Whitney Way Thore is no stranger to fielding unsolicited comments on her weight, her personal relationships, and her family. But in recent years, those comments have taken on a particularly vicious tone, with attacks even occasionally spilling over into the real world. In the season 12 premiere of TLC ’s My Big Fat Fabulous Life, Thore is left shaken when someone eggs her house and leaves a brutal note on her doorstep.
It’s not the first time she’s been targeted in real life, but it was the first time the show’s cameras were there to capture the incident and its aftermath. “That’s the first time something like that’s happened on TV,” Thore told Showbiz Cheat Sheet. “But, it’s actually not the first time things like this have happened to me while we weren’t in production.
I’ve had bricks thrown through car windows, people break into my parents’ house. I was on a hit list – the FBI got involved. .
.. It’s absolutely terrifying.
” Whitney Way Thore considered quitting TV because of online bullying The egging incident was a real-life manifestation of the increasingly cruel bullying Thore has been experiencing in recent years. The masked individual captured in the My Big Fat Fabulous Life season premiere left a card referencing Thore’s late mother Barbara “Babs” Thore , who died in December 2022. She said it’s become more common for people to try to use her relationship with her mom as “ammunition” in their attacks.
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