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Pivotal Moment
Source: Facebook/Amber Portwood Official
Early on in her pregnancy, Amber heard about MTV’s new show 16 & Pregnant and decided to apply, but had no idea how it would change her’s and everybody in her life’s lives forever. “We had absolutely no idea the show was going to turn into the huge thing it is today. We [thought] we were going to be on TV for a little while and everyone would forget about us afterwards,” she remembered.
Attention
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“All that attention was the last thing we expected,” she continued. “Leah’s dad started getting all of these girls talking to him. I don’t know how many times I saw messages on his account from girls, risque pictures from all these randos, and him writing back saying, ‘ooh, sexy’ and things like that.” She added, “It started out slow but we would end up losing ourselves in the money and that weird kind of fame we had landed in. Leah’s dad wound up becoming someone who was far, far away from the person he used to be in my memory.”
Pill Parties
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We know somewhat of Amber’s drug addiction, but not too many details about it. Before her pregnancy and Gary, Amber started taking pills recreationally at parties. She stopped using when she found out she was pregnant, but it didn’t take long for the addiction to take over after Leah’s birth. “For six months after she was born, I stayed sober. But I was already reaching my limit with unhappiness and stress, and I was almost begging for something to come along and offer me a way of escape.”