Amber Portwood and her 14-year-old daughter, Leah, had a breakthrough of their usually rocky relationship through the Teen Mother: The Subsequent Chapter reunion.
Through the two-hour particular, which aired on Wednesday, October 11, Leah sat subsequent to all three of her parental figures — mother Amber, 33, dad Gary Shirley and stepmom Kristina Shirley — as she spoke candidly about how they’ve all helped her by way of the years.
“I actually admire all people. ’Trigger, I imply, being an adolescent … it’s annoying,” Leah instructed her mother and father. “I’ve those that have gone by way of every little thing that I’m going to undergo, so it simply makes it simpler.”
“I’ve plenty of belief in all of you guys,” she added, all three of her mother and father.
Amber Portwood, Daughter Leah’s Ups and Downs Over the Years
Amber Portwood’s fraught relationship with daughter Leah has been documented on Teen Mother OG through the years. Portwood gave beginning to her child lady in 2008 with then-boyfriend Gary Shirley. The previous couple cut up three years later, with Shirley happening to wed Kristina Anderson, with whom he shares daughter Emilee. As for Portwood, the […]
The second brought on Amber to burst into tears.
“That’s the primary time I ever heard [Leah say that],” Amber instructed her daughter, wiping away tears. “Thanks, I like you.”
“I like you too,” Leah replied.
It was a monumental second for the mother-daughter duo, whose estranged relationship has performed out on MTV for years.
Amber — whose substance abuse struggles, psychological well being points and authorized woes have performed a major function in her and Leah’s estrangement — sobbed even more durable when explaining what her daughter’s phrases meant to her.
“I f—king attempt so arduous to be there for her. And I’m so joyful that it doesn’t matter what I did, she realized one thing,” Amber mentioned. “Which means a lot.”
After apologizing to Leah for being “depressed generally,” the MTV persona emphasised how “necessary” her firstborn is to her. (Amber can also be the mom of son James, 5, whom she shares with ex Andrew Glennon.)
‘Teen Mother’ Children: From Infants to Teenagers
The place does the time go? Teen Mother premiered on MTV in 2009, and Catelynn Lowell, Amber Portwood, Maci Bookout and Farrah Abraham’s children are all grown up. Actually, Abraham has been criticized for simply how mature her daughter is. The Ex on the Seaside star confronted backlash after she shared a video of Sophia dancing […]
“I simply need you to be, your, like, wholesome self in your psychological well being,” Leah instructed her mother, who responded by way of tears, “I attempt my finest and I’m joyful that you simply see that. I didn’t know that you simply noticed that.”
Leah, for her half, emphasised simply how necessary her mother is to her — it doesn’t matter what they’ve gone by way of all through the years. “You’ve made a giant distinction in my life,” Leah replied. “Like, you actually helped.”
Amber Portwood’s daughter, Leah MTV/YouTube
Amber, for her half, has been taking accountability for her previous actions — and absence — in her daughter’s life.
On a January 2022 episode of Teen Mother: Household Reunion, the 16 and Pregnant alum admitted that she would beforehand use her melancholy as “an excuse to not do something” for Leah.
“There’s no excuse,” Amber mirrored. “I used to be attempting to maintain Leah away from the entire unhealthy s—t again within the day. I used to be attempting to do that, attempting to try this. After which I used to be like, ‘Nicely, I may have [gone] over there nonetheless although. Why didn’t I am going over there?’ Like, ‘I may have nonetheless did this, I may have nonetheless picked her up.’”
