'IT'S TOXIC!'
Teen Mom Mackenzie McKee slams her co-stars for sharing ‘evil’ story about her late brother with Down’s Syndrome
MACKENZIE McKee has slammed her co-stars for sharing an "evil" clickbait story about her late brother Mike.
The Teen Mom OG star, 27, revealed earlier this week that Mike, who had Down's Syndrome, died of a blood clot when she was 11.
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Hours later, a misleading article about the tragedy started appearing on Mackenzie's co-stars' Instagram stories.
The likes of Jade Cline and Briana DeJesus shared the post - which had a picture of Mackenzie crying with the headline: "Mackenzie confirms her sibling died," with a broken heart emoji.
Mackenzie hit out at the post in an Instagram Live, claiming that initially the people behind the article wanted the headline: "Mackenzie confirms her brother's dead."
The MTV star was angered because she has another brother, Zeke, who her family and friends might assume was dead after seeing the caption.
She said: "Everyone knows I have a brother who is alive, he works for me. It sounds pretty insensitive. This is a really touchy topic.
"This is about my brother, who passed away. You're trying to make people think my brother who is alive is dead, or this is recent. He died 15 years ago."
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Mackenzie then went on Instagram and was shocked to see that some members of the Teen Mom franchise had shared the story.
"I get on social media media and they've all posted it. This is no hate towards anyone because I know they probably don't even know it's up," she said.
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"This clickbait stuff is not okay. It's toxic and it's evil and it's spreading lies about each other. It is not a good way to make money.
"How do you think this makes me feel? You're talking about my dead brother."
Mackenzie revealed on Wednesday that she was just 11 when her brother Mike tragically passed away aged 55.
Mike was adopted by MacKenzie's parents Brad and Angie when his own parents died.
He died 18 years after being adopted.
MACK'S PAIN
She wrote in an Instagram Q&A: "He passed away when I was in middle school. A huge blessing in my life.
"My mom found out his bio mom had passed and he needed a home. She said God told her to take him in. This was before I was born.
"Him and I fought like crazy. He passed from a blood clot and my sisters found him when I was in middle school the year I was diagnosed with type 1 [diabetes]."
The mother-of-three went on: "I went a bit wild after that and got pregnant shortly after. I know he gave our momma the biggest hug when she arrived in heaven."
FAMILY LOSS
Mackenzie's mother Angie died in 2019 aged 50 after battling brain cancer for several years.
The Teen Mom star has three other siblings - sisters, Kaylee Taylor and Whitney, and brother, Zeke.
She moved from Oklahoma to Florida last year with her husband Josh and their three children - Gannon, 10, Jaxie, seven, and Broncs, five.
Earlier this month, Mackenzie revealed she is currently living in a trailer park with Josh and the kids.
The Sun exclusively revealed the trailer park’s mobile homes range from $25,000 to $140,000 if purchased and are also available to rent.
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