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Don't judge.
- Tonight on Teen Mom: The Next Chapter Reunion"...
- It's always a good time for reunions.
- Dr. Drew called people out on their [bleep].
- The moms are in Los Angeles to break down
their most transformative season yet.
- I'm on the way to the studio now.
Finally about to do the reunion.
- And the question on everyone's mind remains.
Can all the moms move past their drama
and share the stage?
- I guess we'll see where the night goes.
- I'm hoping it just goes smooth.
- It's like reunions always give me anxiety.
I don't know why. - Let's all be nice.
- Standby, please. Here we go.
Five, four, join, speed, three, two...
- It's an emotional night filled with tears.
- And then so happy that no matter what I did,
she learned something.
- Sorry. It is still kind of like--
[sobs]
- And tense moments.
- At 2:00 in the morning, some bitch called his phone.
He had numerous bitches calling him.
- How is your guys' relationship now?
You guys cool?
- I'ma be a butt with you. - Don't you do it.
- Oh.
- Plus, I flew to Tennessee to sit down with Ryan
to discuss his treatment and recovery.
- Are you proceeding with the divorce?
- Will this be the final chapter for our moms?
- I have to feel like it comes from a place of being genuine,
because I'm not a [bleep].
- At this point, I don't give a [bleep].
Like, I just-- I don't give a [bleep].
- "Teen Mom: The Next Chapter Reunion" starts now.
[upbeat rock music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Welcome, everyone,
to "Teen Mom: The Next Chapter Reunion."
I'm your host, Dr. Drew, with my co-host here, Nessa.
In this chapter, the moms face new dilemmas,
establish important boundaries.
They grew stronger along the way.
- Tonight, all of the moms will be joining us individually,
and our hope is to get to a place
where we can have everyone out here together.
Are they ready to put the drama behind them?
We'll find out.
There's a ton to get into.
So let's welcome our first mom, Jade.
- Hi. - Hi, Jade.
So I heard you're fresh off your bachelorette party.
- It was so much fun. It was amazing.
- Best part about it?
- One iconic moment that just explained the whole trip--
as we're doing our boat cruise, and I'm like,
I'm about to jump in the water, I rip my whole weave out,
and the captain turns around, and is like--
and we're all just cracking up.
Like, the weave was everywhere,
like, throughout the whole trip.
- So you had a great time. - Yes.
It was so much fun.
- Well, we have your man and your mom here.
Let's go ahead and bring them out right now.
Please welcome Sean and Christy.
Welcome, welcome. - Thank you, you as well.
- Hi. - How's it going?
- Hi.
- Sean, congratulations on your sobriety.
Two years, right? - Yes, ma'am.
- Is it two years now? - Yeah.
August 10th was two years. - August 10th, your sober day.
- Congrats, congrats. - Thank you.
- But somebody else has joined him.
- Christy, so great to see you.
- How's it going? - I feel good.
I have six months and five days clean.
I was like, "I can't wait to tell Dr. Drew."
[laughter]
- I know, congratulations.
We're going to talk about the road to Jade's wedding now.
And of course, that had many ups and downs.
Jade spent all season planning this wedding,
but tension with Mom contributed
to some stressful moments.
Have a look at this.
- Ah. - Oooh.
- Well, it needs some more something.
- That tattoo shining through, no.
I don't know. I just don't like it.
- My feelings are hurt. I felt like you was just--
you in there, yelling about the price.
It's making me more stressed out.
- I mean, it's your money. You spend it how you want.
I just worry about you. That's all.
- Yeah, but I feel like if I love it,
like, can't you just let me love it,
instead of putting in negative inputs?
- No, I just want to Uber home.
Let me the [bleep] out. - No, no, no, no, no.
- You're literally screaming.
We're in the middle of the road.
- It does look freaking good.
- Mmm.
- [coughs] I'll be back.
I got to go outside. - Mom, sit down.
I felt super lonely, and it made me, like,
instantly regret inviting her.
I felt like it was just like me feeling,
like, abandoned and left.
And it was, like, a little heartbreaking to me.
[soft dramatic music]
- I'm sorry, Jade.
But I want her wedding to be, like,
everything that she's ever dreamed of being from a kid,
so I don't want to ruin that, you know?
And going to rehab and changing my life
is, like, the first step in making her
have a happy life and Chloe.
Because I want to be a part of it...
- Yeah. - So...
- Goodness.
- When we were watching this past season,
you seemed a bit upset with Jade,
with how much money she was spending on her wedding.
Why did it bother you so much?
- I just don't want her to ever have to want for anything,
or-- - I don't know.
I feel like you were miserable,
and you were just trying to [bleep] on my parade
every chance you got. That's what it felt like.
- I'm sorry. I--it may be.
I don't-- - Yeah, you know when someone--
when you're internally, like, unhappy,
it's like you would project that,
and I would end the day-- my day would end bad
every single time. - I'm very sorry about that.
