Former Teen Mom OG star Ryan Edwards issued a statement after he was arrested, yet again. Edwards took responsibility for his detainment but noted he wasn't apprehended because of drugs. He "messed up" on his probation and was pulled over for speeding.
Edwards, who shares son Bentley with Teen Mom OG star Maci Bookout, spent time in rehab after his 2017 arrest. He emphasized that drugs weren't involved this time around.
"It was the fact that I got pulled over and had not completed my community service," Edwards explained to E! News Wednesday. "The only drug-related charge was the original one from two years ago, from before I went to rehab. There is nothing new that is drug-related."
He added: "I take full accountability. I messed up, but I've had a chance to get organized and fix the situation."
The Tennessee native has six months of probation left. "Without a doubt it was a learning experience," he said.
Edwards, 30, was apprehended last month for violating probation stemming from a 2017 heroin charge. He spent a week in jail.
He and his wife, Mackenzie Standifer, are expecting their first child together. Edwards argued his personal life is why he slipped up with his probation. "It's not that I wasn't taking the community service seriously; it's just that we have so much going on; I didn't realize the deadline had passed," he told the publication. "It was just a misunderstanding. I thought I had more time."
Standifer supported Edwards. "Yes, he's made some mistakes but we are moving past them. He has my full support," she told E! News. "Ryan is my husband."
She didn't respond to Edwards' arrest on social media but posted the link to E! News' story on her Instagram bio. On July 29, she shared a picture of her wedding day without a caption.
Teen Mom OG fans won't be seeing Edwards and Standifer on their television anytime soon. The couple quit the MTV series last month. "We're not returning to Teen Mom OG this season. The network told us they don't want to show Ryan as a recovering addict," Standifer, 21, told E! News at the time. "But they did want to enter a contract with our unborn baby and have the baby film with Ryan's parents so it would look like someone else is raising it."
"They're writing us out of the show right now and making it seem like we dipped out on our baby, on Bentley and on everyone. And that's just not the case," she added.
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