Teen Mom's Maci & Cheyenne connected Navigating Co-Parenting & Marriage
Maci Bookout ’s lad is astir the aforesaid property she was erstwhile she had him.
In fact, the children of the archetypal Teen Mom cast—including those of Amber Portwood , Ashley Jones , Briana DeJesus , Catelynn Baltierra , Cheyenne Davis , Jade Cline , Leah Messer and Mackenzie McKee —are each approaching their saccharine 16th birthdays.
And successful an exclusive clip of the upcoming special, full-circle play of Teen Mom: The Next Chapter , Maci’s lad Bentley experiences a startling realization arsenic she points retired to him, “You’re turning 16.”
Which causes the teen to archer his mom, “I don’t cognize what I’d bash if I had a kid close now.”
The preview for the season—which premieres January 30th—features a fig of coming-of-age milestones for the parents and teens alike, from attending prom, to learning to thrust and readying for college.
But alongside each the caller moments is simply a look backmost astatine wherever the series’ leads started: At them preparing to invited caller beingness into the satellite arsenic 16-year-olds.
As a throwback clip shows Catelynn asking the cameras, “How americium I expected to rise a kid erstwhile I’m a kid myself?”
However, these days, their worries look precise different. In this play of Teen Mom: The Next Chapter , Leah, Maci and Amber navigate raising children who are of an property wherever they could beryllium parents themselves, conscionable arsenic their moms were. Cheyenne and Mackenzie are hoping to grow their families portion Bri seeks retired prevention for aboriginal pregnancies, and Jade and Ashley’s relationships with their families proceed to evolve.
Meanwhile, Catelynn and hubby Tyler Baltierra grapple with the symptom of having given their girl up for adoption arsenic her narration with Carly ’s adoptive parents grows much fraught.
It’s a narration the brace person often spoken candidly astir connected societal media, including Catelynn explaining wherefore she thinks Carly’s parents Brandon Davis and Teresa Davis have “blocked” her from speaking to their daughter.
"At the extremity of the time I deliberation her parents consciousness scared/ threatened due to the fact that Carly would inquire questions astir wherefore we don't get unneurotic anymore, wherefore we can't conscionable alert to her for a play etc.," Catelynn explained connected her Instagram Story successful September. "I volition ALWAYS enactment Carly loving her parents. They emotion her and raised her! But the information that they support america distant does not assistance Carly."
"When you're a bio ma you person nary say... nary control," Catelynn—who besides shares daughters Novalee , 9, Vaeda , 5, and Rya , 2, with Tyler—continued. "All I tin bash is amusement Carly successful the aboriginal however overmuch I tried and proceed to bash so... she tin marque the determination herself to recognize who unopen who out."
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Meanwhile for Maci, who welcomed Bentley with erstwhile fiancé Ryan Edwards , she’s been candid astir how her coparenting dynamic has shifted for the amended successful caller years—so overmuch truthful that she and her hubby Taylor McKinney have nary occupation hanging retired with Ryan.
"Especially the past 5 years, I would person thought you mislaid your mind," she admitted successful an exclusive interrogation with E! News successful June. "Like, you're surviving successful la-la land, it's ne'er going to happen."
"All of america progressive person done a full batch of work," the 32-year-old—who is besides ma to Jayde , 9, and Maverick , 8, with Taylor—added. "We have conscionable honestly worked connected ourselves. So, naturally, it's each coming together."
For much connected wherever your favourite Teen Mom stars basal successful their emotion lives, support reading.
Catelynn Lowell & Tyler Baltierra
Viewers watched Catelynn Lowell and now-husband Tyler Baltierra marque the hard prime to spot their archetypal daughter, Carly , for adoption, successful 2009 connected the inaugural play of 16 and Pregnant . After 13 years together, the fan-favorite mates wed successful August 2015 and person since had 3 much daughters: Novalee , Vaeda and Rya .
While the lack of Carly—who lives with her adoptive parents, Brandon and Teresa Davis —still aches, the mates unrecorded for their meetups.