Yeah, those are some of the reasons
that I went to rehab, you know,
because I just didn't want to be that person,
and I sure don't want anybody to--especially someone I love
so much--to feel like that.
- How's the gambling thing going?
- I mean, I'm not gonna say I haven't gambled
at all since I've been home.
- You scare the [bleep] out of me with the gambling.
- Yeah.
- Because you minimize it so much.
- It will lead you right back to your relapse,
whether you want to believe it or not.
- I didn't even know that until she said it out loud.
She just told me the other day she wasn't gambling.
She just said it out loud on the stage she was.
- No, I told you that I played bingo sometimes.
- No.
- You got to live a certain kind of life,
and you got to work on rigorous honesty,
rigorous honesty. - No, but I'm saying--
You keep doing that.
It's like this endless cycle of manipulating,
then to lying, then to--and then it's like--
- But am I gambling like I used to?
Hell, no. - It's your recovery.
If you were coming to me and asking for advice,
I'd say some GA would really, really, really help you.
- I wanted to go back to you, Jade.
I know we saw a lot of stressful moments
from your wedding experience, the whole process.
Which part of the day are you looking forward to the most?
- The moment when she walks down the aisle.
I'm not gonna be able to keep it together.
- Oh.
- Like, I'm just excited for all these people
to show up and be there, these people that
have supported us for years.
- Are you inviting people from the cast?
- Yeah, Briana's actually in my wedding.
She's one of my bridesmaids.
- And Zach is one of my groomsmen.
- Yeah. - That's nice.
- I was more nervous to ask him that
than I was to ask her to marry me.
[laughter] - Romance.
- Well, congratulations, guys, and congratulations
on six months and five days, Christy.
It's a big, big deal. - I'm proud of us.
- I am proud of us too. - Proud of you guys.
- Coming up, Jade's dad, Corey, joins us to talk
about his recovery process.
Plus, we'll see if we can get all of our moms
on stage together as we move forward into this new chapter
of "Teen Mom."
[upbeat music]
- At 2:00 in the morning, some bitch called his phone.
He had numerous bitches calling him.
- Are we about to do this right now?
♪♪ ♪♪
- We're backstage.
I don't know who got my dad to come down here,
but he's here. Dad, say hi to the girls.
- Which girls? - The girls from the show.
- Where are they? - Just say hi.
- Oh, hey, hey. How are you?
- Oh, my gosh. - Come on.
- Old people and technology, man.
- We're back with more reunion.
Jade, Sean, and Jade's mom, Christy, are here.
And now joining them, let's welcome
Jade's dad, Corey. Hi.
- Hey, welcome to the party. - Yeah.
Looks like an interesting one. - Corey, how are you?
- I'm actually good. - It's so great to see you.
And I'm really happy about your journey.
It's really remarkable to see and--
- Remarkable is the word.
Because the way these two described you,
I thought you were dying,
and it was all addiction, right?
- Uh-huh, I know I gained over 30 pounds.
- Oh, my goodness.
- Thank God I didn't gain 30 pounds--
- [laughs]
- Well, in the past, Jade supported Sean
while he worked on his sobriety,
and this season, it was her parents
who needed the help, but the emotional toll
left Jade searching for her own support.
Let's take a look.
- Are you taking this seriously?
Are you ready to to go and-- - Yeah. Yeah.
I don't understand why you're asking me that.
- This is an opportunity to take control
of your life back.
This is a huge step for you,
and I just hope you make the best of it.
- When I first got here, I'm like, "These bitches."
I would be pissed.
But then, when you start getting the same awareness
by a bunch of people at once, you're like,
"Well, maybe I should take a look at that."
- I'm proud of you, Dad.
[tender music]
♪♪ ♪♪
I'm proud you're doing better. I want you to be here.
- So do I now.
Because I didn't want to for a long time.
- Hello? - Hello.
They talked to Mom about some of the concerns
that we had, and they recommended
her stay one more month.
She just flips the [bleep] out, throws a [bleep] fit,
and then signs a AWA
against medical advice to leave.
After--after everything, all the sessions we've done
and everything,
it's like she just doesn't care.
- Christy, bring us forward from that moment.
- So I did sign an AMA. I didn't go through with it.
What came to me was Corey was doing so great
living in his co-ed sober living,
and I was doing horrible in my prison, you know?
And that I should stay another month
because they didn't think that I was going to stay clean,
and it really hurt my feelings.
I was like, "You come and see me for one day,
and all of a sudden, all the work I put in is not--"
You know what I mean?
- How much longer did you stay after that?
- I think 18 days.
- You stayed a couple more weeks.
- Like, should I have stayed 30 more days?
Probably.
- Corey, one of the things that just cut right through me,
the sort of passive suicidality you had,
how did you break out of that?
