. We talking about Nyla. So there's no relationship. Exactly.
And it's gonna be a 360, and you know that.
No, it's not. Nyla is 2 already, so she—
Nyla, yeah, okay.
So you and Sabrina—
It's just like with Nyla and Jayden.
Y'all have to build— Y'all don't have the same bond as Jayden, so it's totally different. Tyshawn don't have the same bond like y'all got as Jayden. This is Nyla. Y'all really don't know her.
Shawntel, if her brother gets outta jail, are you gonna go back to him?
We're cool, we're talking, we working on trying to figure out what's going on with the kids. I'm not gonna say no and I'm not gonna say yeah. We talking about it.
They gonna be together.
Okay. Well, I think it's time to hear from the potential grandma's side of the story. So everyone, please welcome Tyshawn's mom, Sabrina, to the show. All right.
I wanna smell you.
You wanna smell me?
Yes.
What I smell like? Ooh. I smell good?
You smell good.
I smell good? All right, I appreciate that. Thank you for coming. You're my homegirl. Thank you for being here, seriously. How do you feel about what you just heard?
Oh, it's some—
Some BS?
BS.
Okay, why?
Because we not for sure if Nyla ours, but she look just like her. And she looked like Tyshawn.
And where'd the first set of doubt come from? Is it when she said she's not?
No, she told us that Nyla wasn't hers.
Yeah.
When she got pregnant. So I went with that.
Mm-hmm. Have you ever talked back to her and told her why you made those comments? Why you said that?
No, we ain't talk like that 'cause we was already going through our stuff with Jayden. So we ain't even get that far. It was just, "Nope, Nyla not y'all's." And that was it.
Well, I think it's time to unlock the DNA truth.
Yeah.
Let's get this paperwork.
Look at him.
Look at her with her badge.
She's bad.
She look just like this one.
Oh my God. She's beautiful.
She's bad.
Well, Sabrina, I know that you're the one who wanted this DNA test. Yeah, I know you wanted this DNA test.
Big validation, I take it.
Okay. So this is your truth to open. Here you go.
Thank you, sir. You're welcome. Why you buy me? 'Cause I wanna see too. Come on, open it. We gotta go, open it.
Okay.
Wrong way.
I know.
Ooh, girl.
He is not the—
I'm just kidding. He is.
Give me the pappy. Don't come up here trying to handle me. Get that online. You got to go. I'm not babysitting.
I'm about to carry her right off because I told y'all.
I'm not watching her bad ass.
I told y'all.
She got a piece of fan right here, 'cause I'm having a hot flash, y'all. It is serious right now.
Well, how do you feel knowing you got your answers? That this—
I already knew.
You already knew it.
She shouldn't have lied.
She shouldn't have lied for no reason.
It wasn't a lie. I just didn't want to deal with y'all again.
What you mean y'all?
How do you deal with us? How do you deal with us?
I didn't lay down and make these babies.
If Wonka got to go deal with all of them.
No, no, no.
All of them.
No, no. You just had a particular man you wanted to be your baby daddy.
I did.
And he then wasn't your baby daddy.
I did.
And it's not dealing with us.
Cardi B.
How they do it?
Okay.
Shawntel, Shawntel, I'm gonna tell you this. I'm happy you got, I know you said you already knew, but I'm glad everyone has clarity now. Two things. When Tyshawn gets outta jail, don't go back into a relationship, honestly. Because what I've been hearing nonstop from your own mouth is that it's dysfunctional. And what all y'all keep doing is just taking yourselves down a cycle of hurting each other, hurting everybody else, and it's gonna end up not in a good way for you.
Right.
Outside the children, for yourself as a woman. Trust me, all right? Make the choice for yourself not to get back in this relationship so that you can heal, you can be better, and you can make better choices. Because if you get back in there, it's not gonna work.
Right.
We told her this though. Me and my sister, we told her this. We told her this.
Listen, his own family telling you don't get back in a relationship.
We explained this to her plenty of times. Like even though me and her got beef, I still explained to her like, You could do better without him.
Co-parent.
They ragly together. They ragly together.
I know that. I've been doing good. I'm doing great right now.
So great. Stay doing good. Stay doing great. And when he gets out, don't fall back into a pattern. And then secondly, channel how you're talking about your daughter, the things that you say, and you gotta form healthier behaviors and healthier ways that she sees herself right now.
I'm working on it.
And it's going to be you and what you say, okay? I see that they'll support you with it, but it starts from you being in the home, all right?
