Astheir relationshipunravels on this season ofTeen Mom OG, tensions betweenBristol Palinand her ex-husband Dakota Meyers are playing out in real time on social media.
Meyer, 30, slammed Palin, 27, onInstagramon Wednesday, addressing thepaternity battlethat ensued when she got pregnant with their first child together, daughterSailor, now 2.
“Yes, we got pregnant right after our engagement,” he captioned a photo of him and Sailor. “We planned a wedding with our families and friends and Bristol decided to leave me a week prior. I spoke with her family every month and made it clear I would be the father of my child. I reached out to her before Sailor was born and asked what the plan was to co-parent. She told me to go through the courts to establish paternity.”
“I wasn’t invited to the birth and found out my child was born on Twitter — can you imagine being a dad and not being allowed to be at your child’s birth?” he alleged. “She denied my paternity until it could be proven, at which point Sailor was born. For Bristol to state that Sailor didn’t have a dad is laughable — what really happened is Bristol kept our daughter from having a father present at birth and until the courts ruled that I was her father. I can promise you this, Sailor and Atlee always had a dad, and always will have a dad.”
In 2015, the couplecalled off their first planned wedding— which was supposed to be a big, splashy affair in Kentucky — days before the May 23 date. Theylater reunitedandquietly tied the knotin June 2016, welcoming their second daughter,Atlee, in May 2017.
Less than two years later, they split for good, with Meyerfiling for divorcein February. Palin announced on Instagram in August that theproceedings had been finalized.
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“I fully take responsibility for becoming cold,” Palin said while the cameras rolled. “And I am sorry. I’m sorry that I am that way, I don’t think you deserve to have a wife that’s that way and I want you to have a sense of peace. I do feel like we are better people when we’re not together.”
But Meyerrecently told PEOPLEthat the “relationship was done way beforeTeen Mom OG.”
“Our relationship has had struggles from day one,” he said. “I think we tried our best. I can definitely say that I tried in this relationship.”
He also said they’ve managed to co-parentwithout much contact.
“I understand how important it is for both parents to be in a child’s life,” he said. “To co-parent with her is important to me. We communicate when necessary. I would say I’m happy with our relationship. I think that it’s right where it needs to be.”
source: people.com
