Ryan Edwards’ overdose performed out on Teen Mother: The Subsequent Chapter — a harrowing incident that left son Bentley feeling “indignant,” in accordance with Maci Bookout.
On the Wednesday, September 6, episode of the Teen Mother spinoff present, Maci, 31, acquired the information that her ex had overdosed on drugs simply days after he selected to depart court-ordered rehab early.
“Earlier than [Ryan] went to rehab, [Bentley] was very involved and really anxious,” Maci informed her buddies concerning the former couple’s 15-year-old son’s response to his dad’s ongoing substance abuse issues. “He saved saying, ‘I don’t need him to need to cope with 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 recent air. We don’t have to fret for a bit bit.”
Nonetheless, Ryan’s determination to depart remedy — which Maci surmised was on account 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 accordance with an arrest affidavit obtained by Us Weekly on the time. Maci informed her buddies that Ryan needed to be revived by Narcan — a drugs that reverses opioid overdoses — twice.
Teen Mother followers have watched Maci Bookout and Ryan Edwards’ drama play out for greater than a decade. The pair’s rocky relationship was first documented on season 1 of 16 and Pregnant in 2009. After welcoming son Bentley in October 2008, the duo had been briefly engaged in 2009 earlier than calling it quits for good. Bookout […]
After Maci informed 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 indignant,” 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 believe Bentley is indignant as a result of he’s like I was,” Maci defined. “Like, ‘Man, do you notice how a lot potential you may have?’ I simply suppose for Bentley, he’s similar to, ‘Rattling, 10 items of the puzzle had been put in the correct 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 sort substance,” the affidavit learn, in addition to a “second small bag of what seemed to be a blue powder.” The MTV character additionally “suggested he snorted a powder earlier than waking up behind an ambulance.”
Throughout Wednesday’s episode of Teen Mother: The Subsequent Chapter, Ryan acquired 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 need to go down that path once more.
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Maci, for her half, cried for each Ryan and their son. (Maci additionally shares two children with husband Taylor McKinney.)
“Once I discovered that Ryan had overdosed, that’s really the primary time I used to be genuinely scared. Having to have that dialog with Bentley, and simply … understanding how I felt [finding out] however Ryan’s not my dad. All of it’s so laborious,” she mentioned, breaking down in tears. “Bentley feels all of that occasions one million. And he’s a child.”
Ryan Edwards, who struggles with substance abuse, has been arrested for drug possession a number of occasions. The Teen Mother OG star shares son Bentley together with his ex Maci Bookout. MTV cameras have adopted the twosome since Bookout’s 16 and Pregnant episode aired in 2009. After the pair cut up, Bookout married husband Taylor McKinney in 2016. The […]
After his overdose and DUI arrest, Ryan was sentenced to nearly one year 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 spotted with Mackenzie over the summer season. Final month, Bentley shared a photo taking part in golf with Ryan, Taylor and Ryan’s dad, Larry Edwards.
“Household,” the teenager captioned the picture.
In the event you 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 free of charge and confidential info 24/7.
