There are so many reality show participants with legal issues right now it is hard to keep up with every little update. I usually wait until something major happens before reporting. But, a machete wielding Teen Mom is fascinating in a macabre sort of way. So, here is where things stand with Amber Portwood.
Earlier this week Andrew Glennon filed a motion with the court that would allow him to move home to Malibu with his son James. Today, Amber Portwood filed a counter motion that tried to claim that Andrew did in fact have ties to Indiana. The motion also said that since Andrew is a day trader, he can work from anywhere. No decision has been reached. But if I were the judge, I’d wish Andrew and baby James Godspeed in getting the hell out of Indiana.
If that were where the story stopped, I probably would not have posted about this today. But then someone sent me a tweet that is supposedly from Andrew’s twitter. I am unable to verify if it is Andrew’s Twitter that made the post. I searched Twitter and can’t find this Twitter account. It is alos unclear when it was written. Perhaps his lawyers advised him to get off of social media while this was going on. The fact that the tweet has two columns makes me wonder if it is from another format for social media. On the other hand, the blue check makes me think it’s Twitter.
There are numerous Andrew Glennons on all forms of social media and currently I can find no match for this site. That would indicate that site has been disabled. The point is, I’m not sure that this tweet is real. But it sounds VERY plausible to me.
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In the tweet, Andrew states that the entire past year was filled with Amber abusing him. Now Andrew is not saint himself. But he has clearly been raising James pretty much on his own while all the while dealing with Amber’s crazy.
The tweet also claims that when he would go to bed at night, Amber would lock herself in her closet and smoke pot all night while taking hydrocodone and listening to music. You can read the entire lengthy description below. What do you think? Does this ring true to you?
Sadly, this does ring true to me. While I do wish Amber the best and hope she gets the help she needs my heart aches for Andrew and James. Also, it really disappointed me for the rest of the cast to support Amber. How would they react to someone coming after them and their children holding a machete? Jenelle was ostracized and Amber should be too. Unacceptable.
Agreed!
If the judge doesn’t allow Andrew to take baby James to California and let’s say the judge gives Amber so many days a week with the baby. After Amber has to take care of baby James by herself for more than 30 minutes she’ll be begging Andrew to take the baby to Malibu!
Extremely disappointing. They are enabling her behavior.
You all are enabling her behavior by watching this train wreck of a show. A show about children having children.
Ktina,
I could’ve sworn I asked you not to reply to anymore of my comments. They are all the same— bagging on reality show participants for collecting a paycheck on shows you claim not to even watch. We heard you the first ten times. It’s getting tiresome and annoying. Are you just trying to get attention? I’ll again ask you to please not reply to anymore of my comments. And this is the last time I will pay you any attention at all. Makes me wonder if you’re projecting a bit of jealousy?Best wishes in that ivory tower of yours. Le sigh:/
My bad. Meant to insert this down thread ⬇️
Wow, how sad.
That looks like instagram, regardless, I’m sure someone has advised him not to post anything that could be used against him later.
It seems a on his side instagram. Look in the comments of the first with him and James at the water park. Andrew responds to a lot of the comments. I haven’t gone though them all but it is heartbreaking.
Mystery solved! It was a reply on his IG! https://www.instagram.com/andrew.glennon/
I don’t for one second believe that Amber ever welded a machete towards her son and and Andrew. To me as a logical human being, if you know of Andrews past he also had been very abusive and manipulative. I believe she freaked over something he did and he lied about the true actions she displayed. I don’t for one second believe she ever used a machete but I’m just going off of people I know who know her because I’m from indianoplis Indiana. She is a great mom from my sources and Andrew is a 5 degree teen Mom hanger on from my sources. Apparently he wasn’t so in demand in Hollywood and clung to Amber to make himself more relevant. Which is sad because after experiencing Matt you would hope Amber would get a reprieve but she didn’t, she picked up the succubus named Andrew. Don’t be fooled guys this guy is not a good guy, look up his record it’s down right creepy and wrong. God help Amber because she needs it against a guy like Andrew.
In watching how she went after Gary on camera in fits of rage, I believe it.
The guy is in the car listening to all her woes and how everything else is to blame for it, and whatever he did or said in response set her off even more. She’s one angry person. So filled with rage that it spills over into violence.
