‘1000-Lb Sisters’: Tammy Slaton at ‘Rock Bottom’ – Parties Herself into Hospital?
1000-Lb Sisters‘ Tammy Slaton seems to be on a downhill slide in recent episodes on TLC. So much so that Amy Slaton thinks her sister’s “going down the wrong path”. When you look back at the timeline of filming and real-time events, it looks like trouble. Is Tammy’s partying what led her to the hospital several times last year?
1000-Lb Sisters’ Timeline Points to Perfect Storm for Tammy Slaton
Right now on their TLC show, Amy Slaton‘s showing off her new home to Tammy Slaton. But Chris Combs is already worried that she won’t be able to handle her sister moving away from her. After Tammy left on 1000-Lb Sisters, family members discussed whether to leave her to be a “ward of the state”.
At the time of filming, Amy said she got help taking care of Tammy a couple of times a week from Nurse Tisa. But she said she needed help from family too because it’s “extremely hard” trying to take care of her alone. Amanda Halterman said she wouldn’t be at Tammy’s “beck and call”. Misty Slaton was unsympathetic.
She said they could “put her a** in a state home” and let them take care of Tammy. Despite their earlier bitter fight, Amanda said “no” to that on 1000-Lb Sisters. The siblings debated who would take her next since each has had a turn with her. Amy asked who’s next after me. And Chris chimed in with “ward of the state”. Is this when she began to go off the deep end?
Boozing Catches up with Her as Tammy Nears “Rock Bottom”
These scenes filmed around Spring 2021. That timeline’s based on when Amy revealed on social media she’d bought the house. At the same time, Tammy Slaton was confirmed hospitalized more than once. And it was Tammy herself who revealed multiple stays at medical facilities. When you look at these 1000-Lb Sisters scenes, it fills in some backstory on what went wrong.
As the family heads back from Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Amy says she has to tell Tammy she’s moving out. The plan is to pack and go in a couple of months. She says the last time her sister was alone, she wound up with pneumonia and on life support. Since she’s in the other half of the duplex, moving 30 minutes away is a huge change.
On this week’s 1000-Lb Sisters, Tammy Slaton parties with her friends, Rob, Ralph and JT. They take her to the liquor store where she hands over money for them to buy booze. She says they spend time drinking and vaping. Back at her place, they order pizza. She chows down saying it soaks up the alcohol. Amy thinks she’s partying out of jealousy and worries she’s getting close to “rock bottom”.
Hospital Stays Align with Partying Seen on 1000-Lb Sisters
Scenes on the show have Tammy Slaton admitting to a producer that she parties almost every night. She says she’s aware she’s “doing more damage to my body”. The crew keeps filming as she double fists alcoholic drinks. She says she wants to enjoy some fun. And Amy won’t confront her. She says on 1000-Lb Sisters it’s up to her “to make good choices” and doesn’t want to argue with her.
She says she “might as well just let her drink” because there’s not much she can do. At about this time, Tammy Slaton took a break during filming due to health issues. We reported in April that she was in the hospital with a blood clot. This was during filming. She was also seen in a rehab facility gasping for air back in June.
And we reported recently that in most recent social posts of Tammy Slaton, she’s in medical facilities. We wondered if she’s been hospitalized all of 2022 so far. Did this downhill decline begin with the 1000-Lb Sisters cameras rolling? This episode airing January 17 seems to be kick-off of Tammy’s decline. Did she party herself into the hospital and off the TLC show?
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