At least one person from the Teen Mom franchise is speaking out about Amber Portwood‘s jaw-dropping TikTok rant against Gary Shirley on Christmas Eve.
Two days after Amber accused her baby daddy of raping her, as well as blackmailing her into getting an abortion years ago (among other things), Briana DeJesus aired her thoughts about her co-star’s accusations. As The Ashley previously told you, Amber hit TikTok Live in the early morning hours of Christmas Eve, telling her followers she was upset that she has been removed from their daughter Leah’s life entirely. (As ‘Teen Mom’ fans know, Amber and the 16-year-old have had a complicated relationship for years.)
During the Live, a sobbing Amber claimed to “finally feel free” after making the allegations against Gary, whom she also stated she was angry at because she believed he was the reason Leah no longer wanted to be around her. While many in the comment section accused Amber of making the claims against Gary as revenge, Amber denied it.
On Thursday, Briana— who will appear on the upcoming season of Teen Mom: The Next Chapter alongside Amber— spoke out against Amber making these accusations on a public forum, pointing out how doing so will affect Leah.
“This is crazy! True or not….ur daughter can see all this bs!” Briana posted on X, along with a link to The Ashley’s recap of Amber’s meltdown.
Briana also pointed out that Amber is frequently stating that she wants to improve her relationship with Leah.
“U want a relationship with her but ur actions r showing otherwise?” Briana wrote.
This is not the first time that Briana has called Amber out for her behavior. Back in June— before the infamous episode in which Amber ruined Leah’s birthday dinner aired— Briana let fans know that she took issue with the way Amber spoke to her daughter and encouraged her to “do better.”
“I know I’ll probably get dragged or get a phone call but after watching a certain scene….I don’t support talking down on ur kids or even calling them names. Do better!” Briana posted to X at the time, confirming later that she was referring to Amber.
Gary (and his wife Kristina) have not yet commented on the accusations Amber made against Gary on Christmas Eve, and MTV has remained silent (as of press time) as well.
The Ashley has been getting a lot of questions regarding the claims Amber made against Gary, particularly her claim that Gary once took her to get an abortion and that he told her if she didn’t get one, she wouldn’t be able to see Leah, who was three at the time. Fans assumed that the child that Amber was pregnant with was Gary’s, and Amber did not correct anyone who asked or stated as such in the comment section of her Live.
However, a look inside Amber’s 2022 memoir, So, You’re Crazy Too? reveals more information about the abortion, which happened shortly before Amber went to prison in 2012. Amber revealed that the man who got her pregnant that time was not Gary, but was actually a drug user Amber was sleeping with while on a break from her relationship with Gary.
“When my ex [Gary] and I had broken up for a while because the fighting was so bad, I was hanging out with a heroin addict and I accidentally got pregnant,” Amber wrote. “It was not an ideal situation. Of course I was not equipped to handle another child. But not being able to handle something and having to terminate a life were worlds apart for me. I finally had an abortion, however, it was devastating for me.
“Again, I do not know why I made the decisions that I did during this time in my life,” Amber went on. “I was on drugs and didn’t know what I was doing half the time.”
In another part of Amber’s book, she reveals why she had so much anger and aggression inside of her toward Gary. (During her TikTok Live, Amber stated that she was violent and angry toward Gary because he had raped her.)
However, in her book, Amber talks about why she felt the aggression toward Gary at that time.
“On TV it might have looked like I unleashed fury out of nowhere and that I needed to be locked up in jail,” Amber said. “The truth is he had hooked up with another girl and I was so mad I don’t even remember attacking him…I maintain firmly that, at that point in my life, I lashed out because I had been hurt by the person I was hitting…”
Amber has not logged on to TikTik Live since the Christmas Eve meltdown. The Ashley will have more on this situation soon, stay tuned…
