It was meant to be an afternoon of lighthearted fun, but Cheyenne Floyd wasn't about to play when a kid approached daughter Ryder at an L.A.-area play space and called the 7-year-old the N-word.
But rather than jumping to rage, "My anger turned into more of like, let me just focus on Ryder, because I can't let Ryder see that I'm just as upset as she is," the Teen Mom: The Next Chapter star recounted in an exclusive interview with E! News. "Because Ryder wanted some type of justice in that moment, and I think she was really angry herself. So, I was like, 'Okay, let me focus on explaining to Ryder why this is wrong and why she is so upset.
'" The 31-year-old also sent up a small prayer of gratitude that both her husband of two years , Zach Davis , and Ryder's dad, Cory Wharton , were some 2,000-plus miles away filming a boy's trip for the MTV reality series . Because before Cheyenne could find a manager to de-escalate the situation, "We were met with the other child's dad," she recalled, "and I think that if the guys were there, it would have turned into a much bigger situation ." Instead, it turned into a teaching moment—one Cheyenne didn't necessarily plan for when she called up her husband to fill him in on the situation.
"I wasn't filming," Cheyenne explained. "I didn't even think about the fact that there were cameras around that were going to hear the conversation. I was upset in the moment, and I called Zach.
Zach got Cory and we dealt with it in real time ." The soluti.