It’s true that when most people sit down to watch Teen Mom, they’re not exactly looking for reality. The truth is, a lot of what happens on the show is played up or altered by the producers or the cast members to make it more interesting.
But now, one of the stars is calling MTV out for lying about what’s really happening on the show.
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This season of Teen Mom OG is shaping up to be a pretty memorable one. Even though many fans have complained that the storylines of the moms’ are getting a bit stale, the fact that the show has had to stop filming due to Coronavirus and will likely go on a hiatus will definitely shake things up.
In the meantime, millions are continuing to tune in every week to see what the OG girls - new and old - are up to. But one of the OGs is not happy with MTV right now.
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MTV is no stranger to accusations of faking certain things in the show. Cast members have pointed out falsified timelines where MTV has spliced scenes that took place on other days together. Some simply accuse MTV of playing up tension or drama when really there is none.
Now, it's Cheyenne Floyd’s time to step up to bat. Even though she’s the newest Teen Mom star in the OG season, it looks like she’s already experiencing what annoys so many of the other cast members.
Chey took to Instagram to vent. When the official Teen Mom account shared a clip of an upcoming episode, Cheyenne didn’t hold back.
In the end of this preview, Cory tells Cheyenne, “Ryder’s going to be a big sister.”
It appears that Cheyenne is pretty angry and upset about the news as she gives an annoyed face in the footage. But according to her, this was just sly editing on MTV’s part.
“I wish you guys would show my actual reaction and stop making me look crazy,” she commented on the footage.
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Actual original OG Catelynn Lowell even chimed in to agree. “Girl I know!” she commented.
MTV are repeat offenders when it comes to this manipulative editing, but fans were quick to share their two cents on reddit.
Surprisingly, they were not very sympathetic.
“And I wish the show TEEN MOM would have actual former teen mothers on it but there your a** still is,” wrote user toochayns.
User saucymcfoodlefist69 chimed in, “U got into a fight with your boyfriend over asparagus. Whats MTV supposed to do with that?”
User AvivasProstectic even proclaimed, “25,000 an episode to sit on the couch these girls need to STFU. People Please Stop Watching so this can finally end.”
What do you think about Chey’s callout?
Chelsea Houska Sounds Off About MTV's Editing
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By now, the cast of Teen Mom knows the ins and outs of being on TV. Many of the stars have plenty of experiences being misrepresented by editing done by MTV, and that’s not to mention the ways that their co-stars and exes have misrepresented them as well.
This time around, Chelsea Houskaisn’t letting it slide. She’s calling out MTV on a fake scene and setting the record straight.
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Like many of the Teen Mom stars, Chelsea Houska is fully independent these days. But she’s always had a particularly close relationship with both of her parents, who helped her raise Aubree when she was younger. Her mother, Mary, has been alongside Chelsea through some extremely dark times, including Chelsea’s ongoing legal battles with her first baby daddy, Adam Lind.
So it’s no wonder that when Chelsea revealed she wanted to move farther away from her hometown, her mother was devastated. MTV chronicled the scene in the October 8th episode of Teen Mom 2, entitled Walking the Walk.
“We’re closing on the land tomorrow,” Chelsea told her mother in the episode.
“I am just sick,” her mother said. “But I don’t wanna make you mad and all crazy of whatever -- if I say something.”
“What do you have to say about it?” Chelsea asked, pointing out, “We’re going to be 45 minutes away… You have kids that live in Florida and Texas.”
“It isn’t so much that you’re leaving, ‘cause it isn’t that far,” Mary said, adding, “You’re only 15 minutes from me now. I’m by myself. I have to drive all the way down there after five, ‘cause I work til five. I can’t just get off, you know.”
By that point, Chelsea seemed upset. “We can’t live our life and our decisions based on [that].”
“Don’t rush into anything,” her mother underscored. “Just really, really thinka bout it, ‘cause I’m just like -- I’m not trying to sound like I’m selfish… But I mean, you know, these kids are all I got anymore.”
“We have to do what we feel is right, though,” Chelsea said. “It’s not gonna be as bad as you think it is.”
Needless to say, this hard conversation between mother and daughter was divisive among the fans. Some thought that Chelsea was being too hard on her mother, while others believed that Mary wasn’t giving Chelsea enough space. But it turns out there was much more to the conversation than MTV revealed.
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“Oh snap. I just cried with [Chelsea’s mom],” wrote a fan on Twitter. “I would be so devastated if my baby moved away.”
Chelsea tweeted back, “I totally understood where she was coming from. But it’s the town I grew up in! AND I’m disappointed they left out a whole entire part of our convo. We hugged it out, and I reassured her over and over it was all going to be just fine.”
After Chelsea set the record straight about MTV editing out an important part of their conversation, fans discussed her update on reddit.
“She doesn’t need to be disappointed. Her mom was being super dramatic and guilt trippy over a move that would happen months away that would still put her within reasonable distance from them. 45 minutes isn’t far,” wrote user InitialIntro. User So__Fetch_ disagreed, writing, “I think mary has most likely been a daily presence in the lives of her grandchildren and has carried a chunk of the load in helping raise them. It looked like this was the first she had heard of this and was shocked, Chelsea didn't let her know this was a possibility, they were thinking about it... buying land isn't a small thing and Mary was hurt from being kept in the dark up until this point and blind sided and now Chelsea is just going to peace out. I see why she got emotional.
I think it was a shitty way for Chelsea to handle the situation. It sounds like Chelsea understands that too.”
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