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I just got to add one more thing before I go to bed. This guy has no intentions on losing weight and anything he does on TLC's 600lb life is going to be just another game to him. He has been on Dr. Phil, this reality TV show "House of hate". He was given a chance to be on "biggest loser", he has audition tapes for many, many shows to help him lose weight and all he has done is use them to get drugs. His father is in on it it seems like and doesn't care and the whole act his brother was doing wasn't REAL. He has a youtube channel dedicated to his brother. This whole thing is a huge scam. From him wanting help, to his brother and his father. There is a youtube video of his mother giving him a birthday cake, she is very thin and everything else. His entire life is a huge lie except one thing; his weight and he's going to die. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcvEs5InjFQ (Brother's youtube video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPVVhRj0zIg (Him and some girl... this one is very weird) Just do a google search for Fatboygetdown and you'll see all the lies for yourself.

Well, well, well.. It seems we have a celebrity on our hands. He's been on a few reality TV shows and if you dig even deeper, his drug addiction dates back to 2010.

Ooh how interesting. That name pulls up a bunch of different times he's gone to the media trying to get help one way or another. I smell a scam in the making. Addicts will do literally anything for more drugs.

You sound like my husband. He made me shut it off after about 15 minutes, he was so angry at the guy he couldn't finish it.

My thoughts on this sad man. His smug attitude during the entire episode made me curious if he was on drugs and we quickly learn that he is. They kept pumping him full of painkillers while he was in the hospital. His attitude to the world is also very suspect of painkiller addictions. If you do some research on him and go back about 5 years ago, he is a very different person. (he has multiple youtube channels.) He's got some personality and mental issues.. No one, even a morbidly obese person is immune to getting addicted to painkillers. (if you don't know what happens to people addicted to heroin/pain killers, go look it up.) I personally think that he has completely abused/lied too TLC and "My 600lb life" to obtain more drugs. On his youtube channels, it's very clear that he has no intentions on losing weight and is perfectly happy being obese. His "act" we saw in the beginning of the episode is just that, an act for us. The reaction of his brother when he called his father once was "He sounds high, are you high? Yep he's high on drugs again." makes you think this isn't some rare thing in their household. Once he was placed in Texas alone, the first thing he did was get his script for painkillers filled and took over 100 pills in a short period of time! Then he rushes to the E.R. to get more! No one sees him as a drug addicted until Dr. Now figures it out at the end of the episode and says he's going to rehab. I honestly hope in my heart that he finds the help he needs. His true side often shows and he is caring and loves his family but it's overshadowed by a deep addiction. I understand addiction and it runs in his family. His Mother was an alcoholic. I just hope he gets help, he seriously needs it.

Dr. Now didn't do what he usually does. He didn't recommend a therapist until a year after she started. When has he ever done that?? He normally does it after the first time they fail. TLC had to a hand in that happening. If she just gave up and said "I'm not doing this." they wouldn't of had much of a show would they? So they gave her a little push to create drama. If you get what I'm saying.

While I understand what you're saying, someones life is at risk in this "reality show". They see her as an income and if she doesn't provide enough entertainment they will put her life at risk to create drama and that alone is disgusting. I usually love watching this show but this particular episode made me feel dirty watching it.

I'm pretty late to the party but I wanted to comment on this episode. Dr. Now did things very differently with Tanisha than he usually does. He usually gives them the first chance to try on their own and if they fail then he immediately orders they see a therapist to address their issues and then they either do it right, or they get yelled at more but to me it feels like Tanisha was used for more of an "entertainment" than a person who needs helped by TLC... --- Showing up at her house and knocking and calling until someone answered the door was pretty disturbing. I was kind of hoping she would of called the cops on the producers.