1000-lb Sisters follows Tammy and Amy Slaton as they struggle to lose weight. Their siblings, Amanda Halterman and Chris Combs, also star on the show. While Chris Combs has been praised for years as being the best of the siblings, he came under fire recently. Fans of the reality show blasted him for alleged dog abuse. Keep reading for all the shocking details.
1000-Lb Sisters Returns With New Season
Tammy and Amy Slaton have a complicated relationship, to say the least. The sisters love each other but find themselves at odds repeatedly. The two butted heads throughout Season 8. They had a falling out so severe that Tammy Slaton was ready to miss her sister’s wedding. But in the end, she showed up for her sister and they began repairing their relationship.
The siblings all struggled to lose weight. They continue to struggle in the new season. 1000-lb Sisters returned to TLC on September 1, with new episodes. Season 9 reportedly explores Tammy and Amy’s reconciliation and the family’s individual weight loss journeys.
Fans Blast Chris Combs For Alleged Dog Abuse
Chris Combs has always had Tammy and Amy’s backs. Fans love how he’s always there for his sisters, no matter what. However, his reputation as an upstanding citizen took a hit after what one fan spotted on a recent episode. An engaged fan took to a 1000-lb Sisters Facebook group to call Chris Combs out for alleged dog abuse.
- “Just changed my opinion on Chris…… they showed his dog chained outside with a doghouse. Snow and mud around it. These people in this world suck.”
Other fans chimed in that they also saw the chained-up dog and were upset.
- “I saw that poor animal and wanted to go get him, why have a dog if he’s chained outside”
- “I hate that! If you’re dog is going to be chained up outside, don’t get one!”
- “Made me look at him them differently. So SAD”
- “I saw that too, it’s ridiculous. I’ve never seen it in the house.”
- “I saw that too, was that his or the neighbor’s, either way, F NO!!”
Chris Combs and his sisters live in Kentucky. Several people in the comments argued that keeping dogs outside is normal for the South.
- “Guess some of you guys aren’t from the country. Besides not everyone has house dogs”
- “Animals are meant to be outside”
- “plenty of people have outside dogs.”
- “Y’all getting mad over a dog being outside on a chain some of y’all need to grow TF up”
The debate raged in the comments whether dogs belong indoors or chained up outside. But the arguing may have been for nothing. Multiple fans said that Chris Combs’ wife, Brittany, had commented on another post online that it wasn’t their dog or their yard.
But viewers are starting to see Chris Combs in a new light this season after he claimed that his weight gain was all muscle. Do you think fans overreacted about the chained-up dog? Tell us in the comments.
Jennifer Havener grew up in a small town in Upstate New York. She earned her B.A in Writing & Literature from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. She always knew watching reality TV shows and soap operas, particularly ‘Days of Our Lives’, would come in handy someday. When she’s not writing, she’s playing with her dogs, Lola and Ruger