Ashley Jones Says Last Time She Called Amber Portwood Out for Being a Bad Mom, Fans Called Her a Bully

From talking about their co-stars to talking about their sobriety, it’s been a busy week for the stars/former stars of the Teen Mom franchise! In an effort to bring you up-to-date on the latest Teen Mom: The Next Chapter, Teen Mom OG and Teen Mom 2 news, The Ashley brings you the Teen Mom News Pile.

Here are some of the major (and minor but interesting) ‘Teen Mom’-related things that happened over the last week or so…

Ashley Jones Says Last Time She Called Amber Portwood Out for Being a Bad Mom, Fans Called Her a Bully

Amber’s ‘Teen Mom’ co-stars have recently started to call her out for her poor treatment of her teen daughter, Leah, but Ashley Jones says she called out Amber years ago– and all it got her were threats and being accused by fans of being a bully.

On Saturday, Ashley posted a message to X that many of the show’s fans assumed was pointed at Amber, given that Jade Cline and Cheyenne Floyd had criticized Amber on the most-recent episode for being selfish and not taking accountability for her estranged relationship with Leah. Amber has often claimed that her mental health issues are a reason for her behavior. 

“Being a mother means showing up day after day, despite battling your own heartbreak, sickness, anger, depression. Put a smile on your face and SHOW THE F**K UP,” Ashley wrote. 

When fans began to comment that the tweet was a “knock” on Amber, Ashley denied it but acknowledged that it was applicable to Amber’s situation. 

“I was speaking generally. But yes, Amber should be doing these things as well. Best wishes to Leah,” Ashley wrote.

On Monday, Ashley further addressed the Amber situation, stating that she called out Amber a long time ago, but it resulted in negative responses from Amber and the show’s fans. 

“When I called Amber out years ago for being a BAD mother after she said she would ‘mutilate/kill me,’ I was called a mean bully,” Ashley wrote. “So like I said, I’m done with Amber entirely. However, I will always speak on MY REALITY OF being a mother as my BIO DAD is still actively using.”

The incident that Ashley is referring to happened back in 2022 during the filming of Teen Mom Family Reunion Season 2. After Ashley was not permitted to film her Reunion scenes with the other girls (due to being kicked off the season), she spotted vans on-set that contained her co-stars and twerked at the vans. For some reason, Amber– who was in one of the vans– was furious about what Ashley did, and she and called Ashley to let her know it. 

On the call— which Ashley later leaked on social media— Amber can be heard screaming at Ashley, cussing her out, threatening to “mutilate her ass” and “f**k her ass up.” Amber also told Ashley to pray that she never sees her again, before promising Ashley that she would get Ashley fired from the next season. (This did not happen, by the way.)

Posting the call garnered a lot of backlash from Amber and Ashley, with many fans commenting that Ashley was being immature or bullying Amber.

(You can listen to the call below but be aware that it contains plenty of “Portwood AF” naughty words.)