Following his three-year-old daughter’s heart surgery, MTV’s The Challenge and Teen Mom star Cory Wharton opens up about how the procedure gave him a new perspective on life.

While speaking to TMZ earlier this week, Wharton said his daughter, Maya, whom he shares with Taylor Selfridge, had just been released from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. She had to be at the hospital for two weeks.

“We knew when my girlfriend was pregnant that she was going ot require two open-heart surgeries,” he explained. “And we got through… We finally got through.”

Along with Maya, Wharton shares daughter Mila Mae with Selfridge. The former couple was together for years before calling it quits in May 2025. However, Wharton said he and Selfridge were “dealing with what we’re dealing with” last month. He note

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