Leah Messer has been an open book on the reality TV series Teen Mom. The celeb has struggled with her addictions and estranged relationship with her father for a long time. Meanwhile, Leah opened up how she had done drugs with her father and how he enabled her addiction. Tune in with us to find out.
Teen Mom: Gary Messer Is Responsible For Leah’s Drug Addiction?
Leah Messer has always made headlines about her struggling relationships and bitter childhood events. The reality TV celeb has shared her struggling relationship with her father in her book. Likewise, in a recent Teen Mom reunion, she revealed the pent-up emotions in an emotional therapy session. And now, in the latest episode, there’s more to the story.
Leah was getting ready to meet her now-boyfriend Jaylan Mobley. And that’s when she gets a call from her estranged father. She told the cameras that he hadn’t called her in a year, and now he calls her when he’s in jail. More so, her dad asked her for an attorney. And she claims that she wasn’t going to pay him. Further, she angrily claims that he calls her when he’s in jail but not when it’s her birthday.
Later, Leah revealed a more shocking revelation about her father, Gary. Messer revealed her toxic relationship with her dad. She said, “He used me.” In addition, she also said, “We enabled each other’s addiction,” she added, “there’s no way I can go back to that.” Likewise, Leah doesn’t want her kids to see the hell. And she wants the life to her kids that she didn’t get. Hence, she doesn’t want to be on terms with her father.
Teen Mom: How Gary’s Addiction Started!
MTV fans must remember Gary when he walked down her daughter, Leah, down the aisle. As for a father, it must have been hard to bid goodbye to her little girl. However, Leah has been candid about her relationship with Gary and expressed it wasn’t the same as others. Messer has always wanted a father figure in her life. However, Gary was present up until she was 6 or 7.
However, her father’s addiction led him into the notorious pit of hell. And till now, he remains addicted. She recalled, “With the opioid epidemic we face today, my dad always ties into that.” Later, Leah started researching her father’s struggle with addiction and why he struggled with addiction. In addition, his father was addicted to oxycodone. Her father broke his neck when working on a bridge in West Virginia.
And from there, he went to a worker’s comp. That’s where he got the addiction from. In 2011, Gary was arrested for possessing a controlled substance. The police reported that Gary handed several pills to a woman outside Chili’s restaurant. However, he explained to the authorities he was prescribed Lortab 10mg for “back pain.” Well, he was not prosecuted for the charges. Are you also shocked to have learned about Leah’s father? Stay tuned to TV Seasons & Spoilers.