TEEN Mom: Young and Pregnant’s Kayla Sessler confessed shortly after her engagement to Luke Davis that she wasn’t ready to wed.
The couple brought MTV’s cameras along through a low point in their relationship, including a cheating scandal and a feud with Luke’s family.
During Tuesday’s brand new episode of Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant, viewers saw Kayla and Luke get engaged.
The former college athlete popped the question over dinner not long after his mom and sister tried to fight his fiancée on the show.
Kayla accepted his proposal, marveling over her ring before telling him: “Hopefully, you know, we’’ll give it some time. You know, weddings take a long time to plan. I’m not trying to get married, like, today.”
Later, in a confessional, she admitted: “even though I’m saying yes, like, I’m not in a place to get married. I don’t think I could really say no to someone proposing to me. It would just be like, really harsh.”
The mom of two added: “I hope he understands that a lot of work really needs to be done if we are going to make it to the altar one day.”
Despite her qualms, she and Luke excitedly told her mom Jamie the news.
The trio hugged and celebrated, ignoring the drama that had been plaguing the couple for some time.
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FAN BACKLASH
Online, viewers slammed Kayla for her candid confession.
One Twitter user wondered: “Why it seem like Kayla just said yes to avoid embarrassing Luke in the restaurant. She doesn’t seem happy to be engaged at all.”
A second fan wrote: “Kayla just said yeah to Luke proposal just because.”
Another referenced the family drama surrounding the couple, writing: “Sooo an engagement is suppose to fix cheating, a maybe baby, and yo mama trynna jump her last week ?”
Some were still hopeful, however, with one Teen Mom viewer tweeting: “I hope they can work through their issues.”
This season has been tumultuous for Kayla and Luke,
GRAPPLING WITH GRIEF
In earlier episodes, Kayla spoke openly about her decision to terminate a second pregnancy with her beau.
Later, she opened up about the aftermath of the abortion.
Sitting down with her mom, the reality star broke down as she confessed that she was struggling.
“It’s just a lot to take in since like my due date would have been coming up. It’s a little challenging,” she shared.
“I think like during the time when I was pregnant and going through it I was kind of autopilot. I didn’t really deal with like my emotions until after.”
She started to tear up as she said: “Everyone warned me about the physical pain you know you take the pill and you cramp and whatever.
“It’s painful. But no one prepared me for like the mental side of it and like the guilt that I would feel and that I can’t get to go away.”
Kayla then told her mom: “And it’s hard because I feel like I don’t have that right to grieve because it’s a decision that I made.”
She concluded: “I just feel like there’s so much stacked against Luke and I and this is just another thing.”
This comes amid calls for members of Luke’s family to be banned from the show.
MOM’S MESS
During an earlier episode, fans saw the drama between Kayla and Noopie – Luke’s mother – reach a peak.
Kayla revealed to her mother that Luke’s mom called her names while speaking with her stepmom at son Izaiah’s birthday party.
Later in the episode, the reality star sat down with Luke, his mom, and his sister Chas to discuss their differences, agreeing to move forward in a positive way until the party came up.
Immediately, the duo began screaming at one another, with Luke’s sister jumping in.
Kayla questioned: “Why are you talking to Nicole about me?”
The mom and daughter slammed Kayla as a “stupid b***h” and a “h**” as Noopie responded: “Because I wanted to.”
They stand up and attempted to get closer to Kayla, prompting security to jump in.
Kayla and Luke left the house and his mother followed them outside, screaming and calling Kayla names all the while.
An angry Kayla shouted back: “I don’t give a f**k. At my son’s birthday?”
She then added with a smirk: “He not gonna leave me. That’s what y’all fail to understand. He love me.”