Wedding bells are ringing for Tammy Slaton!
According to People magazine, the 1000-Lb. Sisters star tied the knot on Saturday, November 19 in a small ceremony held inside the Ohio rehabilitation center where she met her husband, Caleb Willingham.
As The Ashley previously reported, the reality star— who has been in the treatment facility for nearly a year-– accepted a proposal from Caleb last month. The pair met at the weight loss treatment center (where they are both patients) and got engaged in the parking lot of the facility.
Tammy’s sister and “1000-Lb. Sisters” co-star Amy Slaton was present at the nuptials, despite reports that she was not planning to attend. In photos posted by People magazine, Amy is shown posing with Tammy in what appears to be a bridesmaid dress for the fall-themed wedding.
Tammy Slaton is now a married woman!
The 1000 Lb. Sisters star tied the knot with husband Caleb Willingham on Saturday at Windsor Lane Rehabilitation Center in Gibsonburg, Ohio, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal.
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In another photo, Tammy—wearing a white wedding dress along with a crown and veil–shows off her wedding band alongside Caleb.
About 30 guests were present to watch Tammy and Caleb say “I do.
“You all knew me as Tammy Slaton, but now you’ll all know me as Mrs. Tammy Willingham,” Tammy told People. “I’m married now!”
Tammy is currently recovering after having undergoing bariatric surgery at the end of the summer. After surgery was complete, Tammy returned to the weight loss center in Ohio, where medical staff continue to monitor her health and ensure that she is staying on her diet post-surgery. Nurses are also continuing to monitor Tammy’s trach. (Tammy previously underwent surgery to shrink the size of her tracheostomy tube.)
Tammy was slated to return home for a month after her surgery, and at one point, her release date was planned for September 1; however, the date kept getting pushed back. Tammy is now expected to be released at the end of 2022. While Caleb’s release day is unknown, he will reportedly be moving into Tammy’s Kentucky apartment when that time comes.
Like Tammy, it appears that Caleb has struggled with health problems for years due to his weight. Caleb— who hails from Indiana— spent the majority of 2021 hospitalized. In December 2021, he posted a message about his health to Facebook.
“First post in a while. It’s not your regular “New Year, New Me” post. Because after spending 11/2-2 months in the hospital I’ve realized it’s New me or no me,” Caleb wrote. ” My life is on the line. I love you all. And if you ever had any kinda love for me let’s reconnect. I’m not giving up by any means but I know God can take any of us at any time.”
In September of last year, he revealed that, at one point, he had reached a weight of more than 650 lbs. but was steadily losing weight.
“Some of y’all may not know but through a series of bad choices in my life I ended up over 650 lbs…. After a lot of hard work I am proud to say I am now at 599.3 thanks to God and EXTREMELY supportive friends and loved ones I am continuing my journey. I will climb out of this situation and be victorious.”
According to People, Tammy and Caleb’s relationship (and wedding) will be a main topic of the upcoming new season of “1000-Lb. Sisters,” which is set to premiere on TLC on January 17.
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I’ve always dreamed of getting engaged in a medical facilities parking lot, and having matching trachs with my husband. I wonder if they consummated their marriage yet, and how that went down. He looks like a two pump chump. I
Both trying to cover their trachs in the photos, they’re each other’s lobster.
They’re not covering their trachs, they’re just showing their rings. She’s proud of her trach, don’t know about him, but it’s not likely he is. I’m fairly certain he intends to get better, which is why marrying someone like her who has little to no intention of really getting better, is a bad idea. If she really wanted to get better, she would put more effort in, but she doesn’t, which is exactly why she’s still there and has made almost no progress in months.
I do hope for however long they’re together, they’re happy, but it’s still a really, really bad idea to encourage them to be together, honestly.
I hope they are happy. I know Tammy can be mean but for some reason I still love her and I’m always rooting for her!
She’s still at pretty much 600 pounds?! ??♀️
She looks like she lost maybe 50lbs, buts she’s been in the rehab for over a year. Like She should be down to 300 by now.
It probably means it’s not a weight lose clinic it’s a medical rehab for the trach. I just hope she didn’t spend all her tlc checks on doordash.
I’m sure they will have minutes of wedded bliss.
Can someone tell me why they both have trach tubes? Is it a thing for long after the surgery as well? I tried googling it but only got to medical essays on how to place them during surgery.
Tammy had ended up in the hospital with carbon dioxide poisoning at the end of 2021. That led to her contracting pneumonia, becoming septic, and requiring life support. She has been in a rehab facility since. It happened prior to her getting surgery. I’m not sure about Caleb though. My guess is that their size causes significant breathing issues.