TEEN Mom fans have slammed MTV after Mackenzie accused the network of not showing her battle with diabetes.
The star opened up about having her health issues scrapped from the show in an Instagram post about embracing her diagnosis.
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On Friday, Mackenzie, 28, shared a series of photos of herself showcasing her Dexcom device which delivers insulin to her body.
The star opened up about living with type one diabetes in her caption, taking aim at MTV for keeping it off 16 & Pregnant.
“I used to be embarrassed about my diabetes. When filming for 16&Preg, we did hours of filming about type 1 and how I live with it. When the show aired they took it all out because it wasn’t good TV and the disease was too hard to explain in an hour,” she wrote.
The mom of three went on: “I let that slow me sharing my journey down for over a decade. Now I embrace who I am every day and I’m more powerful now than ever before!”
Mackenzie continued: “So here I am. A mom of 3, embracing my @dexcom, living with type 1, and chasing my fitness career. Our bodies are a blessing. I’ve shown myself this year that I can do anything I want to and jump over any obstacle life brings me.
“I am woman, I am powerful, I am unbreakable. and YOU can be too!”
Fans were shocked at the former Teen Mom star’s claims and took to her comments to make it known.
Many bashed the network in their posts, while others praised Mackenzie.
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FANS REACT
“How disappointing they removed it from the show. T1d is already lacking in education and awareness. That is too bad. I’m glad you are strong and brave now to share! Keep sharing!!!!” one fan wrote.
Someone else chimed in: “I’m so disappointed they did that but not surprised one bit. It’s ridiculous. I’m sorry they made you feel like you couldn’t share your story.”
“Hard to hear that you had to suffer all those years and MTV didn’t come out with your illness. The public would have understood your situation so much better. You dealt with so much,” a third supporter wrote.
Another fan commented: “Wow that’s insane they took it out. Shame on them!!”
“I wish they would have show more about everyday struggles of a type 1 it’s part of who you are! And so many can relate I love hearing about your journey,” a fifth fan added.
A sixth fan wrote: “Shame on MTV for not airing that you are a diabetic! All they care about is ratings!”
The network did acknowledge Mackenzie’s diabetes on the show, however, it was not a central part of her storyline.
FIRING FALLOUT
This isn’t the first time Mackenzie has opened up about a negative experience with MTV.
Earlier this month, she confessed that she cried for a full month after she was fired from Teen Mom.
Taking to her Twitter, she wrote: “I hosted Halloween last night. Invited a few mom friends and ended up with an entire house full. Best Halloween of my life.”
The former reality star added: “Actually, this was the best October I’ve had in forever. This Libra ended it with a bang! How blessed am I to have had the strength to make a hard decision for myself and find true happiness…I love life so much!”
Mackenzie then concluded by stating: “Last October I cried the entire month cause I was ‘left out’ and in a toxic marriage. Like come on Mackenzie, none of that was worth your tears girl!”
Screengrabs of the tweets were shared on a Teen Mom fan Instagram account where followers weighed in.
One person commented: “Go her. She deserves it!” while another added: “I’m happy for her honestly.”
The post was captioned: “#MackenzieDouthit is doing some reflecting on the last year over on Twitter! Would you guys want to see her back on Teen Mom?”
Fans shared their opinion on the TV personality’s return as well, with one person writing: “No, even on the mom’s [most boring] days you just can’t get into Mackenzie.
“Absolutely not,” chimed another.
A third fan commented: “I’m happy for her but she wasn’t enjoyable to watch. After her kid crapped on that man’s garage floor I was kinda over watching them.”
While a fourth commenter wrote: “No thanks but glad she’s happy. Don’t want to see anyone sad.”
MOVING ON
Mackenzie and her ex-husband Josh McKee announced their decision to part ways back in July.
Since then, both have moved on – one more publicly than the other.
Josh recently shared some sexy photos from a wild night out with his new girlfriend.
Mackenzie took to TikTok days later to share a candid statement on the matter.
“So this is a video that a lot of you did not expect from me to make but I am turning down about five interviews with the tabloids a day right now.
“So as many of you know, my husband who I am separated from is in a serious relationship and they have decided to put it out there,” she explained.
“Obviously everyone is asking me questions and I am here to be open and honest. If you don’t know about my story, I got married at 18 and I was married for almost 10 years and we have three kids together.”
Mackenzie continued: “Two of the main questions that people seem to ask is it hard watching him move on?
“And the answer is absolutely not. I was very unhappy for a very long time, I was very miserable, I was living with a lot of anger, resentment, and bitterness in sticking up for him so I didn’t look silly for being with him.
“When we separated, the first thing I did was work on myself, I’m going to spend a lot more time. I promised myself a year of being single,” she admitted.
“I have healed a lot and I am living to my full potential. You cannot live to your full potential with someone you are not happy with.
“It doesn’t mean he’s a bad person or I’m a bad person, we’re just not the people for each other.”
The Teen Mom star added: “You know what the first thing I did was? I got on my hands and knees and I prayed for him and his future spouse.
“That she can love our children, that she can respect our co-parenting relationship, and that they can be happy together.
“So whoever he’s with had a friend in me and someone who prays for them before she even knew it,” she claimed.
“So I am simply happy for him because I am healed. And healed people don’t care to take people down.
“And the second question is how do you feel about her? And how I feel is as long as she’s respecting me I’m going to respect her.”
Mackenzie continued: “I’m the baby mama that can just be your friend, invite you in my house, love you and love your children, and hopefully me and you can have a healthy relationship.
“And last but not least, you cannot break a healed woman. You can’t make her jealous, you just can’t budge her. So there’s my answer,” she closed.
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