Right here’s how the proposal went down — with Maci and Catelynn calling it “awkward” to witness whereas they had been on the town to speak to Amber about Kristina probably adopting her daughter Leah.
Amber Portwood and Gary Wayt might now not be a pair, however earlier than Wayt went lacking and the pair determined to go their separate methods, the 2 gave the impression to be really in love.
On Thursday’s all new Teen Mother: The Subsequent Chapter, Portwood acquired a go to from longtime mates and fellow castmates Maci Bookout and Catelynn Lowell, who had been on the town to assist have fun Portwood’s birthday. However then she was hit with an excellent larger shock — Wayt getting down on one knee!
And she or he wasn’t the one one shocked by Wayt’s declaration of affection, with Bookout and Lowell equally shocked as he determined to pop the questions moments after they walked in and met him for the very first time.
However earlier than all that, Portwood instructed her mates whereas introducing them to Wayt, “He was the second individual that I used to be like, ‘Hmm, he sounds–‘”
“Legit,” Bookout interjected, filling within the clean.
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“Like actually legit,” Portwood confirmed. “And ever since. It has been seven months now.”
After getting crammed in on his Vietnamese-American background, together with his strict upbringing, the ladies ready for his or her evening out, however not earlier than Wayt showered a number of compliments onto Portwood. His attraction appeared to be impressing each Bookout and Lowell, as he joked that he was going to be sending drinks from a desk on the restaurant to the “cute one with the glasses,” referring to his woman love.
When the mom of two made point out of being the one single one within the group, Wayt shortly snapped into motion.
“I am the one one out of us that is not married,” Portwood mentioned, with Bookout and Lowell telling their buddy that she she dodged a bullet by not getting hitched to a few of her former flames.
“Talking of that,” Wayt interjected, surprising all three women into silence as he bought down on one knee in entrance of her lounge sofa.
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“Amber Portwood,” he continued. “I like you, and you have been completely wonderful to me. And I do not see myself with anyone else however you. I wish to spend the remainder of my life with you. I like you. Will you marry me?”
“Sure, I’ll. I truly will marry you,” Portwood mentioned, earlier than Wayt grabbed her off the sofa for a kiss.
Nonetheless shell-shocked over what they’d witnessed, Lowell and Bookout appeared on in amazement, with Lowell yelling out, “What?”
“Is he messing with us? I’ve ever witnessed a proposal,” Bookout added.
Whereas the pair had been undoubtedly pleased for his or her buddy, in a confessional, they later admitted that being there for the intimate second was “awkward.”
“Particularly since that was our first introduction,” Lowell instructed the cameras.
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“We actually met him, like, 5 minutes earlier than,” Bookout mentioned. “If she’s pleased, I am pleased for her.”
Along with celebrating Portwood’s birthday — and apparently engagement, too — one more reason Bookout and Lowell had been on the town was to talk to their buddy about the potential for her ex Gary Shirley’s spouse Kristina adopting his and Portwood’s 15-year-old daughter, Leah.
And whereas Shirley instructed Lowell and Bookout that Portwood knew about these talks, that did not appear to be the case throughout their women’ evening.
“She did not even point out an inkling that Leah needs Kristina to undertake her,” Bookout mentioned in a confessional. “So, I do not suppose we must always carry it up.”
However with Shirley planning a celebration for Portwood, the hope was that they might all be an enormous, pleased, blended household and have fun collectively, regardless of the tensions at Leah’s birthday dinner earlier within the season.
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All gave the impression to be effectively, with Leah assembly new Gary and Portwood having a nice dialog together with her daughter. When requested what Leah thought of all of it, she saved it quick and candy, telling her dad she mentioned hiya to her mother and met “Gary 2.0.”
The occasion ended with plans for Leah and Portwood to spend extra time collectively. Shirley and Kristina even penciled in one other household dinner for the group the next night.
“I actually appreciated the truth that Maci and Cate actually needed to offer me such wonderful recommendation for me to really have my household again,” Portwood mentioned in a confessional. “After I noticed my daughter, it is like butterflies. I could not be anymore happier, truthfully.”
As for the adoption discuss, it appears like that is being tabled for now.
Teen Mother: The Subsequent Chapter, airs Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. ET on MTV.
