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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I agree with the other posters that Farrah is a disrespectful snot and the drug abuse is no surprise. I never heard someone talk to their parents like she does! She is just trying anyhow to market her image and make more money. I hope her daughter doesn't treat adults like her mother but I bet she will have a nasty attitude just like her mom!
CPS is not going to bother with Farrah that is in her past and what matters is how she is taking care of her child now. The system is busy enough taking care of cases where they know kids are being harmed and don't have time to follow someone because they wrote a book about their past who had a mother who was very active with her grand daughter and I am sure kept her safe back then.
I just wish Farrah would treat her mother with more respect and love for all she did and still does for her. Some people would take her mother and love her like she deserved because they themselves have no mother or at least not one as good as hers.
Good for her for talking about her issues. It will help others open up a dialogue themselves and talking about it can saves lives.
However, a big issue with drug use is living a lie. You're only as sick as your secrets. I think she has some demons in her closet that were there long before she got pregnant, long before her child's father died, long before she started coping with drugs and thinking about suicide. I am sure the root is with her family and everyone deals with it with denial...but the anger and hate that spews between them says it is all right there under the surface.
If she wants to be sure her sweet daughter doesn't have to live through the same battle, she should deal with it and her whole family should do the same. It's not easy but until you deal with the issues, they'll just keep festering.
I have to agree with previous posters-the way she treats her parents is terrible. Yes, they have both made mistakes, I'm sure of it. However, the way she talks to them! I'd never speak to anyone like that, period, and I'm older than she is! We've all been through a lot of stuff in our lives-I've been through a lot of stuff too and even though my mom and I don't have a good relationship, I'd still never tell her the things Farrah says to her mom. It's so sad. I can't stand to watch her part in the show. I feel bad for her little girl that she is surrounded by all of that. And when her sister came, they both went off on their mom for no real reason and she just sat there and took it with tears in her eyes. For those who say the commenters who agree with this are being judgemental, think about this: You're a mother, how do you think you'd feel if your child grew up and spoke to you that way?
She's the one who told her doctor that she didn't want to breastfeed because it would make her boobs sag! I thought to myself "WHAT?"-you are that vain? And you really believe that breastfeeding would make your boobs sag? OMG! I quit watching the show at that point on..
she's seems like a total B...but she definitely has sher sh*t together it seems..
her mother on the other hand, I wonder what Farrah's childhood was like : /
I think it is a wise idea for her to come clean.