What Happened To LaShanta White After My 600-Lb Life Season 7 (2024)

LaShanta White from My 600-lb Life season 7 is remembered because her journey was so challenging, and it's time to share facts about her life now. She'd been bedridden for two years when the crew started filming her journey. LaShanta did her best to continue parenting her four children while maintaining a relationship with her boyfriend, Jeremy (also known as "JT"). The show remains popular despite controversy. The latest installment of the emotional series is My 600-Lb Life season 12.

While LaShanta wanted to prioritize her health and lose weight, JT preferred it when she was overweight - he even threatened to end their relationship if she slimmed down. Though LaShanta's boyfriend, JT, eventually left her, she had more important things to worry about during her stint on the show. She was initially not approved for weight-loss surgery as she was too heavy. After she lost well over 100 pounds, My 600-lb Life's Dr. Younan Nowzaradan decided that she was ready to have bariatric surgery.

Did LaShanta White Lose Weight After My 600-Lb Life?

Learn About Her Post-Show Weight Loss Journey

LaShanta reportedly lost about 130 pounds while filming My 600-lb Life and continued to prioritize her health when the cameras stopped rolling. LaShanta hasn't confirmed whether she lost weight after the show yet, and it's difficult to tell from her videos. Though LaShanta may have lost more weight, she's focused on her business and online presence, rather than sharing updates on her health and weight-loss journey.

LaShanta Made A Nuisance 911 Call On My 600-Lb Life

She's Been Trashed At Reddit

At Reddit, My 600-Lb Life alums get raked over the coals, and LaShanta''s no exception. She's been called out for misusing vital emergency services, and caring more about wigs, fake nails and gold grills than her own health. However, critics don't look under the surface - they ignore the fact that LaShanta was likely depressed on the show. Most people who gain enough weight to hinder their mobility are living with mental illness. At a thread started by GuardingxCross, Lashanta's "spat" with an emergency services worker got shade. One detractor said:

It was definitely appropriate. EMS is not a taxi service. She was not having a medical emergency. Houston is huge. People have actual emergencies constantly. How would you feel if your loved one was dying and there were no emergency services available because they were all on calls like LaShanta's? It absolutely happens.

To rewind a bit, LaShanta called 911, but she wasn't really having the type of crisis that warranted such an action. Basically, she wanted to be moved to another place. The technician wasn't happy about what he perceived as a nuisance call and waste of potentially life-saving emergency medical services. Therefore, he tangled with the My 600-Lb Life cast member. As the Redditor's comment above shows, most people were not on LaShanta's side.

There were some commenters who believed that the first responder was out of line. However, most believe that LaShanta shouldn't have called 911. At that time, she weighed over 600 pounds. That heated situation underscores the fact that people who live with super morbid obesity lose agency over their lives. They must depend on others for the most basic things. Due to her weight, LaShanta had a disability.

One commenter claimed that LaShanta lied during her 911 call, making it seem like she was injured when a car "drove into her building." While the vehicle did crash into the apartment complex, she was unharmed. Another Redditor said that the first responder told her to slim down and chastised her, saying,

"we're not a moving company."

LaShanta White's "Feeder" Boyfriend Left Her When She Decided To Try & Get Surgery

They Had A Romantic Start But It All Went Downhill

Another noteworthy scene featured LaShanta's "feeder" boyfriend. He didn't want a slim and fit partner - he did his best to keep his girlfriend at a higher weight. On another Reddit thread started by deleted, a commenter called out LaShanta's man for pushing her to eat more when her weight was already putting her life at risk. They said:

Wasn’t this the episode where her boyfriend wanted her to stay fat, not like a little fat but like 800lbs, 6 whole pizzas in a single sitting, fat. And then left her to basically rot away in bed when she told him she was getting surgery?

Clearly, this "feeder" partner wasn't in it for love. While everyone has their type, and he possibly can't help the fact that he isn't attracted to thinner women, he shouldn't have left LaShanta because she wanted to improve her health. Through many reality series, "feeder" boyfriends make appearances and wreak havoc. They try to short-circuit the weight-loss goals of women who desperately need to slim down.

The thing is, the cast members who appear on the show are often lonely. Since they don't fit society's beauty ideal, they possibly lack options. They may settle for partners who don't have their best interests at heart. This is why so many people who've appeared on the show have had unhappy relationships. LaShanta may have expected more from her boyfriend. She's had many challenging experiences that are linked with her weight.

What Is LaShanta White Up To After My 600-lb Life?

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LaShanta consistently updates her followers about her life across her social media profiles, as she posts frequently while showing off various high-drama makeup looks. While sporting false eyelashes and colorful lips, LaShanta posts custom jingles ordered by her followers. With an evident passion for bringing people joy through song, LaShanta seems to have found something that works for her and makes her happy. She offers the jingles at custom rates - she will wish a customer happy birthday (or a happy day of the week) via song. She seems to enjoy doing this.

After dealing with some issues on My 600-lb Life, LaShanta appears to be content. Since LaShanta is so active on social media, there may be more updates on the mother and musical artist. Right now, she's enjoying her jingle work and leveraging her reality fame as best she can.

Sources: LaShanta White/Instagram, GuardingxCross/Reddit, deleted/Reddit, LaShanta/Instagram

My 600 Lb Life

Reality

Release Date

February 1, 2012

Streaming Service(s)

TLC GO

Showrunner

Jonathan Nowzaradan