It’s over (for good this time) for Cory Wharton and his longtime girlfriend/baby mama Taylor Selfridge.
The star of ‘Teen Mom’ and ‘The Challenge’ took to Instagram on Thursday to announce that he and Taylor “have decided to go our separate ways.” In his post, Cory stressed that he felt it was “important to be honest about where my life is at this moment.” Cory— who shares daughters Mila and Maya with Taylor— also apologized to his baby mama for the mistakes he made in their nearly 10-year relationship.
“I’m sorry, Taylor, that things didn’t work out the way we both hoped they would,” he wrote. “I know there were times I could’ve been better, and I’m sorry for the ways I let you down.”
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Fans weren’t exactly blindsided by the news of the breakup— given that Taylor and Cory have struggled for years in their relationship, particularly after the most-recent season of ‘The Challenge’ showed Cory trying to get his bang on with costar Izzy Fairthorne. However, Taylor was apparently shocked that Cory chose to tell the world about their split on Thursday without informing her first.
In a series of Snapchats posted after Cory announced the breakup, Taylor revealed that it was her who finally ended things and that Cory had asked her not to say anything publicly about their split, only to go and post about it himself on Thursday!
“Well, since it’s out there now, me and Cory split up and I live in my own place now,” Taylor— who had been living at Cory’s house for years— stated. “He asked me not to say anything [about our split] like, two-and-a-half, three weeks ago. ‘Cause I moved out while he was in New York. And then he goes and posts this morning and I was like, “Oh! Apparently we’re posting now!'”
Taylor went on to say that she broke up with Cory, and hinted that the final straw was him lying to her about what he did with Izzy while filming ‘The Challenge: Cutthroat.’
(Cory filmed the season— which is currently airing— earlier this year. He and Taylor were still living together at the time but on a break. Cory had to leave the show when Maya was hospitalized, something he says helped repair his relationship with Taylor.)
“I told him I was done because he lied about the Izzy s**t,” Taylor said. “We weren’t in a good place again. And I was just like, ‘I’m good. Somebody’s got to go because we’re not gonna keep doing the same cycle.'”
Taylor stated that she was shocked that Cory chose to announce their split despite specifically asking her not to.
“It seems like he couldn’t f**king wait to go post, because he sure as hell didn’t ask me anything,” she said. “He wanted to come up with a statement for both of us but he did not do that.”
She also revealed that Cory asked People magazine to do a feature on their breakup, something Taylor says she was against.
“Maybe that’s why he just posted because I wasn’t gonna do that,” she said.
“I’m pretty f**king annoyed because I’m like, ‘You asked me to wait,'” Taylor continued. “And then you go and post it at 7 in the morning and you don’t even tell me you’re doing that… I’m shaking because I’m so annoyed that I didn’t even get a text message. This is not something that is, like, ‘light’ for the Internet, so having to deal with this today, I would have loved to have been prepared for that.”
Taylor suggested that, because Cory is about to go on a trip to the Dominican Republic, he wanted the world to know that he is single.
“That’s probably why he wanted it up quickly because he’s leaving on Saturday and wants to be able to be free and do what he wants,” she said. “Which is fine, ’cause he is single and I am single. But you asked me not to say anything and then here you are, saying a lot!”
Taylor stated that Maya and Mila know about the split, as does Cory’s daughter Ryder, whom he shares with Cheyenne Floyd.
“Ryder took [the news of the split] the hardest because she’s older,” Taylor said. “But, yeah, it is what it is…. I feel like when I left I was very nice about it. Because I left a lot of things for him and he knows it. And I took a lot of things because I purchased them but I left a lot [at his house] for him and for the girls, so they didn’t have an empty house.”
As fans who watched ‘Teen Mom Family Reunion’ in 2024 will remember, Cory’s reluctance to propose to Taylor was a major issue in the couple’s relationship. Taylor repeatedly told Cory during the season that she wants to marry him, and that she’s tired of making excuses to people as to why Cory refuses to propose to her.
At one point Taylor even told Cory that she feels embarrassed to go to the grocery store with a cart-full of kids and no engagement ring.
In May 2025, Cory went on a social media rant, confirming he and Taylor were “going through some s**t” but insisting it wasn’t because he had cheated on her. He also crashed out at fans who encouraged him to propose.
In her Snapchat posts on Thursday, Taylor said the breakup comes down to the fact that Cory “just doesn’t have a lot of respect for me.”
“It’s very easy to see; he just doesn’t,” she said. “He thinks that I will just do whatever he says and whatever.”
Taylor stated that she was very upset when she realized she needed to breakup with Cory for good.
“I was bawling my eyes out; I was very sad,” she said. “I knew the relationship needed to end because we just weren’t— it wasn’t working. But the kids. I just was so scared about the kids. I’m sure he was too. And, it just got to that point where you can only take so much disrespect and so much s**t over the years.”
Taylor said that Cory’s decision to tell the world about their split— after asking her to be silent about it— shows that Cory doesn’t respect her.
“I don’t know why I expected basic respect.”
Taylor later posted a message to Instagram Stories to answer fans’ questions about the breakup.
“Yes I left,” she wrote. “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.”
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It’s about time. When you’re in a shitty relationship, it can be hard to jump off the proverbial cliff. When you’re doing the right thing, choosing self-love, the universe makes sure you don’t fall. <3
It sounds like Taylor really means it this time.
Honesty, Cory is truly scum. He wanted to spin this in the light most favorable to HIM, which is why he had to take one last blow by posting about the breakup on HIS terms, without consulting Taylor, after asking her to stay silent about it for weeks (which she respected). Actions speak louder than any words Cory concocted to spin this in a better light for himself. We see you Cory. We see what you did. Disgusting. Taylor’s going to go find a really man, and when she does, I’d bet real money he tries to come crawling back. When that happens, I hopes she slams to door in his disrespectful, ignorant face.
Also, major props to The Ashley for posting the whole story instead of the trash People magazine put out.
Cory is so pathetic and gross
He has been disrespecting her for years. I am glad she left him. She can do so much better.
Cory still hasn’t realized that his daughters see how he treats Taylor. He isn’t showing them what a good man is.
About time, girl! That is not a man in any way, shape or form. You made the right choice. Enjoy your youth and if and when you’re ready- you know what NOT to put up with (for 9 years!!!).