Ryan Edwards’ overdose performed out on Teen Mother: The Subsequent Chapter — a harrowing incident that left son Bentley feeling “offended,” in keeping with Maci Bookout.
On the Wednesday, September 6, episode of the Teen Mother spinoff present, Maci, 31, obtained the information that her ex had overdosed on medication simply days after he selected to go away court-ordered rehab early.
“Earlier than [Ryan] went to rehab, [Bentley] was very involved and really anxious,” Maci instructed her buddies concerning the former couple’s 15-year-old son’s response to his dad’s ongoing substance abuse issues. “He stored saying, ‘I don’t need him to need to take care of this alone. I’m anxious about him.’ After which as soon as he was in Texas [in rehab], like the remainder of us, it’s like a breath of contemporary air. We don’t have to fret for somewhat bit.”
Nevertheless, Ryan’s choice to go away remedy — which Maci surmised was because of him eager to be with household and have the flexibility to contact his lawyer amid his contentious divorce from estranged spouse Mackenzie Edwards — was one which had grave penalties. On April 7, Ryan was discovered “unconscious and unresponsive” in his automobile, in keeping with an arrest affidavit obtained by Us Weekly on the time. Maci instructed her buddies that Ryan needed to be revived by Narcan — a drugs that reverses opioid overdoses — twice.
After Maci instructed her eldest son that his father had overdosed, Bentley — who had simply seen his dad a number of days prior when Ryan got here to his baseball recreation — was “simply offended,” she recalled.
“The way in which issues have been going the final 4 or 5 months and the way good issues had been going, even within the midst of all this crap with [Ryan’s] soon-to-be ex-wife … I feel Bentley is offended as a result of he’s like I was,” Maci defined. “Like, ‘Man, do you notice how a lot potential you’ve gotten?’ I simply suppose for Bentley, he’s similar to, ‘Rattling, 10 items of the puzzle had been put in the fitting place and you continue to couldn’t get the 5 items left in there.”
Ryan — who was arrested for a DUI and possession of a managed substance on the time — was discovered with a bag containing a “crystal kind substance,” the affidavit learn, in addition to a “second small bag of what seemed to be a blue powder.” The MTV persona additionally “suggested he snorted a powder earlier than waking up at the back of an ambulance.”
Throughout Wednesday’s episode of Teen Mother: The Subsequent Chapter, Ryan received candid — and emotional — when speaking about his dependancy.
“Heroin. Utilizing that s—t’s tough. I imply, it may kill you and also you wouldn’t even comprehend it,” he mentioned in a confessional, sharing how he didn’t wish to go down that path once more.
Maci, for her half, cried for each Ryan and their son. (Maci additionally shares two youngsters with husband Taylor McKinney.)
“After I discovered that Ryan had overdosed, that’s actually the primary time I used to be genuinely scared. Having to have that dialog with Bentley, and simply … figuring out how I felt [finding out] however Ryan’s not my dad. All of it’s so arduous,” she mentioned, breaking down in tears. “Bentley feels all of that occasions one million. And he’s a child.”
After his overdose and DUI arrest, Ryan was sentenced to just about one 12 months in jail after pleading responsible to harassing Mackenzie, 26, earlier this 12 months. (Mackenzie, who shares two youngsters with Ryan, filed for divorce from her estranged husband in February.) Ryan was launched to a midway home in June, the place he was later noticed with Mackenzie over the summer season. Final month, Bentley shared a photograph enjoying golf with Ryan, Taylor and Ryan’s dad, Larry Edwards.
“Household,” the teenager captioned the picture.
For those who or anybody you recognize is dealing with substance abuse points, name the Substance Abuse and Psychological Well being Companies Administration’s Nationwide Helpline at 1-800-662-4357 without cost and confidential data 24/7.