Maci Bookout Says Ryan Edwards’ Relationship With Son Bentley, 14, Improved While In Prison (Exclusive)

Teen Mom: The Next Chapter prima Maci Bookout is opening up astir ex Ryan Edwards‘ beingness successful prison, months aft helium was arrested for violating his restraining bid against estranged wife, Mackenzie Edwards. In an EXCLUSIVE interrogation with HollywoodLife, Maci besides details however his narration with their 14-year-old lad Bentley has been affected by his caller run-ins with the law. Obviously, Ryan has had many run-ins with the instrumentality implicit the years successful narration to cause use, but this past April, helium was sentenced to 11 months successful situation aft helium plead blameworthy to harassing his Mackenzie, and Maci made a determination to basal by him — astir notably, by precocious attending 1 of his court hearings pertaining to the matter.

Maci Bookout & Ryan Edwards (MTV)

“It was important for maine to amusement up and fto Bentley spot maine amusement up for Ryan due to the fact that ultimately, you know, astatine the extremity of the day, it’s evidently inactive his dad,” Maci told america portion promoting the caller play of Teen Mom: The Next Chapter, which Ryan volition look in. “But besides for Ryan, and Ryan’s parents — each of america collectively are going done a batch with this full situation. Ryan made atrocious decisions, but astatine the extremity of the day, his full satellite has conscionable wholly fallen apart, and I conscionable wanted him to cognize that conscionable due to the fact that this has each happened, it doesn’t mean I’m conscionable going to discontinue connected him. But [it was] chiefly for Bentley. I felt similar it was important for him to spot maine enactment his dad.”

Maci besides revealed that she and Bentley perceive from Ryan often. “He calls beauteous regularly — a mates times a week,” she revealed. “He’s doing arsenic bully arsenic helium tin be. Some days are amended than others, and he’s had immoderate unsmooth patches of conscionable slump and each the things. I mean, I’ve ne'er been to jail, but I tin lone ideate what that’s like. But he’s doing good.”

Obviously, passim Ryan’s clip connected 16 & Pregnant, arsenic good arsenic assorted Teen Mom spinoffs, helium was often seen engaging successful nasty fights with Maci and not being contiguous erstwhile it came to raising their lad together. He was arrested successful 2017 for heroin possession and past checked himself into rehab months later. Unfortunately, helium was taken into custody again 1 twelvemonth later, aft violating his probation. And Ryan’s troubles didn’t extremity determination — helium was arrested again successful January 2019 for heroin possession and theft, and was aboriginal fired from the Teen Mom franchise successful March 2021.

Ryan Edwards’ latest mug shot. (Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office / SplashNews)

Ryan precocious started filming for Teen Mom again, and volition concisely look successful the caller play of Next Chapter. But successful March 2023, Ryan was charged with stalking. Just days aft Mackenzie filed for divorce and got a restraining bid against him, pursuing six years of marriage, helium violated that bid by sending her a bid of substance messages. According to tribunal docs, she filed the restraining bid due to the fact that helium allegedly held her by her “neck to the wall”, threw her “down successful the hallway and said helium could not person her nary 1 could,” and “opened [his] pouch knife” and enactment it to her “back similar helium was going to kill” her. Ryan yet plead blameworthy and was sentenced to 11 months and 29 days successful prison. He was past released from situation connected July 14 aft serving 3 months, and was sent to a rehab facility.

Surprisingly, Maci says Ryan’s narration has improved with Bentley since helium went to prison. She explained, “[Their narration is] beauteous good. Taylor [McKinney] and I benignant of came to the realization a mates weeks agone that we consciousness similar helium communicates much consistently close present with Bentley than before, conscionable arsenic acold arsenic calling and talking to him and worldly similar that. So the metallic lining I conjecture is it — adjacent though it’s benignant of been a s*** amusement — it’s benignant of been similar a blessing successful disguise.”

Aisde from Bentley, Ryan besides shares a son, Jagger, 4, and daughter, Stella, 3, with Mackenzie.

Teen Mom: The Next Chapter returns with back-to-back episodes connected Wednesday, July 19 astatine 8pm ET/PT connected MTV.

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