People horrified Fat Families made it onto TV after shocking clip resurfaces

Remember Fat Families? Well, you’re in for a shock if not.

The reality show aired from January until December 2010 and, erm, let’s just say it definitely would not get made today…

Clips from the programme have resurfaced thanks to the wonder that is TikTok and the internet is flabbergasted that such a show was ever given the green light.

An official synopsis for the show describes its format as: ‘Steve Miller moves into the homes of obese families with the aim of changing their lifestyles.’

Except, his approach was anything but gentle.

Sharing a clip from an old episode, one TikTok user pointed out how ‘wild’ British television was back in the day.

So, let’s unpack it…

‘I’m in Telford, Shropshire and I’m about to meet one of the fattest families I’ve met in my life,’ host Steve begins to the camera.

‘Too much time sat on their fat bums, that’s their problem, plain and simple’ he continues as he approaches their home.

‘If they don’t pull out their chubby fingers, they’ll be on the way to an early grave.’

After insisting that ‘enough is enough’, the presenter then arrives at their front door – and you are not prepared for his greeting.

‘Hey, fatty!’, he said with a very upbeat tone of voice.

Oh, he was greeting a young boy in his school uniform, by the way.

And it doesn’t stop there, as further clips continue to highlight just how offensive the language of the show was.

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‘This is serious,’ he declares. ‘These parents’ kids are on a one-way road to Fatsville.’

Hailing himself the ‘binge buster’, Steve then joins another family at the dinner table, vowing to do everything they do and eat everything they eat to get an insight into their habits.

One moment saw him join the dad on a late-night trip in the car to the garage around the corner as he picked up snacks.

‘I just can’t believe it,’ Steve says.

‘He could’ve walked this journey in about 10 minutes and it might have gone some way to burning off the rubbish he’s about to stuff into his cake hole!’

Honestly, the whole thing is shocking and, as amusing as the internet found the comments, they were also stunned that they were made in the first place.

‘i don’t know how this ever aired on TV tbh 😭😭😭’, one person commented.

‘I thought this was a joke’, said another who was watching the show for the first time.

Another internet user wrote: ‘I’m glad they’ve banned this show 🤷‍♀️😂😂’

‘I forgot how bad this was !!’, said another.

‘This man is disgusting the way he talks and treats people’, blasted another.

Thankfully, we no longer have Fat Families on our screens in 2023.

Former participants have also spoken openly since about their experiences on the weight loss show, with one named Eileen Haddrell claiming she didn’t have access to the support she assumed she would do.

Speaking to Vice in 2022, she said she applied in order to have access to dieticians, personal trainers, and doctors. However, she ended up feeling misrepresented in her episode.

Both she and Tarnya Cuff, another former participant, accused the show of ‘hamming it up’.

‘They made us go round the supermarket and throw things into the trolley that we wouldn’t put in the trolley,’ she said.

An anonymous crew member who worked on Fat Families also recalled producers ‘dialling up’ the amount contestants ate, saying things such as: ‘Why don’t you add a couple of extra sausages to your plate?’

The participants also claimed the diet plans given to them were ‘unsustainable’ in the long run as she was told to cut so much out.

After the show aired, Cuff actually started taking antidepressants as she began ‘berating’ herself while making food, which had a detrimental impact on her mental health.

As for host Steve, well, he’s still going.

One look at his Twitter feed tells you he was definitely the only person who could’ve played the role Fat Families required, as he continues to share other people’s weight loss transformation pictures, praising them for no longer being a ‘fatty’.

Well, some things never change.

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