MTV star Maci Bookout is never not in the spotlight; be it her romantic ventures, her recurring debacle with her child's father, or the circulating rumor that she is pregnant for the fourth time. Bookout, now 31, has been in the spotlight for most of her life. Maci was 18 when she first garnered attention for starring in MTV's prattling show, 16 and Pregnant. She has since raked a handful of onscreen credits, including in the show's spin-off, Teen Mom, and Teen Mom OG.
Maci Bookout McKinney was born on August 10, 1991, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. As her claim-to-fame show name entails, Maci got pregnant with her first baby when she was 16 and gave birth to her son at 17. She, however, didn't let the unprecedented event derail her life and instead, made the best of the situation. Since gaining substantial fame with the reality show, Bookout has carved herself a career as an author, and public speaker.
Inside Maci Bookout's Relationship History!
Bookout and her first boyfriend, Ryan Edwards, with whom she had her first baby, have a rough history. The long-estranged pair continues to fuel troublesome headlines to this day. The reality star-turned-author and her former flame were featured on 16 and Pregnant in 2009. Ryan reportedly got Maci pregnant in her junior high school, following which she gave birth to their son, Bentley, in October 2008.
The show's viewers immediately witnessed tension brew up between Maci and Ryan after they delved into parenthood. The duo even got engaged for a brief period in 2009 and went on to have a rocky relationship until their breakup in 2010. The Things That Matter co-founder and her son's father struggled with co-parenting their son and often threw shade at each other's dating life. Edwards, 35, was recently hospitalized for a drug overdose.
Although Maci, who is a married woman, didn't say anything about her ex's hospitalization, she posted a cryptic message that seemingly reflected on the situation. "Healing can be so hard when your inner child wants to love, your teenage self wants revenge, and your current self only wants peace.," the 16 and Pregnant star wrote. Aside from her headlines raking relationship with Edwards, Bookout has had one more scandalous relationship.
Bookout had recently put an end to her relationship with Edwards when she started dating Kyle King in 2010. The MTV show portrayed the then-new-love birds kicking off their relationship with a good start, with Maci and King moving in together after less than a year of dating. The duo broke up in early 2012 but reconciled shortly before going their separate ways in late 2012. The 16 and Pregnant fame reportedly caught Kyle being unfaithful to her.
Maci Bookout's Married Life!
The Teen Mom fame is happily settled with her husband, Taylor McKinney. The pair's romance headlines surfaced shortly after her split from Kyle in 2012. MTV's Teen Mom OG even had a special, Maci & Taylor: A Love Story, released to illustrate Maci and Taylor's romance. And from what was shown on the special, Maci was still seeing King when she met McKinney at a motocross match. It all started with an innocent friendship until Bookout's breakup hit the news.
The pair were in a long-distance relationship for a while before McKinney made the ultimate compromise to relocate to Tennessee from Texas to be with his lady love. The pair welcomed their first child, Mari's second, daughter Jayde in May 2015 and further elevated their relationship as they became business partners, with the establishment of their clothing line, Things that Matters, in November 2015.
2016 was the year of many milestones as Bookout and McKinney got engaged in January, welcomed their second child, son Maverick in May, and finally, tied the knot in October 2016. "I'm excited to finally be able to call Taylor my husband," Bookout said in her statement. Despite being one of the strongest Teen Mom couples, Maci and Taylor's relationship isn't completely devoid of speculations every now and then. After a bumpy run last year- with fans suspecting trouble in paradise, the swirling rumor now is that the 32-year-old star is probably pregnant with her fourth child.
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