Every Unexpected season has a couple fans argue about. But no couple in the show’s history has divided the fandom quite like Kylen Smith and Jason Korpi. Four years after their season aired, they are still together, still out of the spotlight — and fans still cannot agree on what that means.
They were the Season 5 couple viewers found hardest to watch. They are now parents of two. So the question that keeps the comment sections burning is simple: has Jason actually changed, or did the cameras just stop rolling?
The Season 5 Storyline Fans Could Not Look Away From
Kylen was 17 and Jason was 18 when Season 5 aired in 2022, expecting their first child, a son named Xavier. What viewers saw made many of them deeply uncomfortable. Fans described Jason as controlling, and his behavior during Kylen’s labor became the season’s most talked-about moment: Jason objected to Kylen having an epidural, caused a scene in the hospital, and was removed — leaving Kylen to labor alone, according to reports.
The backlash was fierce. Petitions circulated calling for Jason to be removed from the show, and the couple did not return for Season 6. For a lot of viewers, Kylen and Jason became the cautionary tale of the entire series.
Two Kids Later: Xavier and Oakley
Then the couple did what almost nobody in the fandom expected: they stayed together. After going quiet online, Kylen and Jason reemerged to reveal they had welcomed a second child, a daughter named Oakley Renae, in October 2024, as shared by the Instagram account The TLC Unexpected.
The announcement photos showed Kylen with son Xavier gazing at the new baby, and a family shot of the four of them. The reaction was not celebration. Commenters expressed worry for Kylen and the kids, with one writing that “no one got her away from Jason after the show aired,” according to Screen Rant’s coverage of the reaction.
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Jason has addressed his reputation exactly once in a way fans could quote. In a TikTok post sharing a family photo, he wrote: “You knew me for my irresponsible behavior and partying, before I found out the real meaning of life, this family saved me.”
Fans were not convinced. His TikTok bio reportedly reads “Haters stay mad,” and his 2023 videos were still defiant about how he was portrayed on television, according to reports. To skeptics, the “changed man” post reads like image repair. To defenders, it reads like a young father who grew up. There is no middle ground in this fandom — and that is exactly why this couple still trends.
The Pregnancy Rumor That Was Not
The rumor mill has not spared them either. Kylen and Jason once shared a sonogram photo on Instagram with the caption “So excited to FINALLY share our BIG NEWS” — and disabled the comments. Fans who clicked the link in their bio did not find a pregnancy announcement about Kylen at all. They landed on an old story about Teen Mom pregnancies, according to EntertainmentNow. The couple later deleted the sonogram photos. It was clickbait, not a baby announcement — and it poured fuel on the debate about whether the couple courts attention or just cannot escape it.
What We Actually Know in October 2026
Here is the honest state of play. As of a 2025 update, Kylen and Jason are still together, parents of two — son Xavier and daughter Oakley, born in 2024, according to reports. Neither has been active on their public Instagram profiles since 2022, and Jason’s TikTok is rarely updated. There is no new pregnancy, no wedding announcement, and no return to television on the horizon.
That silence cuts both ways. Supporters read it as a family finally living privately, away from the scrutiny that made their season so painful to watch. Critics read it as nothing proven at all — quiet is not the same as changed, and two kids do not erase what viewers saw.
Four years on, Kylen and Jason remain Unexpected‘s ultimate dividing line: the couple fans either root for or worry about, with almost nobody in between. And until they speak for themselves again, the fandom will keep arguing on their behalf.
So now it is your turn: do you believe Jason has really changed since Season 5 — or do you think the quiet just means the cameras are gone? Drop your verdict in the comments.