- Once you start getting clean, your head just--
it gets clearer, you know? There's still times that--
when everything's not going right,
I just feel like I don't give a [bleep] no more,
but I do.
Just got to keep working through it.
- Tell me about Chloe's impact on your recovery.
- Oh, I mean, I'm her favorite, so--
she'll tell you.
- And how did that help you find motivation to get sober?
- That was always my motivation,
you know, just to make sure
she didn't have to deal with that.
- Can I say something? - Please.
- Since we're all being honest here, that, like, to this day,
he's not being honest about everything.
Like the role that he played in the addiction and--
- In your addiction.
- He always pawned it off on me.
I feel that it was always put on me
like I was the ringleader. I was the problem.
I was the bad one,
and it's like he's 50 years old.
Like, he's made his own decisions.
And you know, he's done some things
that I'm still not OK with to this day
since he's been sober.
- So are you talking about, like, private things
within your marriage or something?
- Yes.
- What is she talking about, Corey?
Do you know?
- All the things that she thinks is--
it's a crock of [bleep], but I can't get it
through her head. She just-- - I'll be honest.
So when we got home... - She'll never believe me.
- From rehab...
- Are we about to do this right now?
Like, I'm up here like--
- At 2:00 in the morning, some bitch called his phone.
Then she's telling me that they're in co-ed sober living.
I'm like, "What?"
- I wasn't in sober living. It's co-ed.
I told you it was-- PHP was co-ed--
- So they had girls living with him,
and he had numerous bitches calling him.
- You're assuming there is nefarious intent.
These are people that were in treatment with him.
- No, he lied about it. - What was the lie exactly?
- What was the lie? Yeah. - He don't know who it is.
He's never talked to her. He didn't give him his number.
And it's like, you're lying, and you're sober.
- If you were to go to a couples therapist,
they would sit you guys down.
- They would say you guys have lost your [bleep] minds.
[laughter]
- And the first thing they would say
when you walked in the room is, "Are you guys going
"to commit to stay together or is this going to separate?
Which are we gonna do here?"
- I mean, I do, yeah, but... - OK.
- I don't know about her no more.
- Christy?
- It's OK not to know right now.
- I don't know. - You don't know. OK.
That's fair enough. Moving on.
Jade, you've been in Al-Anon.
I want you to, if you wouldn't mind,
talk a little bit about the benefits,
so anybody else who has family members out there
can understand what this can do for you.
- Yeah, we talked about it a lot with filming,
which I thought was so important.
I was like, you know, like, I joined, you know,
one that was just for all women.
I just felt like that was good for me.
There's all these different groups.
There's a whole slew of them.
But I feel like it helped just change
my perspective because I realized I was angry.
The anger that I had, it was like--
it was, like, devouring me. Like, that's when I realized--
I was like, "I have got to do something about this."
And really, Al-Anon was for me. It wasn't for anyone else.
It was for my own internal, like, healing
and for me to let go of, like, the anger.
- Yeah. It's true.
You feel committed to continuing
to nurture things going forward?
Is there a commitment here? - 100%.
- Yeah.
- OK. - I'm there 100%.
- I really want to have the family back.
I don't want to be the way it used to be.
- But I think we all have, like, this common denominator,
which is Chloe.
We all want Chloe to have a happy, healthy childhood.
We want her to have a good life,
and I feel like now we're all giving her what she deserves.
- Well, it was amazing to see all of you
and have this conversation.
I'm proud of you guys.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Bentley!
- Taylor didn't make it to the reunion this year.
It is hard. Are you OK?
- [sighs]
[upbeat music]
- Welcome back to
the "Teen Mom: Next Chapter Reunion."
Let's continue now with our next mom.
Please welcome Maci. - Wow.
So we've been through a lot this season, as always.
- Yes. - How are you feeling?
- I feel good. - Yeah?
- I'm feeling good.
- Taylor didn't make it to the reunion this year.
Why not?
- He's at home with the other two.
- I got to say, I worried--
I know Taylor just is very frustrated
with Ryan's situation. - Yeah.
- I don't think he fully gets how desperately ill Ryan is.
- Yeah.
- I worried that he didn't show up 'cause of that,
like, he's had enough of it. Is that some of the reason?
- You know, honestly, two months ago,
I would have been like "Yeah, absolutely."
- Yeah.
- It had to be a lot of communication involved.
- You and Taylor? - Yes.
- And really just making sure that us together,
we're a safe space for each other
and for him to tell me how he's feeling
and me... - Sure.
- To explain certain things
and just be very graceful with each other.
- Sure. - And that's helped a lot.
I think he is much more understanding now.
And especially, you'll be proud,
I started Al-Anon. - Oh, we are so proud.
We saw it. - What?
- You've been begging her to go to Al-Anon.
I wanted to go to Al-Anon for her.
