In 2015, she reunited with fellow longtime cast members Farrah Abraham, Catelynn Lowell and Maci Bookout on the sequel series Teen Mom OG. Portwood, the latter two and several Teen Mom 2 stars went on to star together in Teen Mom: The Next Chapter, which premiered in 2022 and is currently on season two.
Portwood has aired her grievances about Teen Mom several times in past years. “Sad to say but I’m not going to be apart of #Teenmomog [sic],” she wrote on Twitter, now X, in 2016. “The way I have been portrayed and treated is unfair.”
Two years later, she tweeted, “I have to quit this show,” adding, “The heartache this show has put me through is too much to bear anymore.”
Then in early 2019, she appeared to have second thoughts.
“I’ve been with this franchise for 10 years now, such a long time, and I just don’t want to see the show go down like that,” Portwood said on E!‘ Daily Pop. “I wanna amp it up a little more.”
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