Whitney Way Thore balances her love for dancing, family, love life, and obesity. It is how the series started, but viewers found it going off-track from the third season. Whitney stands on her point, but viewers wonder how far she and the producers will go to take perfect shots.
The supposed reality series MY Big Fat Fabulous Life has been running since 2015 on TLC. Polycystic ovary syndrome allegedly contributed to her obesity at the beginning of the series, and she was expected to give up on dancing, which she never did.
Season 11 started with a grieving Glen missing his wife and a responsible Whitey, who took her aging father to her house. Whitney has been struggling to take her family out of the dark after Babs’ death in the latest season while handling her career and love life.
Is My Big Fat Fabulous Life Scripted?
Whitney Thore claims My Big Fat Fabulous Life is edited but unscripted. Some Reddit users accused her relationship with Chase Severino and drama with her friends of being entertaining but fake. However, the couple’s social media conversations do not support the allegations.
Most storylines mentioned in the show are genuine, but the cast members recreate the special moments that occurred behind the camera to add drama to the series. Calling the show fully scripted would be inappropriate because the cast consists of Whitney’s real-life family and friends.
The seventh season focused on the ups and downs in Whitney and Chase’s relationship, and their engagement was the storyline. However, the makers are guilty of heavily editing every episode in the latest season.
The first two seasons appeared genuine, while the third season was more about her weight loss. The fourth season looked staged because it hardly brought up the weight-related issue. She was loud but tolerable, likable, and down to earth in the first two seasons when scripting was minimal.
After the second season, Whitney got comfortable in her body instead of reducing weight, which was her motive in the beginning. Viewers were already suspicious of the authenticity of Whitney and Chase’s relationship.
Moreover, Whitney called it off right before marriage, which added oil to the fire. Meanwhile, Chase was expecting a baby from his real girlfriend, and the makers brought an unknown French man into Whitney’s life, whom she used to communicate through social media during the pandemic. Amid these accusations, Babs’ stroke, Glen’s love for Babs, and Buddy’s addiction were genuine.
What Makes The Show Look Scripted?
In My Fabulous Life Season 1 Episode 7, Whitney and her friend Ashley Baynes went to a bar where two guys flirted with them and asked an inappropriate question. Thus, fans wondered why strangers took a sexual interest in a fat woman in the first meeting.
In an episode, Buddy Bell accidentally woke Whitney, but she seemed ready for the audio. Chase’s proposal to Whitney in an animal field looked staged. Thus, some viewers even question the authenticity of their relationship.
In another episode, Chase had planned to propose to Whitney on a beach in Paris, and the engagement ring fell into the water. However, Whitney did not look shocked enough after losing an expensive ring, which surprised the viewers.
Whitney met a French man on a tutoring app and fell for him quickly. She claimed to have mutually decided to be in an open relationship. Some fans questioned the authenticity of their relationship, while Whitney made one more mistake.
The French man called Whitney, but her phone’s screen did not light up as an alert for an incoming call. Thus, the phone call scene must be staged. Some viewers took it to Reddit and claimed that her trip to St. Lucia was staged in Season 10 because she met some locals on the beach who had no accent. Moreover, the locals are not allowed there.
The cameramen did not film the beauty of the location, though the scenes depict empty streets. Moreover, Whitney claimed to have gotten several proposals during the trip. So, the makers must have added a new location and storyline for a change.
Whitney claimed that the BGDC dance program was inclusive, but people who went to the studio in person found that it was never inclusive, and selective people could be a part of it.
