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On the shows 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom, Farrah Abraham doesn’t reveal much about the father of her daughter, Sophia, except that she’s cut him out of her life. On 16 and Pregnant Farrah’s mom tells her to block his number to keep her from calling her cell phone. Farrah complies with her mother’s request and not long after cutting off contact with her baby’s daddy, 18-year-old Derek Underwood died in a car accident.
On Decemeber 28, 2008 Derek, who Farrah cited as Sophia’s father on her Facebook page, was driving when he lost control of the car; it skidded and flipped over into a power pole killing Underwood and another passenger, Zachary Mendoza. Both boys were from Council Bluffs, Iowa and were 18-years-old at the time of their death. Another teenager in the car, Dustin Congdon, survived.
Farrah’s Facebook photo captioned “Derek Underwood – Sophia’s dad R.I.P”
From KETV in Omaha:
Derek Underwood’s sisters told KETV ‘NewsWatch 7 that he was a good athlete and was about to be a father.
“He would always cook for us, and all his friends, whenever they came to the house, he loved to cook, he was going to go to culinary school,” said Kassy Underwood.
“Definitely lived on the edge, but he was responsible, he went to work, came home,” said Alissa Underwood.
Another Facebook photo of Farrah Abraham and Derek Underwood
Derek Underwood’s obituary:
Derek Anthony Underwood, age 18, of Council Bluffs, Iowa passed away December 28, 2008, from injuries suffered in a motor-vehicle accident.
Derek was born May 8, 1990, in St. Joseph, Missouri to Stormie Clark and Jerry Underwood. He moved to Council Bluffs 10 years ago and graduated from Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson High School in 2008. Derek was a waiter/server at Rick’s Boatyard in Omaha for the past year.
He is survived by his mother and stepfather, Stormie and Mike Clark of Council Bluffs; father, Jerry Underwood of St. Joe, Missouri; sisters, Alissa and Kassy Underwood both of Council Bluffs; grandmother, Rose Hawkins; great grandmother, Catherine Rice; aunt, Dawn Hawkins; uncles, Rick, Tony and Adam Hawkins all of St. Joe.
Visitation with the family, Tuesday, 4:00-7:00 p.m. at Cutler-O’Neill-Meyer-Woodring Funeral Home in Council Bluffs. Funeral service, Friday, 1:00 p.m. at the Meierhoffer Funeral Home in St. Joe. Reverend Gene Lee will officiate. Interment Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Joe.
(Obituary from Zwire and SouthwestIowaNews.com)
Zachary Mendoza’s mother Jackie Kennedy was seen on surveillance cameras purchasing a bottle of Skyy vodka found at the scene of the crime and although it was determined Derek had been drinking, his blood alcohol was below the legal limit. For that reason Kennedy was only charged with a misdemeanor count of supplying alcohol to a minor.
Farrah remained silent about the existence of Derek during her stints on 16 & Pregnant and Teen Mom Season 1, but really opened up about him during a filmed therapy session on the third episode of Season 2. She explained that she was dating Sophia’s dad when she became pregnant, but her parents Debra Danielson and Michael Abraham urged Farrah to keep the pregnancy a secret and break up with him. In the clip below Farrah explains that she wasn’t very happy with him either when she decided to cut off contact with him. When he died, she said her parents didn’t want to talk about Farrah’s feelings and grief, and seemed to be relieved that “the problem [was] gone.”
Here she is opening up even more about Derek’s death, explaining to MTV’s SuChin Pak the emotional processes she went through during this complicated period:
UPDATE - According to Action3News.com 38-year-old Jackie Kennedy was sentenced to one year of probation and must pay a $1500 fine. Also, here is another KETV link about the crash.
UPDATE 1/19/10 - Farrah’s mother Debra Danielson has been arrested for assaulting Farrah! Read the story and see her mugshot HERE.
CLICK HERE to see photos of Farrah and Sophia (including bikini modeling photos just two weeks after Sophia was born!) as well as a brief bio of Farrah.
