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The Teen Mom franchise kicked off with 16 and Pregnant in 2009 and has since evolved into numerous iterations — and numerous feuds among the cast.

Amber Portwood’s little one is not so little anymore!

Friends that matter. Maci Bookout has Amber Portwood’s back when it comes to her custody drama.

One step at a time. Amber Portwood and her estranged daughter, Leah, are putting in the effort to improve their strained relationship.

Teen Mom OG fans have watched Amber Portwood deal with numerous custody battles throughout the years. The MTV star — who shares daughter Leah, born in 2008, with ex Gary Shirley, and son James, born in 2018, with ex Andrew Glennon — has long struggled with substance abuse and mental health issues, which led her into legal trouble and cost her plenty of parenting time with her children.

Drama between Teen Mom OG star Amber Portwood and her ex Andrew Glennon has made headlines for years — both during their relationship and in the aftermath of their 2019 split, which ultimately culminated in the MTV personality losing custody of their young son, James in July 2022.

Rollercoaster of romance. Teen Mom OG star Amber Portwood has seen her fair share of relationship drama over the years, but she’s never given up on love.

After three years in court, Amber Portwood has lost custody of her 4-year-old son, James, who will be moving from Indiana to California with his dad, Andrew Glennon.

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Teen Mom OG star Amber Portwood is getting up close and personal in her new tell-all book, So, You’re Crazy Too? The reality star, 31, revealed she was hiding a secret pregnancy and abortion in 2010 around the time she was arrested for assaulting her ex, Gary Shirley, 35, and that Gary was also not the father. “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 in the memoir.

Beginning to heal. Amber Portwood’s relationship with her 13-year-old daughter, Leah, is improving.

Amber Portwood is not happy with news about her 12-year-old daughter Leah being revealed publicly on the newest reunion episode of Teen Mom OG.

Dropping a bombshell. Amber Portwood was not having it during part one of the Teen Mom OG reunion after her ex Gary Shirley shared a big revelation about their daughter, Leah.

Highs and lows. Amber Portwood’s fraught relationship with daughter Leah has been documented on Teen Mom OG over the years.

The drama between “Teen Mom” star Amber Portwood and her 12-year-old daughter continues.

Putting in the work. After previously discussing her distant relationship with her daughter, Amber Portwood revealed that she hasn’t been in contact with Leah, 12, for “a couple of months.”

Getting emotional. Amber Portwood broke down in tears while describing her strained relationship with her 12-year-old daughter, Leah, whom she shares with ex Gary Shirley.

Ups and downs. Amber Portwood gave an update on her strained relationship with her and ex Gary Shirley’s 12-year-old daughter, Leah, on the Tuesday, September 7, episode of Teen Mom OG.

Amber Portwood was thinking of her daughter, Leah, on Easter following a difficult episode of Teen Mom OG that highlighted their difficult mother-daughter relationship. The MTV star, 30, took to Instagram on Easter, April 4, and posted a selfie photo of herself with her 12-year-old, whom she shares with Gary Shirley.

Throwing shade! Amber Portwood slammed her ex Gary Shirley after their daughter, Leah, claimed his wife, Kristina Shirley, was more of a mom to her than the TV personality is.

Amber Portwood took to Instagram Live following the March 31 episode of Teen Mom OG to rant about ex-husband Gary Shirley‘s wife, Kristina. Calling her a “homewrecker” and a “whore,” Amber claimed that Gary cheated on her with Kristina while she was in prison in 2013 for prescription drug possession. “I was told when I got out [of jail] that I would have a family waiting for me,” Amber said.

Family is family! Amber Portwood may be making a big change to live closer to her daughter, Leah Shirley. During the Monday, February 16, episode of Teen Mom OG, the reality star, 30, joins ex-fiancé Gary Shirley to look at modular homes to move onto his land.

The Ashley. Amber reveals despite her troubled relationships with her children’s fathers it will not stop her from having more children.Portwood claims she is hoping to have more children. However, she needs to find the right man to be baby daddy number three.

Amber Portwood has responded to claims that her ex Gary Shirley, who is the father of her 12-year-old daughter Leah, was taking care of her. The Teen Mom OGstar took to social media after her ex and his current wife Kristina Andersonmocked her for being “like a teenager”. She clapped back, “Gary did say that he was here every day for a week. No, sweetheart. That’s a lie. And you’re two-faced. And your wife’s two-faced saying that I’m like a teenager, like a teenage daughter,” she began.

Amber Portwood knows she has some challenging conversations ahead with her 13-year-old daughter, Leah. The star spoke with ET's Deidre Behar about the upcoming new season of the MTV reality series and how she will explain her highs and lows to her eldest child. «She's very smart, straight A student. I'm very proud of her,» Amber, 30, gushes to ET of Leah, whom she shares with ex Gary Shirley.

After months of long-distance dating, Amber Portwood has finally met her new beau Dimitri. On Tuesday night's episode of Teen Mom O.G., the 29-year-old picked up her new beau from the airport, along with her ex Gary Shirley, who accompanied her, which made for quite the introduction.

He’s back. Andrew Glennon made a return to TV after a video of him and Amber Portwood’s fight on July 4 leaked during the Tuesday, April 21, episode of Teen Mom OG. Amber had been seeing an anger management counselor and trying to stick to the rules of her parole, but would this be what finally got in the way of her moving on from their toxic relationship?

Warning: This episode contains spoilers from the Tuesday, March 31 episode of Teen Mom OG.

Trying to make a comeback. Last year, Amber Portwood made headlines when she was arrested on felony domestic violence charges, and on the Tuesday, March 17, season premiere episode of Teen Mom OG, fans got to see what was going on behind the scenes around the time of her arrest — and everything that happened after.