Breaking Amish

KATE STOLTZ LEFT HER AMISH FARM AND NEVER LOOKED BACK

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Reality TV can certainly change lives. Two years ago Kate Stoltz, 23, was wearing a bonnet, working on her family’s Amish farm and secretly dreaming of a more glamorous life. She was thrilled to be chosen to appear on the 2012 first season of TLC’s Breaking Amish. Of all the Amish young men and women on the show, Kate immediately took a liking to New York City. She signed with a model agent and became a lingerie model (No, she’s never going back home.) 5’ 8” Kate says wants to be the first in her family to get a college degree and appear on a billboard in Times Square. Her next step is of course, plastic surgery! Kate is getting a nose job. She’s currently appearing on Return to Amish on Sundays at 10.

BREAKING AMISH’S JEREMIAH IS A CON MAN

TLC should really fire the producers of “Breaking Amish” because what COULD have been a fascinating peek into another culture is turning out to be even more of a sham than The Bachelor. Jeremiah (last name Raber) is no wide-eyed teen – he’s actually 32 and divorced with three children and he hasn’t been Amish since he was 18! His ex-wife Naomi spilled the beans to a Pennsylvania news station CBS 21, and to Star magazine, AND she claims the show’s producers tried to pay her to keep quiet! She revealed that Jeremiah’s parents haven’t “shunned” him – they SPOILED him – buying him two cars and helping him out whenever he needs money. Naomi doesn’t remember a time when Jeremiah DIDN’T Have a cell phone and he’s fond of strip clubs. That big scene where he got a tattoo was particularly contrived – he actually has had the tattoo for years – it featured the name of his wife and 3 children. On the show he had his wife’s name removed, and passed it off as a brand new tattoo! TLC should be ashamed.

BREAKING AMISH: REBECCA’S NOT SUCH A GOOD GIRL

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“Breaking Amish” continues to create problems for TLC when it comes to “reality.” TLC claimed the five young Amish people featured were inexperienced and had never left their communities. Websites are popping up online claiming that several of the cast members have not lived the Amish life for quite awhile. A photograph of Abe and Rebecca holding a baby that appeared on his brother Andy’s Facebook page (Facebook?) has critics saying they already have a child together. And a photo of Rebecca allegedly at a pool party in 2010 after she was too modest to wear a swimsuit on the show, DOES imply fakery. Kate (the one with the DUI in Florida) had no trouble modeling a bikini on one episode. Expect more revelations as the show continues – how will TLC explain all this? The premise of the series is fascinating – too bad it wasn’t produced with more attention to detail – and truth.

EVEN AMISH PEOPLE ARE DESPERATE TO BE ON TV

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If you can’t trust the Amish – who CAN you trust? TLC’s new hit show “Breaking Amish” is our current favorite and with three million viewers, has better ratings than Honey Boo Boo. But apparently the naïve Amish and Mennonite young people on the show were not 100% honest with producers. Once character on the show has not only lived outside the community before, but has been married with two children, and divorced, according to the New York Daily News. Cast members were investigated as carefully as possible, but the Amish and Mennonites aren’t as fussy about record-keeping as mainstream society. An insider revealed that the issue will be dealt with in an up coming episode. Episode 3 of 10 airs Sunday.

TLC IS SEEKING TO MAKE UP FOR “HONEY BOO BOO” WITH NEW SHOW “BREAKING AMISH”

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Don’t know what YOU will be doing Sunday night, but we are looking forward to watching “Breaking Amish” on the questionable TLC. The show documents five Amish young people who bravely choose to leave their strict communities forever and try to start a new life in New York City. They have very limited education and no knowledge of computers or cell phones or how to drive a car. Considering how ill-prepared they are for modern life, their struggles must be monumental. We’re almost hooked and we haven’t seen the first episode yet.