Teen Mom stars Cory Wharton and Taylor Selfridge are officially going their separate ways.
“A new chapter. Just me and my girls. ❤️ Taylor and I have decided to go our separate ways, as hard as that is to say publicly, I think it’s important to be honest about where my life is at this moment,” Wharton, 35, wrote via Instagram on Thursday, October 8. “We shared a lot of years, memories, love and most importantly, we have two beautiful daughters ❤️. I’m sorry, Taylor, that things didn’t work out the way we both hoped they would. I know there were times I could’ve been better, and I’m sorry for the ways I let you down.”
The couple — who share daughters Mila, 6, and Maya, 3 — have been put under the microscope ever since Wharton appeared on The Challenge: Cutthroat. While filming the season, which is currently airing on Paramount+, Wharton developed a friendship with Izzy Fairthorne.
Though things never got physical while filming, Wharton ultimately issued an apology to Selfridge for crossing boundaries.
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“It’s been a very long time since I haven’t been proud of who I see on camera, and this is one of those times,” Wharton wrote via X in September. “I’m not trying to put the blame on anybody but myself. I’m a big boy. I knew what I was doing. I didn’t handle myself appropriate for the situation because the harm that it’s causing the people around me.”
In his latest social media post, Wharton said his focus remains on being the best father to his children.
“This chapter is about them, but it’s also about me doing the work that I need on myself — learning from my mistakes, growing, healing and becoming the best version of myself I can be,” he said. “Just wanted to say thank you to all my family & my boys for being there with me through everything. I’m gonna need my village more now than ever before. I appreciate y’all 💯 Love y’all!”
Cory Wharton, Taylor Selfridge Courtesy of Taylor Selfridge/Instagram
Selfridge also confirmed the breakup via her Instagram Story on Thursday, writing, “Yes I left. I was sick of not getting basic respect from the person I was with for 9 years and the father of my two children. I’m sure everyone could tell the last few years. I deserve more than that and I’ll get it. End of story.”
The reality stars first met in November 2017 while filming MTV’s Ex On the Beach. Most recently, they appeared together on Teen Mom: The Next Chapter as they continue to raise their two daughters. (Wharton also shares daughter Ryder, 9, with ex Cheyenne Floyd.)
In a March 2024 episode of Teen Mom: Family Reunion, Wharton admitted to being unfaithful to his longtime girlfriend early on in their relationship. The Challenge star said he regretted his mistake “every day.”
“I need to do the best I can do to make sure to rebuild that trust between me and Taylor because right now, it’s dragging us down like an anchor,” he told relationship experts Dr. Mike Dow and Michaiah Dominguez. “I made a dumb mistake, and I’m paying for it to this day.”
Taylo Selfridge and Cory Wharton Courtesy of Cory Wharton / Instagram
Before the episode aired, Selfridge acknowledged that they were working through some challenges, but were determined to make their relationship work.
“We both have our deep-rooted issues with different things that kind of play a part in our relationship,” she told Us at the time. “I don’t want to give anything away, but we’re definitely still together, I will say. We definitely did not separate.”
Through the ups and downs of their relationship, both Wharton and Selfridge remained focused on being the best parents to their kids.
After their youngest daughter was faced with congenital heart disease and forced to have open heart surgery, both Wharton and Selfridge shared how the health scare brought them closer together.
“I do think [Cory and I] got stronger in that time because that’s one of the worst things you can go through,” Selfridge told Us in July 2024.
Wharton added, “I don’t think you realize how much weight it puts on the family until you can kind of turn the chapter. I think with us, we put a lot of weight on ourselves separately. … There is light at the end of the tunnel.”
