Through the years, Leah Messer has gone through a lot growth and changes. Now, she’s nearly unrecognizable from who she was on 16 and Pregnant -- and for the better!
But not all of the recent changes in Leah’s life have been popular. In fact, one recent life change she’s revealed has some fans scared for her and those in her life.
Leah has recently joined an organization called Mastery in Transformational Training… which seems to be a thin cover for a cult. Now, are Leah’s own daughters at risk of falling victim to this cult?
The rumors started when Leah shared pictures from an event with her new organization, Mastery in Transformational Training.
She posted a series of photos from a MITT Advance conference, and fans were more than confused. A user on reddit started a thread titled, “So I got curious after see Leah's culty phrasing on her last selfie. Sure enough, she joined a cult. MITT Advance is sketchy af.”
One commenter said that the organization was used as the inspiration for a Law and Order episode. “Ha a law and order episode I was just watching is based off of mitt like their cult thing in the serious was a big scheme that took advantage of women,” they wrote.
So we did some digging to find out if their claims are true!
According to their website, the organization’s purpose is to “create responsible and creative world-citizens… MITT is a stimulating, experiential environment where you can start to build the next level of your life.”
They call it the “Harvard for the mind,” but do not have any specific descriptions of what they do.
In an article for GQ, published in late 2018, one journalist describes his experience with the organization.
For newcomers, M.I.T.T. can seem like a sideshow barker, promising mind-blowing experiences once you get inside the tent, but you have to take their word for it and pay first… For the next hour, Aunt Lydia explained a set of "ground rules" we needed to obey through Sunday. No tardiness. No phones. No "side-talking" with others, which meant no conversing unless instructed, and no saying "bless you" if someone sneezed. Also, no alcohol or drugs, and no eating or drinking at any time in the ballroom.
As reported by Radar Online, an Amended Complaint in the Los Angeles Superior Court reveals that Plaintiff Dana Sabre sued MITT, its leader Margo Majdi, and other Defendants for “fraud, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and more on December 13, 2017.”
She accused them of using “techniques of brainwashing.”
The court filing read:
“Such non-consensual imposition of brainwashing techniques generated massive psychiatric stress, which caused Plaintiff to suffer a psychiatrically diagnosed psychotic break. Such psychiatrically diagnosed psychiatric break rendered Plaintiff to suffer severance from reality which included cycling among extreme confabulations, violent acting out and a catatonic state requiring four-point restraint and psychiatric hospitalization.”
She also accused the Defendants of being aware of multiple trainees that “suffered miscarriage, psychotic breaks and injury.”
According to Radar’s discoveries, the Plaintiff was criticized for “not being emotional enough” and for her “inability to be vulnerable,” likely because she didn’t have a boyfriend or a long term relationship. Despite her complaints that she was feeling “overworked” and that she had a medical condition, her coach responded that he was “going to be there and it would be special to see [her] go through this.”
We don’t know about you, but to us, this seems like something you probably shouldn’t expose your children to… but Leah seems to be doing just that.
It’s obvious that MITT operates under the guise of positivity and wellness, and now it looks that Leah is feeding it to her daughters.
Leah posted a page of children’s writing to her story that is clearly her daughter’ Ali’s.
It reads [with no corrections for little kid spelling]:
“I am’s: I am Loved, I am Kind, I am a Power house, I am powerful and amazing.”
It goes on:
“And nobody can stop or slow you down. No rocky road can knock you off your feat. And if you beleave in yourself you are following the yellow brick road to your dreams. And if you beleave in evryone else you can beleave in you. Never forget to beleave in you. Because you are worthet and are amazing. Just bleave you and [well] there you have it the yellow brick road to your amazing dreams. Lisening to your mom’s calls with her team made you wanna be a whole lot like her. Love. Ali.”
Although a lot of this is just generic inspirational talk, it seems that Ali is also distinctly referring to MITT toward the end when she refers to Leah’s “team.”
Fans on reddit seem less than thrilled about this update.
“We all know leah is shoving this cult shit down their throats,” pointed out user jackiehennedy. User Motherof2cubs agreed, “We all know Leah is going to shove all these things down their throats. All we can hope for is that the girlses learn only positive things and Leah isn't cramming so much of the victim blaming side of it into them,” wrote user Motherof2cubs.
And it’s not just Leah’s fans who aren’t happy with her behavior… she’s also feuding with Kailyn Lowry about it, too!
