Amanda Conner recently revealed that her latest relapse and run-in with the law has left her jobless.
The ‘Teen Mom’ alum— who is married to Ryan Edwards—- gave her fans an update on her life on Wednesday, revealing that she’s trying to get a new job, due to her previous employer seemingly giving her the boot after she was arrested last month for DUI and child abuse.
Amanda gave the (frantic) update as she prepared herself to go to a job interview.
“Consequences, consequences!” she said. “I lost— well, I didn’t lose it— but the last job [I had], they were like, ‘We want your court stuff to be over with.’
“Court can literally drag and last from six months to a year, so I just went ahead and I’m putting in applications,” Amanda said.
The (second) Mrs. Edwards had previously been working at a rehab center, but was allegedly let go from that facility when she refused to submit to a drug test. (It’s unknown if this is the employer that Amanda is referring to in her video, or if she had a job in between.)
As The Ashley previously reported, Amanda was arrested on May 24 after Ryan called the police and reported that Amanda was driving under the influence while their daughter Presley was in the car. Ryan told the cops that Amanda drove away after he tried to get her to take a drug test. Police tracked her down eventually, but Amanda refused to submit to a test, causing her to receive a charge of violating the Implied Consent law in Tennessee. Because Presley was in the car, she received the child abuse/neglect charge, in addition to a DUI charge and a traffic violation.
Amanda later confessed to relapsing on drugs, and she is currently sporting an electronic monitor system on her ankle. (As The Ashley reported, Amanda was criticized when she recently posted a pic of the bedazzling job she did on her ankle monitor.)
“So I’m getting ready to go to this job interview,” Amanda said. “Fingers crossed I get it!”
Amanda also gave an update on the progress she’s made since her arrest.
“I went out of my way and— I wasn’t not [sic] asked to do this by the courts, I did it myself— I did a parenting class and completed that and gave the certificate to my lawyer,” she said. “And did a drug and alcohol course— it was 12 hours! Did that, and also completed that and gave that certificate to my lawyers. Fingers crossed hoping everything goes well.”
While many commented on how “hyper” Amanda seemed in the video (with a few people even busting out Barbara Evans‘ infamous “high! high!” to describe Amanda), she has insisted that she is now sober.
In May, she posted a video explaining her relapse. (As ‘Teen Mom’ fans are aware, Amanda met Ryan when both were in a residential treatment facility for substance abuse issues.)
“There’s no other way; gonna have to say it and own up to it and just post it. I relapsed,” Amanda said in the video posted shortly after her arrest. “I f**ked up and I relapsed after three years of me busting my a** and getting my life together, I relapsed. I think I got too comfortable, let my guard down and it happened.”
“…Just sayin’ that out loud, just letting it be known that I relapsed, it’s just so uncomfortable. It’s shameful, disappointed,” Amanda stated, before vowing to show her recovery journey on social media. “I feel guilty, scared. I’m not perfect. I’ve never claimed to be perfect. Life happened and I fell and I fell hard.”
Amanda— who was already on probation for causing an accident earlier this year— is currently facing three misdemeanor charges, as well as the child abuse/neglect charge, which is a felony. She is due to go before a judge for all of the charges on August 12.
You can watch Amanda’s full video below.
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Anyone with eyes could see she was always a trashy addict. Maci putting on the whole “one big happy family” act, doesn’t look great associating your family with these 2 junkies.
Jen and Larry, like Barbara, probably live in constant stress because of Ryan. Good lord.
Every time I see her mugshot I think EYEBROWS!
Amanda is too good for Ryan. My theory is that Ryan is still sober but was cheating and got caught. I laughed at her bedazzling her ankle monitor. Ryan has always had his parents to rely on and, in some cases, enable him. Amanda has really never had anyone and she is even more “street wise” than Ryan.
I know the bar is low considering the two people we are talking about, and I despise Ryan – but at least he didn’t drive under the influence with his own child in the car, putting an innocent baby at great risk. Hard for me to root for her when she is out here still acting like a strung-out clown.
I think she is as big of a loser as he is and he’s stuck with her for at least the next 18 years. He was right, it is his karma. I love that for him.
How is Amanda (a junkie criminal and deadbeat “mother”) too good for Ryan (a violent junkie and deadbeat “father”)? Bffr
Amanda is too good for Ryan? Atleast he wasn’t driving with his daughter while intoxicated!