They are officially on board.
Teen Mom OG kicked off Season 8 on Monday, October 1 with an intense 90-minute episode that introduced a pair of new faces to the franchse:
- Bristol Palin, the daughter of former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
- Cheyenne Floyd, a former cast member on MTV"s The Challenge who has a daughter with another Season 8 addition, Cory Wharton.
What were this pair up to on the opening installment?
We learned just how complicated of a relationship Floyd and Wharton find themselves in, while we also got a pretty good idea of why Bristol and Dakota Meyer recent filed for divorce.
Scroll down for a recap of all the events from an interesting and emotional Season 8 premiere…
1. Her Life Isn’t Perfect
This was a message Bristol said she wanted to send, although it’s not clear why anyone would think that a 27-year woman with three kids by two men – with a famously polarizing mother – would be living a perfect life. Regardless, the premiere gave us a look look at the difficulties in her marriage.
2. Yup, It’s Sarah Palin
We’re just saying. The woman who came close to being the second most powerful person on Earth made a cameo early in the premiere.
3. Worlds Apart
While Bristol and Meyer live together in Austin, Bristol was off in Arizona with her mom celebrating her sister Piper’s bachelorette party to opem the premiere, while Dakota took the kids to see his parents in Kentucky. Palin told the camera that her husband’s PTSD has been “hard on our marriage.”
4. PTSD?
Yes. Meyer received the Medal of Honor after 2009’s Battle of Ganjgal, where he witnessed the deaths of his entire team. He’s been battling those demons and scars ever since.
5. What are Things Like for This Veteran?
Speaking with his dad and the show’s producers, Meyer talked about joining the Marines. “When I joined, it was 110% that you will be going to war soon,” he said on air. “Joining, I could have never knew what I was getting into. You can say, ‘Yeah, I’m ready to get shot at,’ but you’re talking at a 17 year old kid.”
6. More from Dakota:
“We got in a big gunfight and everybody with me is dead,” he continued. “When I first came home, train wreck is not even, that’s an understatement. Anxiety got me real bad.” Meyer added that his children are the “reason I get up every day,” saying they “add to the quality of life, they’re everything.”
