Amber Portwood is on the receiving end of criticism after the latest episode of Teen Mom: The Next Chapter saw her daughter Leah leave her 15th birthday dinner in tears.
Amber, 34, her ex, Gary Shirley, his wife Christina and their daughter Emilee gathered to mark the teen’s birthday with a celebratory meal.
Things got off to a rocky start when Portwood arrived late, and it only got worse from there.
The reality television star, who also has a six-year-old son from another relationship, called her daughter a ‘d**k’ at one point, prompting backlash from viewers.
Taking to the comments of the Teen Mom Instagram account, one person said: ‘AMBER YOU ARE THE PROBLEM.’
Amber Portwood is on the receiving end of criticism after the latest episode of Teen Mom: The Next Chapter saw her daughter Leah leave her 15th birthday dinner in tears
Things got off to a rocky start when Portwood arrived late, and it only got worse from there. The reality television star, who also has a six-year-old son from another relationship, called her daughter a ‘d**k’ at one point, prompting backlash from viewers
Taking to the comments of the Teen Mom Instagram account, one person said: ‘AMBER YOU ARE THE PROBLEM’
Someone else chimed in, ‘Amber has no idea what it takes to be a parent. Gary and Christina are the only reason why Leah is growing up to be such a good girl.’
Each of the comments received thousands of likes from agreeing fans of the long-running MTV series.
Teen Mom personality Cory Wharton, who appears on the show with ex Cheyenne Floyd also joined the conversation.
Siding with Shirley, he wrote: ‘GARY is the Truth love that dude ✊.’
In a now-deleted post on X, another star on the reality show, Briana DeJesus, added ‘I know I’ll probably get dragged or get a phone call but after watching a certain scene … I don’t support talking down on ur kids or even calling them names. Do better!’
And Teen Mom vet Jenelle Evans, known for her questionable parenting, even had something to say.
She re-shared Briana’s post, and added, ‘Girrrrrl I just watched.’
In 2011, Portwood lost custody of Leah after fighting with Gary and subsequently getting arrested the previous year.
Although a source shared with Us Weekly in January that the exes now co-parent Leah ‘amicably,’ the latest installment of the show suggested otherwise.
Someone else chimed in, ‘Amber has no idea what it takes to be a parent. Gary and Christina are the only reason why Leah is growing up to be such a good girl’
Someone asked, ‘When is Gary gonna stop inviting Amber?’ and called the clashing ‘sad to watch’
The reality television star, who also has a six-year-old son from another relationship, called her daughter a ‘d**k’ at one point, prompting backlash from viewers
Amber, 34, her ex, Gary Shirley, his wife Christina and their daughter Emilee gathered to mark the teen’s birthday with a celebratory meal
Last week it was reported that Amber is now engaged to her new beau, whose name is also Gary.
Per Us Weekly, the reality television star is ‘really, really happy’ with her new man.
An insider told the publication that the proposal happened ‘within the last two weeks.’
It was noted that Amber’s engagement ring was created using ‘a family stone that was reset into a new ring.’
And the future husband and wife have ‘been in couple’s therapy and talk about everything,’ the source added.