Gary Shirley returned to social media Saturday for the first time since being hit with a wave of accusations by his baby mama Amber Portwood. The father of two was met with massive support from Teen Mom fans– many of whom proudly declared that they are “Team Gary.”
As The Ashley previously told you, Amber— who shares 16-year-old daughter Leah with Gary— took to TikTok Live on Christmas Eve to spread her version of holiday cheer, which involved tossing out some shocking accusations against Gary, calling him a “pedo,” a rapist, a bad dad and more.
Since the baby-daddy-dragging on TikTok Live, Amber has yet to address the jaw-dropping claims she made against her ex. Gary has also remained silent on Amber’s claims; however, he did resurface recently on Instagram with a holiday post about his family. The post’s comment section was quickly flooded with support messages from fans who are angered about what Amber did.
On Saturday, Gary posted a family photo featuring his wife, Kristina Shirley, the couple’s daughter, Emilie, and his and Amber’s daughter, Leah.
“Loves these people very much! ❤️ Happy Holidays from our family to yours,” Gary wrote.
Fans of ‘Teen Mom’ quickly took to the comment section of Gary’s post to show their support for the ‘Teen Mom’ dad, with many encouraging Gary to take legal action to prevent Amber from firing off on social media in the future.
“Take that woman to court,” one person wrote. “You have a beautiful family and you’re amazing Gary!”
“Get a cease and desist because that was horrible,” another commented, referring to Amber’s not-so-festive TikTok Live.
“I’m sorry for you and your family,” added another. “Poor Leah has to hear this garbage she will never forgive Amber over this.”
Other fans took to the comment section to praise Gary and Kristina’s parenting, including one fan who suggested Kristina be the “new hire for the [‘Teen Mom’] franchise,” presumably in lieu of Amber.
“We wanna see more of the Shirleys,” they added.
“In my opinion Leah is Kristina’s daughter…not Amber,” someone else wrote. “She doesn’t deserve such a great kid like Leah. Keep fighting Gary.”
“We love you guys,” another comment read. “We support you Gary you are amazing dad and husband. Kristina you are amazing mom to those beautiful girls. #westandwithgary”
Plenty of fans also made it known in the comments that they are “Team Gary and Kristina,” calling the two “the most amazing parents.”
“Healthy Happy Family,” someone added. “I’m so happy Leah has Gary and Kristina. She’s the best mother to Leah. GOOD JOB GARY.”
“Such wonderful parents to these beautiful children,” another wrote. “Good job, mom and dad.”
“Love you and your family,” commented another fan. “Happy holidays! Stay strong as always. You are doing a fantastic job!”
While Gary has resumed posting on social media, he has yet to address Amber’s recent claims or respond to the accusations against him.
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Not a fan of Amber but Kristina has always seemed a little odd. Good luck Gary
I think she may have social anxiety. I notice her face turns bright red. Probably feels weird on camera.
Is Amber related to someone at MTV? She has no kids living with her, has a history of attacking the baby daddies, ignores her children, talks crap about the parents that are parenting HER children then cries she has mental health issues (which I’m sure she has but that isn’t a reason to keep her on a show she should have been fired from YEARS ago!)
She verbally abuses everyone who disagrees with her….. from her couch or bed! (Does she even have legs?)
She adds NOTHING to a show about raising kids!!
I’m so confused about why she’s still allowed to be on?!?!
Are they afraid of her?
Do they pity her?
Do they feel responsible for her sucky choices?
It’s mind boggling!
I’m truly curious why she’s even on and allowed to get a paycheck?!?!
Gary isn’t saying anything because he is a mature adult. Something Amber still fails to be (I can’t believe we are of similar age, I feel ashamed!)
Too bad Amber didn’t spend as much time actually trying to get her kids back as she spent talking about getting her kids back. All while bashing the dads raising the kids you abandoned. Truly something, man
Didn’t Gary join the police a while back? He would know his rights with getting a restraining order. Let’s hope he does something soon as Amber is spiralling.