@sam you obviously never watched her 16 and pregnant and the rage she exhibited towards Gary. Amber is extremely volatile and suffers from many disorders bipolar, personality disorders depression etc. MTV needs to stop exploiting her mental illness and remove her from the show so she can concentrate on her mental state without cameras following her. We live in such a dehumanized society that ppl find it entertaining to watch a person with mental illness for television ratings. Amber does not need to be on television she needs help with her mental state. Ppl need to stop cheering from a fans perspective and think about her two children. I truly believe she did it however I do not believe she needs prison what she needs is professional help. And I hope MTV would have the decency to release her from her contract so she can work on her illnesses for her children. Its about real life NOT reality T. V.
If you’re from Indy, you know the problem they courts have with drugs, murders, shootings, etc. They have bigger fish to fry than Amber. The prosecutors are pursuing these very serious charges because they believe they can win this case. They have video from the home’s Ring and other physical evidence that support the charges. This whole season of TM (and others) will be used as damning evidence against her. I totally believe she went into a blind rage and all Hell broke loose. She has done it before.
He may not be a good guy but she sure as hell is no saint. Go back and watch her beatdowns of Gary, yeah there was more than one. She already admitted she hit him. Don’t be manipulated by her guys, she is one of the best bullshitters around. Go catch her live IG meltdowns.
Sam, I’ve learned the hard way I cant assume how others would act, react,or think based on how I would in a situation. It is one of the biggest mistakes we all make when assuming or guessing about the behaviors, thought, actions of others might me. I’ve read comments here where a person has said that a persons actions is not what they would do or think. That is simple not logical. A persons past behavior is the best way to know a persons future behavior. There are exceptions to that with self-discovery, therapy or stopping substance abuse, etc,. There is hope for but I don’t hear much awareness in Andrew.
” She is a great mom from my sources.” Your “sources” are fucking morons.
I’m aware that Andrew is not a flawless individual. But he’s been raising that baby on his own just like Gary raised Leah by himself. She WENT TO PRISON for abusing Gary. Now she is going again for abusing Andrew.
I highly doubt that you have some gaggle of sources that think this is good parenting. More likely you just don’t like Andrew because of some of his previous missteps you Googled on the Internet.
I do not doubt for a second Amber went after the bedroom door with a machete. There were a few episodes in a row where she literally told her shrink she was close to snapping. If anything had happened to that baby, he would be the one to blame in addition to Amber.
Amber most certainly needs Jesus and some antipsychotic meds. I am sure she will have access to both in prison.
This is a pattern for Amber. We saw on camera how physically abusive she was towards Gary. Most days she cannot get off the couch much less be a parent. No one as I can recall have said that Gary or Andrew are Prince Charming. But, they stand up and parent, take care of all while deal with her psychotic arse.
Ummmm….Tamara……Tamra Judge has Jesus and look at her behavior. bahahahaha
Just a question… If we are judging Amber on her past behavior toward Gary why can’t we judge Andre if there is Court evidence to back it up? I would seriously be looking at him for even getting into a relationship with Amber. He saw first hand her behavior on Marriage Bootcamp and he still persued her. Why? I would have ran in the opposite direction. What was he to gain from a relationship with Amber? More TV time? Better producing or cinema gigs? Look Andrew got with Amber for not good reasons and we can’t look past that because we knew who Amber was from the beginning. We don’t know Andrew.
Um because what we are judging her is Amber chasing Andrew and her infant son into a room where he locked her out and took care of the kid an she was outside the door weilding a machete.
HOW IS THIS HARD?
Did you not watch her beating the shit out of Gary on the early seasons, or her telling her therapist that she was a ticking timebomb about to go off on camera?
Read your comment again with the genders reversed. It would be outrageous to say about a woman who was abused what you are saying which is basically, “well she’s not perfect either… she’s just a gold digger who got what she deserved.”
Amber has some SERIOUS mental disorders. She was off her meds. She allegedly came after her boyfriend while he was holding their child with a machete,
TT, thanks for posting this and the long reunion show. I don’t know how you can get through watching this show anymore. After 10 years of the same exact stuff I finally gave it up.
As far as Amber is concerned, while I don’t want to discount her mental health issues, I also don’t think she is taking her meds responsibly. I don’t think she’s a responsible person in general. I also think that she has a pattern of choosing men who are not the best humans. I have side eyed every guy she’s picked, including Andrew and think they used her for a meal ticket and also used drugs with her or at very least condoned her using. (No different than Ryan’s situation IMO) Therefore, I believe the truth lies somewhere in the middle. And since she’s most likely going to be locked up again, I guess Andrew is the lesser of two evils for poor baby James. I’m hopeful that the paternal grandparents would be a big part of raising James.
