It's looking more and more like Mackenzie Standifer will never be a hit with Teen Mom fans.
Perhaps she was doomed from the start, joining the cast as wife of the perennially unpopular Ryan Edwards.
To put it mildly, Mackenzie Standifer has never been a Teen Mom fan favorite.
Mostly 'cause she's been one of the biggest enablers in Ryan Edwards' life.
Maci Bookout has a bit of explaining she needs to do.
On Tuesday night's new episode of Teen Mom OG, the veteran cast member revealed that she had signed up her 11-year-old son for private wrestling lessons.
The Teen Mom franchise has brought us many, many terrible, abusive, and incompetent parents.
Fans sometimes debate among themselves in an effort to determine who is the worst of these villains, and the likes of Jenelle Evans, Farrah Abraham, and Adam Lind usually dominate the conversation.
Sometimes, the most successful, well-adjusted adults emerge from the most chaotic childhoods.
And Teen Mom 2 fans are hopeful that that will turn out to be the case with Maci Bookout and Ryan Edwards' son, Bentley.
Like most stars of Teen Mom, Mackenzie Standifer has a complex relationship with the people who watch the show that made her famous.
For the most part, she seems to enjoy the spotlight, but Standifer has also threatened to quit Teen Mom OG due to harassment from fans.
On a recent episode of Teen Mom OG, Ryan Edwards seemed to be in very rough shape.
In the company of his wife, Mackenzie Standifer, Ryan attended his son Bentley's birthday party, and some who know him well -- including Maci Bookout -- suspected that Edwards was intoxicated.
You would think that after everything Ryan Edwards has put his loved ones through, he would count himself lucky to have anyone in his life at all.
But maybe during Edwards' latest stint in rehab, he dozed off during the part about making amends to those you've wronged, because the man is more peevish and petulant than ever these days.
Ryan Edwards ... where do we even start?
The guy has had a lot going on for the past few years, and pretty much all of it has been absolutely horrific.
On second thought...
... perhaps Maci Bookout actually does still hate Ryan Edwards.
When Mackenzie Standifer first started dating Ryan Edwards, she was openly unhappy.
You might think she was miserable because of Edwards' addictions, or the fact that his narcissism and general crappiness are rivaled in the annals of Teen Mom baby daddy history only by the likes David Eason or Adam Lind.
If you've kept up with all the Teen Mom gossip over the years, then you know that the relationship between Maci Bookout and Ryan Edwards hasn't been great for a while now.
And you also know that that's a major understatement.
The good news is that Ryan Edwards has come a long way since the time when he passed out while driving to his wedding with Mackenzie Standifer.
The less-encouraging news is that recovery is a lifelong process, and Ryan will need to remain vigilant for the rest of his days if he hopes to remain sober and be the kind of husband and father his family deserves.
On New Year's Day, troubled reality star Ryan Edwards and his wife Mackenzie Standifer welcomed their third child.
It's their second baby together; Ryan and Mackenzie both have additional sons from their previous relationships.
There was a time when it looked as though Teen Mom ne'er do well Ryan Edwards wouldn't be able to cut it as a family man.
After all, his first child with Mackenzie Standifer was born while Ryan was still in rehab. That's usually never a good sign.
According to a brand new and blessed new report, Ryan Edwards and Mackenzie Edwards rang in 2020 in grand fashion:
By becoming parents once again!
