Wedding bells may soon be ringing (again!) for Ryan Edwards.
The Teen Mom star has seemingly proposed to his girlfriend Amanda Conner, according to a sign she made Ryan wear for a TikTok video posted on Saturday.
Amanda— whom Ryan began dating while both were rehabbing in 2023— is currently pregnant and due to give birth to Ryan’s daughter in February. In a video posted to her social media accounts, Amanda showed Ryan wearing a watermelon as a fake baby bump, along with a sign that stated, “I told my pregnant fiancé to suck it up.” (Amanda stated that she had been complaining of back pain due to her pregnancy and that Ryan had told her to suck it up, and as a “punishment” she made Ryan wear the sign and fake belly to an event.)
Ryan– who only made it 30 minutes wearing the belly– then issued an apology to “all the pregnant women” and Amanda.
@amandaa_connerI told him my back hurt.. he told me to suck it up 🫡♬ Play Wit Yo’ B – Young Dolph
While fans got a laugh from the video, many were surprised by the news that Amanda is now Ryan’s fiancé, as the couple has never mentioned being engaged.
“Wait just a damn minute FIANCE?? Have I missed the memo, or is that new? Congratulations,” one person wrote in the comment section of Amanda’s post on TikTok.
“Fiancé? We need to see the ring!” another wrote.
Amanda did not elaborate about her engagement or reveal when she and Ryan plan to get hitched. However, Ryan isn’t currently legally allowed to marry Amanda, given that he is still legally married to his Mackenzie Standifer.
As The Ashley has previously reported, Ryan and Mackenzie are currently going through a nasty divorce/custody battle for their two shared kids. Recently, Mackenzie sued Ryan in court for back child support, claiming Ryan has not financially supported their kids, Jagger and Stella, since she and Ryan split last year.
Mack noted in legal documents filed last month that the court should order Ryan to fulfill his child support obligations, as she has physical custody of their two children and they are with her “365 days” out of the year. The court documents also claim that Ryan is “gainfully employed,” earning more than six times what Mack does in one month, but Mackenzie claimed that Ryan “refuses to pay” child support to her.
In the comment section of Amanda’s TikTok announcing that she is Ryan’s fiancé, one person seemingly brought up Mackenzie’s claims to Amanda.
“How can you possibly trust that [Ryan] will be a good father to your children when he’s been a historically absent father?” the person wrote in the comment section. (In addition to Jagger and Stella, Ryan is also the father of Maci Bookout‘s son Bentley, who he has worked to rekindle a relationship with over the last few years.)
Amanda assured the fan that she knows Ryan will be a good father and husband.
“Because the only thing I have ever seen from him with my own eyes.. is him busting his ass to change, be involved in his kids’ lives, and not to mention the way he treats me,” Amanda replied.
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(Photos: TikTok; MTV)
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I’d like to comment on how reassuring these comments are. They used to be praising Ryan and Amanda and now it’s a complete 180. I think we are all sick of them and their attention seeking ways. I have always felt bad for Mack. The way her marriage ended, how traumatizing it is and how everyone was praising Ryan for it. It’s sick. Mack made her mistakes, I get it she married him when he was higher than heck, I don’t think it was for the MTV paycheck. I truly feel she was dragged into it and fell for a sick person. No excuse but she does not deserve the ridicule and hatred that is coming from Amanda who thinks she caught a prized gem of a man. He has his patterns and we will all be laughing at her when this gravy train runs dry. And shame on Maci for siding with Amanda. I have heard zero news on her checking in on Mack. So sad.
I completely agree. Maci is effing weird but I think it’s obvious- she’s still in love with Ryan for God knows what reason…
If anyone deserves any sympathy or even well wishes, it’s Mackenzie. I think you are spot on- I think she married Ryan because she loved him and thought it would work out. I don’t think it had anything to do with $, but that is my opinion. Amanda is just going to look like a clown (I mean, she already does) when it falls apart- because it will, regardless if they relapse or not. He is just a mentally and emotionally immature person and when you have had excuses made for you, your entire life, you don’t end up in a happy, healthy, long-term relationship because normal people won’t put up with your s**t. I truly do feel for Mack and the aftermath of what Ryan did to her and the kids home is just… foul. Inhumane, really. I feel for his kids too, but he’s off having yet another and isn’t doing a damn thing for the ones that aren’t in the womb.
