He’s been off our screens for so long that it’s easy to forget about one of Jenelle Evans’ earliest boyfriends, Kieffer Delp. The Teen Mom 2 star dated Kieffer at the very beginning of the show — a simpler time in her life. In the many years since these two split, a lot has changed for Jenelle. She has two more children, a divorce and her marriage to husband David Eason under her belt. But what about Kieffer? As it turns out, he’s also been through some major life changes. Get the details below.

Kieffer was often in and out of Jenelle’s life.

Kieffer, 30, and Jenelle, 28, shared a romance that lasted about two years, though they went through some major ups and downs. After the MTV mama split from ex Gary Head in 2012, she and Kieffer reignited their fling. They were also involved again in 2016 after Jenelle split from ex Nathan Griffith. These two always found their way back to each other over the years, though it seems they’ve finally moved on.

Kieffer dealt with some major addiction issues.

Fans watched as he and Jenelle dealt with drug use and their arrests because of it on Teen Mom. However, he was also arrested in January 2018 for running a meth lab. E News! reported he was behind bars until his sentencing in August 2018, when he agreed to serve 18 to 36 months in a state correctional facility as part of a plea deal. In February 2020, he was released only to be arrested less than a week later. The Ashley’s Reality Roundup reported he wasn’t allowed to leave the state of Pennsylvania, but cops picked him up after he visited his hometown of Salem, New Jersey.

He later sought professional help.

On February 26, he revealed on Twitter that he was headed to a halfway house in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. “I made the [right] choice,” he told fans. A few days later, he shared things were looking up. “When [people] feel bad for [you] but [you] know for a fact they should envy [you] if anything … Fact is [you’re] gonna be at least OK. #solid,” he wrote. In March, he even shared he was thinking about getting a zen garden to help him feel “centered.”

Now, he’s focused on his fitness.

It seems Kieffer’s come a long way, and his new passion is exercise. “Running is life. … Life is running,” he wrote on Twitter in April. “Fitness >>>>>>>>>> getting high,” he added in May. “No comparison.” We’re glad to see he’s doing so well. Keep it up, Kieffer!