Cole DeBoer is an HGTV star now, however his actuality TV days date again to when he appeared on “Teen Mother 2” together with his now-wife Chelsea DeBoer. Even with that begin on a much more tense present, he is sometimes remained pretty drama-free. Nevertheless, that is to not say he hasn’t gone by means of any powerful moments. 

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We’ll begin with a time Cole misplaced his cool on “Teen Mother 2.” He’d been backstage at MTV’s “Teen Mother” Season 8 reunion taping — and as followers of the present will recall, issues obtained extremely heated between Chelsea’s co-stars Kailyn Lowry and Briana DeJesus (there’s an understatement). DeJesus memorably ran on to the stage screaming at Lowry and even needed to be restrained. Chelsea, who was anticipating her and Cole’s second baby on the time, ran off stage as quickly because the drama started. Nevertheless, it appears Cole had some critical drama that by no means aired. 

Taking to X the day after the episode aired, Chelsea shared what had gone down. “Additionally they did not embrace Cole busting by means of allllll these individuals within the hallway in final evening’s episode to get to Aubree who was on the opposite aspect, separated from us.” She added that it had taken lots for him to get to that time, however that his paternal instincts kicked in when he believed his stepdaughter, Aubree Lind-DeBoer, would possibly get damage. “Cole by no means will get mad … and you’d’ve seen him M A D,” Chelsea wrote. Fortunately, Lind-DeBoer was unhurt, and Chelsea organized to movie the remainder of the reunion with simply Leah Messer. Even so, it is unlucky that Cole ended up being roped into the scenario out of necessity — particularly contemplating that in a clip forward of the reunion, he had jokingly repeated his mantra: “Drama’s for nerds, all people.”

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Sadly for Cole DeBoer, the scenario on the “Teen Mother 2” reunion wasn’t the one time he felt a must get protecting. In 2018, his household’s residence was damaged into. Fortunately, that they had been on trip on the time, so there was no confrontation. Even so, he recounted his considerations in an episode of the present.

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As reported by InTouch, Cole shared on “Teen Mother 2” that it was Chelsea who seen one thing was up earlier than they realized their closet had been ransacked. After that, he checked the home to make sure the intruder wasn’t nonetheless on the property. Fortunately, they weren’t — however that did not precisely allay the household’s fears, which upset Cole much more. “Seeing them terrified, I believe that was essentially the most pi***d I’ve ever been,” he mentioned. 

Understandably, the already harrowing scenario affected Chelsea in an enormous method, and she or he instructed E! Information that the mix of the housebreaking with the postpartum anxiousness she was already experiencing had a large influence on her psychological well being. Given Cole’s feedback on seeing his household scared, there is not any query that that had an impact on him, too. Some will keep in mind him telling Chelsea that if dashing up their transfer would make her extra snug, he was all for it. Talking to TooFab, Chelsea confirmed that they’d carried out simply that. After all, this resulted in a single very spectacular perk: The DeBoers ended up getting their very own HGTV present. How’s that for turning lemons into lemonade? However, we’re hoping the household has been capable of finding peace of their new residence and within the years for the reason that incident passed off. 

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Again to “Teen Mother 2” drama that Cole DeBoer probably would have most popular to not have been concerned in, some could do not forget that in Season 9 of the present, he had a clumsy run-in together with his spouse’s ex-boyfriend’s household. ICYMI, although, on the top of Chelsea DeBoer’s custody battle with Adam Lind, a court docket order stipulated that Aubree Lind-DeBoer’s organic father may solely see her when supervised. Regardless of that, when Lind-DeBoer was despatched over to her paternal grandparents, Lind confirmed up, which meant Cole needed to choose her up and take her residence. 

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Cole recounted the awkward run-in on “Teen Mother 2,” telling Chelsea he hadn’t identified what would occur when he pulled as much as the home with a number of of Lind’s relations current. Issues obtained even worse, he shared, when Lind’s mother began questioning the scenario in entrance of her granddaughter. “I obtained aggravated immediately,” he mentioned. He added that Lind’s mother had complained that it was their weekend with Lind-DeBoer, and mentioned that Lind being current in all probability could not have been prevented, which in flip noticed the little lady clarify that they might have scheduled issues otherwise — and that was what pissed off Cole essentially the most. “It is not truthful to her to need to undergo this, as a result of she’s confused. [She] should not have to fret about these things, and even hear about it,” he mentioned, visibly irritated by all the interplay. 