That's how much you've been talking about this.
- My question is, what got you there?
- Honestly, Jade.
She and I were just FaceTiming,
and she mentioned that she had started
running classes for Al-Anon,
and I was like, "Wait.
So you actually, like, did it?"
And she's like, "Yes. And it's a game-changer.
You should try it." - Of course.
- Dr. Drew, you were right.
I should have done it a long time ago.
- It takes what it takes.
I know people have to do it on their own terms.
I understand. All right.
Well, this season, Maci's co-parenting relationship
with Ryan was better than ever,
and Bentley was building a stronger
relationship with his father,
but just as everything was falling into place,
Ryan relapsed, and he nearly lost his life.
Let's take a look at this.
- Can I take Bentley to dinner on Wednesday?
- I'm sure Bentley would love it.
- All right, appreciate it.
- All right.
- So do you know exactly what's going on?
MacKenzie and I are gonna get a divorce.
[soft dramatic music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Keep the focus in on you and all these crazy children--
- [chuckles] - And stay away from her.
♪♪ ♪♪
- You're being placed under arrest.
- For what?
- We have a warrant.
- I can go to my house.
- Not with an order of protection.
- I'm scared.
Anything could happen.
I don't want to lose my only son.
The man's made some mistakes.
He's still my son.
♪♪ ♪♪
He's still my son.
- I'm not gonna let this
destroy any relationship with my kids.
They don't deserve it.
[siren wailing]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Having to have that conversation
with Bentley-- I know how I felt hearing it,
but Ryan's not my dad.
So hard. [sobs]
♪♪ ♪♪
- It is hard. Are you OK?
- Yeah.
- This was heavy.
- Well, unfortunately, Ryan could not be here
with us today in person,
but I did go to see him in Tennessee,
talked to him one-on-one.
I will share that conversation with everyone in just a bit.
But first, we want to see how you're doing.
- It's just a very helpless feeling.
- Yeah.
- Very scary. - It's the truth.
- You can't just put a Band-Aid on it.
That doesn't fix anything.
Him overdosing-- there's truly no way--
[sobs]
There's no way to describe...
What that feels like when you know
that that has happened.
- Now, there's a part of this that's very challenging,
which is Bentley.
How did you tell him about this?
How did you get him--
how do you get him to understand
what this condition is?
- Right now it works best to give the facts,
but also therapy is a massive component.
- So he's in therapy still? - Yes.
- Well, Bentley is here. - Mm-hmm.
- And I am so excited to invite him out here
to join us so we can see how he's feeling
about everything and how well he's doing.
So please welcome Bentley.
- Bentley. Hey, Bentley.
- Hi.
- Thank you for being here, my friend.
And how are you doing? - Good.
- Yeah. You're in high school now?
How's that going? - Good. Really good.
- Is it? - Yeah.
- And you're part of the golf team--
the high school golf team? - Yeah.
- Is that the only sport you're playing?
- I was going to say. - No.
- Which ones are you playing?
- Baseball and wrestling. - Cool.
Well, I wanted to ask you, Bentley, with everything
that's happened with your dad, have you had a chance to talk
to him now and where he's at?
- I talked to him the other day.
He seemed--seemed good.
- Back to his old self? - Yeah.
- For other, maybe, teenagers or parents
who are watching right now, and if they're wondering
if they should go to therapy, do you feel like
therapy has helped you?
- I would tell them to do it, just because, I mean--
- Yeah.
- I'm so proud of him because--
I feel like, especially, with everything, you know,
not just his dad, but TV show and sports
and just all the things, and him just sticking with it,
he's just-- he's built different.
[laughs]
- Have you noticed, though, a difference
ever since you had that talk with your mom?
Like with your grandparents-- does it feel like
everybody's working together?
- Yeah, like not so much against each other.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- How important is that for you.
- It's pretty important. - Yeah.
- Thanks for letting me know. - Yeah.
- Once Dad is back home, what do you look forward
to doing with him? - Probably playing some golf.
- Is your dad good at playing golf?
- He's all right. - He's OK.
Are you better? - Yeah.
- You're better. OK.
- Well, Bentley, it's just great
seeing you doing so well.
We just wanted to check in with you.
And we'll see--you know, we'll see how Dad does.
- Yeah.
- Hopefully, you have a good golf season,
and he'll be joining you later in the season.
- Yep.
- It's always so good to see you, Bentley.
- More with Maci when the Edwards join the stage,
and we chat with Ryan later in the show.
- I didn't go and get my butt done,
and if I wanted to go get my butt done,
what difference does it make to you?
- I was always, like, in the back of my mind
thinking I'm gonna lose my child.
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- Oh.
[upbeat music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- I think that would fit in the car.
- What? - That sign.
- You want to take it home? - I want to take it home.
- Chey, you look amazing. - Thank you.
