MACI Bookout has been slammed for her “disturbing” treatment of her son Maverick when he was a baby in a resurfaced video.
In an old Teen Mom OG episode, she was seen threatening to let her husband Taylor McKinney beat Maverick, now six, if he didn’t stop crying.
Maci, 30, also admitted to beating her older son Bentley too when he acted out.
The scene was in the kitchen at Maci’s house, where the reality star and Taylor were eating with Maverick and their daughter Jayde.
Maci said to her son, who was sitting in a high chair: “Maverick turn around and sit down.”
As Maverick burst out crying, she added: “You know your daddy will whip your butt.”
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Taylor leaned over to the toddler and said: “Hey. Turn around and sit down. You’re alright. You’re selling it a little bit.”
Maci then said: “My God, I’m so glad the dad’s here now. I used to have to whip Bentley’s a** and hug him at the same time.”
One critic shared the video on Reddit and wrote: “Is the physical discipline necessary for a baby or am I just extra? I know to each their own but this kind of disturbed me.”
Another agreed, saying: “Hitting is never necessary for any age. Spanking is proven to cause psychological damage. It’s illegal in over 30 countries. Parents that do it are abusive & lazy.”
A third posted: “I have a 16-month-old and this makes me feel sick to my stomach. The way they’re both smirking and laughing about hitting a baby, it’s f**ked up.
“There is no reason to ever hit a child. It doesn’t teach them anything, they either become scared of you or angry at you.”
Yet another user raged: “Especially for something like not sitting in a chair calmly.
“That’s a baby?! They’re either tired, hungry, or bored. Solve the problem, don’t f**king hit and intimidate them into behaving.”
Maci has three children – son Bentley, 13, Maverick and Jayde, seven.
She shares her two youngest kids with Taylor, who she married in 2016.
The MTV star has kept things pretty low-key lately while she and Taylor get into the real estate business.
The Sun exclusively revealed that the couple has bought a new property.
Taylor and a man named Michael Fessler bought a .58-acre piece of land in Ooltewah, Tennessee for $22,500 in March 2022.
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This is the third purchase in total for the couple.
As The Sun previously reported, the Teen Mom OG star bought two cottages on one plot of land on November 5, 2021 for $190,000.
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