Amber Portwood is on her fifth month of a 5-year prison sentence, but her daughter Leah has no idea!
The Teen Mom‘s ex Gary Shirley says he just can’t bring himself to explain the situation to his daughter. He says:
“I haven├óΓé¼Γäót been able to say to her, that her Mommy├óΓé¼Γäós in jail… When I tried to tell her, ├óΓé¼╦£Mommy├óΓé¼Γäós in trouble,├óΓé¼Γäó she got upset. So, I├óΓé¼Γäóve said, ├óΓé¼╦£Mommy├óΓé¼Γäós at work,├óΓé¼Γäó or ├óΓé¼╦£Mommy├óΓé¼Γäós on vacation.├óΓé¼Γäó”
But what about when she talks to her mom on the phone? Doesn’t Amber talk to her about why she can’t see her? Gary says:
“She actually said, ├óΓé¼╦£Can I come over to your house?├óΓé¼Γäó I don├óΓé¼Γäót really think Leah understands at all.”
This isn’t right, Gary. You have to tall the poor girl, sad as it is. 5 years is a long time, and she’ll understand before you know it! Gary says:
“I├óΓé¼Γäóm sure one day Leah will see the show, or the kids at school will say stuff about us and she├óΓé¼Γäóll find out everything that happened. I hope she├óΓé¼Γäóll see that when people are young, they make mistakes. I hope she can learn from ours.”
Gary, think about this! People forgive mistakes and get past being hurt. But if you lose the bond of trust with your kids, you have nothing.
Please, you have to tell her before she finds out some other way. That would only be worse.