- You look great.
Welcome back to the "Teen Mom: Next Chapter Reunion."
Please welcome our next mom, Cheyenne.
Hey, Chey. - Hi, guys.
- How are you? - I'm good.
- Eventful season. - Yeah, it was.
- How's the new house, mom life?
How's everything going? - It's good.
It's overwhelming. What about you?
Last time I saw you, you literally just had a baby.
- I know, and it still feels like that
because I'm so tired,
but it's good, blessed, but definitely work.
- Yeah. - We have a lot to talk about.
A lot going on in your life. - Yeah.
- And the dynamic has evolved between you and Cory,
and now they are a great example
of successful co-parenting.
So let's bring Cory out.
- Yeah, dad of the year coming through, baby.
I guess I'll join you guys.
- Thank you. - Welcome.
- Yeah, welcome.
Before we get into anything, how is Maya doing?
- Maya is doing great. - Yeah.
- She's doing great.
- We're gonna talk more about it
when Taylor comes out here,
but it's great to know that she's doing OK.
- Yeah.
- You and Cheyenne have had a kind of a rocky road at times.
Now things are good.
Tell people how you got there.
- A strong foundation and a lot of respect,
and you're gonna have bad days, good days,
but we always put Ryder first 'cause We love Ry.
- You're about to live down the street now.
- I know. - Wait. Why? What's going on?
- I bought me a little bit of dirt, baby.
- Let's go. - Bought me some dirt.
- Congratulations. - Yeah.
Thank you. - It's amazing.
- Being neighbors may make co-parenting easier,
but nothing could prepare these two for just how hard
it would be for Ryder when Cory decided
to return to "The Challenge."
- Hey. - Hey.
- What's up, friend? - Dad.
- [laughs]
- Daddy, I'm sad that you left on my birthday,
my real birthday.
[tender music]
- I know you're sad. I'm sad for me.
- And I cried. I missed you.
- Guess what?
Daddy cries here because I miss you so much.
I'll be home before you know it.
- I love you, Dada!
- Why are you crying?
What made it so emotional for you, Cory?
- [sighs]
So I want to do what I feel is right,
and you know, you just want to do what's best
for your kids, and so, obviously, "The Challenge"--
I got to-- I wanted to go.
It's how me and Cheyenne met.
It's a big part of my life. It's also a job, right?
- Do you feel guilt? - Yeah, 100%.
It's just-- it goes back to, like...
[sighs]
goes back to me not having a dad growing up.
- Right.
- That feeling of, like, being abandoned
and, like, just-- me not being there for her.
- If you were gone-gone,
well, that's a whole different story.
- Right.
- You went to work for a couple of weeks.
- And she had bad days,
but she had plenty more good days.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- And of course, effective co-parenting
is easier with supportive partners.
And today, yours are here with us,
so let's bring them out.
Welcome Cheyenne's husband, Zach,
and Cory's girlfriend, Taylor.
- We missed you guys.
[applause]
- What up, baby? - Hey, babe.
[applause]
- Thank you so much for being with us.
Both families had a lot going on this season.
Cheyenne and Zach dealt with the aftermath of the shooting.
They were hopeful a plea deal would end things quickly,
but the defendant refused, and they were forced to deal
with the stress of the trial.
Take a look. - All right.
He said "Good morning.
"I spoke with the defense counsel briefly.
"He informed me that the defense
"does not want the offer.
We're looking at trial this summer."
- I feel like I put so much energy
into thinking that this nightmare
was gonna be over today,
and then it's just not. - Yeah.
- All right, Cheyenne,
what's the latest with the trial?
- The defendant decided to take a plea,
and the trial will be over.
It's been two years.
- You did share some footage with the producers
that I've not seen yet. - Yeah.
I think a lot of people have asked
"Did it actually happen?"
And it did. - It's pretty dramatic.
- Ooh. - Oh, my goodness.
Are you OK? - Yeah.
It's just like, "Wow, did that really happen?"
- It was a lot this season.
And then we had a chance to see you
reaching out to Ashley, to have a phone call,
something that your dad spoke to you about, right?
- How are you and Ashley doing? You guys have not spoken.
- No.
- You might want to reach out to her.
Just say hello.
- I don't know how to reach out to a person
where I feel like they went too low for me.
- Here's the deal, though, Chey.
Hurt people do hurt people.
When you try to make things right,
your vibration gets higher. Just think about it.
- Hello?
- Hey, it's Cheyenne.
I was hoping we could have a conversation.
- Um, yeah. What's up?
- I feel like we probably should have
talked a long time ago,
and I think it was best to let things kind of
calm down and let the temperature die down
before, at least for me, before I reached out.
- To be honest, I really don't have anything to say to you.
[soft dramatic music]
I don't appreciate how you treated me,
and that's really as far as I'm willing to take
the conversation.
