After months of sporting rings and publicly referring to each other as “fiancé,” Ryan Edwards and Amanda Conner are officially engaged.
The Teen Mom dad reportedly popped the question to his pregnant girlfriend over the weekend during a family vacation, according to Us Weekly.
In the video of the proposal, which was originally posted by Ryan on social media, Ryan can be seen getting down on one knee in front of Amanda– who is due to give birth to the couple’s baby girl next month– as cameras stand by filming the moment, suggesting it will be featured on the upcoming season of Teen Mom: The Next Chapter, which premieres later this month.
Also present for the on-camera proposal were Ryan’s 16-year-old son Bentley, whom he shares with ex Maci Bookout, and Amanda’s 11-year-old son Brandon from a previous relationship. (As The Ashley previously told you, Amanda announced on TikTok in November that she was awarded full custody of her son after having lost custody a year or so after his 2013 birth.)
Though Ryan and Amanda have seemingly made their engagement official, Ryan currently remains legally married to Mackenzie Standifer, with whom he shares six-year-old son Jagger and five-year-old daughter Stella.
Ryan and Mack split in February 2023 and are currently in the midst of a messy divorce and custody battle. As The Ashley exclusively revealed last month, the exes are set to head to trial after failing to come to an agreement regarding the custody of their two children. During their December mediation session, the pair were reportedly able to agree on everything except how Amanda would be worked into Jagger and Stella’s lives.
As The Ashley has previously reported, Amanda is not currently allowed to be around Ryan and Mackenzie’s children during Ryan’s visits with them. Instead, Jagger and Stella stay overnight at Ryan’s parents’ house, where Ryan is allowed to visit and stay overnight with them, as long as Amanda is not present.
Amanda– who is allowed to be around Bentley– is, like Ryan, a recovering addict with a long history of arrests and run-ins with the law. Last month, Amanda took to TikTok to address the fact that she isn’t allowed to be around Ryan’s two younger children, during which she showed proof that her recent drugs tests were clean, despite Mackenzie allegedly still accusing both her and Ryan of using drugs.
“I’ve seen so many pages talk about why I specifically am not allowed to be around [Ryan’s youngest two] children,” Amanda stated in the TikTok. “Take it, the other party does state that we are on [drugs] and that is not true at all.”
In addition to showing proof of her most recent drug tests, Amanda insisted that Ryan is drug-tested at his probation meetings and that he regularly attends Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings as well as other classes and virtual meetings related to his sobriety.
Mackenzie has yet to respond to Ryan’s most recent proposal.
Watch the on-camera proposal below.
(Photos: Instagram; TikTok)
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Remember people, there’s 2 sides to every story. Not saying Ryan is a saint, but Mackenzie definitely did her dirt, she played a role in their demise. Not to mention, she was a bitch to Maci all the time and Bentley hated her. She couldn’t have been that great!!!
While I understand the hate they receive, I’m really rooting for them. They could have waited a little longer for everything, especially with Ryan going through a divorce, but the Ryan we are all seeing is a Ryan I personally like to see. Hoping for the best for him and Amanda and all of the kids involved!!! 🙏🙏🙏
Ryan is a domestic abuser and shouldn’t be celebrated
Yep that’s definitely what these vile ppl need to bring into the shit show that is there lives…… Another kid. 🙄
hopefully tv execs will stop flogging this dead horse soon and they can go get real jobs.
Well my goodness it is only the second week in January and we already have the best headline EVER!
It seems like MTV is really scrapping the bottom of the barrel these days. Maybe it’s time to pull a VPR and get a new cast/all new show?
I mean I wish them well but neither have kept it sober most of there oldest children’s lives. Meeting in rehab is like meeting a romantic partner at a family reunion- usually messy and doesn’t work out.
I think it’s ridiculous Maci is so willing to put Bentley in the thick of it unless it’s what he wants. She worked so hard to keep that relationship safe for Bentley.
Ryan seems way happier with this girl but the stress of a divorce, baby, 5 children, money/house/car, it’s going to be a lot on their still recently sober shoulders.
Meeting a romantic partner at a family reunion??? Hol up lmao what
They didn’t meet at a family reunion. They met in rehab. Ryan proposed at a family reunion.
@izzy ~ that poster was simply making a jokey analogy. like, meeting in rehab is as messy (and gross, and ill-advised) as getting involved with a relative.
none of these people are dating family members…as far as we know. 🤭🙊🤣😂😹
I have a family member who met her now-husband in rehab. They’ve been together for 10 years and have very much brought out the best in each other.
On paper, it shouldn’t work but they are a great match. I hope the same for Ryan and Amanda.
They look sober and happy proving all the haters wrong.
If either of them had gone though the *whole* process of working towards society, they would not have hooked up in rehab. That, alone, is such a huge red flag. Even sober people make stupid relationship choices, no doubt, but addicts who are only just really starting their journey towards sobriety make a hell of a lot more. One of the biggest components of working towards sobriety is being able to recognize your own red flags, your own poor decisions and either rectifying them after making them (because, again, we all do, it happens) or preventing them from happening in the first place. Neither one of them has exhibited either behavior, at all, since beginning rehab. All these “receipts of being sober” we’ve seen them both talk about are good steps, absolutely, but they aren’t indicative of actual sobriety when they don’t also take responsibility for their life choices. An addict who fails to take even the most basic steps of responsibility (again, HUGE component of sobriety, coming in only second to never using again) is more than 95% likely to begin falling back into old patterns. Stress will, absolutely, aid this process.
