A while back, we had a spirited discussion about one of the girls on the MTV show Teen Mom being scammed out of a few thousand dollars. Linky linky.. There was much speculation at the time about just how much the girls on the show were making, well, now we know.
Amber Portwood, who was recently arrested over three incidents where she physically assaulted the father of her child on the show, had to reveal in court just how much she makes.
*Good gravy. * If that is how much those girls are making, I really, really feel a lot less sympathy for Farrah and her Craigslist scam. Don’t get me wrong, it’s shitty to lose any money in a scam, regardless of your income, but if she’s making even half of what Amber is, I hardly see how $3000 would be fatal to her life.
(And yes: I certainly understand that these girls are young and dumb- it’s entirely possible that they blow through their entire check before they even get it. Still. . . this is quite the interesting revelation).
I’m starting to think they needed a plotline and decided to blow Farrah’s scam out of proportion because someone on the writing team thought that maybe putting in a PSA about getting scammed would let MTV say the show has some sort of redeemable social value. I mean, the show is starting to get stale. Catelynn and Tyler didn’t do anything interesting the whole season except see Carly.