From making up with friends, to making more babies, it’s been a busy week for the stars/former stars of the Teen Mom franchise! In an effort to bring you up-to-date on the latest Teen Mom: The Next Chapter, Teen Mom OG, Teen Mom: Young & Pregnant and Teen Mom 2 news, The Ashley brings you the Teen Mom News Pile.
Here are some of the major (and minor but interesting) ‘Teen Mom’-related things that happened over the last week or so…
Amber Portwood Says She’s Made Up with Catelynn Lowell After Previously Saying Cate “Turned On” Her for Money
“Um…Amber, YOU were the one who flipped ME off but OK…”
Weeks after Amber announced that her longtime friends and co-stars Catelynn and Maci had “turned on” her for “money,” the TikTok-crazed ‘Teen Mom’ star is claiming that she has since made amends with Cate.
As The Ashley previously reported, Amber announced during one of her many (many) TikTok Lives in early May that the girls were no longer her friends, because they chose “money” (and presumably the show) over their friendship.
“You guys, they turned on me, too,” Amber said of Maci and Catelynn. “For money…they turned on me for money.”
This week, Amber— who now spends as much time Live on TikTok as she does her trusty couch— told viewers on a Live that Catelynn had reached out to her after hearing Amber say that the girls had turned on her for money.
(For some reason, Amber was making it out to be like someone else had stated that Cate and Maci had ‘dropped’ her, even though it was actually Amber herself who announced that news.)
“Not only did Cate not drop me, she sent me a message the next day that literally said, like, ‘Girl, we’ve known each other way too long to be doing this-that-and-the-other,'” Amber said. “…we love each other. Me, Mace and her was the conversation, and that was it. You don’t need to know anything else.”
Just weeks ago, Amber was claiming on TikTok Live that Catelynn and Maci did what they were told by the show’s higher-ups, something she herself was unwilling to do.
“They’re gonna follow the leader. I’m not a follower. I guess that’s the difference, right? I’m not a follower,” Amber continued. “Have you guys not noticed that? For all you haters, I’m not a f**king follower. I don’t follow money. I don’t do that, sorry. I was actually dedicated to this show. Very dedicated. I really wanted to help people. And I did, and I’m still going to.”
Amber had previously been publicly encouraging Catelynn to quit the show (as she had allegedly done). Weeks later, Amber shocked the ‘Teen Mom’ fandom when she flipped off Cate and Maci after a fan mentioned that the girls had been loyal friends to her. The next day, Amber was back on Live, apologizing to her friends for giving them the double bird salute.
It is unknown if Amber and Maci have made amends as well.
