Amir Khan family row is an 'embarrassment' says boxer's father Shah

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Amir Khan and Faryal MakhdoomImage source, Getty Images

Boxer Amir Khan's family and wife have been having a very public disagreement this week.

But speaking to BBC Asian Network, the boxer's dad Shah has described the row as an embarrassment and says he doesn't see the argument stopping.

It apparently started when Amir Khan's wife, Faryal Makhdoom, said his family was bullying her over her clothes.

She then shared a picture on Snapchat of Amir's brother supposedly lying on the floor drunk.

Amir Khan, 30, posted a message on Twitter saying sorry for the row.

Amir Khan apologised on Twitter for his wife and family's behaviour., external

Faryal apologised on Snapchat not long after sharing the picture, saying: "Hey guys I wanted to apologise for the picture I put up earlier. I was a bit angry and I felt like I needed to justify myself."

But Shah Khan says Faryal should have apologised over the phone but he hasn't heard from her.

"If she had any decency and [wanted] to patch things up, she should have picked the phone up to us and said, 'Listen guys, whatever happens, whatever I posted, that's the end end of it,' Please don't carry on.

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"Amir even came out and said, 'Please, drop everything.' And he was right in saying that - and look at what his wife goes and does - she goes on national television."

Shah Khan is referring to Faryal's appearance on ITV's This Morning, where she accused his family members of saying she was "very fake".

She said: "[They've been] saying I've done plastic surgery, calling me Michael Jackson - reading all that was not really nice."

When asked about her claims that Shah Khan tells her what to wear, he said: "I asked her - not told her... 'Please wear whatever you want but please do not tweet it on social media because the amount of abuse she used to get - it hurts us.'"

But it seems that Amir Khan has had enough.

In his tweet he said: "This is getting to the point where they will lose a son and a husband. I've had enough."

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