Scandalous! Jenelle Evans from Season 2 of 16 and Pregnant smoked pot while pregnant. Read more here.
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My sympathies for Sophia at the loss of her father before she even had a chance to know him. The unfortunate part that I’m starting to see in watching this show..is that there is so much selfishness going on around the poor child that it appears that she isn’t getting what she needs and her needs need to be paramount. Debra is selfish too…rather than guiding Farrah as to how to be a good mom, she constantly badgers her and tells her everything she’s doing wrong. I’d want to get away from her too.
I was mortified to see her in the kitchen sink while Farrah was sitting on the couch…leaving her in the sink alone, and then her being burned by hot water and Farrah’s nonchallont attitude about it begs the question….Are Child services watching this show?? The neglect, language used around these children?? Sometimes I feel so sorry for these kids…craving their parents attention only to be shuned or pawned off on others…
Amber is a joke as a mother…all she cares about is herself and she wants to get married to an unemploed loser. She needs to do ALOT of growing up before she takes that step…she doesn’t even know the meaning behind it..
Maci-shows the most maturity…as hard as everything is for her, she still maintains Bailey as her top priority.
seriously, farrah doesnt want sophia around her mother, because she said that she doesnt want sophia to go through what she went through her mom was physically and emotionally abusive to her, ever since she was young. She does want the best for sophia even though she doesnt always do it the best way. Yea she has alot to learn but the only supportive ppl are her friends who DONT have children. So yes shes doing the best she can when being a mom is a fulltime job and as a student and as a employee. Most of you wouldnt be doing so good considering all the bad luck she gets, her ex bf that she still loved DIED and her parents should NO REMORSE. Most of you wouldnt even get out of bed if that happened to you. So dont talk shit if you have been in her shoes. Yes shes def the best mom she has alot todo but shes learning same as anyone first time mother. Shes doing the best without any support from people who actually know how to take care of a child.
I do sympathize for the lost of Sophias Dad, being her first love and babys father…her parents should have been supportive with her in the greiving process. I can understand them being upset that she got pregnant at a young age, but then again this is their grand daughters father. I do not agree with some of the actions Farrah has taken while supervising her daughter, but then again no mother is perfect! I for one have made some poor decisions with my daughter, and i’m sure everyone has. One things for sure, I will not let my daughter speak to me the way Farrah does to her mother. And if she does not change this, she will live her mistakes through Sofia when she is not respectftul to her either.
Let me just say I feel sorry for her and all. But lets recap on some of the events that have happened on the show. She left sophia in the sink and walked aways and she burned herself not to mention she could have fallen out of the sink.. Speaking of falls she left her on the bed the other episode and she fell of it… then a couple of episodes ago she walks in her apartment leaving 1 year old sophia in the hallway alone who does that it is an apartment complex someone could have easily walked by and snatched her up… Im sure she is a good mom most the time and she loves her baby but how many more of these types of things happen off camera…
Sooooo True…… Your very right It was wrong of Farrah to Leave Sophia BY HER SELF!!!!!!!! Some1 could have stolen Sophia. Sophias NOT old enough to watch herself.Soooo……….Farrahs the one who had Sophia and NEEDS 2 take care of her and watch her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I always watch this show and I kept on thinking where is Sofia’s tad and not so long ago I just found out about the accident!! I’m so truly sorry he was so young and now you have to deal with your parents on your own I wish you best in your life!! I hope you will find someone like Sofia’s tad in your life!! Best of luck baby girl don’t ever give up!!
