Amber Portwood slammed the MTV show that made her famous on Monday, while also declaring in a TikTok Live rant that she is going to get Teen Mom: The Next Chapter cancelled, as she feels the show is preventing her from reuniting with her estranged teen daughter Leah.
“If [the show] isn’t cancelled, I’ll get it cancelled,” she told another TikTok creator during her Live. [The ball] is already in my court, honey. I promise that.”
The Ashley went to her behind-the-scenes sources to find out what is really going on, and whether or not the long-running franchise really did get “Portwooded” (aka “laid to rest”) by the network.
“I think the show’s getting cancelled, you guys,” Amber said, while doing a weird shoulder bounce (that The Ashley will refer to as the Ambie Arrogance Bop). “God works in mysterious ways, y’all! I wish I could say more. Is that in my contract? Nope.”
Amber then proceeded to clap and laugh, stating, “It’s not a bad thing for it to be done, it’s time, but if you keep graspin’ at straws for s**t, eventually it’s gonna go.”
According to The Ashley’s production sources, the crew and cast have heard nothing about the show being cancelled.
“We are currently on hiatus, and, of course, there’s never a guarantee that we’ll be picked up again,” one source told The Ashley. “But we’ve heard absolutely nothing about it being cancelled, so I have no clue what she means. Also, Amber thinking that she would have any power to cancel the show is ridiculous. To my knowledge she has not been officially let go, though, but she’s basically asking to be fired so it’s doubtful she will continue on.”
According to a second source, removing Amber from the cast may already be in the works, given that Amber was not invited to attend the Season 2B Reunion, which was filmed in January in New York City.
“Gary and Leah were there, but Amber was not invited,” one source told The Ashley. “She didn’t ‘decline’ to go– she was not asked to go.”
Although the Reunion was filmed just a few weeks after Amber went on a Christmas Eve TikTok Live rampage, accusing her baby daddy Gary Shirley of rape, blackmail and more, a second production source insisted that had nothing to do with Amber being left out of the Reunion.
“It wasn’t that Gary didn’t want Amber there– although I wouldn’t blame him considering of the horrible things she accused him of,” the production source said. “It was actually Leah who didn’t want Amber there. She wouldn’t have been able to be open if Amber had been there. Although it doesn’t always seem like it, [production] will always protect or give priority to the kids’ needs over the other cast members’.”
During her Live, Amber bragged about how she “started” the ‘Teen Mom’ franchise. (The Ashley would like to interject here and explain that Amber’s episode of 16 and Pregnant was, indeed, used as the pilot episode to sell the show to MTV. But in no way did Amber start that show or have anything else to do with getting the show off the ground. Maci Bookout‘s episode was the first episode aired, but Amber’s episode was used as the pilot.)
Amber then seemingly took aim at some of the other ‘Teen Mom’ girls. (As fans saw during a recent episode, Jade Cline and Cheyenne Floyd both slammed Amber’s treatment of Leah. On social media, Ashley Jones, Taylor Selfridge and Briana DeJesus have also aired their thoughts on the situation recently.)
“I started this, and all these girls now I starting to, like, form into this ball of hatefulness,” she said. “…If y’all want this show, take the show, take the reins. I’m not delusional; this is real s**t! They can take the reins. They can take that show.
“They should just leave me alone and shut the f**k up!” she continued. “Good luck to everybody.”
“The show has run its course, yes,” she added.
Elsewhere in the Live, Amber blamed MTV for contributing to the estrangement between her and Leah. (As fans know, Leah has expressed on-air her desire to have her stepmom, Kristina, adopt her, as she feels like it was Kristina– not Amber— who raised her. On a recent episode, Gary revealed that Amber had only seen Leah four times in one year, something Amber blamed on Gary, whom she says told her to stay away.)
“I look at [my relationship] with my son [James] and I see the potential in [my relationship with] Leah. But what I see is MTV in the way,” she said. “And they’re doing too much. They’re doing way too much. They’re, like, having people lie and s**t. They’re like actually making the stories up, to where nothing’s real anymore and I’m like, ‘Well I’m glad that y’all hate me.’ I don’t want to be a part of that s**t anymore.
Later in the Live, Amber spoke directly to Leah, telling her that she will likely feel differently about their relationship once she’s no longer on ‘Teen Mom.’
“I think when this show is gone,” Amber said, “you’ll be able to live a normal life, hopefully, and you’ll be able to see how you feel, maybe in a couple years, babe. Give it a couple of years. [Get] more experience, out in the real world.”
Amber then discussed how keeping her son James off ‘Teen Mom’ has benefited him. (As The Ashley previously reported, James is not allowed to be filmed and neither Amber nor James’ father Andrew Glennon is allowed to post photos of him to social media, per their custody agreement.)
“I see how [my son] James is with the show not in his life, and I’m telling you, it’s night and day,” Amber said. “So, am I horrible for wanting something maybe to stop? Yeah, but I kind of want my family more than the show. Sorry, guys.”
The Ashley will continue to update this story as more info is available. Stay tuned…
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