Gary Shirley Slams Amber Portwood For Not ‘Being There’ For Daughter Leah In Explosive Teen Mother FaceTime

After telling Gary Shirley that she desires to be in her daughter Leah’s life extra, Amber Portwood was met with pushback when Shirley slammed his ex not being their for the 15-year-old teen.

On Thursday’s all new Teen Mother: The Subsequent Chapter, Portwood referred to as Shirley over FaceTime to debate how she may higher be constant relating to Leah.

“What is the explanation why Leah will not be in a position to come over right here and keep the evening? What is the explanation why I am not in a position to go to her cross nation? What are the explanation why I am not being advised sure issues?” Portwood asks whereas sat subsequent to new fiancé, Gary Wayt. “With regards to Leah saying sure issues, like, if she does not wanna do something, nicely, I am on the level now that it does not actually matter. I need to see my daughter.”

“So that is once I say to you, info are info,” she continues. “And we will not sit right here and act like, ‘It is Amber. It is Amber. It is Amber.’ ‘Trigger the ‘f–k whether it is me.’ I have been doing nothing however making an attempt to get Leah again in my life whereas I am getting pushed out for years and years and years now.”

On the finish of the day, Amber’s plea was simply to see her daughter extra, however Shirley mentioned that is simply one thing Leah is not prepared for.

“Why?” Portwood questions.

Bringing it again to the shortage of communication that appears to exist between the co-parents, Shirley claims that Portwood is “onerous to get ahold of” relating to planning, and generally takes “days” to answer to texts from each him and his spouse, Kristina.

“You have not been reaching out,” Shirley says.

“To begin with, that is what has been happening for years now,” Portwood hits again. “Everyone has an excuse, even after I alter. So what’s your excuse now?”

Whereas Shirley claims he does not have an excuse, Portwood maintains that Leah is simply as a lot her daughter as she is Shirley’s.

That time, nonetheless, was met with a biting reply from the daddy of two, who mentioned Portwood is “not there” for Leah, setting Portwood off and ending the dialog between the pair.

“That is an excessive amount of to take,” she says after hanging up the cellphone.

The decision comes after Portwood introduced her engagement to Wayt to Leah and Shirley, after not seeing her daughter or her ex for seven months the day after a household barbeque the place they celebrated Portwood’s birthday.

The teenager admitted it was nonetheless “awkward” seeing her mother, including that she felt it was “form of rushed” how Portwood bought engaged after popping again into their lives.

Shirley agreed it was “awkward” they discovered she was engaged the day after they met Wayt for the primary time, after not seeing Portwood for therefore lengthy.

“We hardly bought any messages from her and now that she’s engaged,” added Kristina. “We’re comfortable for her. However hastily she desires to begin coming extra. The place was she for the previous 7 months? She was engaged on that relationship with him, however right here Leah’s been right here your complete time.”‘

The episode ended with a glance forward at subsequent week’s season finale, with that relationship Portwood labored on for these final seven months rapidly crumbling when Wayt goes lacking throughout a visit to North Carolina for Portwood’s brother’s wedding ceremony in June.

Whereas Wayt was discovered quickly after, followers of the couple know that the connection didn’t final upon Wayt’s secure return, with Us Weekly reporting that the 2 have since referred to as off their engagement and determined “it is over between them.”

Sustain with all of the drama on Teen Mother: The Subsequent Chapter, airing Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. ET on MTV.