Current:Home > FinanceTeen Mom's Catelynn Lowell Slams Claims She Chose Husband Tyler Baltierra Over Daughter Carly -Mastery Money Tools
Teen Mom's Catelynn Lowell Slams Claims She Chose Husband Tyler Baltierra Over Daughter Carly
View
Date:2025-04-13 21:38:54
Catelynn Lowell is not letting the critics have the final say.
Days after the Teen Mom star shared that she and husband Tyler Baltierra had been blocked from communicating with their biological daughter Carly by the 15-year-old's adopted parents, Brandon Davis and Teresa Davis, Catelynn is responding to claims that Tyler forced her to give their child up for adoption in 2009.
"I'm seeing the comment a lot that people are saying that Tyler gave me an ultimatum," Catelynn began in a Sept. 19 Instagram video, "either my baby or him. First off, that comment is absolutely disgusting on so many levels."
The way the 16 and Pregnant alum sees it, when people say something like that, "it strips me of all of the strength and sorrow that it took me as a birth mom to place my child."
Catelynn doubled down on how false the accusations are. "If you think that I would just give my baby away for a man, that is absolutely untrue," she noted, "and to think that I would still be with said man after all of these years, if he did give me an ultimatum with either my baby or him, that's absolutely disgusting."
According to the 32-year-old, both she and Tyler, also 32, did want to keep Carly, but they knew adoption was the better choice for them, which echoes a sentiment Tyler had previously expressed.
"I know that there was a scene that was filmed that Tyler said that he thought that if we would have parented Carly, that we would not be together," she continued. "He's not implying that if I didn't place Carly, he would have broke up with me."
As the Catelynn explains, Tyler's comment had more to do with the fact that teen parents "typically do not stay together," noting that a majority parents on their show who kept their children are now broken up, while she and Tyler have been married since 2015 and share daughters Novalee, 9, Vaeda, 5, and Rya, 2.
"Teen parents go through stress and all of the things to raise a baby," she said. "So I agree with him. If we would have kept Carly, we probably wouldn't still be together."
And ultimately, she and Tyler are thankful for the choice they made because it gave them the life they have now.
"I guess at the end of the day, believe what you want," Catelynn said in conclusion, "but just know when you think things like that, it strips me of all of my strength as a birth mom and the strength of Tyler also being a birth dad. It's disgusting that any of you guys would think like that."
Over the past few days, the MTV star has not held back about sharing her frustration regarding the situation with Carly, especially because feels it's unfair to Carly and her siblings.
She also believes she was initially blocked because Carly's parents felt scared or threatened when the teen was asking "questions about why we don't get together anymore."
"When you're a bio mom you have no say... no control," Catelynn wrote on Instagram Sept. 9. "All I can do is show Carly in the future how much I tried and continue to do so... she can make the decision herself to understand who shut who out."
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (3248)
Related
- Federal appeals court upholds $14.25 million fine against Exxon for pollution in Texas
- Martha Stewart says 'unfriendly' Ina Garten stopped talking to her when she went to prison
- 8 California firefighters injured in freeway rollover after battling Airport Fire
- Poll shows young men in the US are more at risk for gambling addiction than the general population
- Jamie Foxx gets stitches after a glass is thrown at him during dinner in Beverly Hills
- FBI agents have boarded vessel managed by company whose other cargo ship collapsed Baltimore bridge
- Brett Favre to appear before US House panel looking at welfare misspending
- Moment of Sean Diddy Combs' Arrest Revealed in New Video
- Travis Hunter, the 2
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's crossword, I'm Cliche, Who Cares? (Freestyle)
Ranking
- 2025 'Doomsday Clock': This is how close we are to self
- Cheryl Burke Offers Advice to Nikki Garcia and Artem Chigvintsev Amid Divorce
- Friends Creators Address Matthew Perry's Absence Ahead of Show's 30th Anniversary
- Friends Creators Address Matthew Perry's Absence Ahead of Show's 30th Anniversary
- Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates
- What to watch: Let's be bad with 'The Penguin' and 'Agatha All Along'
- Were warning signs ignored? Things to know about this week’s testimony on the Titan sub disaster
- Lindsay Lohan's Rare Photo With Husband Bader Shammas Is Sweeter Than Ice Cream
Recommendation
Intellectuals vs. The Internet
Why Bella Hadid Is Thanking Gigi Hadid's Ex Zayn Malik
South Carolina to execute Freddie Owens despite questions over guilt. What to know
Penn State removes its student newspaper racks over concerns about political ads
Civic engagement nonprofits say democracy needs support in between big elections. Do funders agree?
Feds extradite man for plot to steal $8 million in FEMA disaster assistance
Illinois upends No. 22 Nebraska in OT to stay unbeaten
Judge asked to cancel referendum in slave descendants’ zoning battle with Georgia county