Ryan Edwards is going to deliver a different kind of ball and chain shot.
Over the years, the Teen Mom alum has seen the inside of a prison cell on several disturbing occasions – due to various parole violations and drug-related offenses.
However, now Edwards is making headlines for a reason that will make him famous in a figurative rather than a literal sense.
yes friends, Ryan Edwards is engaged,
The 37-year-old confirmed the romantic news on January 12 by uploading a video of himself getting down on one knee to propose to Amanda Connor, who is expecting Ryan’s baby.
In the video (below, set to Cooper Allen’s “Take Forever”), Edwards is sitting around a fire and it’s hard not to notice the camerawoman filming the proposal and subsequent acceptance.
One can only assume this is because it will be shown in a future Teen Mom: The Next Chapter episode.
The reality star shares son Bentley, 16, with Macy Bookout, and son, 6, and daughter, Stella, 5, with ex-wife Mackenzie Standifer.
In the footage, Bentley appears to be genuinely present for this major life moment. which is nice.
Edwards, as MTV viewers well know, has struggled with substance abuse for years; He was last arrested in December 2023.
However, the father of three began dating Connor around September of the same year and Bookout has been supportive of the romance. Very Helpful, we should insist.
“He’s really easy to be around,” Bookout told Us Weekly in May 2024. “You know when you meet people and you can just feel the energy? She has really good energy.”
At the time, Messi added:
“We get along really well and just click. She really supports Bentley and Ryan and everything that happens with them. It happened naturally.”
About three months ago, Edwards and Connor announced that she was pregnant with a girl. And they seemed quite excited about it.
“Honesty is one of my biggest things, you’re honest about who you are, me and Ryan are who I am, I want to be honest about it,” Connor told Us Weekly.
“I don’t want to hide anything from him. I’m going to be very cautious. I don’t want to be a helicopter mom, but I don’t want our child to go through anything we had to go through.
“I just want her to be very open to the world, but strong-minded about certain things.”