Teen Mom star Gary Shirley disses ex Amber Portwood by calling wife Kristina the ‘glue that holds the family together’
TEEN Mom star Gary Shirley shaded his ex Amber Portwood while wishing his wife Kristina a happy birthday.
He called Kristina the "glue that holds this family together" - amid the couple's ongoing feud with Amber.
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Gary, 34, shared a slew of sweet photos with Kristina and their daughter Emilee, six, as well as Leah, 12, the daughter Gary shares with .
The star wrote: "I wanna take a moment and wish my wife a very happy 22nd Birthday.
"She is such an amazing woman. And she deserves more than I could Eva give. You are the glue that holds this family together.
"Thanks 4 being you. Love @itsgarytime#happybirthday."
Krstina clarified in the comments of Gary's Instagram post that she actually turned 34.
"Thank you all for the birthday wishes!!! I wish I could be 22 again lol however, I turned 34 today," she wrote.
Amber has been accusing Gary and Kristina of getting in the way of her relationship with estranged daughter Leah.
Leah lives with Gary and Kristina and previously admitted she .
The preteen said on that Kristina is the one who looks after her and added that all Amber did was "give birth" to her.
In response, Amber in a furious rant on Instagram Live.
"When you're a w***e, you're a w***e. When you're a homewrecker, you're a homewrecker. When you're a liar, you're a liar," she said.
"[Leah] respects [Kristina] because she brings her out to Starbucks, gets her nails done and spends over a thousand something dollars of clothing on her."
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She accused the couple of "spoiling" Leah, something she claimed makes children "delusional".
"Hell, I'd respect her too. I was raised to not spoil my child. Kristina doesn't do anything for Leah. She doesn't take care of my daughter," she raged.
";They spoil my daughter. Spoiling a child is horrible. It turns people into absolutely misguided and very delusional people when it comes to the world that we really live in."
Amber also has a two-year-old son James, , who currently has primary custody of the toddler.