S05.E13: Steven and Justin's Story, Part 1

[okerry]

1 hour ago, Otter said:

He has a new fb (sorry if it's been posted prior)

https://www.facebook.com/Stevenjohnassanti

It's like he's trying to turn over a new leaf and not be such a monster.  Damage is done though, yet he does have some fans there.  IIRC, he wanted to be some sort of star.  I don't even think Big Brother would want him.  

Nice to see that Cupcake is doing well.  

Would not trust this for one second. If he's "changing," it's only because he thinks it will get him more TV gigs. 

[jrrose]

On 3/30/2017 at 10:33 AM, Trees said:

Glad you posted.  That confirms a suspicion I had.  While googling his name last week, right up on page 1 of results was a legal document detailing his wife's lawsuit after their divorce, with many details.  It paints him as abusive to her and dishonest with money.  On these forums, he's the sweet and cuddly nice old doctor that you want to hug. 

This episode, combined with James and Nicole, combined with what I read in the legal document about how he treated his wife and cheated with money, shows a cruel and greedy person behind that facade.

i checked his ratings as a Doctor and i see a lot of people give him 5 stars just based off the show. Fans, i know you love this edited version of him, but you shouldn't rate any doctor unless you were actually their patient

[Guest]

On 5/9/2017 at 5:53 PM, Otter said:

He has a new fb (sorry if it's been posted prior)

https://www.facebook.com/Stevenjohnassanti

In that video he posted on May 10, he looks like what I imagine Pennywise the Clown would look like without make up on.

Ugly on the inside. Ugly on the out.

[noveltylibrary65]

On 3/29/2017 at 11:02 PM, islandgal140 said:

Steven was a mess of issue.  I may be alone here but Steven was setting off my gaydar. 

I just watched the whole thing and came here to see if anyone would say what I was thinking--only took the first few comments!:)

[noveltylibrary65]

On 3/29/2017 at 11:37 PM, OSM Mom said:

This is from his Facebook page. *sigh*

sorry i'm late to the game, but what is the date of this?

[Nancypants]

The left him with nothing he deserves nothing

Bitch, YOU'll GET NOTHING AND LIKE IT!

Boo. Fuckin . Hoo.

Incredibly difficult to look at this beast.

[Pretty5Vacant]

I'd love to see someone who has had success on this show like Nikki or Olivia (she's no non-sense) call him out as a liar that we all know he is

[OSM Mom]

3 hours ago, noveltylibrary65 said:

sorry i'm late to the game, but what is the date of this?

Right after the show aired. A couple days maybe. I don't remember. 

[toodles]

On 5/9/2017 at 2:53 PM, Otter said:

He has a new fb (sorry if it's been posted prior)

https://www.facebook.com/Stevenjohnassanti

It's like he's trying to turn over a new leaf and not be such a monster.  Damage is done though, yet he does have some fans there.  IIRC, he wanted to be some sort of star.  I don't even think Big Brother would want him.  

Nice to see that Cupcake is doing well.  

He makes me want to barf.  Really a horrible human being.

[TurtlePower]

9 hours ago, Nancypants said:

The left him with nothing he deserves nothing

Bitch, YOU'll GET NOTHING AND LIKE IT!

Boo. Fuckin . Hoo.

Incredibly difficult to look at this beast.

Makes me mad TLC even wasted time on this sociopath--he was already known to be difficult. Someone else could have used the help and benefited from it. He did not deserve any of Dr. Now's time. 

[noveltylibrary65]

On 3/30/2017 at 0:18 PM, okerry said:

Dr. Now did say "eating habitz." 

I was actually disappointed when I heard that!  Like hey, that's not what I pay to hear lol

[noveltylibrary65]

On 3/30/2017 at 8:09 PM, spacefly said:

$700/month on pizza or so the pop up said. Who has $700/month for pizza?

He must count it as another rent like the apartment and Justin's shop! He isn't kidding when he says he's going broke.

[Calicocats]

Is he on FB with Juggalo Nicole of "you are all a bunch of BASTARDS" fame?  What a duo!!!

[ethalfrida]

I read his FB page. There were so many negative comments to him that I wonder why he didn't delete them. I mean they are negative in the sense they weren't in support of his point of view. So it is strange that he didn't lash out.

[Pretty5Vacant]

1 hour ago, Calicocats said:

Is he on FB with Juggalo Nicole of "you are all a bunch of BASTARDS" fame?  What a duo!!!

That hotel scene was something else.  Only Nicole could manage the word "lolligagging" in a conversation, I mean out burst. Too much!