IMO, the bigger problem is that Amber has been using the entire time. She should have her tubes tied and serve more time since she’s been so against any treatment for her substance abuse problems in the past SHE CHOSE PRISON OVER REHAB.
I don’t think Jesus or her psych meds alone are going to help her. She’s getting older and it’s time she takes responsibility for her behaviors, takes her diagnoses seriously (not using them as a crutch), and stops procreating. Perhaps after this stint in the joint, a halfway house where she is held accountable for drug use and requires meetings and actual employment would be her best chance. It’s truly sad that she doesn’t have a responsible family member that could act as a her custodian for her finances, etc.
MTV did not do any favors to most of these people who were too young and had too many existing issues to be making so much money so fast. I’ve also taken my blinders off when looking at Dr. Drew.
I’m sad for all involved. ( Amber included), but she’s the only one who actually has the power to make life changes for herself. While I do think Andrew sought her out, what’s done is done and I hope he gets to take the baby back to California because it sounds like he at least has a supportive family that can help him raise the baby. And I hope he stays off tv and social media. He’s not doing the kid any favors putting the mom on blast everywhere for James to see when he’s older. THEY ALL NEED TO GROW UP!
All of this is just my opinion and ALLEGEDLY!
I agree that her picker is way off. I didn’t trust Andrew from the start either. But, I don’t think he should be able to take the baby to California. Not yet anyway. She hasn’t been convicted yet, it just doesn’t seem right to me at this stage.
Currently, Andrew has full custody of James. And he posted a photo the other day of being on a plane. I’m sure they are in Malibu now which is perfectly within his rights at the moment.
She and others like her aren’t going to stop procreating because they are getting checks from networks for having babies. It’s disgusting and I don’t know how all of you can watch. I watched one episode ten years ago.
This is where I meant to insert my comment to Ktina. Sorry folks.
See how I didn’t have to type the same thing more than once, Ktina?
“Bye!”
My entire perspective just changed. I suppose I’ve been believing what Amber has put out there because she’s been more vocal than Andrew. If he posted this and if it’s true, she needs a lot of help before she’s given any sort of unsupervised custody of her child.
Why is Gary backing her up if she is this abusive? Surely he’d believe Andrew since he’s been through the same type of abuse at Amber’s hands. If she’s a danger to James, is she not a danger to Leah? Why wouldn’t Gary be more concerned about Amber’s time with Leah?
I don’t think a judge will allow Andrew to move to California, though. That would make it too difficult for visitation, and let’s be honest, the courts are more willing to give custody to the mother than the father. Andrew may be successful is retaining a larger portion of custody than is typical due to the abuse, but I don’t think a judge would allow him to move so far away when James was born in Indiana and has so much family there.
I don’t believe that Amber would “go after” Andrew and James with a weapon,BUT, I do believe she was holding it and probably running her mouth and being intimidating. We’ve all seen her in action. She’s abusive mentally, emotionally, psychologically, and I wouldn’t be shocked if she’s still physically. We’ve seen the looks she gives Andrew when he says something she doesn’t like or agree with. I can tell when he hesitates to say something. A lot of what he posted rings very true.She’s rude to him on camera and she really thinks she’s a bad-ass. I hope he stays away from her and only co-parents together. I’ll be very surprised if the judge lets him take baby James out of state. Amber needs to buckle down, get serious about her life, stop leaning on her mental illness as excuses, go to rehab, go to counseling, make a plan and get on with it. Does she have any hobbies? She seems to have nothing constructive going on concerning her free time. It’s time to grow tf up, Amber. I do agree with some of you saying that something if off with Andrew. Maybe its just that I think he sought her out as well.
Awesome recap, TT!
Thank you!
TT I’m a mod on a YouTube channel and she has spoken to Andrew on Instagram over a week.She wouldn’t release any info other than she was talking to him until she got the ok.I have screenshots and it was from Instagram!Looks exactly the same as that picture and check mark.Then another youtuber caught wind that she was talking to him so she jumped on it and started talking to him and did a so called interview she just showed messaged he gave her permission to release because he said he’s tired of being silenced and wants his voice heard.
