‘My Big Fat Fabulous Life’: Whitney Thore Cries over Recent Death

My Big Fat Fabulous Life star Whitney Thore cries about the tragic news her father (Glenn Thore) shares with her. Unfortunately, a beloved member that the Thore family considers family has passed away. A pet turtle that the family has owned for over 20 years.

My Big Fat Fabulous Life: Whitney Thore Ready to Get Busy

Whitney Thore from My Big Fat Fabulous Life is ready to help her parents declutter their home. She is hoping that working towards getting rid of the excessive amount of items her parents have will inspire them. Ultimately, she shares her goal is to encourage her parents to move downstairs. she doesn’t want her parents to have to climb up the stairs to get to their bedroom. Then, she remarks that this is because she’s afraid her parents are going to fall down the stairs again, as Soap Dirt recently covered, and get seriously injured. 

So, she hired a team of junk removal specialists on My Big Fat Fabulous Life to help clear out her parent’s home. However, her father has some sad news for her before they get started with the project.

TLC Star Learns of Death

On My Big Fat Fabulous Life, Whitney Thore is made aware of the death of the family’s pet turtle. Cappy, the pet turtle, was in the family for more than 20 years. After Whitney’s aware of the pet turtle dying, her eyes fill with tears. Then, she lovingly goes over to the icebox for that her father has stored the dead pet in.

Then, she takes a turtle out of the icebox cooler. Whitney’s dad had placed the turtle’s body inside of a bag so his family could say goodbye to their pet during My Big Fat Fabulous Life. But, after Whitney takes the turtle’s body out of the cooler, the bag starts dripping liquid on the kitchen table.

My Big Fat Fabulous Life: Whitney Thore

MBFFL: Fond Memories Shared by Whitney

On My Big Fat Fabulous Life, Whitney Thore Chairs that her family didn’t believe Cappy was going to live very long. They described him as a goldfish turtle, saying that they thought they were going to have to end up flushing him down the toilet. They didn’t think he was going to live much longer than a goldfish did. However, he lived within the average life span that pet turtles normally have.

Despite the sad death of the family pet turtle on MBFFL, Whitney is happy that the turtle got to live a long and happy life. She placed the turtle back into the cooler and said her goodbyes to her pet.