"The girls emotion her," Catelynn told E! News of her younger daughters' absorption to Carly. "It's beauteous awesome to beryllium capable to witnesser it. And we're blessed that we bash person an unfastened adoption to beryllium capable to witnesser it. It's genuinely a blessing to beryllium capable to ticker each of these things implicit the years."
Maci Bookout & Ryan Edwards
Together little than six months erstwhile she got pregnant, viewers saw Maci Bookout conflict with an irresponsible Ryan Edwards on 16 and Pregnant . Though they got engaged, the precocious schoolhouse sweethearts divided little than a twelvemonth aft their lad Bentley was calved successful 2008.
These days they're focused connected gathering a co-parenting relationship. "We're successful a bully place," Maci revealed to E! News successful 2023 , adding that Ryan is showing up "more consistently present than possibly helium ever has before."
Maci Bookout & Taylor McKinney
Maci recovered her everlastingly teammate successful Texan Taylor McKinney successful 2012 and the brace soon began gathering up their squad. They welcomed girl Jayde successful May 2015 and lad Maverick a twelvemonth later, past wed successful Florida that October.
Partners successful parenting, beingness and their TTM Lifestyle manner brand, "He's conscionable my person," she told E! News successful 2023. "Even erstwhile we've had a unsmooth twelvemonth together, I deliberation astatine the extremity of the day, I inactive take him. I similar him. And adjacent if I privation to punch him successful the look sometimes, I'd alternatively reason with him oregon person a unsmooth spot with him than ne'er person a unsmooth spot with anybody else."
Cheyenne Floyd & Cory Wharton
Despite moving connected with caller important others, the MTV stars, who connected portion filming The Challenge , continue to co-parent their girl Ryder together.
"Our biggest happening since time 1 of Cory coming into Ryder's beingness was what benignant of dada helium wanted to beryllium and what benignant of genitor helium wanted to be," Cheyenne explained to E! News successful March 2020. "I wasn't going to let him to beryllium a Disneyland dada oregon an Instagram dada oregon conscionable successful the moment. He had to beryllium 100 percent. I deliberation from the beginning, helium saw my mindset and appreciated it truthful that's wherefore we co-parent truthful well."
Cheyenne Floyd & Zach Davis
After their romance ended successful 2018, the brace decided to springiness their narration a 2nd chance. While celebrating her 28th birthday, Cheyenne confirmed connected Instagram that she was backmost with Zach. In May 2021, the mates welcomed their archetypal kid together, lad Ace , and got married successful September 2022.
"We spent the past 2 years knocking things disconnected our list," Cheyenne told E! News successful 2024 . "We wanted to person a baby , we had Ace. We wanted to get married , we had our wedding. We wanted to bargain a house, we bought our house."
And now, she continued, "I don't privation to bash anything. I don't privation to acceptable a goal. I privation to beryllium down. I privation to beryllium truly still. My extremity is to beryllium inactive and conscionable to beryllium blessed with wherever we're at. And conscionable to similar each other. That's it. I privation thing else."
Cory Wharton & Taylor Selfridge
Connecting portion filming Ex connected the Beach whitethorn not dependable similar the commencement of a emotion story, but respective years and 2 kids—daughters Mila and Maya —later, Cory and Are You the One? alum Taylor Selfridge are inactive making waves.
"We conscionable bought a house," helium shared with E! News successful 2023, earlier bringing up that, yes, he's alert that radical privation to cognize erstwhile they're getting married. "It's decidedly being talked about. We person everything but the ringing and maine conscionable letting her know. Taylor deserves that and it's thing that I privation and she wants. Right present we're conscionable taking steps to get there."
Ryan Edwards & Mackenzie Standifer
Testing the limits of for-better-or-for-worse, Ryan checked into rehab not agelong aft helium joined Mackenzie Standifer successful May 2017, with her giving commencement to their archetypal lad Jagger successful 2018 portion Ryan was inactive successful treatment.
Though the brace would invited girl Stella successful January 2020, Mackenzie filed for divorce 3 years later.
Amber Portwood & Gary Shirley
While their precise contentious romance came to an extremity for bully successful 2013, the mates person since worked retired a mode to co-parent their now-teenage girl Leah .
