Maci Bookout obtained an outpouring of affection from her fellow Teen Mother stars — particularly Leah Messer, Catelynn Lowell and her husband, Tyler Baltierra — for the compassion she confirmed to her ex Ryan Edwards whereas he was fighting habit.
“I simply wanna say that I commend Maci for simply supporting Ryan via all of it,” Leah, 30, completely advised Us Weekly on Monday, August 14, whereas selling Teen Mother: The Subsequent Chapter. “I do know me and [my ex-husband] Corey [Simms] had went via our challenges with that, and it was … tough.”
Leah sang Maci’s praises for being “so supportive” of her ex-boyfriend. She additional applauded Maci, 32, for placing her and Ryan’s son, Bentley, “first” and making the 14-year-old essentially the most “vital” factor.
“I commend her for that,” mentioned Leah, who shares twins Ali and Aleeah, 12, with Corey, 33, and daughter Adalynn, 9, with ex-husband Jeremy Calvert.
Throughout a July episode of Teen Mother: The Subsequent Chapter, followers noticed Maci sit down with Ryan, 35, after she realized he was on “suicide watch” following an arrest. Ryan was sentenced to jail in April after being booked for a DUI and possession of a managed substance, and on a harassment cost from estranged spouse Mackenzie Edwards, who filed for divorce in February. Ryan was launched from jail in July, in line with The Solar, and was ordered to rehab.
Though Maci has moved on from Edwards and is married to Taylor McKinney, she advised Ryan throughout the July episode that the subsequent time he was struggling to “simply name me.” (Maci and Taylor, 34, share daughter Jayde, 7, and son Maverick, 6. Ryan shares two youngsters with Mackenzie.)
Catelynn and Tyler, each 31, had solely good issues to say about how Maci and Taylor method parenthood.
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“We at all times say, like, we’re simply pleased with, you recognize, Taylor and Maci as a result of they do go off [of] what’s greatest for his or her youngsters. And they’re open and trustworthy to their youngsters,” Catelynn completely advised Us on Monday in a joint interview with Leah and Tyler.
Catelynn famous that Maci and Taylor are “simply nice dad and mom. They’re doing the most effective that they will with the most effective that they’ve. And I’m simply tremendous pleased with them.”
Tyler advised Us he felt a extra private connection to the state of affairs after rising up in a home the place his dad struggled with habit. (Catelynn and Tyler share 4 daughters: Carly, now 14, whom they gave up for adoption in 2009 after they have been youngsters, and Nova, 8, Vaeda, 4, and Rya Rose, 24 months.)
“Being the kid of an addict father, I actually sympathized with Bentley. I feel Bentley’s far past what I even was after I was that age,” Tyler mentioned, noting the shut bond Maci has together with her firstborn son. “He requested Maci for remedy, and I advised her privately, I mentioned, ‘I wanna let you recognize that’s the signal that you just’re doing an excellent job as a mother. That your youngster felt secure sufficient to return to you at that age and say, I want remedy. I would like remedy. Like, that’s large.’”
He continued: “I’m actually pleased with Maci only for the truth that she’s navigating having to coparent [with someone] who’s fighting habit. I imply, that’s an enormous factor. She’s by no means handled this in her family dynamics earlier than … it’s new territory.”
Tyler added: “I commend her and Taylor for a way they’re dealing with the entire state of affairs. I feel they’re doing a killer job at this entire parenting factor.”
Teen Mother: The Subsequent Chapter airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on MTV.
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With reporting by Christina Garibaldi