Amber says she can admit her mistakes but yet can’t see how badly she is hurting Leah every time she rants online.
Can someone fill me in on what happened between Gary and Amber that caused this rift? I haven’t watched the show in years and I’m out of the loop. Thank you in advance.
You asked this question the other day on a different story. Why don’t you just use google.
I went back and checked and you’re right. I did ask this before and I completely forgot about it. My bad. I didn’t use Google because there are so many articles about Amber and Gary that I thought it would be confusing so I thought I’d just ask here. Didn’t mean to annoy anybody. I was just curious.
@rachel ~ @theashley hyperlinks related info in pink in her articles, as well as related stories at the end. there’s also a search function AND tags.
it LITERALLY couldn’t be easier to find the info you seek.
#learntoread
#dontbeclueless
#blessyourheart
also ~ you’re welcome 🤗
Don’t be a jerk…
I’m not a “jerk.”
If she had read any articles on here. She’d know what’s going on. So, she comes here and just asks what happened. It’s pretty weird for someone to ask on the same question on numerous posts.She can obviously read. It’s like calling a restaurant and wanting the worker to read the menu instead of looking it up.
Nothing other than Amber’s jealousy over Leah not preferring her to Kristina and Amber being called out for her choosing boyfriends over Leah. It seems Leah is telling her dad she is tired of her mom’s behavior and doesn’t want to see her. So Amber finds it convenient to say “Gary is keeping Leah from her” than admitting her own behavior has anything to do with it.
I can’t watch this trainwreck show anymore. I rely on The Ashley to take one for the team 😁 and recap! I think the last straw was Leah’s birthday (?) when Amber ambled in late with a serious ‘tude. Somehow she blamed or took it out on Leah, and I think Amber called her Leah a D1ck! Which is when Leah was DONE with her psycho mom.
I haven’t watched it for years either. I always just google the things I hear about. Thankful for the Ashley though!
I went back and checked and you’re right. I did ask this before and I completely forgot about it. My bad. I didn’t use Google because there are so many articles about Amber and Gary that I thought it would be confusing so I thought I’d just ask here. Didn’t mean to annoy anybody. I was just curious.
Gary continued parenting and being happy. Amber just continued being Amber picking men over her kids
Did you skip the whole article and go straight to comments?
Go read it! It’s literally just ⬆️ there!! Now go grasshopper…. All you search for you will find!
Fire her already, goddamn
I’m with everyone calling for a restraining order. I’m seriously worried this is going to end in a Dateline special.
Gary has provided a loving family and Amber still refuses to get off the damn couch .
Absolutely nothing has changed and they don’t fire her from the show because she’s her own circus.
I applaud Them for being the parents Leah needed and Kristina is a wonderful caring mother .
The fact that he doesn’t reply says it all- he’s not feeding into the drama, he has his family and he is happy and nothing can bring him down! Kudos to him!
Exactly. He doesn’t have to because everyone can see what an amazing job he and Kristina have done.
I love his close relationship with Leah and that will also go a long way in helping her to pick a good, solid partner in her own life.
MTV needs to set up a security detail for Gary and Kristina.
You know amber is sitting with her jaw dropped. She truely doesn’t realize how awful she is.
She’s not getting the reaction that she was hoping for. At least not from sane people.
Something needs to be done about Amber. She’s spiraling down and we’ve all seen it before and know where this is headed. Gary needs to take some sort of legal action and MTV needs to fire her. Keep Gary and Kristina if they want, but throw the couch potato away.
Countdown to Amby going back to prison…
As much as I don’t like the kids being around these parents that are total shmidt shows, I love the drama. Just wish it wouldn’t involve kids.
He seriously needs to get a restraining order for him self and his family. Amber is crazy and he needs to protect himself and his family at this point. Let the TV show go, Gary. No amount of money its worth it at this point. Protect yours, and yourself. You can write a tell all , book later, and make more money than teen mom will ever pay you. MTV used you, time to move on. Protect Leah!