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Before the new cast member was announced, there was a popular online belief that it would be Mackenzie Standifer, Ryan Edwards’ new wife.
The Ashley’s Reality Roundup quoted a source in February who said
“They are planning to pay her around $3,000 an episode to take the fourth spot on ‘Teen Mom OG.’ That would obviously be significantly less than the other girls make. It is not a done deal yet, but the consensus is that Mackenzie Edwards will get the spot. Recently, they’ve been filming her life with Ryan for Maci [Bookout]‘s segment almost more than Maci’s life. Plus, she was a teenage mother so it kind of makes sense.”
Mackenzie has a preschool-aged son from a previous relationship. However, despite the rumors, producers eventually chose not to move forward with this Mackenzie either!
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