It’s hilarious to me that Amanda thinks this will end any different than his last relationships did- kids and/or marriages and all. Sure, they are sober, but as a recovering addict myself, I can tell you they either aren’t in RECOVERY and/or doing the work that it takes to STAY sober. There’s a big difference between being sober, and being sober and IN recovery. The hate she has towards Mackenzie is unwarranted and uncalled for- Her “precious, wonderful baby daddy” Ryan not only IS NOT being a present dad to his EXISTING children, but also considering how he isn’t even helping financially and the work he did on the house when he left it- that’s not just Mackenzie’s house- it’s his children’s. Her trash talking Mackenzie when, in my opinion, Mackenzie has every right to be upset. I could NEVER date a man like Ryan- EVER. Amanda is clearly delusional and her saying she’s getting a “second chance at motherhood”, REALLY pisses me off because her “second chance” would be getting custody back of her EXISTING child, before going on to have another, with a man that also doesn’t have custody of his children. She’s a moron. I have been in recovery for almost 4 years now and it takes a LOT of work. I not only committed to remaining single at LEAST for the first year of sobriety, but decided to STAY single this entire time, because I want to focus on my sons and my sobriety. Getting involved in a relationship when you are freshly sober, is just a distraction from doing the work you need to do on yourself and it’s just another form of your addiction and that also needs to be addressed. I recognize that I not only had an issue with drinking and drugs, but also with men. Trying to fill a void that really, can only be filled by myself. I’m at a point now where I think I’d be a good partner, but I am not seeking anyone out and have turned down even casual dating because my children deserve my time and attention. Maybe when they get older, I will consider it, but right now, I like my life and how things are. I’m not saying ALL people in sobriety and/or with children, should not date ever, but I will absolutely say that at the very LEAST, if you are an addict getting sober, you should stay single for a year while you are navigating a new way of life. I’ll end this with I sure hope her and Ryan can stay sober, but they’ve got a lot of resentments to look at, transgressions of their own to look at, and maturing to do to not have to change their sobriety date.
Thanks for sharing your recovery journey and putting your children first.
Girl yes!!! Everything you said is spot on!
“Hey mom, how did you and dad meet?”
“Oh, we met in rehab, honey. Your dad was still married, and I didn’t have custody of your sibling at the time.”
💒🤡Match Made In Heaven🤡💒
I’m sure it will end well this time… if not fourth time’s the charm. Or maybe the fifth.
If he was really busting his ass to change and be there for his kids, then he wouldn’t be wasting his energy jumping into another relationship while he’s still married and having another kid 🤷🏽♀️ he would be working his program, working at his job, taking care of his kids he already has, making amends for all the wrongs he’s done. All his energy would be focused on those things, and those alone. We’ve seen this storyline from him before. It won’t be too long sadly til he falls off the wagon again with the stress of a newborn, he’ll start fighting with Amanda, his relationship with Maci and Bentley will begin to suffer, his parents will enabling and covering for him all over the place, etc etc. And per usual it will somehow be Maci’s fault lol 🤷🏽♀️
Amanda (and Ryan too) have what I call “dopehead mentalities.” There are addicts that put in the work, get and stay clean, take accountability for their actions, and go on to build stable lives because they shake the dopehead mentality and understand that they’re the only one responsible for their own behavior. Sadly, this type isn’t the majority.
