Bentley shared he’s only eating about 1,000 calories a day, and it wasn’t long before Maci began receiving backlash for this update. Many spoke out about limiting the diet of a child, including Mackenzie, who shared her views on the controversial Teen Mom YouTube fan channel, Without a Crystal Ball.
“I just never want any of our kids to ever feel like they need to go to those lengths to be successful,” Mackenzie shared. “You train, you do your practices, you win some, you lose some. And ultimately, you want to win, but you don’t have to go that far. And I get it that there are wrestlers who- that’s how they do things. But at 11 years old, I don’t think introducing those habits at such a young age ends well, ever.”
Maci clapped back, “If introducing eating habits such as [those above] is never going to end well, then I’ve lost my mind. [She was] making statements based on ignorance, never telling the truth.”
“If she or Ryan actually talked to Bentley or me about it, they would be certain that it was Bentley’s choice to maintain his weight in his weight class, but considering they only spend a couple of hours a week around him and never show interest in showing up for more than one event a month…it’s fair to say that what they ’thought’ was wrong,” Maci said, setting her sights on both Mackenzie and Ryan.
Although I will say that a 1,000 calorie diet does seem very limiting for a growing boy, wrestling is a very strict sport when it comes to weight classes.
So now, Maci updated fans on Bentley and seems excited to send him off toward the next step if his career!
“SO proud of my boy!” she captioned an Instagram photo of them. “Great Teachers — Lifelong Friends — All A’s — Forever Memories. Benny is off to MIDDLE SCHOOL! #bennybaby #5thgradegraduation #wheredidthetimego.”
She added a video of the two doing a fist bump for his achievement, as well as second one of them out to eat.
“Oh my heart,” she posted.
He’s off to middle school next year, congrats!