Teen Mom star Amber Portwood made the shocking admission on Monday that her new fiancé has disappeared.
Portwood, 34, got authorities involved when she arrived at a police station in North Carolina and filed a missing persons report for her fiancé, Gary Wayt, according to TMZ.
The development comes just weeks after Gary, 39, proposed to Portwood.
On Thursday, just four days before Portwood old police her fiancé had disappeared, he had made his first appearance on her reality series Teen Mom: The Next Chapter.
In a social media post from the Bryson City Police Department, Gary was described by police as being 6ft1in tall, weighing 205lbs, and police noted he is bald and has brown eyes.
Teen Mom star Amber Portwood made the shocking admission on Monday that her new fiancé has disappeared
Portwood, 34, got authorities involved when she arrived at a police station in North Carolina and filed a missing persons report for her fiancé, Gary Wayt, according to TMZ
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, Amber said the last time she saw her fiancé was on Sunday evening at their hotel in North Carolina.
She added that Gary is from Indianapolis, Indiana — which is also her hometown — so he doesn’t have roots in the area.
An insider revealed on Friday that Amber and Gary had gotten engaged, according to Us Weekly.
The source said the reality television star is ‘really, really happy’ with her new man.
They added that the proposal happened ‘within the last two weeks.’
It was noted that Amber’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.
In a social media post from the Bryson City Police Department, Gary was described by police as being 6ft1in tall, weighing 205lbs, and police 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, Amber 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, Gary — who shares the same name as Amber’s ex-boyfriend and baby daddy Gary Shirley — has never seen Amber’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.
Amber was 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 Amber and Gary 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 Gary 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.
