How Teen Mom’s Maci Bookout Was Able to ‘Work Through’ Her Anger Toward Ryan Edwards, Explains Their Coparenting Status

22.12.2022 - 05:51 / usmagazine.com

Trusting the process. Teen Mom OG star Maci Bookout is dealing with her emotions about ex Ryan Edwards after years of coparenting drama involving their son Bentley.

“I feel like I was able to work through some of the anger and pinpoint some of the things that I carry around because of how the past has gone down,” Bookout, 31, exclusively tells Us Weekly about how the new iteration of Teen Mom: Family Reunion — in which the cast goes on vacation together with their moms — improved her ability to handle the rough times with Bentley’s dad.

“I felt like I was more prepared and in a healthy spot on my own to move forward and figure out how to transition things and be just a better parent that can deal with the emotions that come up in trying to put things back together,” the MTV personality adds, explaining how she worked with a ​life coach while on the series, which premieres January 3.

“It definitely helped,” Bookout adds while teasing where the two stand now. “All I can say is that you’ll know by the end of the season … everyone just has to keep watching.”

The exes have had a tumultuous relationship since welcoming Bentley, now 13, in October 2009. The drama — which has frequently revolved around Edwards’ past drug addiction and his strained relationship with their son — came to a head in March 2021 when the 34-year-old former reality star was fired from the show, along with his parents, ​Larry and Jen Edwards, and wife, Mackenzie Standifer.

“We just got a call yesterday from [producers] Morgan [J. Freeman] and Larry [Musnik] at MTV,” Standifer told Without a Crystal Ball at the time, alleging, “Maci’s agent went above their heads and went to Viacom and said that they wanted to focus on all of Maci’s abilities and whatever she