Now, the name may be a bit misleading because some people with dopehead mentalities do get off hard drugs, but they still retain the personality and way of thinking of a dopehead. They take no accountability for how their actions during addiction affected other people and are big on others needing to “forgive and forget” and “not hold their past against them.” They usually surround themselves with drama and chaos, even if they have to create it themselves. They view themselves as martyrs/heroes for doing the bare minimum. Most (especially the women) jump head first into new relationships and despise their new partner’s ex an unhealthy amount. Most have a victim complex and think everything is everybody else’s fault. Drugs or no drugs, they’re self-destructive and self-centered. If they don’t end up back on drugs sooner or later, they’ll still find some other way to mess up their lives and the lives of people close to them.
Probably the most profound comment I’ve ever read on this site. 100% describes a few addicts in my life including one that tried to be sober but it didn’t last.
OTOH, I have a good friend who has been in recovery for over 20 years and still attends meetings. She went from living on the streets after her mom gave her a dose of tough love to now having a stable and respectable career, owns a nice home and is a great mother to her child. She has more long-lasting and meaningful friendships than anyone I know. She owns her mistakes and past behavior, but is always afraid of slipping backwards when there’s a rough patch in life. However, she has come so far and would never screw up stability for her child.
From my anecdotal observations, people either REALLY want to change and they do it, or they just half-assed check the boxes. Sadly, those that don’t commit to really changing drag many down with them, including innocent children and that’s the worst part of these situations. The next generation is inflicted with the trauma.
Ryan and Amanda’s baby will eventually see and read about all of the awful things her father did. Sometimes with cameras rolling! And she’ll see her mom act a fool on Jerry Springer.
I once made a similar (but less detailed) comment about dopehead mentality on Facebook and a prime example of one jumped on with “we DO recover” and all her other rehab rhetoric, somehow blissfully unaware the she’s one of them. She’s been off meth for a few years but drags her kids around as she hops man-to-man because she’s too mentally weak to be alone and has no standards, so they have zero stability and think their mother being beaten is normal. I have a ton of examples of other people behaving similarly and acting like their trashy lives should be admired just because they put the pipe/needle/pills for a while. 🙄
I don’t know which one of them is seriously wanting the attention, but they’re Bus coming off is very immature, because they’re definitely taking shots at mckenzie… It’s not her fault.There both drug addicts
… watched a bit more before I lost too many brain cells. She’s really as bad as Janelle. Pure trash.
gross. they’re both gross, individually and as a couple. 🤮🤢👩🏼🤝👨🏻
Something tells me that a woman who was proud to be on Jerry Springer has zero clue about the qualifications of a good husband and father.
She is so desperate for attention. Always spilling her own beans. She’s annoying.
These two are disgraceful and disgusting. Both of them are literal dead beat parents! If either were serious about their recovery, they would not have rushed into this relationship the way that they have. This is one of the TOP things they teach addicts who are early in recovery. But, yes- move in, get pregnant, get engaged- all without even a year of recovery/sobriety.
She is absolute trash the way she goes for Mack. I can’t stand any of them- Maci and Mack included, but Amanda is the worst. No class, no respect for anyone, and a bad mother. Ugh.
When referring to the female it’s “fiancee”. The male is “fiance”.
They’re both losers and deserve one another.
Imo, As someone who’s done a lot of work in rehabs, he’s on the road to relapse
They do not love each other truly imo, they can stand the other one cuz it’s like hanging with themselves. Two narcissistic absentee donors that are comfortable in their ignorance.
I have never seen Ryan so happy. Just like addiction, sobriety can become addictive as well.
I agree. Ryan genuinely looks happy and healthy, and even though I’m not a big fan of Amanda, she’s looks happy too. I’m hoping that she knocks the vaping for the baby’s sake. Otherwise, I hope they shock everyone and beat the odds!
They won’t beat the odds, they are a couple of eternal junkies.
Also I wonder how happy his kids are with their home being trashed by him and how happy her child is growing up without his mother (who, btw, is happy that she has “another chance at motherhood” like she didn’t have a whole child she isn’t capable of raising).
They are both deadbeats POS
That’s BS. He’s a POS for what he did to mac & her house, but I met my now husband in rehab. 6 years later we’re still sober, have a new car, got married, bought our 1st house, he’s in the iron workers union, I’m a stained glass artist with my own business. We saved each other. Addicts are people too & they can change, get better & lead meaningful lives.
