In the world of Teen Mom, there are countless rumors -- it just comes with the territory. And even though there seems to be an endless supply of gossip, leaks, and theories, every now and then, one of them gets it right.
From huge news like Kailyn Lowry’s third pregnancy and Jenelle Evans’s divorce, sometimes rumors of the news spreads well before the fans themselves concern it.
As for Leah Messer the rumor of her addiction has been around even longer. Now, she’s finally confirming it.
During the 2014-2015 season of Teen Mom 2, rumors ran rampant that Leah Messer was hooked on prescription painkillers. In fact, even those in Leah’s life were concerned about her alleged use of pills. Her ex-husband Corey Simms and other members of her family were concerned about some of Leah’s actions that were caught on film. One time, Leah held the recently born Addie while almost falling asleep in the middle of a sentence! Leah also often had such a hard time getting out of bed that she sent the girls to school late, or without lunch.
Drug use and addiction are not something that MTV has historically shied away from. Jenelle has discussed her heroin and weed addictions on camera, and production for Teen Mom OG filming was even shut down when Amber Portwood was put in prison for drug and domestic violence charges. Leah, on the other hand, has never talked about drug use on the show, except to insist that she has never been addicted.
When she checked into a treatment facility in 2015, fans and family alike were absolutely convinced that Leah was seeking help for her substance abuse. Now, Leah is opening up about her time in treatment.
Much like the rest of the Teen Mom cast members, Leah Messer felt that not every part of her story was accurately represented by MTV. So like many of her co-stars, she decided to take it into her own hands by writing a book.
Later this year, Leah’s memoir will be hitting shelves. But she gave a sneak peak in an interview with Hollywood Life.
“During the writing process I told myself I get to be extremely vulnerable,” Leah spilled in the interview. She added, The purpose behind the book is for others to be just as vulnerable and be able to share their truth without feeling shameful. For the longest time I think there were a lot of things in my life that happened that I felt ashamed of, definitely.”
She shared a sizeable preview with her fans, going on: “Some of it played out on TV, some of it didn’t play out on TV because you can’t fit everything into an hour episode.” And, she revealed she’ll be confirming and going into depth about her substance abuse! “Some things that are in the book would be the whole situation revolving around me having an addiction and how all of that happened and where it led me to,” she said.
Leah went on:
“I was suicidal and I go into details about exactly how I was suicidal and why I was suicidal. And had it not been for my kids, which is why I named my book Hope, Grace and Faith, I wouldn’t be here today. There would be no Leah. My kids wouldn’t have a mom had it not been for also MTV and [manager] Lindsay [Rielly], but yes. Those two things will be in there. There’s also a lot more, so they just really get to see my life from my perspective and not what they’ve seen on TV. So I feel like so many people are going to be able to connect with me more and understand where I came from, my childhood up until leaving for Arizona.”
She went on, “It was hard because I had to reconnect with trauma in my childhood that led to decisions I made in my adult life.” She added, “It was going back to when my dad was very — Going back to sexual abuse and physical abuse, it was trying at times. I had a few very emotional phone calls. But at the end of the day the bigger vision, the bigger purpose is what is going to make it all worth it because I know other people are going to be able to stand for their truth, stand for their stories and not hold back from truly living their fullest potential.”
Fans opened up about Leah’s reveal on reddit.
“I’ve always felt very sympathetic towards Leah, as someone who was severely abused during childhood in all ways, I see all the signs just written all over others, I’ve always felt she was a survivor,” wrote user Justinetiny. They added, “To see this written down feels huge for me. I have been through my fair share of facing up to things, calling people out and trying to correct the behaviours the abuse created in me and I just feel... happy and relieved to see her acknowledge her own trauma and what led her to her decisions in life.”
User PurpleOwl85 wrote, “Yes..she is airing her dirty laundry for money and attention but it also to tell the world that she has been through hell and has not given up.
This is a very important message for her daughters and survivors of abuse and addiction. She has let go of the shame, owned her past and is finding happiness in life.”
What do you think about Leah’s brave update?
Kailyn Lowry and Leah Messer Slammed For Putting Their Kids in "Life-Threatening" Situation
The Teen Mom cast members have been parenting from a very young age. By now, we’ve got over a decade of footage about their parenting styles, so it’s no surprise that some of their choices have really upset some viewers.
But now that the stars are in their mid to late twenties, you’d think most of their parenting mistakes would be in the past… Of course, we know that isn’t the case.
Even though the Teen Mom stars’ parenting has improved over the years, they’re still no strangers to making mistakes. But could Kailyn’s mistake have put her childrens’ lives at risk!
The Teen Mom 2 reunion has recently aired, and we’re getting the inside scoop on all the drama that went down in front of and behind the camera this season. But an update from Kailyn Lowry and her bff Leah Messer left some fans seriously disturbed.
One of the biggest parts of Kailyn and Leah’s shared storyline was their exotic vacation to Hawaii. This stirred up all kinds of drama, including a legal battle between Kailyn and her first baby daddy Jo as well as a serious dent in hopes that Leah would patch up her relationship with Jeremy Calvert.
But when the reunion came around, Kail and Leah shared a detail that deeply upset some fans, and it all has to do with Kailyn’s baby daddy, Chris Lopez.
“Leah, were you surprised that Chris showed up to Hawaii?” Nessa asked.
“I was!” Leah said. “I was equally surprised!” Kailyn said. “I had no f*cking clue.”
Leah spilled that she had never spent any time with Chris before he came to Hawaii.
That detail made Leah’s next statement more shocking.
“He took the kids to the beach multiple times,” Leah said. “Mind you, five kids by himself!”
Kailyn corroborated this detail. “The kids loved it. Even the girls loved it. They were like, ‘Chris, can you take us to the beach?!’”
Even though Leah and Kailyn both seemed thrilled by this detail, fans thought that it was much more alarming than they acknowledged.
“They let Chris chaperone five young kids at the ocean alone?” wrote user RavenNevermore4 incredulously on reddit. “Why would Leah & Kail think it's a-ok to let Chris be responsible for 5 kids at the ocean alone? And why didn't one of them go with Chris to help watch the kids?”
They pointed out another disturbing detail: Chris seemed to be drinking often during the trip. They wrote:
“Chris posted an IG from Hawaii & he was sitting in a car, seemed very inebriated & he was whining & complaining that Kail & Leah were out on the boat they rented & he stayed back because they wouldn't let him drive. That's the guy you allowed to watch your kids in the ocean?”
They weren’t the only ones upset by this detail. User sweettea0922 wrote, “The strangest part was that Leah who had never met Chris let him take her 3 young daughters with him... like you don’t know this guy.”
User Copcardramatics chimed in, “Even if you put the fact that he’s a stranger to Leah’s girlses aside - I really don’t think any lone adult is capable of supervising five young children (one with a disability) swimming. All it takes is for you to be distracted by your phone or whatever for a minute and someone could be drowning. This was a huge lapse in judgment for kail and Leah.”
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