[Nancypants]

As bad as this Monster Steven is, I still think I hate James K worse. 

[Miss Chevious]

4 hours ago, Nancypants said:

As bad as this Monster Steven is, I still think I hate James K worse. 

Yeah, I agree James is worse because he's dragging down two women too. Steven is a big jerk all by his over-inflated ego self.

[Nancypants]

I think it's the ignorance factor . Steven is wily and semi intelligent, but Owmalayyygs is just an ignorant function hillbilly that makes every one sad. Plus the babyish whining. 

[ethalfrida]

Justin explains the financial aspect of their lives. And a few other things. Video is at the end of the article.

http://www.inquisitr.com/4124938/my-600-lb-life-assanti-brothers-update-justin-ama-reveals-plans-without-steven/

[jjj]

On 6/27/2017 at 11:00 AM, ethalfrida said:

Justin explains the financial aspect of their lives. And a few other things. Video is at the end of the article.

What happened to that poor cat?  I just couldn't watch until the end.  Who would give him a cat?

On 5/31/2017 at 5:25 PM, Nancypants said:

I think it's the ignorance factor . Steven is wily and semi intelligent, but Owmalayyygs is just an ignorant function hillbilly that makes every one sad. Plus the babyish whining. 

[jjj]

On 5/9/2017 at 2:53 PM, Otter said:

He has a new fb (sorry if it's been posted prior

Nice to see that Cupcake is doing well.  

Is Cupcake the cat?

[Scarlett45]

I agree with the posters who state if Steven were mobile he'd be a danger to society. He skeeved me out. Is there a Part 2 to this awfulness?!

[ethalfrida]

3 hours ago, Scarlett45 said:

I agree with the posters who state if Steven were mobile he'd be a danger to society. He skeeved me out. Is there a Part 2 to this awfulness?!

I agree also and felt so from the start. 

[millennium]

As a native Rhode Islander, I just want to say this episode made me proud -- proud that Rhode Island Hospital booted Steven's ass to the curb.  

Don't fuck with Providence.

[MutualCore]

My favorite moment(ep 14) was when Dr. Now got Steven in front of a mirror and compared his leg to an elephant, saying he didn't even look human. Dr. Now can be a real savage! Steven is a complete waste of oxygen, but I guess the producers think he's ratings gold.

[CrazyInAlabama]

The overhead shots of Steven in the medical ambulance going to Houston were interesting.     I love that they had to put cinder blocks under the bed when it broke, and I think the bed was rated for a lot higher weight than Steven admitted he was up to.  

Edited December 7, 2018 by CrazyInAlabama

[MutualCore]

I also like that scene when Steven is calling up his dad and telling him to stop for food and threatening if 'something happens to me, you'll be sorry'. Then Assanti Sr. says 'welcome to real Steven'.

[Groovitude]

I have a question. Wasn't Steven supposedly married or something? Is that still the case? I can't reason why anyone would want to be with him, given his behaviors. I don't keep up with him, because I have more important things to do than observe an oversized man child who treats people horribly. I'm sorry if that was mean, but it's kind of...true. Have a good one, you all.

[Hannah94]

1 hour ago, Groovitude said:

I have a question. Wasn't Steven supposedly married or something? Is that still the case? I can't reason why anyone would want to be with him, given his behaviors. I don't keep up with him, because I have more important things to do than observe an oversized man child who treats people horribly. I'm sorry if that was mean, but it's kind of...true. Have a good one, you all.

I read somewhere online that he got engaged/married...yet he is still bed ridden so I don't know how much truth there is in that. The supposed fiancée/wife listed on social media that her job was "message therapist" (s/b massage, I imagine)...which kinda makes one wonder if she is a "call girl" or something and this is just a publicity stunt. That is speculation on my part, but if you cannot properly spell your job title, then.....? And the smell....omg....he never bathes and he sprays himself with cologne to try to mask the smell. Barf.  It's not mean, it's just reality.

[CrazyInAlabama]

Yes, he's supposedly married to some woman in Iowa (I think there), but she's one of those online 'celebrities', so who knows how legit any of it is.    His face looked thinner in some pictures, but who knows.  

 

The only likeable people in this entire episode are Princess, the home care aide, Cupcake the cat, and Dr. Now.    I really wish Princess had scooped up poor Cupcake when she took the TV, and left.   

