{"id":84389,"date":"2024-03-21T17:34:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T17:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/21\/mackenzie-mckee-debuts-new-boyfriend-on-teen-mom\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T17:34:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T17:34:31","slug":"mackenzie-mckee-debuts-new-boyfriend-on-teen-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/21\/mackenzie-mckee-debuts-new-boyfriend-on-teen-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"Mackenzie McKee Debuts New Boyfriend on &#8216;Teen Mom&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Mackenzie McKee has a new boyfriend. Who is he?<\/p>\n<p>In February, we reported that, somehow, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/02\/mackenzie-mckee-returns-to-teen-mom-immediately-clashing-with-costars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mackenzie McKee has returned to <em>Teen Mom<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Season 3 of <em>Teen Mom: Family Reunion<\/em>, she showed up to crash the party and clash with other cast members.<\/p>\n<p>But she didn\u2019t show up alone. Who is her new boyfriend, and does he know about her racism scandal?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><noscript><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"627\" alt=\"Mackenzie Mckee with blonde hair.\" class=\"wp-image-404503 lazyload\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mackenzie-mc-kee.png\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mackenzie-mc-kee.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mackenzie-mc-kee.png 602w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mackenzie-mc-kee-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mackenzie-mc-kee-322x335.png 322w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mackenzie-mc-kee-333x347.png 333w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mackenzie-mc-kee-499x520.png 499w\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mackenzie McKee on Teen Mom OG. Some people court controversy. Others blunder into it regularly.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: MTV)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"h-mackenzie-mckee-is-back-and-she-does-not-come-in-peace\">Mackenzie McKee is back, and she does not come in peace<\/h2>\n<p>During the final <em>Teen Mom: Family Reunion<\/em> episode of March, Mackenzie McKee arrives in Colombia.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, she has had a lot of conflict with other members of the cast \u2014 particularly with Cheyenne Floyd.<\/p>\n<p>Cheyenne is not exactly jumping for joy at the sight of her. And, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2021\/10\/mackenzie-mckee-maci-bookout-and-cheyenne-floyd-are-mean-girls-i\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">considering their history<\/a>, it\u2019s difficult to blame her.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mackenzie-mckee-as-an-og.png\" alt=\"Mackenzie McKee as an OG\" class=\"wp-image-405886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mackenzie-mckee-as-an-og.png 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mackenzie-mckee-as-an-og-300x255.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mackenzie-mckee-as-an-og-335x285.png 335w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mackenzie-mckee-as-an-og-347x295.png 347w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mackenzie-mckee-as-an-og-520x442.png 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"544\" alt=\"Mackenzie McKee as an OG\" class=\"wp-image-405886 lazyload\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mackenzie-mckee-as-an-og.png\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mackenzie-mckee-as-an-og.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mackenzie-mckee-as-an-og.png 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mackenzie-mckee-as-an-og-300x255.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mackenzie-mckee-as-an-og-335x285.png 335w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mackenzie-mckee-as-an-og-347x295.png 347w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mackenzie-mckee-as-an-og-520x442.png 520w\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mackenzie McKee appears in this scene from an episode of the MTV series, Teen Mom OG.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: MTV)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>As we noted, Mackenzie did not return alone. This season has shown a lot of the ladies showing up with their husbands \u2026 and it hasn\u2019t dialed down the drama.<\/p>\n<p>Mackenzie\u2019s plus one was her new boyfriend, Khesanio \u201cKhess\u201d Hall. She has been showing him off on her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C3vAr6YOY6v\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> page for some time.<\/p>\n<p>Fans are curious about him. And like her castmates, a number of fans wonder how well a Black man meshes with Mackenzie\u2019s history of controversies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C3vAr6YOY6v\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<h2 id=\"h-who-is-mackenzie-mckee-s-boyfriend\">Who is Mackenzie McKee\u2019s boyfriend?<\/h2>\n<p>Mackenzie and Khess went public as being in a relationship in late 2022. It appears that this was very, very early in their romance.<\/p>\n<p>In December of 2023, they celebrated one year together.<\/p>\n<p>Though we do not yet know the details, the couple will talk through issues during their time on <em>Teen Mom: Family Reunion<\/em>. Just like everyone else.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C4tTpbMOapf\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>It might sound odd \u2014 or grimly unsurprising \u2014 in 2024, but people are commenting on Khess being a Black man.<\/p>\n<p>The reason for this is racism. Specifically, Mackenzie\u2019s history of controversies.<\/p>\n<p>Famously, she made enemies of multiple castmates in 2021, when she made a post slamming Vice President Kamala Harris and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2021\/01\/mackenzie-mckee-slammed-for-calling-vp-kamala-harris-a-colored-w\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">referring to her by a racist term<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"781\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mackenzie-mckee-og.png\" alt=\"Mackenzie McKee OG\" class=\"wp-image-345384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mackenzie-mckee-og.png 781w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mackenzie-mckee-og-300x254.