Teen Mom Kailyn's Secret Pain: Lowry Reveals History Of Rapes & Abortion In Heartbreaking New Tell-All
April 15 2014, Published 4:35 p.m. ET
With an alcoholic mother, an absentee father and a pregnancy at just 17, Kailyn Lowry has undoubtedly had a tough life. But fans will be shocked by the private pain— including horrific sexual trauma— the lovable Teen Mom 2 star chronicles in her new tell-all, Pride Over Pity. Though the book hits stands April 22, only Breaking Celebrity News can exclusively reveal all the details.
Years before conceiving son Isaac with ex Jo Rivera at her junior prom, the Pennsylvania native confesses she lost her virginity to her first boyfriend in eighth grade— outside on the street. “The concrete sidewalk had no summer warmth,” Lowry recalls in the memoir. “Suddenly, my pants and underwear were pulled down...Our movements and his touch were unromantic. When it was over, I ran home, blood trickling down my leg.”
Lowry, now a 22-year-old mother of two, knows today she was far too immature for such a big milestone. “I was too young to understand that I wasn’t ready— physically or emotionally— for sex,” she writes. “I believed then that I had to have sex to keep up with my friends.”
The young Lowry’s sexual experiences only grew scarier: In ninth grade, she claims, a new boyfriend raped her during a night alone at his home. “Toby wouldn’t take no for an answer,” the reality star pens. “I didn’t want to sleep with him, but he persisted. Denying him seemed fruitless. I believed Toby loved me, so I decided I could give him this one thing as long as he wore a condom.”
Unfortunately, Toby ignored her one request, and Lowry took her “first pregnancy test at fifteen in a Walmart bathroom,” she recalls. After discovering she was pregnant, the scared teen wanted to keep the baby— but her troubled mother Suzi refused to let her continue the pregnancy, she claims. “She was adamant that I would not be allowed to deliver this baby int