Hahahah well first off all I do see were Farrah is coming from hello for not only youre mother I would say bestfriend of course I beleve my mother should be their for me or hope for her to be their for me no matter how bad the situation is as a mother I would be by my child no matter how bad the situation is no matter how much I disagreed to unlike her boyfriend I would of been the same way about loosing my boyfriend I mean specially if it was close to my due date I would not know what to do but Farrah did the right thing she was out of control at times but hello She’s only fucking 16 and pregnant at least she oviously learnd how to forgive her mother right??pluss she has the baby on her mind but she graduated with her school class she did it all and yeah she would leave the baby with her mom to go out but she dose not drink. And why is she a bad mother oh ok wow yeah she’s a teen parent who has gone threw alot and it’s only getting worse for her wow the scam god with no help financialy she’s not giving up on her account right she’s working her ass off and still in school for colinary arts manager and graduates this fall and she’s to me she’s a good parent been grew alot and she never gives up witch is why her life will only get better hey remember we learn from our mistakes
farah is spoiled. end of story. for her to figure out things on her own will open her eyes big time. she shouldnt have started dating but hey its her life. also the fact that her babys daddy died should’ve gave herself time to grieve and actually talk about it with someone. im surprised she didnt end up with post partum depression. her getting scammed sucks. she shouldnt be so trusting of strangers.
Farrah is an excellent mother I cant understand how anyone who is making comments here about her “bad parenting” can rationalize her mother’s lack of support in a time when she should have been there emotionally to support the loss of her grandaughters father. I am a young mother myself and I agree that before knowing about the death of her boyfriend I couldnt understand how she would speak to her parents the way she did but now despite the fact that I come from a european backround where respect is key I will turn my back on the theory of “respecting your parents” because obviously to people who are not ignorant there are circumstances where these “rules” can be forgotten. Everyone needs to look at the fact that she is a single parent working to support her daughter who does not do drugs and drink or party all the time. So before critiquing her on her parenting take a good look around the community and remember that there are alot of loser parents out there who take advantage of tax money and do fit the typical steryotype of a bad parent and compare them to farrah and then you will be able to realize what a bad parent truly is.
Ps:All of you people complaining about her lack of respect are probably crazy mothers who have kids of your own who you expect to follow you around like puppies and do whatever you say on command when respect goes both ways.
How can you respect your parents when they’re not supporting you for your lost (babys father) and smack you in the face?? I think she had a lot of anger inside her that she need to talk. I can truly understand her feeling and the reaction of it. Physical violence is not the solution and cant help the teen to forgive the past to. She’s young but i think she’s doing the best that she could because most of people in the same situation would probably do worst. I think its so easy to judge how bad are the decisions she made for her daughter, for you all, while you’re sitting in your couch and you have help from your relatives every day.
I can understand why Farrah is the way she is…..If you’re family wouldnt allow you to grieve the loss of someone you were in love with,…and had a child with,…you would be hurt and hold anger too. I think that’s why alot of tension still exists between Farrah and her Mother specifically. They told her that basically it was a relief when Derek died because now the “problem is gone” thats not right. Farrah obviously is nowhere near being over it,…she’s young,..and probably scared to be on her own already,..and just to think of the memories of her baby’s father,..and how I’m sure she wishes he was here to be with them as a family will always be hard for her, but when you’re not supported in all of the grieving process,..that’s def a roadblock towards healing. I agree,..yes she needs to treat her mom better,..but at the same time,..they need to tackle why shes so angry towards her first before she can stop taking it out towards her.
I feel sorry for Farrah, she is a teen mother, her babies daddy is dead, her mother beat her up and acts like she did nothing wrong, she’s trying to work, go to school, and raise a baby all on her own with no help, if my mom beat the crap out of me i wouldnt want her taking care of my baby either. Farrah has made some mistakes when it comes to taking care of Sophia but what new mother hasn’t made mistakes with there 1st child, especially when you have your 1st child at the age of 16. All the other girls on Teen Mom have there babies fathers around to help, Farrah doesn’t, so I think she deserves a little more sympathy for everything she’s gone through.
