SAD CHILDHOOD

Teen Mom’s Leah Messer reveals sexual abuse as a child and father’s struggle with drug addiction

TEEN Mom 2 star Leah Messer revealed the struggles she endured as a child, including sexual abuse and her father’s battle with opioid use.

Leah, 27, made the shocking admissions during an Instagram Q&A on Friday night to promote her upcoming memoir, Hope, Grace & Faith, which has a release date of May 5.

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will “make sense” to fans once they read the book.

The mom-of-three continued: “They’ll understand the childhood drama and co-dependency in relationships. Everything I endured in my childhood from sexual abuse to physical abuse was probably the hardest thing.”

This is the first time Leah has opened up about her childhood abuse. She did not name her perpetrator.

during her wedding to second husband, Jeremy Calvert.

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reported he was arrested in February 2011 for possession of a controlled substance.

The police report claimed Gary “handed an unknown amount of pills to a female subject outside of Chili’s restaurant.”

Gary explained to authorities he was prescribed Lortab 10mg for “back pain.”

He was not prosecuted for the charges.

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Leah has struggled with substance abuse herselfCredit: MTV

As Teen Mom fans know, Leah has struggled with substance abuse issues herself.

On the show, ex-husband Corey accused her of drug use when she was caught on camera slurring her words and falling asleep mid-sentence in various scenes.

She checked into rehab in June 2015, though she denied drug abuse rumors at the time.

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Her memoir comes out May 5Credit: Instagram

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She insisted she was in treatment for depression and anxiety.

Leah finally admitted her struggle with addiction in 2018 while on the podcast Life Reboot.

She revealed she took Hydrocodone and Percocet after Adalynn’s birth in 2013.

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