Also that’s probably why you couldn’t find it it’s not from Twitter it’s from Instagram!
I was really hoping Amber had changed but it appears she has not. The few times we saw Andrew on Teen Mom, Andrew came across as a completely sympathetic, doting husband and father. Amber continued to appear on the edge of breaking down (and I like Amber and am still hoping she can turn things around). There were a number of scenes where she snaps at Andrew, and he is subservient and apologetic to her in those moments. You could tell SHE was always the center of drama and attention and having a new child in her life did not stop her demons. I always thought she was damaged because she basically lost Leah, and that having James would be her turn around because it was her second chance to do things better–but she could not hold it together–even for her precious son.
We all know she has a horrible temper. The instagram of her swearing at Jenelle was the latest example we saw. It’s shocking how fast she turns into a maniac.
I don’t know a lot about mental illness. Amber seems unable to get out of herself, she’s in her head all the time. That must be draining and terrible. Whoever is managing her mental health is failing her and they need to do better.
This is really sad. I’m so glad that both of her children have loving, hands on Dads. Amber shouldn’t have any more children. She should stay out of a relationship for awhile until she gets herself figured out. And she should let the kids live with their fathers until she’s well enough to have a healthy relationship with them, wishful thinking..I know.
I am just about licensed for Foster Care. My licensor came out and did the home visit last week and all that’s left is for the Fire Marshall to come and measure the windows and things. I’m excited and also nervous because I know the kids come out of horrible situations, and reading stories like Amber’s doesn’t make things easier.
I have so much respect for you JustJenn! What a wonderful and noble thing!
OMG Jenn good for you! You will be a great mom.
I wanted to adopt at one point in my life. I was new to elementary school. I was there sort of reluctantly but my mother had died and my daddy wanted me back home. I had an interview for a professorship in Tampa, stripper capitol of the US.. In case I needed a job to fall back on. lol JK not about the stripper part.
Anyway Daddy asked me to come home and live in the ghetto shack. I DID NOT WANT TO.
But I am a Daddy’s girl. The ghetto shack is where I was born. At the time my father was working Lockheed. He paid I believe $12,500 for the house brand new. It’s a three bedroom one bath house about 1100 square feet. My mom was pregnant with me when they move in. Mom, dad, two brothers two sisters, then I was born.
I applied online to teach in the county to appease my father. I did very little to sound impressive. I skipped parts of the app. I just wanted to tell my father I applied. I was immediately offered a job at the elementary school next door to the ghetto shack.
In my first year, in a neighborhood with a lot of illegal aliens, I had a favorite girl my mother always sends me butterflies and this young girl had butterflies all over her clothes all the time . I know she was Mama’s favorite and she was mine too. She had a younger brother in kindergarden. He would shit himself a lot throughout the day..
One day on my first year of parent teacher conferences, I asked about my girls long hair being cut to like one inch out of the blue. It turns out that something I do not want to discuss here happened and so her parents blamed her and cut her hair. God know way the five year old boy kept shitting himself and everyone was so annoyed by it,
Anyway it is late, I am giving way too much info. But I wanted to adopt those kids. It was explained to me that I could not adopt kids with parents. Which I of course knew, but I wanted DFCAS to do something.. But since the were illegal there was not much to do.
Then of course after the thing I don’t want to discuss…flash forward to a few years later. I don’t do Halloween in the ghetto. Yet, there was a knock on my door and for some reason I opened it. It was my …child. And when I told her I didn’t have any candy she said it was fine. She just wanted to say hello.
/cries
If I could find her now… I would help her so much.
So sorry to highjack your foster mom moment. But I too had that dream at one time. And I wish you the best. You will be AMAZING.
Thank you TT, and everyone! I’m so sorry about that little girl, it sounds like you guys had a special relationship. Have you tried looking her up on Facebook? I’m sure she still thinks about you as well.
I loved reading this. Thanks for sharing TT
I think you’re going to do great JustJenn. We need more people like you in this world. It is normal to feel excited and nervous, but in time it will all fall into place. Congratulations on this new adventure with precious children.
This “real woman”. Is a narsisitic sociopath. I believe she did everything andrew said she did. She believes her own bullshit. Shes crazy!. She puts on this act that everything is so hard but in reality shes the problem. She should stay on her meds and care about someone other than herself. I feel bad for her kids.