Teen Mom OG is finally back! This season premiered on March 17th, and fans have a lot of questions about where the season will go. Even though many have complained that the show is getting dull and repetitive in recent years, many are now curious what the future holds for the girls, the cast lineup, and the show itself.
Even though the cast has changed often over the years, Maci Bookout is one of three OG girls who’s truly original. Now, an insider is speaking out about something that might show up during her storyline: pregnancy rumors.
Maci Bookout has had a pretty complicated storyline in the past seasons of Teen Mom OG. Much like her Teen Mom 2 counterpart Chelsea Houska, she’s had to battle to co-parent with a baby daddy who is struggling with substance abuse.
Meanwhile, she’s also had to battle the family of that co-parent, Ryan Edwards! Last season’s reunions grew increasingly tense when it grew clear that Ryan’s wife Mackenzie Standifer and his parents were unwilling to admit to the complications of Ryan’s substance abuse, and even blamed Maci for some of his problems!
Recently, Maci was also the subject of some classic Teen Mom fanbase pregnancy rumors. They arose after Maci showed off her new Things That Matter clothing line merch.
Maci and Tyler decided to model these Things That Matter jackets themselves, and many fans thought that they spotted a baby bump!
“Are u pregnant?!?!?!?!!!!!” one fan demanded in the comments section. Another wrote, “Are you prego or just a bad angle? The position of your fist on your hip too.”
One fan chimed in, “Something we can finally comment on! So are you expecting 🤰🏽? You are glowing! Congratulations if so!” Another added, “You look like you are pregnant in this photo. If you are congrats!”
But many fans wrote in with their annoyance of these constant questions as well. “Man y'all can't just like a picture without asking if someone is fricken pregnant!! How rude!” one fan wrote. Another typed, “do you know how rude it is to ask if she's preggo! If she is she'll let us know when she wants too.”
Now, an insider is speaking out about the rumors.
"These rumors pop up all time. Literally for the past three years, there have been innumerable times that the press has reported Maci is pregnant or that a baby bump has been spotted. It’s clear that the media and fans want Maci to be pregnant, as it’s a story that keeps popping up," the insider told Champion Daily.
"If she was to respond once, she’d have to continue responding each time they came out,” they added. “It would be a constant effort on her part of having to squash the stories and the rumors each time they were put out.”
Although it still seems up in the air whether Maci and Taylor will have another child, another OG star shared that she just got her tubes tied!
'TMOG' Star Reveals She's Not Having Any More Children: 'I Got My Tubes Tied!'
Having children is a massive decision that all of the Teen Mom cast members have made. But equally massive is the decision not to have children.
Even though all of the cast members have started countless rumors about having more pregnancies and children, this Teen Mom OG star is shutting down the chatter once and for all.
This season of Teen Mom OG promises to come through on the drama, but not in the way that a lot of fans want. After all, it seems that MTV is hinging a lot of the season to focus on Amber Portwood and her domestic violence charges, painting her in a sympathetic light even though she assaulted Andrew Glennon while he was holding their child.
But many fans are also wondering if there will be any pregnancy announcements during this season of the show.
As for Amber herself, it wouldn’t be surprising if she ended up with another unexpected pregnancy, but as of right now it seems that she’s learned her lesson about taking birth control unless she’s ready for another child.
Catelynn Lowell has made it clear that she and Tyler want another child, specifically a boy -- but just not yet.
Maci Bookout has also shared that she and Taylor McKinney want to expand their family, but they seem more interested in adopting than having another biological child.
So who does that leave?
Well, the one and only Mackenzie Edwards, of course!
Mackenzie and her husband, Ryan Edwards (aka Maci Bookout’s first baby daddy), welcomed their daughter Stella Rhea into the world in early 2020.
In a beautiful Instagram update, Mackenzie and Ryan shared their daughter’s name: Stella Rhea Edwards!
“Welcome to the world sweet Stella!” Mackenzie captioned this family photo. Stella Rhea Edwards came on her own time and surprised us New Years Day! What a way to start our year! We are so in love with her already.”
Fans sounded off about this update on reddit.
“I mean Stella is a huge improvement from Jagger,” wrote user ObscureSongLyric. User lucylucyjuicy wrote, “So Ryan has a star, a car and a drink for kids name. Next he needs a shoe. Maybe Jordan for the next kid.”
But now, Mackenzie is opening up about future children.
She opened up during a Q&A session on Instagram.
One fan wrote in and asked, “Do you and Ryan want to have more children?”
Mack shot back, “I had my tubes tied a month ago so it’s a no from me dawg.”
Fans were surprised by this update!
“Three kids, two marriages and tubes tied at 23. Really living life in the fast lane, Mack,” wrote reddit user SpiritualCamera. “I wonder why Rhine didn’t just get a vasectomy. I heard it’s a way simpler procedure than getting tubes tied. Also, he shouldn’t be getting anyone else pregnant, lol,” wrote user marisajane1.
But many also viewed the decision as mature. “Well done to her. That's the second smartest decision she made - the first being getting her kids vaccinated,” wrote user ColeOrPlaid.
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