Tammy Slaton is going through a lot right now, in case you didn’t know.
You guys, her husband just died.
Caleb Willingham was found dead on June 30. He was only 40 years old, which is very young.
As the star of 1000-Lb Sisters mourns this tragic and shocking loss, it should be pretty easy to see why she doesn’t have much patience for people who question how she looks on social media these days.
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“I keep seeing everyone say, ‘Stop using filters, stop using filters,'” the TLC star said in an Instagram reel on August 4.”Listen, I’m not trying to be rude, but it’s my profile. And I’ll use the filters if I like them. And if you don’t like it, what do you say?”
Slaton waved goodbye to the camera after saying these words.
She pretty much told the critics goodbye.
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This picture came from a video that Tammy Slaton posted on Instagram in the late summer of 2023. (Instagram) We have to go back to May, but many people have indeed criticized Slaton for using so many filters.
At the time, it seemed like they meant well. They were just trying to tell Tammy that she has lost hundreds of pounds and looks great, so she shouldn’t feel she needs to use any editing tool.
But we all feel insecure about something, don’t we?
In her most recent Instagram video, Slaton talked about hers.
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“Seriously? I mean, I don’t understand. I’m happy with myself. The reality star, who lost over 180 pounds and talked about it on the show, said, “I continue to post and show off my hard work.””I don’t like how my cheeks are colored.
“All the freckles and spots from the sun. Then what? I have a filter on.”
Slaton also wrote in the caption of her post, “Over this stupid filter nonsense.
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The 36-year-old will be back on 1000-Lb Sisters on December 12 with her sister Amy Slaton-Halterman. She posted her first full-length photo showing her transformation in June after the details of how she lost weight were shown on an episode of the show in February.Tammy weighed 534 pounds on this episode, which was a huge drop from her starting weight of 717 pounds. This made her eligible for bariatric surgery, which she did in a later episode.
In a confessional on the February 4 episode of 1000-Lb Sisters, Slaton said, “I’m about 14 pounds under my goal weight.”
“There are over 700. That’s a big change. “Yes, I did it!”
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“I showed everyone they were wrong. I finally got back at everyone who had doubts about me.
“See, I told you so!”