made some very bold claims while on TikTok Live earlier this week, some of which caused her to be accused of stolen valor after she claimed that she had once joined the Marines and was “about to ship out” but was ultimately not allowed to join due to her troubles with the law.

The  star got into a spat with another TikTok user while on TikTok Live and the topic of military and America came up, due to the user’s name containing the phrase ‘American Mama.’ Amber proceeded to tell the person that she had once joined the Marines and was preparing to fight for America, just like her brother had done. However, the tale Amber told on TikTok Live varies greatly from the how the event was described by Amber herself in her 2022 book, So, You’re Crazy Too?

will attempt to recap the military-themed madness that went down…

Amber, angered by the girl because of her name, first bragged about her brother’s service, then actually stated that she herself had joined the Marines (before she had gone to prison).

“I have a brother that served– twice— in actual combat Army, 2008. You have no clue what you’re speaking of! I joined the Marines, darling,” Amber said. “I joined the Marines! Did you know that honey? But you know why I couldn’t go? Because I was in too much trouble and they couldn’t get one thing down.

“So, who’s the American Mama here? Because I was going to go fight for my country!” 

Amber stated that her reason for “joining the Marines” was to better herself like her brother had done.

“So you wanna laugh at me, laugh at me all you want. But that’s me. That’s the woman I am! I’ll fight for people, I’ll fight for myself and now I know how to do it the right way,” she said.

Later, Amber seemed to backtrack (a little bit) on her previous statement that she had joined the Marines Corp… but then doubled-down on her claims.

“Girl, I didn’t say I was in the military,” she told one person who accused her of stolen valor. “I said I signed up for the Marines and I was about to be shipped out, but they could not get one of my things down. That’s all that happened. I was the second girl in Anderson [Indiana] to ever go. My mom brought me, how about that? 

“Oh yeah, baby, I went to join the Marines, honey,” she continued. “I was in that office, I signed— I did everything. They just couldn’t get one thing down and that’s the only reason I couldn’t go.”

She told the user that after signing “those papers” she was thinking that she was putting her life on the line to be a Marine.

“But I did. But not you!” Amber told the woman she was arguing with. “…My brother was begging me not to [join], for certain reasons I’m not going to say what it was…but my family was worried.” 

The Ashley decided to consult Amber’s 2022 book, So, You’re Crazy Too? because it contained a description of Amber trying to join the Marines. According to the book, Amber went down to the military recruiting office after she had been sent to rehab in Malibu by MTV, but before she went to prison in 2012. She was still a heavy drug user at the time and had been hoping to join the military instead of going to drug court.

Here’s how Amber herself describes her attempt to join the Marines Corp.:

“At one point, I had an idea as to how I could maybe cure my drug addiction on my own,” Amber wrote in her book. “I decided I wanted to join the military like my brother. Before drug court officially began, my mom took me to the place where they did intake for the military, asked for forms to fill out to enlist in the Marines, and the woman at the front desk laughed at us.

“I don’t know if she recognized me from TV, or just took one look at all the legal troubles we listed on the application, but she said the military would not accept me and seemed confused as to why I would even want to enlist. So it was off to drug court for me.” 

Amber’s description in her book— which states she filled out an application and was rejected before ever even getting past the front desk clerk— obviously varies greatly from the tale she told on TikTok stating she was “about to be shipped out” after joining the Marines.

Amber continued to argue with the TikTok user, later seemingly bragging that she walked away from ‘Next Chapter’ and gave up a lot of money in order to keep her “integrity.”

“Honey, when you find a girl from that show that walks away from almost $200 grand, please let me know,” Amber said. “And then you can tell me about integrity, family and love, k? Can you do that for me? Oh s**t, you can’t. You really can’t. Wanna know why you can’t? ‘Cause there’s not nobody else that’s ever did that. Nobody. Not one. That’s what I did!” 

“It’s called family, my mental health, needing to love myself,” Amber continued. “Everything else comes first!” 

You can watch clips of Amber making the claim that she once joined the military below! 

(Photos: MTV)