The day after the Teen Mom OG season premiere, some rather disturbing photos have surfaced online of Amber Portwood’s controversial fiance Matt Baier-in which he appears to have a black eye and bloody scratches on his cheek.
UPDATE – Matt has finally responded to the photos officially with his usual perfectly good explanation.
The graphic photos were originally posted by Smarty Jones on Twitter, but it is unclear exactly when they were taken. Here are Smarty’s tweets:
Just a regular Tuesday, taking pills and beating each other. Give it up for @mattbEPT @amberlportwood ?? #ShesAFighter @mtv #TeenMomOG pic.twitter.com/G3brHO7Sde
— Smarty Jones (@MissSmartyJones) April 18, 2017
@FUNB18 @KiannaBanana @mattbEPT @AmberLPortwood @MTV But is this black eye fake? It's not an isolated incident and there are pictures spanning over 2 years' time ??? pic.twitter.com/WvDwLzv01H
— Smarty Jones (@MissSmartyJones) April 18, 2017
You guys fight… a LOT @amberlportwood @mattbEPT @drdrew @MTV #TeenMomOG https://t.co/aYZCgC933P
— Smarty Jones (@MissSmartyJones) April 18, 2017
We reached out to Smarty for some clarification on the origins of the photos, but she was a little less than receptive to our request:
Smarty previously tweeted that she was talking with some of Matt’s “side chicks,” and it is assumed that he sent the photos to one or more of those women. “So now 3 of your side chicks have come to us @mattbEPT,” Smarty tweeted. “You’ve threatened them & they’re scared, but we’re not. #GettingDeep #TheyreTalking.”
Meanwhile, another screen shot has surfaced online allegedly featuring a conversation with Matt in which he laughs off the abuse photos and claims at least one of the pictures is five years old:
@MissSmartyJones @AmberLPortwood @mattbEPT @drdrew @MTV He is claiming they are old, the "me" in this ss isnt me,I just pinched it. pic.twitter.com/liw6a1DA3O
— leolies247 (@leolies247) April 19, 2017
It’s unclear who the original “ME” is in the conversation.
UPDATE – It took all of one hot minute for the Teen Mom True Detectives to match up the photo in the background of one of Matt’s picture to a photo Amber posted back in April of last year:
Found the pic in the background of Matt's text! Ambers posted the same one in April2016 @mattbept @amberlportwood #TeenMomOG pic.twitter.com/ZlKnN8SeEW
— Amber Porkwood (@AmberLPorkwood) April 19, 2017
Matt hasn’t responded to the pictures on social media, unless his most recent Snapchat pic is his response:
Hmmmm…those do look like Matt’s glasses in the photos, unlike these from very early on in his relationship with Amber:
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