TLC will celebrate the New Year with an all-new episode of the long-running reality show.
The cable network announced last weekend the network announced that my 600-lb. Life will return with Season 13 on January 1… A new group of overweight individuals are working to lose weight with the help of Dr. Younan Nouzardan, a Houston-based bariatric surgeon who has appeared on the series since its 2012 debut. Are giving.
In the first look at Season 13, one of the cast members says, “I’ve been this way my whole life,” while another tells the audience:
“I’m trapped in this body.”
It looks as if we’ll also see the aforementioned doctor sitting solemnly with one of his patients during an appointment.
“Change depends on you,” Dr. Nowzaradan says in the footage.
Sadly, my 600-lb. Life has been the subject of several lawsuits in recent years – and has seen the deaths of more than a dozen former cast members.
For example, in July 2023, Larry Myers died of a heart attack… Also, in early 2022, Destiny Lashai – the show’s first transgender star – reportedly took her own life.
The latest season of My 600-Lb Life premieres in early 2023.
The official synopsis of the series is as follows:
Telling powerful stories in one-hour episodes, TLC follows the medical journeys of morbidly obese people as they attempt to save their lives.
The men featured – each weighing more than 600 pounds (42 stone) – face lifelong emotional and physical struggles as they make the courageous decision to undergo high-risk gastric bypass surgery.
In addition to drastic changes in their appearance, they hope to regain their independence, improve relationships with friends and family, and renew their feelings of self-worth.
Relatedly, meanwhile, Lifetime has announced that Dr. Nowzaradan will also be anchoring a new documentary with Dr. Now called The 6000 Pound Diaries.
It will follow 10 morbidly obese individuals who have collectively reached a combined weight of 6,000 pounds, and struggle to lose it and turn their lives around.
Set at Dr. Now’s medical facility in Houston, the 10-episode, two-hour-long series features direct diary footage of people who have reached the point of give up or die in their lives.