From the OC Register -
Darren Vieth of La Verne, ex-husband of new housewife Tamra Barney, says her brief, on-air descriptions of his lack of involvement in raising their son Ryan were untrue and "shocking."
"It's unfortunate for the sake of the show that I get bad-mouthed as being a father not in the kid's life," said Vieth, 42. "It's not true at all. I paid my child support promptly and saw him every Wednesday, then every other weekend. He took his first plane trip with me to Hawaii. I felt pretty saddened that somebody has to stoop this low. (She) threw me to the wolves. I know a lot of people, and I don't want to be known as somebody who's a deadbeat father."
Barney said the whole interview was cut in half, and she's sorry her ex-husband was hurt by the things she said.
"Neither of us were perfect parents," said Barney, 40, of Ladera Ranch. "We were 19 years old. You don't always make the best judgment at that age."
Nevertheless, Barney stood by her comments, saying that Vieth wasn't always there for Ryan, particularly when he was having issues.
"He's no angel," Barney said about her ex. "He knows what kind of father he was. He might have seen his son occasionally, but he wasn't a disciplinary parent. He didn't teach him right from wrong. (Ryan's) dad was kind of a Disneyland dad.
"To me, there's more to being a father than that."
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let me just tell everyone that Tamra is not 40. She was born in 1964. go here to see: http://www.pipl.com/search/?FirstName=tamra&LastName=barney&City=&State=&Country=US&CategoryID=2&Interface=1
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