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Bristol Palin Slams MTV Over 'Teen Mom' Trying to Portray Her Like Farrah Abraham

By Natalie Zamora

Most Teen Mom OG fans weren't particularly excited about the new additions this season, as Bristol Palin and Cheyenne Floyd joined the cast. Even the original girls weren't thrilled at first, but they eventually came around when they realized how real their new castmates were.

Palin in particular prides herself on being real and showing her authentic journey through both social media and now on Teen Mom. That's why when she felt the MTV series was trying to portray her as something she wasn't, she had to speak up.

Taking to Instagram today, the 28-year-old reality star shared an adorable photo of her with her children, along with a lengthy caption slamming the show. "No matter how bad @teenmom tries to portray my 'life' ..... my babies, my family, my close friends - they know the TRUTH. I'm a pretty great mom, work my ass off, show up, and hustle everyday to give my kids a pretty great life," Palin wrote.

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If I cared what people thought of me, I wouldn’t be here today - let’s be real. I’ve stood strong and held it down for my kids since day one. No matter how bad @teenmom tries to portray my “life” ..... my babies, my family, my close friends - they know the TRUTH. I’m a pretty great mom, work my ass off, show up, and hustle everyday to give my kids a pretty great life. @mtv doesn’t want to talk about faith, show work ethic, or juggling three kids alone, they don’t want to show the humble process of starting over after a divorce, building a career, or any real life issues. All they want with my little segment each week is some fake fill-in Farrah Abraham/Jerry Springer BS, and it’s simply not true. Don’t get me wrong - I’ve said some mean things and learned a lot the last several months - but the life I’ve built for my kids is NOT sitting around talking about baby daddy drama. Every week is a continued disappointment with their inaccuracies and false narratives. I hate getting all emo on you guys but I’ve kept quiet for too long about it. Don’t believe everything you see on TV.

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"@mtv doesn't want to talk about faith, show work ethic, or juggling three kids alone, they don't want to show the humble process of starting over after a divorce, building a career, or any real life issues," Bristol continued. "All they want with my little segment each week is some fake fill-in Farrah Abraham/Jerry Springer BS, and it's simply not true."

"Don't believe everything you see on TV," she concluded.

This is hardly the first time a Teen Mom OG cast member has complained about the way they were inaccurately being portrayed just this season alone. Amber Portwood took to Twitter last month threatening to quit the series because of it.

"The heartache this show has put me through is too much to bear anymore. My name will not get smeared anymore. I hope everyone is resting easy with the money they’ve made off of heartache and pain that I’ve endured," Portwood wrote of the MTV show.

Amber's husband Andrew Glennon also weighed in, telling OK! Magazine, "MTV silences her voice, oppresses her story, and manipulates footage to constantly cast her in a bad light. All this while she is struggling with postpartum depression is unreal."

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It makes sense MTV needs to fill the void of Farrah Abraham, now that the most controversial and dramatic cast member to date is no longer on the show. But at what cost? First and foremost, these girls are trying to share their lives as mothers. They don't want to be portrayed as anything else.