‘Teen Mom OG’ Star Mackenzie McKee, Husband Josh McKee Split After Nearly 9 Years of Marriage: ‘I’m Also Not Pretending Josh Was a Good Husband’

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It’s over. Teen Mom OG star Mackenzie McKee and husband Josh McKee have called it quits after nearly nine years of marriage.The reality star, 27, has never shied away from getting candid about her rocky relationship with her former high school sweetheart, 29 — and her split announcement is just as honest.“I’m coming from a very deep, raw and vulnerable part of my heart,” Mackenzie told Celebuzz on Tuesday, July 26 about her split from Josh. “I’m stepping into an entire new life and new me.

The things I use[d] to cry over are now a walk in the park.”While the Teen Mom 3 alum — who shares children Gannon, 10, Jaxie, 8, and Broncs, 5, with her ex — showed gratitude “for the past 12 years with Josh and what they taught me,” she also got real about the pair’s problems.“The old me would have released a story about how awful Josh is, what he did and why this marriage is ending,” the Body by Mac founder added, noting, “The new me understands that we are both walking away from this with deep scars and our kids love us both despite the pain we brought one another.

We are human, we are all human on this earth just trying to make it.”Though she chose not to tell her side of the story, explaining “it simply isn’t fair if he isn’t alongside me telling his side,” Mackenzie hinted that there was drama involved in their decision to end their marriage.“Was I a perfect wife?

No,” the Oklahoma native said. “But I’m also not pretending that Josh was a good husband.”Prior to her announcement, Mackenzie hinted that the two had broken up when tweeting about getting back into the dating scene.“The dating world is wack guys… these men out here playin’.