- OK. I respect that.
- Yeah, I think this is a door
that I would just like to remain closed.
- Cheyenne, your thoughts?
- She had a lot to say about me,
and she went really low, in my opinion.
- Is this what she was talking about,
the shooting sort of been staged so you could
have some repairs or something?
- Right. I had surgery.
The airbags crushed my breasts, and my muscles were collapsed,
and in order to fix them, they had to remove my implants
and scrape out a year of scar tissue
because I waited too long to get it,
and they used fat to replace that.
I didn't go and get my butt done,
and if I wanted to go get my butt done,
what difference does it make to you?
It shouldn't.
- Not saying that you have to make all the amends,
but do you understand maybe why she would feel hurt
after being disinvited to your wedding?
- I understand that we shot "Family Reunion."
Things went crazy there.
And yes, I texted her and told her
I didn't think that it was best for you to come to my wedding.
She responded and said she already uninvited herself.
So if you uninvited yourself, how--
how could you be that hurt?
In either way, in the long run, when I look at it,
I wouldn't want a person like that
to come to my wedding.
If you can go that low to talk about
the worst day of my life, a day that involves
my children, a day that we all could have died,
pick something else.
- Zach, do you have any insight into all this?
- I feel like Chey has, you know, played her part.
She extended herself multiple times.
And like she said, she's never done anything.
- Are you open to following your dad's advice
while we're all out here for the reunion?
- Of course.
- Having a conversation with her?
- I think that a conversation would be great.
- You were willing to apologize?
- Yes,
if she could articulate to me why I hurt her
or how I hurt her, yes, I can apologize for that.
- OK. We'll see.
But first, we're going to talk everything Cory and Taylor
went through this season as they faced every parent's
worst nightmare, when baby Maya underwent open-heart surgery.
Let's take a look at this.
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- I try to stay positive, but I get overwhelmed
with the negatives too.
- She's gonna be fine. You know that she is.
- Yeah, but it's scary.
- I know.
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- I feel like last time when you and I talked,
like, you're way more, like, aware and open
with your feelings, where then I'll text Cory,
and he's like, "Fine, fine, fine."
- He does that with me. He does that with me.
- I don't like to burden people with my--
- Its not a burden. - That's what men do.
- We've been in different situations,
but I've harvested them to where
it's like, something triggered me,
and I just blew up.
I don't want to see you go through that.
- We're just worried about you.
- You guys can see she's hooked up
to a lot, to say the least.
The ventilator's over there.
My little princess.
- Oh, I'm so glad that that's over, and we're home,
and we're here to stay.
We're here to stay, girl.
You made it. You did it.
- Oh, oh, my goodness. - Oh.
- Taylor, I saw that take you right back.
- I was always, like, in the back of my mind,
thinking, I'm gonna lose my child.
Like--
Sorry, I still kind of, like, think like that.
So--like, the reality is,
she needs another one, you know?
So--
- So she has a surgery when she's three, right?
- Yeah. - Three or 35 pounds.
- And that's a bigger procedure.
- Mm-hmm. - Yeah.
- I'm worrying about Cory next time through this.
- I was depressed. - I can see it.
- But I wanted to be there to support her.
- How did you get through it?
- I went to therapy. - OK.
- Yeah. - Because I'm wondering--
- You'll be proud of me.
- I am proud of you because it felt like a lot to just lift.
- Can I say this real quick too?
We are so grateful and thankful for you guys.
- Aww. - Yeah.
I know if I needed something, I could call them,
and they would do whatever they could to help us out.
Appreciate it. - Anytime.
- We're always here.
- Thankfully, Maya's surgery that we saw was successful.
How is she doing today? - She's doing great.
- She's hitting all her milestones.
She's not walking yet, but she's getting there.
- Well, you guys are doing an amazing job.
Before we wrap up this conversation,
I do want to take a moment to celebrate
this beautiful family photo that you posted.
That was powerful.
- I'm so proud of all of us,
and I'm so happy that were able to be
on a platform that can show healthy co-parenting
and that it can be done.
- It takes work to get this done.
So thank you so much for being honest with us.
- Thank you, guys.
- Well, coming up, we talk to Ashley
about how she managed the stress
of starting a new career and dealing
with Bar's legal troubles.
Plus, we'll see if we can start a new chapter
with all of the moms and have them
take the stage together. - ♪♪ Dun, dun, dun ♪♪
- We shall see.
- How is your guys' relationship now?
You guys cool?
- I'ma be a butt with you. - Don't you do it.
[upbeat music]
- Well, I'm walking on set because these shoes
are made for walking.
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- Welcome back to the reunion.
Our moms have been joining us throughout the night,
and with us now is Ashley.
Welcome, Ashley. How are you?
- I'm good. How are you, Dr. Drew?
- Excellent. We are good.
How's Holly? - She's amazing.
