Bitter, party of one.
In celebration of the Teen Mom franchise’s 16th anniversary, People invited the cast from the current season of ‘Teen Mom: The Next Chapter’ to New York for a photo shoot and interview. Absent from the shoot were several original ‘Teen Mom’ cast members, including self-proclaimed G.O.A.T. Farrah Abraham, who hasn’t handled the snub well.
“The production used to say ‘Teen Mom family,’ but that was just narcissism to underpay teens and children, as most of the parents shown in this picture have financial issues,” Farrah told OK! Magazine. “The picture represents how sad the franchise is today.”
Unlike the parents who participated in the People photo shoot (Leah Messer, Maci McKinney, Gary Shirley, Catelynn Baltierra, and Tyler Baltierra), Farrah said she’s “provided a better life” for her daughter, Sophia, “with healthy boundaries.”
“The parents who are not included in toxicity, like myself and Teresa [Davis] with Carly, are in a way better place as we all realize the parents in this photo play small,” Farrah told OK.
The stand-up comedian (?) may think being on ‘Teen Mom: The Next Chapter’ is playing small now, but that wasn’t the case earlier this year. As The Ashley reported in February, Farrah was trying to get herself and her daughter back on the show.
“I even did a pitch for Sophia’s sweet sixteen to [‘Teen Mom’] but the budgets weren’t right,” she said at the time. “If I do come back, if we get the budgets in the future … I would love to … .”
Even if the “budgets” were figured out, Farrah’s former costars probably aren’t eager to welcome her back to ‘Teen Mom’ after all the things she’s said about them over the years, like in the OK interview. Back in March, Farrah took to Instagram to rant about Mackenzie McKee’s IVF journey, which is shown in the current season of ‘Teen Mom: The Next Chapter,’ and her appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show.
“If they thought I glamorized ‘Teen Mom’ what does 30 and IVF say on ‘Teen Mom’ today …” she wrote. “We still can’t get ratings high since Farrah left maybe Drew Barrymore can help & make this look insane. The show is not 30 & IVF BAD CASTING JOB AGAIN…What ppl do to be on TV is crazy.”