MTV & 'Teen Mom' Part Ways with Cory Wharton's Girlfriend Taylor Selfridge Over Racially Insensitive Tweets

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Cory Wharton went live on Instagram on Wednesday, June 10, hours after his girlfriend, Taylor Selfridge, was fired from MTV for past racially charged comments.The Challenge star, 29, began by reading his previously released statement but paused midway through as he started to get choked up.“I don’t know why I’m getting so emotional, man, this just hurts,” the Real World alum said. “Everybody makes mistakes.

Cory Wharton says he is "disappointed and saddened" by MTV's decision to cut ties with Taylor Selfridge.  On Wednesday, MTV announced via a spokesperson that they are "ending our relationship with Taylor Selfridge," after "racist statements" resurfaced on social media.

Cory Wharton isn’t very happy about recent developments over at MTV…

Cory Wharton found himself in a tough spot: the network that gave him a television career, MTV, fired his girlfriend Taylor Selfridge over “past racist statements.” The Twitter account for Teen Mom OG broke the news on June 10, the morning after fans noticed that the couple’s At Home: Cory & Taylor’s Baby Special didn’t air. Cory didn’t take long to react to Taylor’s firing.

Cory Wharton, who has been part of the MTV family since 2014’s The Real World: Ex-Plosion, has spoken out following the firing of Taylor Selfridge after racially charged tweets resurfaced.“One of my favorite athletes of all-time is Kobe Bryant and one of his favorite philosophies is ‘Control what you can control.’ What I can’t control, though, is the decisions that MTV as a company has made,” Wharton, 29, said in a statement obtained by Us Weekly on Wednesday, June 10.

MTV’s Taylor Selfridge is the latest victim of the problematic reality star purge!

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVMTV has ended its relationship with reality star Taylor Selfridge and has pulled the plug on her new special after racist tweets from years ago resurfaced on social media.“MTV pulled Teen Mom OG At Home: Cory & Taylor’s Baby Special from its Tuesday schedule and is ending our relationship with Taylor Selfridge in light of her past racist statements on social media,” the network said in a statement provided to Deadline.

People.MTV did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment Wednesday, but in a statement to E! News, the network said, “MTV pulled ‘Teen Mom OG At Home: Cory & Taylor’s Baby Special’ from its Tuesday schedule and is ending our relationship with Taylor Selfridge in light of her past racist statements on social media.

MTV has cut ties with Taylor Selfridge.  On Tuesday night, MTV was expected to air "Teen Mom OG At Home: Cory & Taylor's Baby Special," which had been announced to premiere on the network at 8 p.m. ET.

Teen Mom OG At Home: Cory & Taylor’s Baby Special from its Tuesday schedule and is ending our relationship with Taylor Selfridge in light of her past racist statements on social media," an MTV spokesperson told magazine. «MTV strongly condemns systemic racism and stands with those raising their voices against injustice.»Cory is the ex-boyfriend of Cheyenne Floyd, who is also a main star on.

"Teen Mom" star Taylor Selfridge is no longer associated with the popular MTV franchise due to past racially insensitive comments she made on social media. The network confirmed in a statement to Fox News its recent decision to cut ties with Selfridge, 25, who shares a child with boyfriend Cory Wharton.

tells People. “MTV strongly condemns systemic racism and stands with those raising their voices against injustice.”Selfridge, 25, originally appeared on “Are You the One?” in 2017 and “Ex on the Beach” in 2018, where she met Wharton, 29.

Taylor Selfridge over her past racially insensitive tweets. The network also canceled her Tuesday, June 9, special with boyfriend Cory Wharton and aired an episode of Catfish in its place.“MTV pulled Teen Mom OG at Home: Cory & Taylor’s Baby Special from its Tuesday schedule and is ending our relationship with Taylor Selfridge in light of her past racist statements on social media,” an MTV spokesperson said in a statement to People.

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Cory Wharton and Taylor Selfridge are lovers, roommates, and now parents! Nearly two months after welcoming their first child together, the couple revealed if they’re ready to add another title to that list — fiancé and fiancée — after we asked if fans can expect engagement news soon. “I didn’t see this question coming,” Cory admitted, laughing, in an EXCLUSIVE interview with HollywoodLife ahead of their Teen Mom OG special that aired on June 9.

Katie Maloney Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute says it will no longer be producing or selling the drinks after the latter pair’s past racially insensitive remarks recently resurfaced.“The term of our agreement with the ladies expired months ago and we have taken any remaining inventory down from the website,” a rep for Nocking Point told Us Weekly on Tuesday, June 9. The trio released a pinot grigio – Basic Witch Potion No.