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Fortunately, within the time since, the DeBoers and Lind have managed to grow to be extra civil, with Chelsea telling Us Weekly, “There is no unhealthy emotions. We see him generally and it’s very high-quality.” All’s effectively that ends effectively!

Switching gears to a different type of authorized drama, in February 2021, “And not using a Crystal Ball” revealed that in April of the earlier 12 months, the DeBoers, their firms, and the administration agency that represented them had all been sued for non-payment of charges to Envy, a consulting company. 

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One of many claims made was that the DeBoers had requested quite a lot of the manufacturers they labored with to pay them straight, quite than by means of the company. One other criticism was that the couple hadn’t carried out what they’d been paid to do by a few of these manufacturers. That led to a forfeiture on Envy’s finish, and the company sought $3 million. The DeBoers responded with a swimsuit of their very own, claiming that the company had taken a number of the offers off their account statements, which led to them shedding greater than $150,000. 

By 2023, the authorized battle was nonetheless in full power, and Cole and Chelsea ended up submitting for the case to be dismissed, in addition to for his or her monetary information to be stored non-public. “Public disclosure of delicate info equivalent to how a lot income the DeBoers accumulate from manufacturers and bills incurred will hurt the DeBoers in limiting the willingness of manufacturers to barter about monetary phrases of future offers,” their authorized workforce famous, per The U.S. Solar. The consulting company disputed that, arguing that there was no want for confidentiality. Finally, in April 2024, the DeBoers’ authorized points have been concluded, with Envy dropping its lawsuit and the couple doing the identical. 

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Sadly, just some months after Cole DeBoer and Chelsea DeBoer’s authorized battle got here to an finish, that they had one other hurdle to cope with. In June 2024, roughly a month forward of their Down Residence by DeBoers scheduled grand opening, the shop needed to be closed briefly after somebody misplaced management of their car and drove by means of the window. 

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Taking to the shop’s Instagram account, Chelsea shared that regardless of the not-great scenario, they have been grateful that nobody was injured. Cole doubled down, sharing, “It is extraordinarily unlucky, however I am so glad no one was injured. Pulling as much as the scene … it is scary, and you realize, issues like that occur. I am simply glad we’re all okay” (through @tm_chatter). 

Fortunately, along with nobody being damage within the accident, the injury prompted to the storefront was seemingly fastened up immediately. Just some days later, the couple took to Instagram to share that whereas they have been nonetheless reassembling their inventory, the shop had reopened. What’s extra, their grand opening went forward with no hitch. Granted, it hasn’t all been clean crusing for Cole within the time since. In celebration of a full 12 months of being open to the general public, in March 2025, the Down Residence by DeBoers Instagram account shared a hilarious video of the workers’s preparations for the massive event, with Chelsea and two different workers taking pictures as Cole did all of the work. It is known as delegation!

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Looking again on Cole DeBoer’s ups and downs through the years, one factor that turns into clear is the truth that he tends to return out high, and even essentially the most tragic conditions have been resolved. That mentioned, you possibly can’t please everybody, and quite a lot of HGTV followers have mentioned they cannot stand Cole or Chelsea DeBoer … exactly due to the shortage of drama. 

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On a “Teen Mother” Reddit, some customers have questioned whether or not Cole actually is as variety and anti-drama as he appears and mentioned the likelihood that there is one thing unusual about Cole and Chelsea’s marriage. “Somebody has to have some tea on Cole … Nobody’s that excellent proper?” one Redditor mused. For essentially the most half, others disagreed that there was something untoward, although some agreed that they discovered him boring. Just a few customers additionally known as out the very thought of in search of one thing unhealthy about him. “This submit is definitely insane if you concentrate on it. ‘That man is so good, due to that I do not like him and one thing should be mistaken with him.’ That is a number of the ugliest components of humanity,” they retorted. 

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Like we mentioned, the overwhelming majority of Reddit customers shared that they believed Cole to be real, if at instances “boring.” Nevertheless, one consumer particularly stood out as somebody who had had an IRL interplay with him. They claimed that he’d ran into them at a live performance and never solely purchased them a substitute drink, however a brand new, dry t-shirt as effectively. “I had questioned if the good man tremendous well mannered factor was an act however nope it actually is precisely who the dude is,” they wrote. Actually, we’re right here for it. Here is hoping Cole stays drama-free for a few years to return!