amber portwood won’t forget the critics who hurt more than helped during ex-fiance gary waitThe disappearance of.
In the Thursday, September 12 episode Teen Mom: The Next ChapterThe cameras were turned on after Portwood, 34, learned through police that his wife, Waithe, 39, was found safe after being missing for several days.
“This guy broke me,” she told the executive producer Kiki Malone before the psychiatrist’s appointment. “I was stable. Right now, this is the first time in many years in my life — I’m 34 — I’m not okay because a man put a ring on my finger. You broke me because we were really in love.”
On June 11, police confirmed that Waite was missing from a small town in North Carolina. Three days later, officials updated their missing persons information Facebook The Vet posted a confirmation that he had been “located.” No further updates were given, and the case was closed.
“The day that man left for no reason — I’m going to say no reason because there was no reason — he ruined such a good thing. Why am I being tormented?”
Portwood described it as a “trauma reaction,” with the MTV reality star addressing all the critics who made false claims online that she’d hurt Waithe.
“Why am I being persecuted? ‘We know Amber killed him,'” she said, referring to the negative comments that spread online. “I had to deal with that. Do you know what it feels like when people call you a killer in front of your fiancée?”

“He doesn’t know what he did,” Portwood said as she cried. “They were calling me a killer. They said I killed him.”
When she met with her doctor, the former 16 and Pregnant The star said she was “going through a really bad time” and couldn’t think straight. (Portwood was previously diagnosed with borderline personality and bipolar disorder.)
During her appointment, Portwood explained how hurt she was by the entire situation.
“If you want to show what heartbreak is like, this is it,” she said, crying. “This isn’t just about one man. He looked at my family, my daughter, and just asked to be one big, happy family.”
A report in August claimed Waithe was engaged to a new woman. While Portwood sent her ex-girlfriend “congratulations,” a source exclusively told We She was still recovering from that incident.
“She still hasn’t gotten over that horrible experience,” the insider explained. “As long as Gary continues to realize he will always be Amber’s ex-boyfriend, then best of luck to him.”
Teen Mom: The Next Chapter Airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET on MTV. Previous episodes are available to stream on Paramount+.