Mackenzie McKee

Last updated
Mackenzie Douthit
Born (1994-10-17) October 17, 1994 (age 29)
Occupation
  • Television personality
Years active2011–2013, 2018–2021, 2024
Television
Spouse
Josh McKee
(m. 2013;div. 2024)
Partner(s) Khesanio Hall (2023–present; engaged)
Children3
Parent(s)
  • Angie and Brad Douthit

Mackenzie Douthit (formally McKee, born October 17, 1994) is an American reality television personality from Miami, Oklahoma. She received public attention after being cast in the reality television series 16 and Pregnant in 2011, which documented the pregnancies and first months of motherhood for several young women. Later that year she was cast in the spin-off series Teen Mom 3 and appeared in its first and only season of that show, alongside Briana DeJesus, Alex Sekella and Katie Yeager, in 2013. McKee joined the cast of Teen Mom OG following the departure of Bristol Palin from the show in August 2019.

Personal life

Mackenzie Douthit was born in Miami, Oklahoma, to Angie and Brad Douthit.[ citation needed ]

Douthit became pregnant with her first child with then-boyfriend, Josh McKee, and gave birth to their son, Gannon Dewayne McKee, via C-section on September 12, 2011. Douthit and McKee married on August 17, 2013. [1]

The McKees welcomed their second child, a girl, named Jaxie Taylor, on February 7, 2014, via emergency C-section. [2] [3] The couple's third child, another son Broncs Weston, was born on August 15, 2016, via emergency C-section. [4] MacKenzie's mother, Angie Douthit died of lung cancer on December 9, 2019. On July 26, 2022, Douthit announced she and McKee had separated. [5]

In May 2024, She announced her engagement with Jamaican soccer player Khesanio Hall. [6]

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References

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  2. "Teen Mom 3 Mackenzie Douthit Gives Birth To A Baby Girl Named Jaxie". 7 February 2014.
  3. Cox, Lauren (14 February 2014). "Mackenzie McKee Shares First Pics & Video Of Baby Jaxie Taylor".
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  5. McGahan, Michelle (26 July 2022). "'Teen Mom OG' Star Mackenzie McKee, Husband Josh McKee Split After Nearly 9 Years of Marriage: 'I'm Also Not Pretending Josh Was a Good Husband'". US Weekly.
  6. "Mackenzie McKee Reveals Engagement to Khesanio Hall:'Bring On The Wedding Planning!'(Exclusive)". US Weekly. 29 May 2024.