Tammy Slaton and Caleb Willingham. Courtesy of Tammy Slaton/Instagram
1000-Lb. Sisters star Tammy Slaton’s spouse, Caleb Willingham, has died. He was 40.
Willingham’s stepmother, Shirley Willingham, confirmed the TLC star’s passing to TMZ on Saturday, July 1. No further aspects about Caleb’s demise have been discovered.
Slaton, 36, subsequently broke her silence on Caleb’s dying in an psychological Instagram write-up. “Rip sweet angel you will for good be missed and beloved so much,” she wrote on Saturday, along with throwback images of the pair. “Thank you Caleb for displaying me serious like and happiness ❤️❤️.”
Slaton achieved Caleb when they had been the two sufferers at a rehab facility in Ohio in 2021, where by they had been getting addressed for obesity-similar difficulties.
“You know the other working day, Tammy truly saved my everyday living,” he unveiled to their fellow Windsor Lane Rehabilitation Middle patients in a March episode of 1000-Lb. Sisters. “I was out of oxygen. I was sitting down her hurting, in agony, tears slipping down my experience, and she bought assistance. It intended the world to me simply because you showed kindness.”
Caleb later on uncovered in the scene that it was Slaton’s pounds loss journey that encouraged him to verify into the Windsor Lane plan. “Just hearing about how well any individual was capable to do [made me take the plunge],” he included.
The pair wed 1 12 months later in November 2022 at the facility.
“It was the very best working day of our life,” Slaton — who costars with sister Amy Slaton on 1000-Lb. Sisters — gushed to E! News in January. “There was so a great deal appreciate in the area. I’m thankful that so a lot of relatives users and our family members from the rehab have been capable to arrive. … When we had our initial kiss he leaned forward and hit the manage swap and drove appropriate into me knocking me back again into my wheelchair!”
Next their nuptials, Tammy underwent gastric bypass medical procedures with Caleb by her side.
“We aid each and every other wholeheartedly,” she completely told Us Weekly in February. “On our bodyweight decline journeys, when he’s getting troubles with wanting to try to eat mainly because he’s bored or because he’s an emotional eater, he comes to me and we discuss about the condition. It’s the similar for me and I speak to him. We converse about our challenges and why we feel this way. We are accurate partners.”
Tammy added at the time: “He treats me so diverse from any other person I was with. He definitely was a godsend [through my weight-loss efforts].”
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Caleb is survived by spouse Tammy and his mothers and fathers.