- Amazing, right?
- First, I want to say I'm sorry about
your family's loss, you know? - Thank you.
- And how is everybody feeling right now?
What are you doing to cope with this?
- I'm not really good with grief.
And I feel like I--
I throw myself into school.
Like, that's my biggest distraction.
- And how has that been?
- Probably the most challenging thing I've ever done.
I'm thinking about in dermatology NP
with a specialization in colored skin
because, you know, we have all types of differences.
- Great. Good for you.
So before we get into all you went through this season,
we're going to bring out your sister and your husband.
Please welcome Chris and Bar.
- Hello. - Hello, hello.
- Hi. How are you?
- So Chris, the first time we're meeting.
Nice to meet you here. - Yeah, nice to meet you.
- Are you sure?
- For sure, it's definitely their first time.
- Yeah.
- It just--it feels right, though, right?
- It does. I think that's what it is.
It just feels right.
Now, few people had as a challenging year as Ashley.
In addition to moving and starting school,
she supported Bar during his legal troubles.
Let's take a look back.
- Hey. - What's up, sis?
- Bar just started his community service
for this court [bleep].
He took this deal in exchange for, like, six years.
- Is that one of them deals that if he does anything,
he does all the time? - Yep.
I think it just makes me nervous because
he's already behind on his hours.
- I didn't handle my business
the way I was supposed to all the way.
- And I just feel like that's disappointing considering
that you know the stakes, in that they're not just--
the stakes are not just high for you.
To be honest, I'm feeling like, [bleep] this wedding.
Because you know what? I'm tired.
And I'm not tired of playing his woman.
I'm tired of playing his mama.
- I can totally understand that,
and I think a lot of women across the world
can understand that we tend to play mama
in these men's lives.
- So I'm done.
As far as the courts, this [bleep] is over with.
I got sentenced to 24 months of probation.
- I guess you're gonna ask him if he can come home.
- So my probation is active right now.
I can't leave without permission
for more than two days. So...
- That's [bleep] up.
- I'm sorry that this is happening.
- Hi, daddy.
- How was your day? - Good.
Daddy, watch this.
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And move your tattoos too.
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I miss you.
- I miss you, too, and I love you, too.
- Love you.
- ♪♪ Watch this, watch this ♪♪
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- It hurts to see you away from Holly.
I'm not saying that to shame you.
- No, no, I get it.
I know what it's like for my dad to not be there,
you know? So for me to--
to start having my decisions bring me
to the point where I might be replicating
the type of behavior that I was raised against,
it made me feel like trash.
- How is your guys' relationship now?
You guys cool?
- Yeah. - Yeah?
- How did that time impact your guys' relationship,
Ashley? - It was hard.
- Yeah.
- Is that when you guys were fighting so bad
that led to that text? - What was it that upset you?
- Probably because I blocked him and was out
and not answering his calls,
and I was out with my home girls.
- Let me ask you. Do you like her friends?
Are her friends OK?
- I'ma be a butt with you.
- Don't you do it.
- I don't like a few of her friends.
- So the friends that you're not fans of,
is that who she was hanging out with?
Is that-- - They were there.
- Yeah. - They were there.
- Who? The friends I wasn't fam with?
- Some of them were there, yeah.
- You, at one point, were planning
another wedding, right?
And then you sort of lost steam with that.
Is that because of all this?
- Well, I think the first thing people have to understand
is that I was getting ready to cancel
because my brother passed away before.
- It was during that time.
- And everyone around me
kind of thought it would be a morale booster
for me and my family,
but that was close to being canceled.
- Speaking of weddings, can I switch topics
and talk about Cheyenne for a minute?
- No. - I understand.
So you had a phone call about her wedding,
but it ended kind of quickly, I guess.
- Yeah, I chose to not engage with Cheyenne
for a multitude of reasons.
Number one, my brother died.
If that's not a time to reach out and say, "Hey,
"listen, I know that we don't--
but this is a sisterhood," I don't know any other time.
And so anything after that
just kind of feels, like, disingenuine,
and I just-- I'm past that.
I'm not gonna sugarcoat it.
I understand that what happened
between me and Briana caused a divide in the cast, right?
Spitting on someone-- it's not--
you know, people hate that. Whatever.
I understand that.
It's about how people handle their relationships with me.
When that situation was between Briana and I,
especially because if she would have called me,
I would have said, "You know what?
"Because of what's going on,
I'm not gonna come to your wedding."
I had already decided not to go
because I didn't want to be in a situation at her wedding
where I felt uncomfortable.
- How do we get it all kind of cooled down?
- I think that the best that we can do
is kind of just say, "You know what?
"Let's call a spade a spade.
"We've all said mean things.
"However, let's turn the page, and let's sit up here
and do our job."
Don't ask me about being any more [bleep] understanding
or accommodating when these bitches
don't even want to sit on a couch with me.