"We person amusive unneurotic but astatine a distance," Amber told E! News successful January 2022. "But our narration is good. It's a household present truthful we dainty it arsenic a household much than thing else."
Amber Portwood & Matt Baier
After respective years together, a connection and 1 unsuccessful stint connected Marriage Boot Camp , Amber and Boston transplant Matt Baier called disconnected their engagement successful 2017.
"Honestly, you conscionable get to a constituent erstwhile you're done proceeding things and you conscionable commencement to not attraction successful a narration and I deliberation that's what started happening to maine and him," Amber revealed connected Dr. Drew Pinsky 's podcast aboriginal that year. "I started not to attraction anymore astir the narration similar you should. I enactment a partition up truthful I wouldn't get wounded again beauteous much."
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Amber Portwood & Andrew Glennon
Amber did find emotion portion filming Marriage Boot Camp —connecting with unit subordinate Andrew Glennon portion connected set. The pair made their debut arsenic a couple astatine the 2017 MTV Movie Awards and successful May 2018, Amber gave birth to the couple's archetypal child, James .
But the mates separated not agelong aft Amber was arrested for home artillery successful July 2019. And aft a contentious tribunal battle, California autochthonal Andrew was awarded sole ineligible and superior carnal custody of their lad successful 2022.
"I've worked truthful hard to amended myself and amended my relationships with my children," the Teen Mom prima told E! News astatine the time. "While I've ever been candid astir my past substance maltreatment and struggles with intelligence illness, a idiosyncratic should person the accidental to redeem themselves and not beryllium tethered to their problems from the past."
Determined not to springiness up, she added, "If your roadworthy has not been perfect, but you've worked hard to go a better, much unchangeable and caring idiosyncratic today, support moving guardant arsenic I will. I'll ne'er halt warring for my children who I emotion much than anything."
Amber Portwood & Dimitri Garcia
After gathering Amber connected the Internet, Dimitri Garcia made his Teen Mom OG debut successful April 2020. "Dimitri is from Belgium. He's 39 truthful he's 10 years older than me. But he's a precise handsome man," Amber shared connected the show. "I started opening up to him and we decided we should conscionable since we similar each other."
In April 2021, Amber revealed connected the Teen Mom OG reunion peculiar that she was inactive dating Dimitri. "We've known each different present for 18 months," she explained. "But I haven't seen him successful a twelvemonth though." Though the brace ne'er officially announced a split, Amber introduced caller occurrence Gary Wayt during a June 2024 occurrence of Teen Mom: The Next Chapter.
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Amber Portwood & Gary Wayt
After Amber connected with Gary 2.0 connected a dating app successful the autumn of 2023, helium zoomed into the representation erstwhile the Teen Mom vet introduced him to her castmates during a virtual chat.
Though helium projected successful May 2024, their betrothal was short-lived. While successful North Carolina for her brother's wedding that June, Gary ran disconnected aft the brace had a fight, leading Amber to study him arsenic missing .
And portion Gary was soon located, the duo's engagment wasn't the lone happening near broken.
"I've had to woody with reasoning my fiancé was dormant for 3 to 4 days," Amber said connected Teen Mom: The Next Chapter . "I had to woody with virtually grieving and trying to marque consciousness of wherefore the f--k would idiosyncratic bash this to me. I americium going done thing close now."
"This antheral broke me," she continued. "I was stable. Right now, this is the archetypal clip successful years successful my beingness I americium not f--king close due to the fact that a antheral enactment a ringing connected my finger."
Gary Shirley & Kristina Anderson
Months aft Gary and now-wife Kristina Anderson welcomed girl Emilee successful April 2015, they wed successful a saccharine formation ceremony.
"You are 1 of the astir beauteous souls I know," Gary wrote successful a 2022 Instagram post . "I don’t cognize however I would bash this without you."
Farrah Abraham & Derek Underwood
The begetter of Farrah Abraham 's girl Sophia died successful an mishap 2 months anterior to her commencement successful December 2008.
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Farrah Abraham & Simon Saran
For her archetypal superior narration since the decease of her precocious schoolhouse boyfriend, Farrah dated existent property cause Simon Saran connected and disconnected for implicit 2 years.
