Amber Portwood’s daughter Leah hopes to be adopted by Kristina Shirley
Amber PortwoodThe relationship with his daughter Leah seems to be farther away than ever.
Thursday, February 27, Teenage Mom: Next Chapter16-year-old Leah opens Cheyenne Floyd Regarding the possibility of adoption Kristina Shirley.
“I haven’t really talked about it yet [Amber] Or have seen her for a while. Very good,” Leah said. “I don’t care anymore. I kind of want Christina to adopt me. I’ve been wanting it for a while because Kristina has been with me since I’ve been in kindergarten and before that. ”
Amber, 34, welcomed Leah with his ex in 2009 Gary Shirley And recorded her pregnancy journey 16 years old, pregnant. After the two broke up, both Amber and Gary, 38, continue to allow MTV to record their lives Teenage mother Franchise.
Jon Kopaloff/Movie Magazine; courtesy of Gary Shirley/Instagram Amber Portwood, her daughter Leah can be adopted by Gary Shirley’s wife Kristina. “Let Christina adopt Leah never happen on Amber’s watch,” a source shared exclusively with Us Weekly. “She wants to be Leah’s life. She doesn’t see it […]
Gary, 37, married in November 2015 and welcomed a daughter named Emilee the same year. Over the years, Leah began to spend more and more time with her father and stepmother.
In a recent episode, Amber admits that her relationship with Leah is not as close as she hoped. Meanwhile, she admits that her mental health struggles, including the diagnosis of bipolar disorder, prevent her from being the best mom.
“With my daughter, she doesn’t want to be with me,” Amber said in an episode on February 6. Teenage Mom: Next Chapter. “I’ve never been a mom who doesn’t care. Just AF-mom.”
A source told US Weekly Amber will not be on board. An insider shared in July 2024: “Let Kristina adopt Leah never happen on Amber’s watch. She wants to be Leah’s life. She doesn’t want to hand over the responsibility of her parents to someone else.”
Leah described the rare situation of hanging out with mom in a candid speech with Cheyenne, 32.
“When I saw her, she behaved like everything was fine, and I haven’t seen you for months. Why are you talking to me like this?” Leah asked. “Obviously, she has a lot of things going on, a lot of difficulties, but I don’t think I can handle it. I wish I could, but I can’t.”
Lea admits to meeting and sitting down with Amber one day, but she doesn’t know when it’s a good time.
After listening to Leah’s experience, Cheyenne called the whole situation “unfortunate and sad”.
“No one can make me stand out [my daughter] Ryder,” she said in a confession interview. “It’s really hard to understand. I was in their house every day, trying to fight for my relationship with my kids. ”
Over the years, Amber Portwood’s tension with her daughter Leah has been documented in Teen Mom. Portwood gave birth to her baby girl with her then-boyfriend Gary Shirley in 2008. Three years later, the ex-couple broke up, Shirley married Kristina Anderson and shared his daughter Emilee. As for Portwood, […]
After talking to Cheyenne, Leah reiterated her hope that she could one day be adopted by Kristina. Although her father agreed to talk to the attorney for information about the steps he needed to take, he warned his eldest daughter could cause heartache.
“As a father, I want you to make sure you know that this is 100% what you want,” Gary said. “Once that happens, it will be a big heartbroken for her, and I know you’re not going to do it, but it’s just part of the process.”
Leah added: “Yes, but she didn’t raise me.”
Teenage Mom: Next Chapter It airs on MTV at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday.
