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Fans wondered if the16 &Pregnant alum andher hubby’s marriage wason the rocksafter reports surfaced alluding to a split. Luckily, an insider told Us Weekly in February 2020 “there’s no truth” to the speculation. “They laugh at the [rumors] as they are happier than ever together.”
A romance first ignited between them when Taylor was living in Texas and Maci remained in her home state of Tennessee.
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2014
As their relationship got more serious, Maci announced Taylor would soon be an official “Tennessee resident” via Twitter.
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2015
After moving in together, Maci and Taylor welcomed baby No. 1 in 2015, a daughter named Jayde Carter. “Jayde made her grand entrance at 1:59 p.m. today,” the Battle Upstairs: Poetry Book tweeted at the time. “She weighed 7 pounds 15 ounces at birth. She is beautiful and as healthy as can be!”
Later that year, they collaborated on a clothing shop called Things That Matter, which is still open for business now and launching new products.
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2016
Blessings poured in for the lovebirds with their engagement in January, and arrival of their son, Maverick Reed, whom they welcomed in May.
Teen Mom fans watched as Maci and Taylor made it official during a romantic wedding ceremony held in front of 165 guests in Greenville, Florida, that October.
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2018
Maci opened up about her adoption plans with Taylor. “We still want to adopt but it’s going to be down the road,” the Bulletproof writer dished during an appearance on Kailyn Lowry’s “Coffee Convos” podcast. “We don’t want to adopt a baby. We want to adopt a child. We want to make sure our family is in a perfect position to do so.”
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2020
The MTV personality spoke out about the bond she had with ex Ryan’s parents as they coparented Bentley. “We have a really good relationship,” Maci told In Touch exclusively at the time, revealing she and Taylor were getting along with them. “Even through the tough times and the hard times, they’ve always supported me, and we’ve maintained a really strong relationship and bond with each other.”
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2021
Drama popped off between the McKinney family and the Edwards family on Teen Mom OG. Amid her visitation turmoil with Ryan and his loved ones, Maci raved over Taylor’s “most attractive” quality in a March interview. The PCOS Advocate said she adored it when he was watching the kids and on daddy duty, saying, “Holy crap you’re hot.”
In April, Taylor passionately defended Maci amid claims she caused the strained relationship between Bentley and the Edwards family on the TMOG season 9 reunion. “Since I’ve been around, I know this woman has bent over backwards to make sure Bentley has kept a relationship with them through everything that Ryan has put us through,” he said on her behalf.
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Maci Bookout/Instagram
2022
The couple proved they were still going strong when Maci celebrated her hubby’s birthday in April.
“Happy Birthday to ‘Mr. I forgot my own birthday!’ You make my world go round! Happy birthday handsome!” she gushed via Instagram.
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2023
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2024
Maci and Taylor joined the rest of the Teen Mom cast in Colombia for season 3 of Teen Mom: Family Reunion where they spent time working on their relationship in therapy.
“He said that he would not want his daughter to become the mother that I am,” Maci said during a counseling session with Taylor in the trailer shared by MTV.
