Gary Wayt, Amber Portwood's Missing Fiancé, Spotted in Oklahoma

Amber Portwood's fiancé, Gary Wayt, was spotted 900 miles from where the OG Teen Mom The star reported her missing in North Carolina, ET confirmed.

In a statement to ET, a spokesperson for the Bryson City Police Department in North Carolina said, “Gary was seen on camera at a Verizon store in Oklahoma” on June 11. The spokesperson added: “It appears he was headed to New Mexico when the tag readers picked up his car there.

“We have information that he was in New Mexico at one point,” the statement continued. “Gary will remain missing until he contacts Bryson City Police or another law enforcement officer.”

Earlier on the same day the footage was taken, Amber reported her fiancé missing in North Carolina.

According to an incident/investigation report obtained by ET, Gary was last seen on June 9 around 6 p.m. at a nearby hotel. Amber, 34, and Gary, 39, live together in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the case remains active. It's unclear why the couple was in North Carolina at the time of Gary's alleged disappearance.

On June 11, Amber also appeared in a YouTube livestream on Elle Bee's page, where she made an emotional appeal to fans not to assume the worst.

“No, guys, please listen to me. He's missing. It's a huge deal. His parents, everyone is worried. I'm worried,” she said at the time.

Despite the reports, Amber insisted that she and her fiancé did not have a “big fight” before her disappearance, but rather an “emotional” discussion.

“There was no explosive argument. I'm not what people say I am,” Amber insisted. “I changed a long time ago. I am an honest person.”

Amber doubled down on her claims that she didn't do anything to Gary.

“I didn’t touch this man in a horrible way,” Amber said. “He hasn't touched me in a horrible way. We don't yell at each other. We have a wonderful relationship.”

As for the alleged final discussion between Amber and Gary, she said: “It was a discussion. Nobody was passionate or anything. It was emotional because it had something to do with the fact that her “My parents were Vietnamese and I am who I am. It has nothing to do with us personally.”

Earlier this month, Gary made his first appearance on Teen Mom: The Next Chapterappearing on camera alongside his fiancée.

Amber first rose to fame after appearing on the MTV docuseries 16 and pregnant, which chronicled her teenage pregnancy with then-boyfriend Gary Shirley. They share a daughter, Leah, 15, whose upbringing has also been documented in a number of MTV spin-offs, including Teen mom (later OG Teen Mom) And Teen Mom: Family Reunion. Shirley would later marry Kristina Anderson in 2015 and they share a daughter, Emilee. Shirley and Kristina were also featured on Teen mom and they have a friendly relationship with Amber.

The shows also documented Amber's struggles with domestic violence, drug addiction, and depression, and she spent time behind bars for almost two years following a domestic violence incident with Shirley. In January 2021, Amber told ET that she sat Leah down and had a difficult conversation with her about her past.

“She's very intelligent, heterosexual. I'm very proud of her,” Amber said at the time. “She had a lot of questions, and I answered as many questions as I thought were appropriate for her age.”

Amber would welcome a second child, James, 6, with her ex, Andrew Glennon, in May 2018. The relationship also proved tumultuous, leading to Amber's arrest for domestic battery in July 2019, when he claimed she came at him with a machete. amber denied the allegations.

Following the alleged incident, Andrew moved with James to Malibu. after losing custody.

“I will never stop fighting for my children who I love more than anything,” Amber said in a statement following the judge's decision in the controversial custody case. “I've been living a nightmare for so long, trying to prove myself. I wouldn't wish this unbearable pain on any father or mother.”

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