I will say this about Farrah Abraham. The Teen Mom star is brave with a capital B to talk about suicide and drug addiction.
The shocking revelations that Abraham made this week while doing press for her soon-to-be-released memoir My Teenage Dream Ended could get her in serious trouble -- or at the very least mark her as the screw-up reality star Farrah has been very adamant she doesn't want to be. But the 21-year-old might have just made the most powerful point to come out of the MTV reality series since it began airing in 2009.
So what'd she say?
Farrah, who faced the sudden death of boyfriend Derek Underwood shortly after giving birth to daughter Sophia told In Touch that she spiraled into cocaine and marijuana use during her time on the show to escape her pain. Suicide topped Farrah's thoughts -- she even described the letter she thought of writing to her little girl, a letter that included references to the major changes in Farrah's life that she was unable to come to terms with.
It's a different Farrah from the fun-focused party girl content to leave her child with her mom so she could go meet guys that we saw when Teen Mom first hit TV. It's honest. It's real.
Isn't that why this show was made in the first place? To show that teen parenthood is overwhelming and scary, and America needs to answer it with a two-fold response: prevent kids from getting pregnant in the first place, and support those who do end up there. We spend all this time ripping these kids to shreds, but we forget they're already doing it themselves ... it's largely unnecessary.
It's true, we've seen co-star Amber Portwood's downward spiral into drugs. We've heard about Amber's suicide attempt. Her five-year prison sentence should be a wake-up call.
But Farrah is one of the moms who is actually getting it right. She's straightened out her life. She's finished school, working, raising her daughter. From the outside, she doesn't seem like teen pregnancy was that hard on her -- at least not by comparison.
Taking the facade off might not be the easiest thing for her. The question of how child protective services might take Farrah's confessions is an obvious one already being asked, but I can't help respecting her more for taking the risk.
What do you think of Farrah deciding to come clean about her drug abuse?
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leave the girl alone for real she was 16 and got pregnant for one thats something to be a bitch about number 2 while she was pregnant her and the love of her life werent talkin to much and werent toghether and she never got to tell him she loved him and he died number 3 look at her parents for real she calls her father by name her moms a syco who bashed her in the face gave her a busted nose and lip and then threw a fucken shirt at the poor lil baby number 4 none of u ppl know the shit she went through 18 yrs ago when she was a kid and how she was raised her mom i think abused her or something there just isnt right i mean i am mean to my mother because she calls me names and then my brothers think i am a snobby bitch cuz of it. she does love her daughter though she has given up her whole life for her kid she went to a modeling thing and after a wknd she was sick from not seein her kid and so wat she almost commited suicide i would to if my childs father died and all the things she has been put through her entire life none of u know her to fucken judge her so stfu
o ya and then when the cops came when she abused her daughter farrahs mom pulled out a fucken knife theres more there behind the lil rich ass life then people know and sumthig has gone on and farrah is not a bitch she is a bitch to her mother and michale not strangers like when she got her dog and stuff people are so fucken judgemental i love farrah and i give her props for coming this far with soph and being such a good mom and ppl say she talks to soph like a peer ya thats cuz she chooses not to have backstabbing bitch friends and be a slut and go around fucking guy after guy for her childs safety give her sum credit
I like how one moment, you're all mad at one teen mom for drug use and not raising their kid, but Farrah's drug use is okay and despite the fact that she does have things together and Sophia has a stable home environment, you HAVE to find something to rail on her about. Her attitude is bad? GIVE IT A REST. That is NOT the worst thing that can happen. It sounds more like you commenters are going to raise your kids to be holier-than-thou and judgmental.
Farrah never struck me as much of an "emergency" as someone like Amber Portwood : instead, she seemed to be to be an entitlement girl who ran her mother into the rails, was shallow, and occasionally even neglectful of her child, caught on camera - but drugs?! Never saw that coming. And does this book reveal my biggest question of all, about the deceased dad: this is the first family with a deceased son who hasn't glommed all over the surviving girlfriend - why?!
Farrah's experience is one I'm sadly familiar with. When my son was born, I was 17. When he was 5 months old, his father died, as well. Seeing Farrah take Sophia to Derek's grave is an all too familiar activity for me. I admire her admitting these things. And find it pretty awful how judgemental some of you are. Let me tell you, FIRST HAND, how hard, how sad, how painful it can be to raise a child who reminds you everyday of someone you've lost. While the joy remains, a child is TRULY a blessing and a life changer, it is nevertheless difficult. And you know as they get older, explaining why they don't have a father is a necessity. And it's not like he just left, and your child will someday get to meet him, or question him. Your child doesn't GET the choice.