Shocking: Teen Mom star’s son gets girlfriend pregnant at 16, secret wedding is about to take place

Well, guys, we’ve finally hit that day: The kids born on 16 and Pregnant are now 16 themselves.

(The line to sign yourself up for AARP forms right here, ladies and gentlemen.)

On Friday, MTV announced that Teen Mom: The Next Chapter will return next month and, in the first trailer released of the new season, we see the first “16 and Pregnant” kids hitting that milestone Sweet 16 birthday.

“Sixteen years ago on MTV, a phen-mom-enom was born,” the voiceover in the trailer says (as we all cringe over the horrible pun).

We are then treated to flashback clips of the births of the babies from the first few seasons of “16 and Pregnant,” followed by a montage of photos from the last 16 years of the MTV cash cows kids growing up. We also see the moms’ struggles over the years: break-ups, additional “Oopsie Babies being born, physical fights, unfortunate BBLs and all.

“All of their struggles have led us to this super sweet season!”

We see Maci Bookout talking to her son Bentley— who is the eldest of all the “16 and Pregnant”-born babies— about his approaching 16th birthday.

“You’re about to turn 16!” she tells him, to which Bentley replies, “I don’t know what I’d do if I had a kid right now.”

Leah Shirley— who is the daughter of Gary Shirley and Amber Portwood— is also preparing to turn 16. (Her birthday is in November, so this footage was probably shot relatively recently.) Leah is shown hoping into a car as she learns to drive.

“We watch the ‘Teen Mom’ story come full circle,” the voiceover says.

We also see Leah Messer‘s daughters, Ali and Aleeah, as they turn 15, and Mackenzie McKee‘s son, Gannon, react to Mack giving him a talk about growing up.

“You’re, like, a teenager,” she says before asking a mortified Gannon, “Do you have hairy armpits?!”

Also featured in the trailer are Ashley Jones, Cheyenne Floyd and Catelynn Lowell. (It’s likely that this upcoming season will show Catelynn and her husband Tyler Baltierra battle their bio daughter Carly’s parents, Brandon and Teresa Davis, after they were cut out of Carly’s life earlier this year.)

Missing from the trailer are Jade Cline and Jenelle Evans. The Ashley broke the news earlier this year that Jenelle had been let go from ‘Next Chapter’ after only one season, due to her not giving the “redemption arc” the producers had hoped she would after her split from David Eason. (You can read all about that, and Jenelle’s battle to get out of her MTV contract by clicking here!)

There’s a slight chance Jenelle could be shown in this upcoming season; however, it would be footage filmed before she was let go that hadn’t been used last season.

While Amber isn’t shown in the trailer, she has confirmed that she will be back for this season, and that it will show the breakdown of her co-parenting relationship with Gary, as well as her continued estrangement from daughter Leah.

‘Teen Mom: The Next Chapter’ Season 2B premieres Thursday, January 30, 2025 on MTV.