Amber Portwood Claims She’s “Not At All” Sorry for Committing Domestic Violence Against Ex Gary Shirley Years Ago: “You Shouldn’t Have Cheated On Me”

In one of her recent TikTok Live crash outs, Amber Portwood doubled down on her decision to commit domestic violence against her ex and (first) baby daddy Gary Shirley years ago, claiming that Gary deserved the physical abuse for allegedly cheating on her. 

As longtime fans of Teen Mom may remember, Amber was filmed multiple times during the early seasons of the MTV series physically assaulting Gary, sometimes while the former couple’s then-infant daughter Leah was in the room. (In fact, Amber ended up getting elevated charges because of this back in 2012 during one of her arrests for domestic violence against Gary.)

While Amber has made it a habit of taking to TikTok Live in recent months to blame Gary (and his wife, Kristina Shirley) for causing the estrangement between her and her 16-year-old daughter, she’s also used the platform to accuse Gary of some very unsavory things. 

During one of her more recent (and seemingly endless) streaming sessions, Amber decided to address the time(s) she became physically violent with Gary, revealing that she doesn’t regret putting her hands on him, as she believes he had it coming. 

“Honey, you shouldn’t have cheated on me, what do you want me to do?” Amber said on TikTok Live. “Am I sorry for certain things I did after you cheated on me? Hell no, not at all. Not one bit. You should not have cheated on me three times.” 

Amber went on to ask viewers why she would be sorry for her past actions against Gary, to which her TikTok Live streaming bestie, Mr. Hoodz, mentioned that Gary “is a big dude.” 

“Yeah! I’m not gonna be sorry about that,” Amber responded. “He cheated on me three times when we had a baby, I’m not gonna be sorry. Like, come on now. [That’s] crazy.

“And I stuck by [him] with all of that other crap,” she continued. “Come on now!” 

While Amber claims to have zero regrets about physically abusing Gary years ago, she recently denied the alleged events that took place after her and ex Andrew Glennon’s (very) tumultuous breakup, which led to her 2019 arrest for domestic battery. 

Amber has also maintained on TikTok Live (natch) in recent months that she has a great relationship with her and Andrew’s seven-year-old son, James, despite the very public and bitter custody fight she and Andrew went through years ago, which ended with Andrew being awarded sole custody of the then-four-year-old. At the time, an Indiana judge also granted Andrew’s petition to relocate to California with James, while Amber has remained living in Indiana. (Amber is allowed to fly to California every other month to visit James and Andrew was ordered at the time to bring James to Indiana on the alternating months for visits, too.) 

Surprisingly, Andrew even sang Amber’s praises back in December, telling Us Weekly that communication between them has “improved dramatically” and that he and Amber are able to “be on the same page for the sake of our son.” 

Andrew, who made these comments amid Amber and Gary’s public co-parenting feud, also told the outlet that Amber is in “constant communication” with their son and is a “loving, caring and present” mom to James.