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mackenzie-mckee-og-768x649.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mackenzie-mckee-og-735x621.png 735w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mackenzie-mckee-og-335x283.png 335w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mackenzie-mckee-og-347x293.png 347w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mackenzie-mckee-og-520x439.png 520w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mackenzie-mckee-og-640x541.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"781\" height=\"660\" alt=\"Mackenzie McKee OG\" class=\"wp-image-345384 lazyload\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mackenzie-mckee-og.png\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mackenzie-mckee-og.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mackenzie-mckee-og.png 781w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mackenzie-mckee-og-300x254.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mackenzie-mckee-og-768x649.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mackenzie-mckee-og-735x621.png 735w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mackenzie-mckee-og-335x283.png 335w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mackenzie-mckee-og-347x293.png 347w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mackenzie-mckee-og-520x439.png 520w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mackenzie-mckee-og-640x541.png 640w\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mackenzie McKee on Teen Mom in 2020. She\u2019s finally made it back to the big time, though it didn\u2019t last.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: MTV)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-mackenzie-mckee-s-old-scandals\">Mackenzie McKee\u2019s Old Scandals<\/h2>\n<p>When Cheyenne Floyd called her out for bringing a \u201cBlack boyfriend\u201d to the show, she was referring to Mackenzie\u2019s 2021 social media post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt blows my mind that out of all the amazing colored women in this world, that is the one who is making history,\u201d Mackenzie wrote about Vice President Harris at the time.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s <em>conceivable <\/em>that someone could refer to a woman of color as \u201ccolored\u201d without realizing that they\u2019re using racist language \u2014 the language that once labeled segregated bathrooms and drinking fountains. But it\u2019s unacceptable regardless, and it was a scandal.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"626\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mackenzie-mckee-as-a-teen-mom.png\" alt=\"Mackenzie McKee as a Teen Mom\" class=\"wp-image-413786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mackenzie-mckee-as-a-teen-mom.png 626w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mackenzie-mckee-as-a-teen-mom-300x261.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mackenzie-mckee-as-a-teen-mom-335x292.png 335w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mackenzie-mckee-as-a-teen-mom-347x302.png 347w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mackenzie-mckee-as-a-teen-mom-520x453.png 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"626\" height=\"545\" alt=\"Mackenzie McKee as a Teen Mom\" class=\"wp-image-413786 lazyload\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mackenzie-mckee-as-a-teen-mom.png\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mackenzie-mckee-as-a-teen-mom.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mackenzie-mckee-as-a-teen-mom.png 626w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mackenzie-mckee-as-a-teen-mom-300x261.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mackenzie-mckee-as-a-teen-mom-335x292.png 335w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mackenzie-mckee-as-a-teen-mom-347x302.png 347w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mackenzie-mckee-as-a-teen-mom-520x453.png 520w\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mackenzie McKee looks on in slight annoyance and\/or confusion in this screenshot from a Teen Mom episode.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: MTV)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Many <em>Teen Mom<\/em> fans hope that Mackenzie has learned her lesson over the past three years. We would all like to believe that people are better than they once were.<\/p>\n<p>However, though perhaps it will not come up during <em>Teen Mom: Family Reunion<\/em> Season 3, Mackenzie has dipped her toes into the bigotry pond more than once.<\/p>\n<p>For example, in March of 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2022\/03\/mackenzie-mckee-slammed-for-transphobic-language-call-to-segrega\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mackenzie used transphobic language<\/a> and called for segregated sports. Yikes!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Teen Mom: Family Reunion Season 3 Trailer\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZUIom02L8Z0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-what-does-this-mean-for-mackenzie-and-her-boyfriend\">What does this mean for Mackenzie and her boyfriend?<\/h2>\n<p>Unfortunately, it often seems that Mackenzie McKee is proof of the \u201cwhen someone shows you who you are, believe them\u201d saying.<\/p>\n<p>The greatest concern on the part of <em>Teen Mom<\/em> fans \u2014 and, clearly, some of her castmates \u2014 is that Mackenzie is effectively using her boyfriend Khess as a <em>prop<\/em> to deflect from her history with racism. Even though, famously, some deeply racist people have Black partners.<\/p>\n<p>We would all welcome some pleasant surprises from Mackenzie. But we won\u2019t hold our breath.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/urls.grow.me\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaG9sbHl3b29kZ29zc2lwLmNvbS8yMDI0LzAzL21hY2tlbnppZS1tY2tlZS1uZXctYm95ZnJpZW5kLXRlZW4tbW9tLWZhbWlseS1yZXVuaW9uLWNvbnRyb3ZlcnNpZXMv\/e\/*%7CEMAIL%7C*\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mackenzie McKee has a new boyfriend. Who is he? In February, we reported that, somehow, Mackenzie McKee has returned to Teen Mom. On Season 3 of Teen Mom: Family Reunion, she showed up to crash the party and clash with other cast members. But she didn\u2019t show up alone. Who is her new boyfriend, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84389","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}