Some 'Teen Mom' couples are in it for the long haul, but this couple may be headed for the end! Here's why many fans believe they'll be signing divorce papers soon.
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All good things must come to an end… but all bad things must come to an end as well. We’ve seen this play out with Teen Mom couples throughout the years as some of the most seemingly stable pairings eventually split up. Luckily, many of the girls get out of their relationships before walking down the aisle, but will this Teen Mom star have to go through the rigors of divorce?
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Maci Bookout had a bit of a rough path on her way to meeting her future husband. She dated some men she probably regrets along the way, but eventually she and Taylor McKinney found their way into one another’s lives. Even though Maci had to drop some pretty heavy hints about wanting to get married (and by that we mean she straight up asked him to propose), they eventually walked down the aisle together. In and out of couple’s therapy, their relationship hasn’t always been easy, but fans are sure that they’ll make it to the very end.
The same can’t be said for Maci’s ex and first baby daddy, Ryan Edwards.
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Although Ryan is a controversial enough figure on his own, he took the controversy to a new level when he started dating Mackenzie Standifer. While at first fans and Maci alike approved of Mackenzie and thought that their relationship would set Ryan on the straight and narrow, it’s pretty clear that’s not how things went. After the infamous letter-reading during a Teen Mom OG reunion (the one where Mackenzie essentially accused Maci of exploiting Ryan’s addiction just to make that sweet Teen Mom money), it was clear that Mackenzie had fallen into the role of evil step-mom.
Of course, that’s not where the scandals ended. Since then, Ryan has been busted cheating on Mackenzie numerous times, but she’s stayed by his side regardless. More recently, Mackenzie revealed that she was pregnant with Ryan’s child, who is due in just a few months. In the meantime, Ryan was pretty busy too, and only a few days ago he was arrested once again for possession of heroin.
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On July 23, Ryan was arrested and booked with no bond once again. He was “Booked on Previous Charge or Other Reason” in his home state of Tennessee.
According to gossip site The Ashley, Ryan’s charge was listed as “possession of controlled substance.” His court date is set for August 6th.
Fans were quick to sound off about this update. “Jesus f*ck,” wrote user PygmyFists on reddit. “Somebody needs to f*cking help him. His family and Mack aren't doing him any favors. Somebody really needs to step in, and help him get better. Idc if they put him in jail or rehab or whatever the f*ck. Ryan needs help.”
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User Cancersurvivorgirl wrote, “He looks terrible- almost unrecognizable from 10 years ago in 16 & P.” They added, “Now maaaybe if he and Mack ADMIT that he is in the throes of drug addiction, he gets very serious about his sobriety, and enrolls himself in a real rehab program for a year, he has a chance and won't die with a needle in his arm. Otherwise, he will OD one of these days. Sorry to be so blunt, but it's true.”
“Maci is still the only one that calls Ryan out on his sh*t,” they went on. “She is trying to shield their son and save his life, not be a petty b*tch about his marriage to Mack, filming TM, or custody issues. She doesn't have the time or energy for that. She sees Ryan's life is in danger. The rest of his family just accepts his lies and totally enables his habit. It's so sad. I totally understand that she doesn't want her 9 year old son to witness all of this ugliness. I really hope Ryan can acknowledge he has a problem this time. No one else can do that for him.”
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Ironically, Ryan’s arrest comes merely one day after he posted on Facebook to allege that he was fighting his addiction.
“I will never stop speaking out against this horrible disease! It consumes your life and turns you into someone even you don’t know. I’m asking you to never give up. Each day is a struggle. I’ve made mistakes and I have really messed up in the past but there is so much hope ahead and it doesn’t mean I can’t change the future,” Ryan wrote on Facebook.
He went on, “Don’t take everything you see on MTV as factual truth. They don’t want to show me or Mack in a happy light or that I am active in my recovery. I AM. They want to make me look angry, passive aggressive and uncaring regarding things that mean the most to me. I’m done taking their sh*t and letting the world believe this by standing up for myself. You’re believing a lie. And soon… very very soon, you WILL see the TRUTH behind the LIAR.”