Though their 2017 divided got disfigured (as successful cease-and-desist ugly ), the 2 gave a stab astatine trying to stay friends. Sorta.
"I person nary hard feelings against Farrah," Simon told E! News astatine the time. "We are conscionable from 2 antithetic worlds. She likes the fake life, I privation what's real. I privation the champion for her and overmuch occurrence successful each of her aboriginal endeavors."
Jenelle Evans & Andrew Lewis
Jenelle Evans and Andrew Lewis , parents to now-teenage Jace , divided not agelong aft his 2009 birth, with the exemplary having nary engagement successful his son's life.
“I bash consciousness atrocious due to the fact that that’s Jace's dad," Jenelle reflected connected a 2019 occurrence of Teen Mom 2 . "But I cognize however helium is, and I don’t privation him to disappoint my son. I don’t privation [him] to popular backmost successful and past popular backmost out."
Jenelle Evans & David Eason
After a one-year matrimony to Courtland Rogers , and having her 2nd child, Kaiser , with ex-boyfriend Nathan Griffin successful 2014, Jenelle wed David Eason connected their North Carolina property successful September 2017, 8 months aft they welcomed their girl Ensley .
After a peculiarly rocky agelong saw David charged with a kid maltreatment misdemeanor involving Jace (at the time, Jenelle likened it to a "smear campaign"), Jenelle revealed they had separated . "I would've skipped consecutive to divorcement but I couldn't due to the fact that successful the authorities of North Carolina, you person to beryllium legally separated for a year," she explained connected societal media , "and you person to beryllium you person 2 abstracted addresses."
Chelsea Houska & Adam Lind
Remember the charmer who asked then-girlfriend Chelsea Houska erstwhile helium could "sign the papers implicit for that mistake"?
Completely successful the rearview.
Against each odds, the Teen Mom star-turned-HGTV personality has a somewhat copacetic narration with her precocious schoolhouse ex Adam Lind , ma to her eldest girl Aubree . “There’s nary atrocious vibes and it’s conscionable a precise unfastened relationship," she told Us Weekly . "There’s nary atrocious feelings. We spot him sometimes and it’s wholly fine."
Chelsea Houska & Cole DeBoer
What began arsenic a meet-cute astatine a state presumption successful 2014 became everlastingly erstwhile the brace wed successful October 2016. After welcoming lad Watson successful 2017 and daughters Layne and Walker successful 2018 and 2021, respectively, the brace launched a caller associated project: Their HGTV bid Down Home Fab .
"If we were going to travel backmost to TV, I wanted it to beryllium thing lighthearted, consciousness bully and beryllium capable to amusement our authentic selves," Chelsea explained to E! News , sharing wherefore this determination felt "so right." As she enactment it, "This was conscionable specified a chill accidental to bash that."
Leah Messer & Corey Simms
Though then-high schooler Leah Messer and Corey Simms fought to crook their relationship into a everlastingly family, the parents to now-teenage twins Aleeah and Aliannah filed for divorcement six months aft their October 2010 wedding .
Corey has been married to Miranda Patterson since 2013.
Leah Messer & Jeremy Calvert
Leah went connected to wed pipeliner Jeremy Calvert successful 2012, the mates welcoming girl Adalynn the adjacent year.
Though they divided successful 2015, they person made an effort to co-parent their girl with sometimes mixed results. "I'm looking astatine a complete, amended mentation of myself," Leah told E! News of her girls. "And seeing everything that they emotion and bask doing, and being capable to enactment them successful their lives and beryllium a portion of it is magical. I emotion it. I emotion being a mom, particularly a miss mama."
Leah Messer & Jaylan Mobley
By the clip Leah went Instagram official with Jaylan Mobley successful 2021, the United States Army serviceman had already charmed her and her daughters.
The mates announced their engagement successful August 2022, but broke up that October.
"I needed that breakup," the Teen Mom prima confessed to E! News a twelvemonth later. "I've learned a batch from my past breakup and, moving forward, I bash consciousness similar my beingness is conscionable beginning."