Edited December 10, 2018 by CrazyInAlabama

[Natalie68]

On 3/30/2017 at 8:23 AM, bubbly said:

I'm usually very sympathetic and empathetic with the subjects on this show even when they're dispicable.   For transparency: pretty much the entire maternal side of my family are morbidly obese and my cousin had to be cut out of his mother's house not too far away from Now's practice.  I love my family and have seen first hand the struggles they've had and the cruelty some of them have been treated with (my first cousin was asked to the prom in high school.  The entire family went over to see her and her date.  The guy never showed because it was a huge joke...I think about it now and die a little inside when I remember how she cried with zero sound.  She just turned bluish white and the tears poured.  Damn, now I'm crying myself)

I'm not hard hearted, I think I'm a morally strong person,  but I felt things I've never experienced while watching this episode.   I went from disgust to actually feeling a kind of fear when he was shown.  I have a horrible feeling the only reason he isn't a sadistic serial killer is because he's too fat to sneak up on anyone and is too out of shape to dispose of a body by himself.   There's a primitive part of our brain that reacts before our conscious mind really realizes we're in danger and Steven triggered my primal fear instinct.  Heavy, heavy episode y'all. 

This is an old thread but I watched this ep yesterday because I had read about this guy.  I was horrified from beginning to end and it affected my sleep last night.  

The bolded is so incredibly sad and breaks my heart.  No one should ever be treated this way.

[Kenzie]

1 hour ago, Natalie68 said:

I was horrified from beginning to end and it affected my sleep last night.  

That was exactly what happened to me when I saw Steven's episode - I was so traumatized that it affected my sleep. It didn't help that it was the first episode of 600 lb life I had ever seen.

[Natalie68]

2 hours ago, Kenzie said:

That was exactly what happened to me when I saw Steven's episode - I was so traumatized that it affected my sleep. It didn't help that it was the first episode of 600 lb life I had ever seen.

Yeah I am not sure I can see ep 2.  I find it sad this is someone's life but man this guy was something else and he is truly awful!  The vid of him playing with his poop (I didn't watch) HAS to indicate something seriously wrong with him right??!!  Oy.

[CrazyInAlabama]

I hope the upcoming Justin update doesn't even mention Steven.   

Pictures of Steven show him actually with the wife, and he looks better, but I hope that's the last of him on TV, or anywhere else.

[B in Lee]

On 4/7/2017 at 4:21 PM, ChiCricket said:

Worse than that, he YouTubed himself singing and playing with a ball of his own POO.

(I can't unsee that)

Dayum. I am SO glad that I am missing out on the YouTube craze.

[FormeryHeavyJ]

Break the toilet like Lumpy!!!!!

….and the Academy Award for best acting in a drama goes to......

[libgirl2]

On 4/30/2019 at 8:59 PM, CrazyInAlabama said:

I hope the upcoming Justin update doesn't even mention Steven.   

Pictures of Steven show him actually with the wife, and he looks better, but I hope that's the last of him on TV, or anywhere else.

He doesn't have that crazed look in his eyes. 

[CrazyInAlabama]

When the father is saying goodbye to Stephen when the dad and Justin are going back to R.I., you would think Stephen will never be seen again.   Then when Dr. Now says Justin doesn't yet have any life threatening issues, the father doesn't even care.       It's obvious who the golden child is in that family, and who the scapegoat is. 

I love when Dr. Now gets sick of Steven's treatment of the hospital staff, and constant demands for opioids, and tells him to leave the hospital, and not call his office until he loses weight.   Then Steven says he has no where to live, and Dr. Now says he'll have him dropped off at a homeless shelter.   Steven's six day stay in rehab is so predictable too.  

Part 2 has the fake fall off of the golf cart.   

Edited August 13, 2020 by CrazyInAlabama

[fonfereksglen]

15 minutes ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

When the father is saying goodbye to Stephen when the dad and Justin are going back to R.I., you would think Stephen will never be seen again.   Then when Dr. Now says Justin doesn't yet have any life threatening issues, the father doesn't even care.       It's obvious who the golden child is in that family, and who the scapegoat is. 

I love when Dr. Now gets sick of Steven's treatment of the hospital staff, and constant demands for opioids, and tells him to leave the hospital, and not call his office until he loses weight.   Then Steven says he has no where to live, and Dr. Now says he'll have him dropped off at a homeless shelter.   I don't remember if Part 1, or Part 2 has the fake fall off of the golf cart.   

Not watching but ..... possibly the greatest 600 lb moment is when Dr. Now forces S to look at himself in the mirror and says S doesn't look human.  So true.

[ams1001]

For anyone watching, you have more fortitude than I. Saw one of them relatively recently and I can't take them again. Also the AGT results show is on at 8. As boring as AGT has gotten, it's still a million times better than anything Assanti. Watching LegalEagle videos on youtube in the meantime. I'll check back to see if there's any good snark.