- I'll work on her a little bit.
Once she sits and really digests
what is being said right now,
I think she will come to a conclusion to say,
the things that I did say was not appropriate.
- I went too far, and I hit below the belt
because I felt like I had been hit below the belt.
I can say that. - But I think this is a step.
- It's movement. - Yes.
It's movement. We got motion.
- We're going to see if we can get more movement.
I have faith.
OK, now, Ashley is going to stick around
because when we return, we're hoping we can get
all of our moms to join us on the reunion stage
in an effort to move forward together into a new chapter
of "Teen Mom." Stick around.
[applause]
- I was just a hot mess. - Everybody knows this,
but I need to say it again to you
after the [bleep] that happened.
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[upbeat music]
[tense music]
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- They're either gonna be hostile or defensive,
or they're gonna be in a redemption stage.
- I know it's gonna run smooth.
If it doesn't, oh, [bleep],
but we're gonna be OK.
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- Do you think that there is conflict resolution
possible for--
- I think there's definitely conflict resolution possible.
- Yeah, I do too.
- I am willing to have a conversation.
- Everybody needs--
- But I have to feel like-- can I say this?
I have to feel like it comes from a place of being genuine,
because I'm not a [bleep].
- Oh, boy, here we go.
- Here we go, everybody.
- Three, two--
[applause]
- Welcome back to "Teen Mom:
The Next Chapter Reunion."
And we're joined by all of our moms.
Please welcome Briana, Catelynn,
Ashley, Cheyenne,
Amber, Jade, Maci, and Leah.
- It is so great to see you guys all out here.
And I know there's been some negative feelings and stuff,
and I appreciate you guys joining everyone on the set.
I've known some of you since you were 16,
and some of you have known each other since you were 16.
Catelynn, what kind of bond
have you formed with the other moms here
that you've known since you were a kid?
- I mean, like, Maci and Am, like, we've been
ride or die since day one, OK? You know what I mean?
There's something that us three can connect on
that I can't even connect on
with some of my closest friends.
It's definitely something special.
- Amber, you were saying how much
Jade's story resonated for you,
and you actually reached out to her.
- Yes.
Listen, for me, I see so much more honesty
as she's growing throughout the shows.
I don't know.
I've just had, like, an extra, like, something
in my heart with her.
It's not just because she lives in Indy with me, but--
- I think that's a little bit of it.
- I mean--I mean-- I mean, yeah. Yeah.
- Do any of you watch other moms' story lines?
- Yeah. Every episode.
- What did you see? - I was just a hot mess.
It's heavy [bleep].
Ashley, losing her brother.
I'm so sorry.
- When the situation happened with Ashley,
and I saw that her brother had passed away,
I wanted to reach out to her because
I had a sibling pass away,
and it's so hard,
but, you know, I was being respectful.
I don't know your feelings about me,
and, in fact, I'm good with you.
If you ever get to a certain point,
you can reach out to me, like, honestly.
Everybody knows this, but I need to say it again
to you after the [bleep] that happened.
- I appreciate you saying that.
I think after, you know, what we went through,
maybe it was a little muddy,
and after everything that, you know, took place,
but I'm sorry that you've ever felt the way that I feel.
It's very hard.
- Well, I appreciate you all being here.
I appreciate you all doing your best
to put some of the conflicts behind you and move forward.
Is there anything else needs to be said, do you feel?
Anybody?
- I know that if me and Ashley can go out the way
we did, and I can today be sitting here
on the stage where she can be sitting with me, like,
[bleep] just needs to be pushed over
if anything happens in the future, honestly.
Because you can get past it, at least.
- I feel like things are just, like, blown out of proportion
or dragged on.
- Cheyenne, where are you at? - I'm right here.
- Is that a conversation you still want to try to have?
- I think, at this point now, for a conversation to be held,
it would need to be because she actually wants to have one.
- So we have an opportunity.
We can send everybody out and have that conversation
now if you want.
- I'm getting your ass a messy award.
- Oh. - Do you want to do that?
- Damn, Drew. Damn, Drew.
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- So nothing happened after that, romantic-wise?
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- It's the first time me even saying it on camera.
- Oh, is that right?
- I definitely do want to have a talk with Maci
because there's a lot of things that I've done
that just were really [bleep].
- [bleep] so hard to be here for her.
- It was all over the internet.
I had no idea about it until people had told me.
- Yeah. - What assholes.
- What the [bleep] is going on here?
- Next time on part two of "The Reunion."
- We can send everybody out and have
that conversation now if you want.
- That's he first time me even saying it on camera.
- I definitely do want to have a talk with Maci
because there's a lot of things that I've done
that just were really [bleep].
- Bring me up to date with this gentleman
sitting next to you. Friends?
- Uh...
- What the [bleep] is going on here?