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Amber Portwood<\/a> is speaking out in the wake of her fianc\u00e9, Gary R. Wayt’s recent disappearance. The <\/span>Teen Mom<\/em><\/a> star appeared on a <\/span>YouTube<\/a> live stream on <\/span>Elle Bee’s page<\/a> on Tuesday, making a tearful plea for any followers to help find her missing fianc\u00e9.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n After briefly turning her camera on to verify her identity, Amber kept the camera off throughout her intense appearance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The 34-year-old MTV star was audibly emotional throughout the stream, saying, “No, guys, please listen to me. He is missing. This is a huge deal. His parents, everybody is worried. I’m worried.”<\/span><\/p>\n Despite reports, Amber insisted that she and her fianc\u00e9 had not had a “big blowout fight” before his disappearance, but rather an “emotional” discussion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “There was not an explosive argument. I am not what people are saying about me,” Portwood insisted. “I changed a long time ago. I am an honest person.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Amber doubled down on her claims that she had done nothing to Gary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “I have not touched this man in any horrible way,” Amber said. “He has not touched me in any horrible way. We do not yell at each other. We have a wonderful relationship.”<\/span><\/p>\n As for the alleged final discussion between Amber and Gary, she said, “It was a discussion. Nobody was heated or anything, it was emotional because it had something to do with his parents being Vietnamese and me being who I am. It has nothing to do with us personally.”<\/span><\/p>\n Amber said that she’s been in contact with Gary’s family since he went missing, and that she’s remained in North Carolina, alone, afraid to leave in case Gary shows up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “This is very serious. I’ve never dealt with anything like this,” Amber said. “I’m trying my best to keep it together\u2026 I have not ate in three days. I have slept maybe an hour.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The\u00a0<\/span>Teen Mom OG<\/i><\/a>\u00a0star first reported her\u00a0fianc\u00e9, Gary, missing to the Bryson City Police Department on Monday. According to an incident\/investigation report obtained by ET, Wayt was last seen on Sunday at around 6 p.m. at a nearby hotel. Portwood, 34, and Wayt, 39, live together in Indianapolis, Indiana, per the incident report. The case remains active.<\/span><\/p>\n The Bryson City PD on Tuesday posted photos of Wayt on Facebook in a public plea for his whereabouts. He was last seen driving a gray 2009 Nissan Rogue with Indiana state registration. Anyone with information is asked to call Bryson City PD and ask for Chief Robinson or Assistant Chief Dover.<\/span><\/p>\n Portwood first earned fame after taking part in the MTV docuseries\u00a0<\/span>16 and Pregnant<\/span><\/i>,\u00a0which chronicled her teen pregnancy with then-boyfriend Gary Shirley. They share 15-year-old daughter, Leah, whose upbringing has also been documented in a number of MTV spinoffs, including\u00a0<\/span>Teen Mom<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(later\u00a0<\/span>Teen Mom OG<\/span><\/i>) and\u00a0<\/span>Teen Mom: Family Reunion<\/span><\/i>. Shirley would later marry Kristina Anderson in 2015 and they share a daughter, Emilee. Shirley and Anderson were also featured on\u00a0<\/span>Teen Mom\u00a0<\/span><\/i>and they have an amicable relationship with Portwood.<\/span><\/p>\n The shows also documented Portwood’s struggles\u00a0with domestic violence, substance abuse,\u00a0<\/span>and depression<\/a>, and she spent time behind bars for nearly two years following a domestic violence incident with Shirley. In January 2021, Portwood\u00a0<\/span>told ET<\/a>\u00a0that she sat Leah down and had a tough conversation with her about her her past.<\/span><\/p>\n “She’s very smart, straight A student.\u00a0I’m very proud of her,” Portwood said at the time. “She’s had many questions, and I’ve answered as many as I can that I feel is appropriate for her age.”\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Portwood would welcome a second child, 6-year-old son James, with her ex, Andrew Glennon, in May 2018. The relationship also proved to be tumultuous, resulting in\u00a0<\/span>Portwood’s arrest<\/a>\u00a0for domestic battery in July 2019, when he claimed\u00a0<\/span>she came at him with a machete<\/a>. Portwood\u00a0<\/span>denied the allegations<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Following the alleged incident, Glennon moved with James to Malibu\u00a0<\/span>after she lost custody<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n “I’ll never stop fighting for my children who I love more than anything,” Portwood said in a statement following the judge’s ruling in the contentious custody case. “I’ve been living a nightmare for so long, trying to prove myself. I wouldn’t wish this unbearable pain on any mother or father.”<\/span><\/p>\n