{"id":278241,"date":"2019-08-17T15:07:45","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T21:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1065779"},"modified":"2019-08-17T15:07:45","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T21:07:45","slug":"why-teen-moms-mackenzie-mckee-says-she-deserves-better-after-splitting-with-husband-josh-mckee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/why-teen-moms-mackenzie-mckee-says-she-deserves-better-after-splitting-with-husband-josh-mckee\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Teen Mom&#8217;s Mackenzie McKee Says She Deserves Better After Splitting With Husband Josh McKee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"41.957142857143\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019716\/rs_634x1024-190816143759-634-mackenzie-mckee-mv-81619.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Mackenzie McKee, Josh McKee\" alt=\"Mackenzie McKee, Josh McKee\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Instagram<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"26.684337349398\">\n<p><strong>Mackenzie McKee<\/strong>&nbsp;is&nbsp;&#8220;freshly single&#8221; and she&#8217;s ready to share why.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday afternoon,&nbsp;the <em>Teen Mom OG<\/em> star updated her fans on the status of her relationship with husband, <strong>Josh McKee<\/strong>. &#8220;Freshly single and ready to be the boss babe that I am and let God lead me to what i deserve,&#8221; she wrote on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1065688\/teen-mom-s-mackenzie-mckee-says-she-s-freshly-single-after-husband-denies-cheating-rumors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">since-deleted&nbsp;Instagram&nbsp;post<\/a>. Adding, &#8220;Edit: this is an old photo so my ring is on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now, the MTV reality TV personality is opening up about why she decided&nbsp;to part ways with her estranged husband.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Turns out, Josh is not a good man whatsoever,&#8221; McKee told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/mackenzie-mckee-calls-husband-josh-horrible-person-after-split\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Us Weekly<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>about their split.&nbsp;&#8220;Watching the show and catching him in lies, seeing how independent he is, I realize I deserve better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She continued, &#8220;I have fought for this marriage for many years, and lately, I&#8217;ve really opened my eyes to what a horrible person he is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"58.695214105793\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"11.546599496222\">\n<p>Additionally, Mackenzie <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DouthitKenzie\/status\/1162450191338942464\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">took to Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;to further explain her decision to move on.&nbsp;&#8220;To the girls (I know who you are) who called in. Nice try,&#8221; she shared on Twitter on Friday. &#8220;However I would like to say, that due to stress, me needing to stay focused, the media, etc. I am deciding my marriage needs a break. My heart breaks for my kids. But as of right now, this is what&#8217;s best. Thank you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"36.619127516779\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"14.647651006711\">\n<p>Many fans of the reality TV star assumed&nbsp;the &#8220;girls&#8221; she was referring to in her message could be aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theashleysrealityroundup.com\/2019\/08\/16\/teen-mom-og-star-mackenzie-mckee-speaks-out-after-husband-josh-mckee-is-accused-of-cheating-by-two-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent reports<\/a> of two women claiming Josh kissed another woman at a Texas bar.<\/p>\n<p>However, Josh has debunked those allegations against him. In a recent episode of <em>Teen Mom OG<\/em>, he explained his night-out at the bar. &#8220;We decided to stick around and have some beers and I guess someone was there and we just got talking about this or that, and that was it,&#8221; he&nbsp;told Mackenzie. &#8220;There was no affection or anything like that there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He continued,&nbsp;&#8220;I was scared to tell you that I was at a bar.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"56\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"2\">\n<p>Josh has yet to publicly talk about his and Mackenzie&#8217;s relationship status.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1065779\/why-teen-mom-s-mackenzie-mckee-says-she-deserves-better-after-splitting-with-husband-josh-mckee?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! 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On Friday afternoon,&nbsp;the Teen Mom OG star updated her fans on the status of her relationship with husband, Josh McKee. &#8220;Freshly single and ready to be the boss babe that I am and let God lead me to what i deserve,&#8221; she wrote on a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-27 00:28:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}