Amber Portwood Says She Quit ‘Teen Mom’ Due to the “Disgusting” Actions of Show’s Producers During Season Finale Episode

There may be some rumblings that Teen Mom: The Next Chapter is not done (The Ashley will have more on that soon), but Amber Portwood insists that she’s done filming for the show, due to the “disgusting” actions of the producers the last time she filmed.

Last week during one of Amber’s many (many) TikTok Live sessions, the unofficial Lazy Boy spokesperson revealed the reason she no longer wants to film for the show.

“What they did with my daughter, when they had her text me, that whole bullcrap situation they planned to get me to have a reaction? It was disgusting,” Amber— who was decked out in PJs that were a delightful shade of “Prison Orange”— stated.

Amber is referring to a scene that aired during the finale episode of the most-recent season of Teen Mom: The Next Chapter, in which Amber “randomly” received a text from her estranged teen daughter, Leah. Cameras just happened to be rolling as Amber saw the text come in from Leah, and captured her surprise in seeing it, as Leah has been no-contact with her mom for a long time.

Leah basically informed Amber in the text that she made the decision to cut contact all on her own, and that she was not influenced by anyone to do so.

Amber quickly realized that she had been set-up and was not happy, causing her to turn and speak directly into the camera to Leah, calling her ‘rude’ and ‘disrespectful.’

During her recent TikTok Live, Amber stated that this was the final straw for her dealing with MTV.

“That was the end of it!” Amber said. “I was done after that. That was the last time I ever filmed with them.”

During the same Live, Amber talked about how what airs on the show affects how people treat her. 

“I’m dealing with the consequences! Not [the producers]! If we make mistakes, we’re dealing with the consequences, either right then and there, or later on. It’s always going to be that way,” Amber stated. “The only thing I can tell you is the number one thing that MTV can never say about me: I was never honest.

(To be fair, The Ashley believes Amber meant to say that MTV can’t ever say she wasn’t honest…although her saying it the way that she did is kind of ironic.) 

Amber went on to say that MTV can never state that they had to tell her what to do on camera, or that producers had to write her storylines.

Amber then switched to bragging about how famous she is.

“Look up ‘celebrity birthdays’ and I’m on there,” she said. “You look up Cameo, I’m on there. Actually, I’ve been on there. I was one of the first ones to go on there, actually.”

Amber went on to insist that she has always been in control of what she filmed, stating, “There is probably so much footage of me literally saying to them, ‘Get the F out of my house!'”

As The Ashley previously reported, the state of ‘Next Chapter’ is currently unknown, although there have been mentions of filming by several cast members over the last week or two. Amber has stated that she has quit the show; however, she is still under her ‘Next Chapter’ contract, and will be for one year following the airing of that final episode— so she is not allowed to appear on any other TV show, do live appearances, etc. without Paramount’s written permission. (Stay tuned for more on this!)