Leah Messer's Feud With Kailyn Lowry
The cast of Teen Mom goes from friendship to feuding so quickly sometimes that it can be hard to keep up. But for all of the beef and drama, it has seemed for some time that Kailyn Lowry and Leah Messer had such a strong friendship that it could never be broken.
… Until now.
A huge wedge has recently been driven between Kailyn and Leah, and now Leah’s setting the record straight!
To understand the beef between Kailyn Lowry and Leah Messer, we have to backtrack a bit.
It all started when Leah Messer joined a cult.
The rumors started when Leah shared pictures from an event with her new organization, Mastery in Transformational Training.
She posted a series of photos from a MITT Advance conference, and fans were more than confused. A user on reddit started a thread titled, “So I got curious after see Leah's culty phrasing on her last selfie. Sure enough, she joined a cult. MITT Advance is sketchy af.”
One commenter said that the organization was used as the inspiration for a Law and Order episode. “Ha a law and order episode I was just watching is based off of mitt like their cult thing in the serious was a big scheme that took advantage of women,” they wrote.
So we did some digging to find out if their claims are true!
According to their website, the organization’s purpose is to “create responsible and creative world-citizens… MITT is a stimulating, experiential environment where you can start to build the next level of your life.”
They call it the “Harvard for the mind,” but do not have any specific descriptions of what they do.
In an article for GQ, published in late 2018, one journalist describes his experience with the organization.
For newcomers, M.I.T.T. can seem like a sideshow barker, promising mind-blowing experiences once you get inside the tent, but you have to take their word for it and pay first… For the next hour, Aunt Lydia explained a set of "ground rules" we needed to obey through Sunday. No tardiness. No phones. No "side-talking" with others, which meant no conversing unless instructed, and no saying "bless you" if someone sneezed. Also, no alcohol or drugs, and no eating or drinking at any time in the ballroom.
And if this wasn’t enough to convince you it was a cult, a recent member’s chilling testimony about it might!
So how does this involve Kailyn? Well, recently, Leah has taken to recruiting people to M.I.T.T., and what better place to start than her huge fanbase?
But when one fan started communicating with Leah about the possibility, things got ugly.
In texts revealed by Radar Online, the fan, Rachel asked Leah for details about the cult. But then Kailyn Lowry swooped into DM the fan to warn her not to join!
“The cult thrives on belittling people and making them feel less than if they don’t do those classes,” Kailyn said. “I don’t want to see young moms do it and spend their savings on this. It’s not cheap.”
When Rachel revealed to Leah that Kailyn had DMed her, Leah wrote, “I can call you in a little lol This has gotten out of hand,” sounding very annoyed.
Apparently, things between Leah and Kailyn got tense.
“Should I get the word out?” the fan, Rachel, asked Kailyn in the texts. “I know you probably can’t because of your brand(at least that’s what Leah said) but i can. I’m a nobody.”
Kailyn replied, “She literally mocked me when I said it and told me that if people are weak and can’t handle being called out then it’s not good for them.” OUCH!
Rachel went on to spill, “I’m going to the media regarding her. I’m scared. This isn’t okay. So many of us [are] falling victim and i know you can’t speak on it but i will this is UNCALLED for.”
Kailyn’s reply makes it clear things between her and Leah weren’t great. “I literally don’t know what to do,” she said. “I don’t want to lose [Leah] as a friend but I also don’t think any of this is ok.”
Rachel replied, “She said y’all were close and everything but as an outsider Kail this isn’t a friend.”
But now, a few days after the texts were leaked, Leah and Kailyn have tweeted with where their friendship currently stands.
“Just wanted to tweet that even though there’s some stuff going around about Leah & myself, I truly came from a good place & expressed my concerns to HER. We worked it out & this will not affect our friendship,” Kailyn tweeted.
Leah retweeted Kailyn’s tweet and added, “& I’m glad you directly came to me. I love you bb! It definitely is NOT going to affect our friendship. We actually get to be even closer after our first disagreement.”
Do you buy this? Some fans don’t.
“This is totally something you say to your middle school friend after some petty drama that you're never gonna fully let go,” wrote user PenelopeAliWatson. User degrassipurist wrote, “This is nice, but I’m sure there won’t be as many vacations or podcast guest spots. If Leah continues with MITT, they are going to continue isolating her.”
User BeMySquishy123 wrote, “This sounds like a 7th grader with her first bf. So much reassurance that evrrything is perfect even when they are arguing. I'm glad my friends and I can tell each other 'hey, you're f*cking up and I'm worried about you.'”
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