On TikTok, a video featuring Elizabeth Teckenbrock (@morethanelizabeth), a single mom, went viral with her ex-husband now exposing her after her video cutting her birthday cake went viral
Elizabeth Teckenbrock was seen crying while making her own birthday cake. As soon as people saw the video, Teckenbrock received a lot of love and reminders from social media users that “she was seen.” But shortly after, a man posing as her ex-husband uploaded a video online and “exposed” her. He added that she was still in arrears for more than $20,000 in child support.
On TikTok, the video posted by Elizabeth Teckenbrock received over 40 million views. She wrote, “Making your own birthday cake on your birthday so that your babies can feel happy [when] they are singing to you.”
Elizabeth Teckenbrock’s ex-husband exposes her as being a deadbeat single mom after she posts video of her cutting birthday cake alone on TikTok
Elizabeth Teckenbrock said in a later video that she had first filmed herself making her birthday cake in an attempt to lessen the loneliness of other single mothers. Even after admitting that she was “being an emotional baby” when filming her viral TikTok, she insisted that being a single mother is “hard.”
She shared that her children later helped her decorate the cupcakes and sang “Happy Birthday” to her as well.
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The ex-husband of Elizabeth Teckenbrock displayed paperwork in a TikTok video indicating that she hasn’t made the payment of over $20,000 in child support.
“I’m her ex-husband and right now I got full custody of our kids..This is our parent agreement, I have all weekdays and weekends, all holiday and academic breaks and if she wants to get any rights back to the kids, here’s what she needs to do, and yes she owes child support $21,175. So she’s a mother and doesn’t pay child support,” he went onto say.
Elizabeth then went onto delete her TikTok account before she reactived to respond to her ex-husband by claiming she only agreed to make custody payments because she was subject to abuse by her Scientologist ex at the time and signed the papers to get out of the relationship.
The public escalation of this problem is regrettable. Families may find custody and child support disputes to be very difficult, and posting about them on social media can make matters worse. Hopefully, they can come to a decision that is good for the kids in question.
If a woman cries but doesn't film herself crying, did she really cry? pic.twitter.com/ui3zwHwrJb
— 🌴 Josh Lekach 🌴 (@JoshLekach) May 21, 2024
Reactions from netizens
In the comments, a number of viewers revealed their own open admissions regarding the challenges of parenting, while others reassured her that she was not alone.
One user wrote, “You would never last in a man’s world.”
Another one highlighted that despite getting married, she never got a cake.
A third user asked her to stop crying and work for herself and her kids.
Adult children of single mothers responded to the criticism by defending Elizabeth in the comments area and offering some words of support.
One viewer mentioned that she would have given anything to grow up with a mother Elizabeth.