This spring, the world learned that Ryan Edwards was fired from Teen Mom OG.
His whole family was given the boot alongside him, and to say that it was contentious is an understatement.
So much for Baby R.
On Thursday, four days after welcoming their fourth child into the world, Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra shared a pretty important piece of informatiom about the newborn:
MTV's longest-running reality franchise has been in dire straits for a while now.
Ratings for both Teen Mom OG and Teen Mom 2 have been plummeting for several seasons, and Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant has yet to take off the way the network hoped it would.
It's been almost six months since Ryan Edwards and his family were fired Teen Mom OG, and amazingly, new details about the termination are still rolling in.
At first, the story seemed simple:
If you follow any of them on Instagram, then you're probably aware that most of the Teen Moms supplement their income by posting links to clickbait-y articles on their social media pages.
Usually, that's fine.
What didn't kill Mackenzie Edwards during her time on Teen Mom OG has only made her stronger.
According to Mackenzie Edwards herself, that is.
Though it has been no great surprise to fans, Amber Portwood has recently been at war with both baby daddies.
Having gotten into trouble with the law for assaulting both men in separate instances, things could be worse.
Earlier this year, Teen Mom fans grew concerned upon hearing that Amber Baltierra had relapsed.
Tyler Baltierra's sister seems to be repeating past struggled, despite recently regaining custody of he rkids.
A common complaint about the most recent season of Teen Mom OG is that the episodes lacked for drama.
After all, that's always been a part (a major part, at that) of what has made previous seasons so compelling.
When 16 and Pregnant debuted on MTV back in 2009, there were concerns that the show would glamorize teen pregnancy in the eyes of its younger viewers.
That turned out not to be the case, as teen pregnancy rates have actually declined in the years since the shows of the Teen Mom franchise became surprise hits.
Last month, Amber Portwood and Andrew Glennon's custody talks fell through.
Their court-ordered mediation was supposed to result in an agreement. They missed the deadline.
Farrah Abraham talks an awfully big game for someone who lost a dream career on reality TV back in 2017.
To hear her tell it, she's a business genius, held back only by elaborate conspiracies against her.
Mackenzie McKee has gone from complaining about others canceling her, in the wake of the reality star acting a tad bit racist...
... to now basically jumping on social media in order to cancel herself.
Teen Mom fans know Amber Portwood for many things, but putting her kids first isn't really one of them.
Still, she and her latest victim-slash-baby-daddy Andrew Glennon have been embroiled in a bitter custody battle.
Teen Mom fans are all too aware that Amber Portwood hasn't done right by her daughter.
Her daughter is aware of that, too.
Teen Mom fans are painfully aware that Amber Portwood dismisses criticisms as "hate."
She is so focused upon "tuning out the haters" that she sometimes misses some helpful advice from fans.
Over the course of the past decade, the MTV hit Teen Mom franchise has undoubtedly been very good to Maci Bookout.
Not only has she been well compensated for her time on the show, it's opened up numerous other business opportunities.
Amber Portwood's core personality issues have helped to keep her on reality television for many years.
But they have also caused rifts between her and just about everyone in her life.
Many Teen Mom OG fans speculated that the feud between Maci Bookout and Ryan Edwards peaked with Maci's decision to have Ryan and his family fired from the show.
After all, they reasoned, it won't be much a feud going forward, as whatever drama occurs between the exes will no longer be documented by an MTV camera crew.
