Gary Wayt, Fiance of Teen Mom Star Amber Portwood, Missing, Police Investigating

Published: 1:34 p.m. PDT, June 11, 2024

Amber Portwood's fiancé is missing and North Carolina police are on the case.

THE OG Teen Mom The star reported her fiancé, Gary R. Wayt, missing to the Bryson City Police Department on Monday. According to an incident/investigation report obtained by ET, Wayt was last seen on Sunday around 6 p.m. at a nearby hotel. Portwood, 34, and Wayt, 39, live together in Indianapolis, Indiana, according to the incident report. The case remains active.

Bryson City police posted photos of Wayt on Facebook Tuesday as part of a public plea for information on his whereabouts. He was last seen driving a gray 2009 Nissan Rogue registered in the state of Indiana. Anyone with information is asked to call Bryson City Police and ask for Chief Robinson or Deputy Chief Dover.

Portwood and Wayt recently got engaged. Us every week reported, citing a source, that the proposal took place “within the last two weeks” and that the engagement ring Wayt used to pop the question was made from “a family stone that was reset in a new ring.

The outlet reported in January that they had met on a dating app about four months prior.

Portwood first rose to fame after appearing on the MTV docuseries 16 and pregnant, which chronicled her teenage pregnancy with then-boyfriend Gary Shirley. They share a 15-year-old daughter, Leah, whose upbringing has also been documented in a number of MTV spin-offs, including Teen mom (later OG Teen Mom) And Teen Mom: Family Reunion. Shirley would later marry Kristina Anderson in 2015 and they share a daughter, Emilee. Shirley and Anderson were also featured on Teen mom and they have a friendly relationship with Portwood.

The broadcasts also documented Portwood's struggles with domestic violence, drug addiction, and depression, and she spent time behind bars for almost two years following a domestic violence incident with Shirley. In January 2021, Portwood told ET that she sat Leah down and had a difficult conversation with her about her past.

“She's very smart, a straight-A student. I'm very proud of her,” Portwood said at the time. “She had a lot of questions, and I answered as many questions as I thought were appropriate for her age.”

Portwood would welcome a second child, James, 6, with her ex, Andrew Glennon, in May 2018. The relationship also proved tumultuous, leading to Portwood's arrest for domestic battery in July 2019, when he claimed she came at him with a machete. Port wood denied the allegations.

Following the alleged incident, Glennon moved with James to Malibu. after losing custody.

“I will never stop fighting for my children who I love more than anything,” Portwood said in a statement following the judge's decision in the disputed custody case. “I've been living a nightmare for so long, trying to prove myself. I wouldn't wish this unbearable pain on any father or mother.”

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