Photo:Maci Bookout/Instagram/The US Sun/MEGA
Maci Bookout/Instagram/The US Sun/MEGA
Maci Bookoutknew whenshe’d had enoughwith exRyan Edwards.
TheTeen Mom: The Next Chapterstar confirmed it wasEdwards’ arrestthat made her leave the relationship. “Obviously, when things first went down with Ryan and him having to go to jail and making stupid decisions and stuff, I definitely had a breaking point then,” she said on Page Six’sVirtual Reali-Teapodcast.
Bookout, 31, was referring to when theTeen Mom OGalum was arrested in April for violating his probation, which PEOPLE confirmed at the time was a result of a former possession and DUI charge. The arrest affidavit said that Edwards, 35, was found “unconscious and unresponsive” behind the wheel of his “running and in drive” car.
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It became too much for Bookout, who looked at her own response to Edwards’ legal trouble as growth. “I think the [therapy] I had done previously … and just making sure that I check in with myself and that I give myself grace and that I let myself … fall apart and then pick myself back up is a game changer,” she said on the podcast.
Bookout and Edwards share 14-year-old sonBentley, who they welcomed on theTeen Momseries in 2009. At the time, the then-teens got engaged but later split in 2010.
Despite spending timebehind barsfor the crimes, Bookout toldUs Weeklythat Edwards is closer than ever to their son.
“It makes me feel good as the mom to just know that like, although Ryan made really bad decisions and is paying the consequences for them, I’m glad to see that that hasn’t stopped him from showing up or, like, calling and communicating because in the past that would’ve halted everything,” she said.
Edwards also shares children Jagger, 5, andStella, 2, with Mackenzie, 26. As for Bookout, she went on to marry and welcome two children withTaylor McKinney.
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