Kailyn Lowry & Jo Rivera
Kailyn Lowry was conscionable 17 erstwhile she and precocious schoolhouse fellow Jo Rivera welcomed their eldest son, Isaac , successful 2010.
And though they divided a twelvemonth later, they've since settled into a comfy co-parenting arrangement, Kailyn adjacent hosting her Baby Mamas No Drama podcast with Jo's woman Vee Torres . "We’ve travel a agelong mode since we were 18," Kailyn wrote connected X aft attending Jo and Vee's 2018 wedding. "I couldn’t inquire for a amended stepmom for isaac."
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Kailyn Lowry & Javi Marroquin
Kailyn's 2nd lad Lincoln joined the squad successful November 2013, astir a twelvemonth aft the then-star of Teen Mom 2 wed his begetter Javi Marroquin .
Splitting successful precocious 2016, their narration has been rocky astatine times, with Javi and woman Lauren Comeau —already parents to lad Eli —announcing successful December 2023 that they were expecting their 2nd child together, a girl.
Kailyn Lowry & Chris Lopez
Though Kailyn welcomed sons Lux and Creed with fellow Chris Lopez during their on-and-off romance, they yet called it quits for good.
"Right now, we don't pass astatine all," she revealed to E! News successful 2020. "I'm hoping that it volition get amended with clip but I don't person a large vision. I don't person thing antagonistic to say. I anticipation for our kids that everything works itself retired successful immoderate absorption that whitethorn be."
Kailyn Lowry & Elijah Scott
With existent spouse Elijah Scott , Kailyn yet feels she has a beardown foundation. "It's been precise antithetic from my different partners and my kids' different dads," she told People of Elijah, dada to her lad Rio and twins Verse and Valley . "He pours concrete, helium gets down and soiled astatine work. But he's besides conscionable a existent household man. He's very, precise overmuch connected with his ain family, with our family, and truthful he's been a truly bully spouse to me, and I consciousness similar it's a truly bully match."
A beardown capable 1 that she yet said yes to 1 of his galore proposals, successful fact.
"He asked maine to wed him respective times and I ne'er said no ," Kailyn insisted to E! News successful September 2024 of her neighbor-turned-life partner. "I was conscionable like, 'Yes, but not close now.'"
And though she acknowledged that the operation idiosyncratic "definitely changed my stance connected marriage," she's not precisely rushing retired to bargain a achromatic dress. Joked Kailyn, "How soon we get joined depends connected the time that you inquire maine now."
Jade Cline & Sean Austin
Though Indiana-based Jade Cline and Sean Austin had much than their stock of ups and down since welcoming girl Kloie successful 2017, successful January 2022 Jade teased to fans that they were connected the rise.
"There were immoderate major, large things that happened with our lives and large improvements that hap with Sean's beingness arsenic good and with his future," she told E! News. "I'm truly arrogant of him and wherever we are today." Eight months later, the brace announced their engagement , marrying successful October 2023.
"I cognize for definite my narration isn't ever perfect," Jade told E! News successful 2024. "But we emotion each different and we marque it work."
Ashley Jones & Bar Smith
California natives Ashley Jones and Bar Smith privately wed successful 2021—four years aft they welcomed girl Holly .
But aft calling disconnected their romance respective times, Ashley officially filed for divorce successful 2024.
Briana DeJesus & Devoin Austin II
Years aft 16 and Pregnant prima Briana DeJesus and Devoin Austin II welcomed their girl Nova successful 2011, they flirted with giving their romance different shot.
These days, however, Briana told E! News successful 2024, "I privation a man man, I don't privation a small lad that I've been truthful utilized to dating backmost successful the past."
Briana DeJesus & Luis Miguel
After starring connected the azygous play of Teen Mom 3 , Briana joined the formed of Teen Mom 2 in its eighth season, and gave commencement to her 2nd daughter, Stella , with ex-boyfriend Luis Miguel , on July 2017.
Since then, Luis' engagement has been spotty astatine best. "I deliberation helium wants a household with me," Briana explained to Dr. Drew successful a December 2019 Teen Mom 2 episode, "and since I'm not giving that to him, helium conscionable wants to enactment distant completely."
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