‘Teen Mom OG’s Amber Portwood Reveals She Feels ‘Guilt’ Over Domestic Battery Charge In Preview Clip

In a new 'Teen Mom OG' preview clip, Amber Portwood feels regret that she didn't remove herself from her fight with ex Andrew Glennon. Instead it escalated to where she was charged with domestic battery.

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Amber Portwoodā€˜s arrest for domestic battery on then-boyfriend Andrew Glennon will be a big topic in the new Teen Mom OG season. She ended up taking a plea deal to avoid jail time, and was ordered to have no contact with the father of her 22-month-old son James. In a season 11 preview clip from the showā€™s new season, the 29-year-old seen pouring her heart out to ex-husband Gary Shirley, 33, about the explosive incident that occurred in July 2019.

The clip begins with video of Amber leaving court and cuts to an  Instagram live session where Amber said she was, ā€œworking on myself and my life to make sure that I will not slip up ever again.ā€ Then Gary is seen entering Amberā€™s home as she says in a voiceover, ā€œItā€™s been one of the hardest times of my life. But Iā€™m proud of how Iā€™ve handled it. Iā€™m lucky that I have Gary and (his wife) Kristina and their support throughout this whole situation.ā€

ā€œThe number one regret that I have is that I did not walk out of that house that night,ā€ she explains to Gary, as theyā€™re seated on her sofa. ā€œNow I look back and Iā€™m so ashamed because all I keep thinking about is, ā€˜Amber, you should have walked out of the house.ā€™ā€ She continues, ā€œThere are limits to somebody with mental health disordersā€¦thereā€™s only so much somebody like me can handle. And people like me will understand that.ā€

Gary assures her, ā€œYouā€™ve learned a lot from your mistakes this time.ā€ Amber covers her face and begins to cry. ā€œI just have a lot of guilt of not being aware of myself more than I should have. I really do feel ashamed that I didnā€™t have that. Because I should, after all that the things that Iā€™ve done to change.ā€

Later in the clip, one of Teen Mom OGā€˜s producers Larry calls up Andrew and asks him to set up a time where he can share whatā€™s been going on so that it ā€œwouldnā€™t be a one-way perspective.ā€ Andrew tells him, ā€œItā€™s giving me anxiety. Itā€™s hard to sleep. Itā€™s a total mess and itā€™s completely spiraled out of control. itā€™s really frustrating.ā€ They set up a time to meet and talk and Andrew says, ā€œIā€™m all for it.ā€

On July 5, 2019, Amber was arrested on a domestic battery charge and four days later was charged with three felonies ā€” domestic battery, criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, and domestic battery in the presence of a child ā€” after an explosive fight with Andrew while he was holding their son. In Oct. 2019, she agreed to a plea deal where she received one felony charge for the incident. But it would be dropped to a misdemeanor if she had no incidents or problems during the two and a half-year probation period she was given.