Teen Mom star Amber Portwood spoke out about her fiancé Gary Wayt’s disappearance on Wednesday and opened up about what happened before she reported him missing just days earlier.
Portwood, 34, shared that she has ‘very worried’ and ‘scared’ for Wayt, 39, since she reported him missing on Monday, the day after he was last seen.
In an emotional interview with YouTuber Elle Bee, Portwood’s voice cracked as she broke down in tears about her partner, who she recently got engaged to, and his disappearance.
‘Nobody has found or head from him yet. I’m trying my best to not think the worst. I have not ate [sic] in three days. I slept maybe an hour.’
She also explained that they were ‘in the mountains’ of North Carolina — a place she said he is unfamiliar with before adding that he has ‘never driven in the mountains.’
Teen Mom star Amber Portwood, 34, spoke out about her fiancé Gary Wayt’s disappearance on Wednesday and opened up about what happened before she reported him missing
Portwood shared that she has ‘very worried’ and ‘scared’ for Wayt, 39, since she reported him missing on Monday, the day after he was last seen. In the YouTube video, she said that her fiancé had taken his wallet and keys with him but not his phone when he left the residence they were staying at by himself
‘This is a huge deal, his parents, everybody is very worried. I am worried,’ she said.
In the YouTube video, she said that her fiancé had taken his wallet and keys with him but not his phone when he left the residence they were staying at by himself.
She also added that Wayt’s car does not have a GPS to help him navigate.
‘We are in the mountains,’ the MTV star continued. ‘He has never driven in the mountains. We are very scared right now.’
Portwood then denied the rumors that the pair got into a heated, ‘explosive’ argument and speculation that Wayt stormed out.
‘There was not a big blowout fight or anything like that, OK. He is a missing person right now,’ she said before later revealing that they had an ’emotional’ conversation prior to his disappearance.
‘I am not what people have been saying about me all of these years,’ she said as she referred to previous allegations that she attacked her ex-boyfriend Andrew Glennon with a machete.
‘I changed a long time ago, OK. You have to understand this. Please listen to what I am saying. I am an honest person to you guys,’ she said.
Portwood then denied the rumors that the pair got into a heated, ‘explosive’ argument and speculation that Wayt stormed out. However, she later revealed that they had an ’emotional’ conversation prior to his disappearance but did not elaborate further beyond that their talk was about ‘his parents being Vietnamese’ and her being who she is
About her relationship with Wayt, Portwood continued: ‘We have not had explosive fights. We are very in love. This man asked me to be with him. This man then asked me to marry him.
‘I have not touched this man in any horrible way,’ she insisted. ‘He does not touch me in any horrible way. We do not yell at each other. Please understand this. People change.’
Portwood then said she and Wayt did have an ’emotional’ conversation but did not elaborate further beyond that their talk was about ‘his parents being Vietnamese’ and her being who she is.
About her fiancé, she then said he was the ‘best man’ she’s ever been with and implored people to pray for him and his safety.
This comes shortly after she made the shocking admission that her new fiancé disappeared on Monday.
She contacted local authorities in North Carolina and filed a missing persons report for her fiancé at the police station, according to TMZ.
The development comes just weeks after he proposed to Portwood and the pair got engaged.
On Thursday, just four days before Portwood told police her fiancé had disappeared, he had made his first appearance on her reality series Teen Mom: The Next Chapter.
This comes shortly after she made the shocking admission that her new fiancé has disappeared on Monday. She contacted local authorities in North Carolina and filed a missing persons report for her fiancé at the police station, according to TMZ
In a social media post from the Bryson City Police Department, Wayt was described by police as being 6ft1in tall and weighing 205lbs. The authorities also noted he is bald and has brown eyes
In a social media post from the Bryson City Police Department, Wayt was described by police as being 6ft1in tall and weighing 205lbs. The authorities also noted he is bald and has brown eyes.
He’s said to be driving a gray 2009 Nissan Rogue SUV with Indiana plates.
According to the incident report, which was obtained by TMZ, Portwood said the last time she saw her fiancé was on Sunday evening at their hotel in North Carolina.
She added that Wayt is from Indianapolis, Indiana — which is also her hometown — so he doesn’t have roots in the area.
An insider revealed on Friday that Portwood and Wayt had gotten engaged, according to Us Weekly.
The source said the reality television star is ‘really, really happy’ with her new man, adding that the proposal happened ‘within the last two weeks.’
It was noted that Portwood’s engagement ring was created using ‘a family stone that was reset into a new ring.’
And the future husband and wife have ‘been in couple’s therapy and talk about everything,’ the source added.
DailyMail.com has reached out to reps for Portwood for comment.
He’s said to be driving a gray 2009 Nissan Rogue SUV with Indiana plates
According to the incident report, which was obtained by TMZ, Portwood said the last time she saw her fiancé was on Thursday evening at their hotel in North Carolina; pictured in 2017
‘They’re being very proactive in their relationship and are doing the work to prevent problems before they start,’ the person said.
It comes five months after news broke that Portwood was in a new romantic relationship.
‘She met him on a dating app four months ago. They are taking their time getting to know each other, but it’s getting serious,’ a source told Us Weekly at the beginning of the year.
He does not have kids, but is close to his parents and ‘very family-oriented,’ it was reported.
According to the publication, Wayt had never seen Portwood’s reality series Teen Mom.
‘All the guys Amber has dated before she met on social media and were fans of the show,’ the source explained.
‘This new man in her life has actually never seen Teen Mom so she feels she can finally date in the way she’s always wanted to,’ the person close to Portwood said.
Portwoodwas introduced to MTV audiences on 16 and Pregnant in 2009.
She moved on to become a cast member on Teen Mom and Teen Mom OG, which lasted from 2009 to 2021.
She was back in front of cameras on 2022’s Teen Mom: Family Reunion and 2023’s Teen Mom: The Next Chapter.
Portwood is mother to daughter Leah, 15, with ex Gary Shirley, whom she dated from 2008 to 2011.
An insider revealed on Friday that Portwood and Wayt got engaged the day before. According to Us Weekly, the 34-year-old reality television star is ‘really, really happy’
Portwood is mother to daughter Leah, 15, with ex Gary Shirley, whom she dated from 2008 to 2011. She also shares six-year-old son James with ex Andrew Glennon, with whom she was involved from 2017 to 2019
Portwood gave birth to daughter Leah, now 15, in November 2008
She also shares six-year-old son James with ex Andrew Glennon, with whom she was involved from 2017 to 2019.
In 2011, Portwood lost custody of Leah after fighting with Wayt and getting arrested the previous year.
A source told Us Weekly in January that the two now co-parent ‘amicably.’
However, she does not currently have custody of son James, who lives in California with his dad.
