Teen Mom Maci Bookout praises son Bentley, 12, for wrestling win after she banned dad Ryan Edwards from seeing him
TEEN Mom OG star Maci Bookout praised her son Bentley, 12, for his wrestling match victory after she banned her baby daddy Ryan Edwards from seeing him.
On Saturday, Maci, 29, posted a photo of her son Bentley holding a silver medal in his mouth.
In a second photo, Maci and her husband, Taylor McKinney, proudly stood alongside the pre-teen as he showed off his latest sports victory.
She captioned the photos: “Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room. - Dwayne @therock Johnson
“This kid. Oh my Benny - he worked his way through hell and back this week. Came out with 2nd place at his first middle school wrestling conference championship! He continues to amaze us!”
But seemingly missing from the sporting event is Bentley’s father Ryan.
Ryan’s father, Larry, told The Sun in October that the Teen Mom dad is “not allowed” to see Bentley, as co-parenting between the exes “hasn’t been going well.”
Larry said the Edwards family “hasn’t gotten to see Bentley very much.”
He previously said: “Their relationship hasn’t been going well. It’s not any better. Something came up that she wanted and needed. Ryan wasn’t going to comply with everything she wants and needs and we’ve been shut down.
“Bentley right now, we can’t even see him, they’re not even allowed to see him. It is what it is.”
Larry and his wife, Jen, who has appeared on Teen Mom OG, have been active in Bentley’s life since he was a baby, as Maci often arranges visits and communicates with them instead of Ryan.
At the time, Larry claimed the grandparents hadn’t seen Bentley in two weeks.
Larry continued that Ryan, who has struggled with substance abuse issues, is not going to fight for custody of Bentley, as the stress of a court war could trigger a relapse.
He said: “No court. Ryan doesn’t want to deal with it. He doesn’t want to put himself back in a situation… He’s got a family. He needs to take care of himself. Then he needs to take care of them.
“If that’s going to be a situation where he gets upset and things are said… Ryan is not participating because he’s not going to let her pull his triggers. He’s pretty much, whatever she wants to do is fine.
“We’re not going to fight it. We’re not going to change it. It’s just the way it is. I’m sorry for it.”
Despite the family drama, Larry insisted Maci has been a “great parent” to Bentley.
He added: “I just wish we could work together a lot better and be more of a part of everybody’s life and it works out. I hope so more for Ryan.”
Then in December, Larry exclusively told The Sun that the father and son were reuniting at Bentley’s wrestling match earlier this month.
Ryan, 32, has had a strained relationship with his ex-fiancee Maci following his years of rehab and jail stints for drug abuse.
In May, The Sun reported that Maci’s restraining order against Ryan Edwards expired after two years.
Maci claimed in her protection order request: “He has left voicemail messages threatening to show up at my house and take my son. He has made threats to show up and hurt me if I don’t answer my phone.”
She alleged that during Bentley’s baseball game in May 2017, Ryan “showed up under the influence of heroin and got in my face, yelling and threatening to hurt me.”
Maci’s husband also filed a protection order against Ryan, claiming he threatened to “put a bullet in [his] head.”
Ryan’s legal trouble with drugs started in March 2017 when he was issued a citation for simple possession of heroin.
He was caught on camera slurring his words and nodding off while on his way to his wedding with wife Mackenzie on Teen Mom OG.
It was announced that Ryan checked into rehab for the second time after the episode aired.
Then in March 2018, he was arrested for petition to revoke when he failed a court-ordered drug test.
The reality star was arrested again in July 2018 for breaking probation from a past possession of heroin charge and received probation.
He completed his third rehab stint in November 2018.
But Ryan was behind bars again in January 2019 for breaking probation from a past possession of heroin charge.
He served 90 days in jail and was released in April.
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Larry previously told The Sun that Ryan is sober today.
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Ryan is also dad to Jagger, 2, and Stella, 11 months, with his wife Mackenzie. He is stepdad to son Hudson from Mackenzie’s previous marriage.
The photo from Bentley’s wrestling match also comes months after Maci came under fire by fans for putting her son on a strict no-carb diet for the sport on an episode of Teen Mom OG.