I’m sorry to say it but I would have smacked Farrah a long time ago. She doesn’t act like a mother she acts like a brat, end of story. Maybe she’ll realize how easy she had it when her parents we’re helping her out, I sure did. But one thing I did do was put my daughter first, forget dating she has time for that later. She needs to take some parenting classes or something before her baby gets taken away; I’m surprised she still has her, it’s obvious she doesn’t have patience when sophia starts crying, and the sink incident, leaving her in the hallway alone, setting her on the window seal @ the money place, and when she fell off the bed. Come on now yeah incidents happen with babies but they could have been prevented if farrah had some common sense. Or at least tried to be a responsible mother.I’m not saying I’m a perfect mother, but I sure learned a lot of things that come with a baby.
I have no prob with Farrah she seems to be trying but there was an episode were she was moving into her new place and not only was she rude to the guys helping her but she left the baby outside the door while she went in the house to move stuff or clean or something i get it if you have to sit her down for a min to open the door but she went in shut the door and left the baby outside in the hall alone what mother dose that even a new mom should be smarter then that
I feel for Farrah because she lost someone she loves but my issue with her is that she do not want to see her mother and still be rude to both parents. I watched her on each episode how she would disrespect her mother and father and they were trying to teach her how to take care of her baby. Now all of a sudden she know everything. Im sorry but if I was your mother I would have knocked your teeth down your throat if you had of spoken to me that way. I do not condone violence but she was always disrespectful to her parents who was there for her. She have to realize that the same way she was disrespectful to her parents her child can be the same way.
farrah i feel for u. you r young but well make the best in life i bet u that : ) with your baby gilr wtf u dont take your baby for granted people dont know u. but people will just hate lol same of them dont have a life. so who r they to talk.
She also left the baby in the sink during a bath to get on her laptop, which was sitting on a table in the living room. It would have been so easy for the baby to pull herself out of the sink and fall on the floor. As it was, she turned on the hot water and burned herself, which is when Farrah finally got up. I can’t believe the dangerous situations she puts her daughter in.
From wat I see…farrah is doing the best she can its hard to fix a mother an daughterproblem…it always has a lot of blam and pain…farrah went trew a lot we might not kno and kids r kids they get in to things yes she should have been there when the baby was in the sink but she was not far away and it may sound crazy but now the baby will neva toch hot water…I like her she has a lot on her mind all of them do there young and have a kid its not not new and as far as taking her baby if they baby is not with farrahs mom the best place will always be wit farrah she’s a good mom all of them r only person who played her self was catlyn she should have neva gave her baby up
well, i think she needs to grow up and forgive her mom. i fell sry for the loss of her babbys dad but she needs her mom her life because she not doing good on her own right now first rember when she left the baby in the sink for a bATH and the babby turned on the hot water i was so mad at her but she needs help b4 that bay be in criticle condition i will pray for her that baby but i am still a fan of yours but i didnt relly feel bad when her mom power bombed her in the face. cuz that litte b!tch got a smart mouth. but her and her mom makes the show.
I so agree she is rude and have a smart mouth and the way we grew up we did not talk back or disrespect our parents or we would have gotten hit in the mouth also. I just say her parents should let her go and see how far she can go.
I just watched Ten Mom on 8 14 10 and the baby fell off the bed as she walked away to talk on the phone if they dont remove this child soon from her she will be found dead
That is a horrible thing to say…I have 3 children and 2 grandchildren. All of them have had their fair share of accidents. I am sure Farrah has learned from her mistake, but give her a break. Hopefully, Sbybil your wrong, but until you show some more evidence your claim is unfounded, and really irresponsible. Good Luck to sweet Sophia, and her mamma Farrah.
Umm farrah left the baby in the car seat in the hallway of the apartment building with the door closed for numerous minutes.. She’s too selfish and immature to be a mom and she pisses me off bc some people would give their life to be able to have a child and she takes her for granted and uses her as a weapon against her mother. Someone needs to take that baby for her before she has a real accident.
Farrah is a disrespectful teen who is learning things the hard way. That doesn’t make her a bad mom, the scam she just went through should make her understand life a little more. She lives in her own world but she will see.
I agree she is only getting back how she was so disrespectful to her parents and I know growing up we didnt do those things or we were going to get it..