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But fans weren’t really buying this. “See, if I had cameras following me 24/7, I’m sure they would catch me at my worst a few times, although I’d like to believe I’d be on my best behavior KNOWING I’m being filmed,” wrote user etakyram on reddit.
They went on: “Still, I might get caught snapping at one of the kids or crying or overreacting over something stupid, maybe sh*t talking an ex or baby daddy, whatever. They probably could edit the scenes down to where they highlight those moments so I get how that could be frustrating. As it would be for any parent, especially a young parent. However... you can’t just ‘portray’ someone not giving a f*ck about anything 24/7, mumbling and grunting as the only form of communication, or being high as F*CK on heroin behind the wheel while on the way to your wedding."
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Supporting someone as they fight an addiction can put a strain on even the strongest of relationships, so it’s no wonder that fans have started to question whether Mackenzie and Ryan will last. Especially given the fact that they were both just fired from Teen Mom OG!
According to Mack, Maci told MTV “She’s not going to film unless [Ryan enters] rehab again and quit the show.”
Mackenzie and Ryan shared more details about their departure from MTV with E! News.
“[MTV wants] to take Maci’s word on how I’m doing,” Ryan said. “Maci’s said she’s not going to film unless I enter rehab again and quit the show. But I’m sober.”
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“I know they did want five girls to begin with after Farrah left to sort of resemble Teen Mom 2,” Mackenzie claimed. “But they didn’t want to see another recovering addict storyline. So they’re writing us out of the show right now and making it seem like we dipped out on our baby, on Bentley and on everyone. And that’s just not the case.”
"The show had been paying for my healthcare and for the baby so they could film the visits and then a week ago they let me know that would no longer be the case," Mackenzie revealed.
"They're not going to film the birth. We're not going to be on at all. Maci can't speak to Ryan and Ryan can't speak to Maci – that was a mutual decision. But she doesn't know what's going on in our lives."
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When asked whether she would consider filming again down the road, Mackenzie spilled, “If they don’t want to film now, then we don’t want to film later.”
With the amount of drama in their lives, is it any wonder fans are speculating on if they’ll get divorced soon?
“So basically MacKenzie screwed herself, she married a heroin addict and now she doesn't have a spot on the show,” wrote i-am-canadian-sorry on reddit. “How much longer do you think she will stay? Do you think she will stick around? Or do you think this drug charge is the final nail in the coffin.”
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“I don’t think she will leave until she 100% knows there is no spot for her on the tv,” theorized Mgltly. User wheniwasayoungboy__ wrote, “She only married ryan to be on the show. I see her and Ryan getting a birth special and some royalties every time they play a rerun of it that’s it.”
But user Kales_tigbitties pointed out, “There’s no monetary value in divorce now...except the story she sells to radar. So maybe never ?” User squirrelandmonkey chimed in, “Maybe leaving him could even get her a spot? She'll suck up to Maci - you were right, we need to protect our kids blabla. She'll backpaddle kinda like Taylor did with Chelsea.”
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Regardless of fans’ predictions, it’s clear that they’re still not happy with Mackenzie’s choices. “She didn't screw herself. She planned this bullsh*t,” wrote PygmyFists. “She took advantage of someone who was under the influence more often than not. She's a predator. If she really gave a single f*ck about Ryan, she wouldn't have planned a sidewalk wedding and let him drive through downtown [Chattanooga] while nodding out.” They went on, “She wouldn't be trying to poison his relationship ship with his childs mother. She wouldn't have gotten pregnant on purpose. Any body who knows an addict knows that they aren't supposed to date or have major life changes that could induce stress and cause them to relapse, and Mack has done nothing but impose major life changes on him, so it's no wonder he's still going to ‘the bank’ for hours on end.”
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