After 12 episodes of babies, engagements, fights, and tears, Teen Mom OG wrapped up its first season on Monday, June 8, in part 2 of the MTV reality series’ reunion special. Since last week’s installment focused on Amber Portwood and Maci Bookout’s stories, the final episode covered Catelynn Lowell and Farrah Abraham‘s journeys.
Plus, there was a tense-turned-touching moment at the end of the episode in which all four ladies reunited to work through their feud. Here’s what happened:
Catelynn Lowell
It’s been quite the ride for Catelynn, who is parenting her newborn daughter Nova with fiance Tyler Baltierra after placing first daughter Carly for adoption back in 2009. When host Dr. Drew asked Cate the hardest thing about welcoming Nova, the reality star got teary.
“Why do you always do this?!” she joked, wiping away a tear. “I remember bringing Nova home, and you think about all the stuff that you miss with Carly — and I wouldn’t have it any other way — but just raising this one and just seeing her and witnessing things that she does, it just really makes you think about all the stuff that you’ve missed.”
Dr. Drew then brought out Carly’s adoptive mother Teresa to talk about some of her struggles while attempting to raise her daughter out of the spotlight.
“What a surreal experience,” Teresa said of the moment when Tyler handed her baby Nova. “Six years ago I walked out here with Carly in my arms, and now I’m here with Nova.”
Catelynn admitted she hadn’t thought about how to tell Nova about her older sister and her adoption.
“I don’t know, Nova’s so young. That’s something I’m going to have to figure out how to explain to her,” the clearly anxious mom said.
The engaged couple also revealed that they have no plans to get pregnant again anytime soon.
“I want Nova to be able to make a sandwich, get on the bus [by the time we have another kid],” Tyler joked.
The baby daddy then stirred up some drama when asked about the return of show villain Farrah.
“Yeah, I think it’s bulls–t,” he said. And when Dr. Drew brought up that many young mothers turn to porn to raise money for their families, he responded, “Yeah, but a percentage of teen moms do not have the ability to go do a porn knowing it’s going to freak out, blow up the Internet.” First punch thrown, ladies and gentlemen!
Farrah Abraham
Not one to take an insult lying down, Farrah took the stage with her supportive parents Debra and Michael by her side, each wearing “Team Farrah” T-shirts. Surprisingly, it was Farrah’s mom, whom she is often at-odds with, who quickly defended her daughter.
“It’s interesting to me how Maci can attack my daughter,” Debra declared. “I just think it’s really rude. I felt like we’re a family, all of us. What was so hurtful to me was I had to listen to Tyler sit there and talk about how desperate my daughter was and how she had to get a quick buck. There’s a lot of women in this country that are single moms that do dance in clubs and a lot of them watch this show. And instead of being derogatory and judging those girls, I want to see the girls on this show help those women. My daughter has been through a death, we’ve been through hardship, we’ve been through loss.”
A tearful Farrah nodded, refusing to acknowledge her mistakes.
“Because of where I am in life, I don’t feel like I need to be regretful,” she said, noting that she would not want her daughter Sophia to get into show business. “In the adult world I’ve seen that many women are in gentlemen’s clubs. Many women have these options as they’re getting older. If anything I’ve shown my daughter the worst and the best of it.”
The topic of Farrah’s new boyfriend Simon Saran was also addressed, as Debra admitted she had some concerns and Michael praised the relationship.
“He may not get it completely but he understands more so now,” Farrah said of Simon dating a single mother. “I’m not trying to rush things.”
Michael also dug deeper into his failed marriage to Debra. Farrah’s soft-spoken father admitted to being unfaithful to Debra during their marriage.
“It was more to it than just that,” he added. “I would say it was a pretty toxic relationship.”
But he added that the past few months had produced lots of healing in their family. Could it be that Farrah is not completely to blame for her crazy antics?
The Girls Are Back!
Just when things were looking up for Farrah, Dr. Drew called in her other three costars to hash out the feud that began earlier in the season. Initially Farrah was not included in the show, but MTV reinstated the controversial star several episodes in, upsetting some of her costars.
Though Catelynn had a few irritations over Farrah’s social media posts, all eyes were on Maci, who had an explosive fight with Farrah when the girls met up in New York for a press week. The redheaded Tennessee native gave a sincere apology to Farrah, saying that her beef had always been with MTV.
Farrah paused before replying, “I appreciate and I understand your apology. And I understand if you don’t want somebody to be a part of it because of other assumptions when you signed an agreement.”
After a little more prodding from Dr. Drew, Maci confirmed to Farrah, “I want [a relationship] with you! We all know how alone we can feel in our situations, and I think it’s important to know that we always have the four of us. I will always have their back because they’re the only three who know exactly what we’ve all been through.”
All the ladies agreed, and though they didn’t hug it out, the show ended on a positive note. Amber even teased, “Maybe it’ll be another season!”
Fingers crossed!
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