'My Big Fat Fabulous Life's Whitney Way Thore Slams Backlash Over Filming Mom's Funeral (Exclusive)
etonline.comyet.«It's the craziest season we've ever had. And, you know, the saddest obviously, because I've always thought that my mom was really the star of the show,» Whitney tells ET's Deidre Behar about the upcoming 11th season.
Season 11 of the hit TLC series begins with her beloved mother, Barbara «Babs» Thore's, funeral, giving the viewers a chance to publicly grieve alongside Whitney, her father, Glenn, and brother, Hunter.While the family knows that's what Babs would have wanted, many users online have pushed back against their decision to broadcast the service. «I can let a lot of stuff roll off me because I've been dealing with this for a decade.
When it starts to involve my family, it's a lot harder. When it starts to involve my dead mother it's the hardest,» Whitney says.«The assumption that it was my decision at all, it's my father’s decision,» she shares. «My father wanted the funeral to be public and he wanted the public to come.
He asked to post on social media. Nothing makes him happier than people loving my mother. He is so proud of her and so obsessed with her.
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