But for the sake of tradition, I will share that tonight's eating habit was spaghetti and meatballs with Rao's marinara and a veritable blizzard of freshly grated Parmesan. Later there will be ice cream, but I have to put away the leftover sauce first (I only made enough pasta for one). And figure out what I can take to work for lunch tomorrow...

[ShoePrincess]

I’m too repulsed by those two to watch Just checking in for the snark.

[ams1001]

1 hour ago, ShoePrincess said:

I’m too repulsed by those two to watch Just checking in for the snark.

Apparently there's not much left to say about this bunch...

[FormeryHeavyJ]

When I saw that last night was about THAT family of miscreants, slobs & disasters I told Mrs. Formerly Heavy J that we had to find something else to watch.  I don't mind watching the re-runs but I would rather be locked in a room with both James Dolan & my wife's sister (she completely redefines the term "jackass") for 24 hours than spend 5 minutes watching Steven, Justin, & Daddy.  To our great relief "To Catch A Smuggler" was on National Geographic.  We love that show & find ourselves chanting "es Azul...es Azul" when a detainee's stuff is tested for cocaine in the Columbian airport where the series is filmed.  "Es Azul" is Spanish for "it is blue", meaning a positive cocaine liquid chemical test.

It's the little things in life that give us happiness.

[Ralphster]

Steven's episode was so awful it was two years before I could rewatch it (I think, anyway - a very long time). He is just so horrible, it defies description. But I have to say, Dr. Now was really over his head with Steven (not unusual, as he's terrible with psych issues) and needed to immediately put Steven in serious psychiatric care rather than, as is his usual behaviour, badgering the patient about weight loss. Dude. Steven is pulling his hair out. Literally. That is a sign of extreme - and I mean extreme - anxiety and hints at severe psychosis. Weight loss is not even on the radar with someone this disturbed. To tell Steven "Stop pulling your hair out and doing all these weird things" is beyond inappropriate for a doctor to say to a patient he has just observed pulling his own hair out. Dr. Now just came across as an ignorant jackass in that scene. He is not trained in psych issues or in pain management and he acts as though he was. Steven is an awful human being but as his doctor, Dr. Now owed him more than "Stop doing weird things."

Edited August 19, 2020 by Ralphster

[Not Buyin It]

I have a question for the group.

I have successfully binged watched all three, two-hour episodes of the Assanti Saga. Don't I qualify for a medal, or plaque or something? Maybe a few hours' therapy?

[fonfereksglen]

7 minutes ago, Not Buyin It said:

I have a question for the group.

I have successfully binged watched all three, two-hour episodes of the Assanti Saga. Don't I qualify for a medal, or plaque or something? Maybe a few hours' therapy?

How about a pizza?

[OoogleEyes]

1 hour ago, Not Buyin It said:

I have a question for the group.

I have successfully binged watched all three, two-hour episodes of the Assanti Saga. Don't I qualify for a medal, or plaque or something? Maybe a few hours' therapy?

Gasoline soaked underwear?

[CrazyInAlabama]

Not Buyin It-Actually, the entire revolting crew's episodes add up to eight hours.   You saw the original Steven, and Justin parts 1 and 2, then the last one "The Final Chapter" WATN, that is part 4.    Part 3 is the WATN that shows  not much, but was apparently shot with part 3 and part 4 at the same time.   This all happened over two years ago, because Steven married, and moved to Iowa (yes, someone is that desperate), and Justin and Daddy ran home to Rhode Island.   After Daddy and Steven swiped Justin's pain pills after his surgery, Justin told Dr. Now what happened.    Then there was the final office visit of Justin, and Daddy, when Dr. Now said he knew what happened to the pills.    Then all three Assanti's left Texas, never to return.   

Justin claims he's lost over 200 lbs., and his hobby shop is doing well.    I believe he moved out on his own too.    I wish him all the best.   Everyone involved has quit Dr. Now's program.   

Edited August 19, 2020 by CrazyInAlabama

[ams1001]

3 hours ago, Not Buyin It said:

I have a question for the group.

I have successfully binged watched all three, two-hour episodes of the Assanti Saga. Don't I qualify for a medal, or plaque or something? Maybe a few hours' therapy?

[silverspoons]

Steven did a live interview with Auntie tonight! The youtube is Auntie's Advice. She recaps episodes and Stephen agreed to come on tonight. 

 

Edited April 11, 2022 by silverspoons