Right… just like Janelle shocked us when she left UBT and started putting her kids first. Stayed single for awhile to focus on them /s
Imagine the type of person you gotta be to come on here and bash people who are in active recovery. Lol. Fucking clowns for real & they honestly need to get a life 🙃 mf can take offense I truly could give two shits but definitely gonna call yall out for the miserable people you are.
‘Active recovery’ is quite the term to use for someone showboating to the world that she stole a married man right out of rehab, got knocked up and engaged less than a year later, and spews some real nasty behavior online. There is far more to recovery than just being sober..
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
And you make stupid, snide comments at the end of your posts. Congrats I guess.
You don’t have the slightest clue of what sobriety and rehab are like. I’m sure you watched some movie or TV show about the 12 steps/drug rehabs and think they now know everything. The truth is that some of you think you are the “Sobriety Police” and it’s quite amusing.
Stanley Smith, I AM an actual addict who is recovering. I know every last thing there is to know about it. Sober a year now, recovering for equally as long: they are two very different things
They were both drinking in active recovering. She isn’t now but there is a TT where they are at a bar and she is flaunting that engagement ring. She was drinking soda and Ryan was drinking something alcoholic.
The only two clowns are the ones mentioned in the article.
Nah, you fit into that category well with your attitude.
This site has some sort of weird hive-mind mentality where everybody has nothing to do except be assholes & bash people. I personally don’t prefer bonding with individuals over shared hate so I’m gonna exit this mess. Have fun being miserable, yall. Deuces.
KailsFifthBaby sounds an awful lot like Amanda Conner herself to me. Either it’s her or a like minded loser. 😂😂😂
“everybody has nothing to do except be assholes & bash people”
You mean like Amanda being an asshole and bashing Mack as of *checks notes* last week? Amanda and Ryan are not bashed because of their past behavior. It’s because their current behavior shows that they haven’t actually changed much. They’re still making messy choices and not taking accountability for their actions.
Wait until they bring a baby into the mix
Those drawn on eyebrows though… just like their relationship, a disaster!
Proposing to someone while you’re still married to someone else is the height of class.
Getting knocked up to a ‘married man’ tops getting engaged to a ‘married man’…so glad they gor macis approval smh
How else would we know they were serious if they didn’t get married…
Ryan really went for women who are much more mature and who are good mothers. So maybe someone more like him will actually stick. I just hope they don’t make an innocent child suffer.
“Amanda stated that she had been complaining of back pain due to her pregnancy and that Ryan had told her to suck it up”.
So after watching the women he’s impregnated going through 3 previous pregnancies he still thinks you have to “suck it up” your pain and you think he’s a catch?? And make a fool of yourself defending him everywhere?
What an absolute moron Amanda is. Poor baby.
But did he ask her to get out and check the tires? That’s when you know it’s true love for Rhine.
I mean.. how many people truly care or think this couple is going to last? And not because of Ryan either! She seems….. unhinged.
Lmao…very unhinged
Maybe it’s just me… but I will never see a man who has three children with two women, isn’t an active parent. Has been in and out of jail for the last 10 years. And go, what a catch!!!
But I think she also has kids she doesn’t take care of, has been in and out of jail, and they met at sober living, so…. I don’t know what Rhine saw in her either….
They’re in their ‘Jenelle and Soulmate of the Month’ era.
Instant ‘ick’.
Wow what a lucky girl.🙄
If anyone wants a laugh look up Amanda’s Jerry Springer episode. She hasn’t changed a bit.
Wait what?! Amanda was on Springer?
Yes! I don’t think I can post links here but if you look up “Amanda Conner Jerry Springer” it will pop up.
Damn!!! That classy lassie is a hot mess. So far I’ve only gotten through 1 minute of the Springer clip and there’s already waaaay to much to unpack with her 🤯
It’s on her TT