They are NOT sober, just because they aren’t currently partaking in (some of) their chosen vices doesn’t change this, at all. Sobriety is about far more than just never partaking in major substances again. Everything else they have on their plates, coupled with how long both of them have been addicts and how severe their addictions (and actions) have been….this is not how you get sober, this is not how you stay sober, and this is not, at all, how you get better. You don’t have to be a hater to see this. I may not like either one of them, as people, but I certainly don’t hate them (that’s a pretty strong emotion). I can just see two people who want to say they are sober, but aren’t willing to put in all the work, just what seems to look good on the surface. I’ve read this book countless times, the chapters may differ, but the end won’t until the author chooses to change it. (and they aren’t making that choice)
Friggen fingers, sobriety, not society, lmao, I should really proofread better.
You are not the “Sobriety Police”.
Every person’s journey to sobriety is their own, but there are some things that apply to all addicts working towards sobriety. You don’t have to be “the sobriety police” to know this, but you can’t be willfully ignorant about the subject either. Clearly, you’re quite comfy being willfully ignorant about a lot of things. I don’t need to be “the sobriety police” to see two people who aren’t really willing to put in all the work necessary to not just get sober, but stay sober. It’s not rocket surgery.
Just like you aren’t the “hater” police LOL. You can disagree with someone or not like something about someone and it doesn’t make you a hater.
I think what President+of+the+Peanut+Gallery is saying is not so much they aren’t sober, but that they aren’t in RECOVERY. Which is honestly what it takes for LONG TERM sobriety. She isn’t wrong for saying what she said, nor is she a “Hater” (I seriously despise when people refer to other people that don’t agree or like something someone else does, that they are refered to as a “hater” ) – I am in recovery and am sober and it’s not too difficult to get sober, but it’s hard to STAY sober and making different decisions and better decisions in life is a big part of recovery. Sorry not sorry.
Anyone can get sober, but not everyone STAYS sober so no, not really proving all the “haters” wrong LOL.
If they were actually in recovery and doing EVERYTHING in their power to stay sober, they wouldn’t have dated in their first year of sobriety. Is it a requirement? No. But it is HEAVILY recommended and for a good reason. I know because I have been in recovery/sober for almost four years. I am STILL a new-comer in my eyes. They would have also used protection when engaging in sexual relations as that is a huge commitment that they had hardly been together a year for. He would wait to be engaged before proposing, as well. There are just decisions you should not make when you are newly sober. Someone else said that this will be a stress- absolutely. and stress for a person newly sober, is a big risk. Hopefully they’ll keep it together. Time will tell. Yeah, they do look happy- but uh, they should since they are still pretty fresh in. LOL
D’oh! I meant wait to be DIVORCED before proposing!
Completely agree!!!
Always trashy, never classy
At least they’re consistent!
Maci is such trash for flipping her story as soon as McKenzie is out of the picture
Dude, FOR REAL. I never liked Maci as it was. I just never bought her little miss perfect act. But the way she did a full on makeover of character once Mac was done, really proved her to be the fakest in the land.
Mackenzie treated Maci like crap for years. Mackenzie covered up and lied about Ryan for years while blaming Maci for everything under the sun. Mackenzie being an instigator and a snake was probably a big reason why Maci didn’t get along with the Edwards for a long time. Now that she’s out of the picture, it’s probably gotten better between them. Maci and Amanda get along and I think that’s great. It’s good for Bentley.
🤣 as soon as Ryan started dating Mac Maci invited Mac to lunch JUST to talk crap about Ryan’s parents and stir up drama. Mac had no loyalty toward Maci so she told them the truth and that is what started it all. Because Maci wanted to ruin it from the jump for Mac. Maci NEVER got over Ryan, Mac was right through her, and Maci couldn’t manipulate the narrative. It was pure jealousy from day one. That’s why it’s a sudden switch up. With a mess like Amanda, Maci looks so put together and successful. They’re two different levels of women, so Maci is cool having the broken one around who makes her look good.
Mac saw right through Maci is what it should’ve said. Mac was not some dumb “Ryan’s new girl” but more like the real deal for Ryan, and Maci was immediately threatened as “queen b!tch” and THATS what really started it all.
Mackenzie did nothing but agree with Maci during that lunch and then completely changed her tune when she talked to the Edwards about it. If Mackenzie was really offended by what Maci said, she would’ve stood up for Jen & Larry when Maci brought up those concerns, not nod her head the whole time. So no, sorry. I don’t agree with you. Maci probably shouldn’t have vented to Mackenzie about the problems she had with Jen & Larry but Mackenzie knew exactly what she was doing. She used Maci’s vulnerability as a way to manipulate the situation and stir the pot. I know people have completely become Team Mackenzie since she left Ryan and Amanda came into the picture but I still remember all the lies and blame shifting that Mackenzie spewed over the years and it was absurd.
Mature adult mothers nod and smile while jealous baby mamas try to stir up drama. It never meant Mac agreed with Maci and her antics.
All I see is 🗑️
🤦🏻♀️
If they are happy and growing together, then good for them. But you should really be legally single before you’re already committing to marriage with a whole new person. It just looks immature on both their parts, like they’re moving way too fast. It’s ok to take your time, it doesn’t make it any less real if you, two recovering addicts with really messy pasts, just live a little life in the slow lane.
They had to rush the engagement because of the cameras. If Ryan waited until he was single, he may not have gotten paid.
So then you don’t get paid? It’s a choice they make. Nobody forces these people to act half their age just to keep the show going. They could say “no, this relationship matters, I want to do things right” but they apparently BOTH want those checks. Is that why Amanda showed up? Money?