My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding Recap: Incest and Lesbians

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   cloudsinmycoffee
   Posted June 14, 2012 at 7:09 am

   HA! First, yay!

   Annie the lesbian’s arms were frightening me throughout the whole show. She had so much hair on it I was almost afraid it was going to growl at someone. And Linda, hon, really? They’ve been together for five years, making Annie 20 when she met her old 40 yr old ass. Ugh. Ugh ugh ugh. Linda looks trailer ready, so I’m sure everything’s gonna be alright.

   As for the incest loving family, ewww. Has anyone else noticed how fucked up their teeth were, and just disproportionate some of their features were? I’m beginning to think they need to stop intermarrying before someone is born looking three types of wrong with hemophilia. I hate my family, and if these two twits divorce (since it seems more common for these American “gypsies”) there’s no way to really get away from them because they’re RELATED.

   This show is terrible and so choreographed that it gives me sad horns. I miss the British version.

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   Storm
   Posted June 14, 2012 at 7:18 am

   LMAO, Great recap…I was laughing out loud all through the recap.

   I thought the English version of My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding was trashy, the American one takes it to another level of trashy. I love it!

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   merry
   Posted June 14, 2012 at 7:29 am

   I hear you about the fake. I know we’re supposed to suspend disbelief a little (a show with a title like this is pretty clearly about drama and freaks, not actual reality), but really. A dress the size of Rhode Island ordered five days before the wedding? Last week’s post-wedding brawl? Please. It’s so far gone I’m starting to wonder if all the people who’ve appeared are paid actors. I kind of hope so.

   I never had any opinion about gypsies before, but after this show, I’m getting convinced that they’re the strangest, trashiest bunch of people out there. Thanks, TLC, for finding the biggest freaks alive to help your audience stereotype a whole culture.

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   Karen
   Posted June 14, 2012 at 8:15 am

   I am glad someone else noticed the hairy-ness of her arms…it scared the crap out of me! Those tattoos SUCKED!!! they looked horrible and nothing like celtic knots more like squiggly lines in misshaped hearts

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   snowshoecat
   Posted June 14, 2012 at 8:22 am

   Well, we’ve been calling BS for weeks now, and we’re finally out in the open with all the fakery. Good call, PollyA! There is one group of trailer trash that call themselves gypsies (and if they really WERE, they would be insulted by the name) who allowed themselves to be filmed and held up for ridicule. Real Rom must be upset!

   This was the most borrrrrrrrrring epi ever! Oh the drama. Polly you called it nicely with all the tacky dresses assembled in such a short time. Pullleeeeeeeze.

   I knew you could spice up a boring epi in your recap, and you did it! Yay!

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   S-Natch
   Posted June 14, 2012 at 9:44 am

   I, too, call bullshit on the American version in particular. At least in the UK version you get to see a little more of the culture so it is more believable as a way of life. Plus, saying, “I’m havin’ the best weddin’ evah” sounds klassier with a British/Irish accent. Have always wondered where any of them get the money to pay for these soirees, though. Any ideas?

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   ConfusedinCanada
   Posted June 14, 2012 at 10:53 am

   ladies you are so right about the BS , they must be paid actors and this is so scripted. I liked the UK version myself for at least they did a wedding that was more real then this shit. Doesn’t everyone in the US thing they can be a reality star and have those 15 minutes of fame. Picking on US cause it seems to have the most reality shows that are just shit faced stupid

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   labowner
   Posted June 14, 2012 at 2:54 pm

   Well Confuse odds are with or against us just because of the amount of folks that live here. As the Sklar brothers said “Canada is like America in the 70s, a bunch of white people smoking with a ton of open land.”

   This show is a former shell of the UK one and the UK version was honky. Sondra doesn’t care about these people. Besides this episode does she come to the weddings? Even she knows this stuff is a joke, but what does she care, she is getting free advertising and getting paid from TLC. Wonder if she has been inundated with dress requests from Jersey.

   Great recap of a boring train wreck Pollyana

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   snowshoecat
   Posted June 14, 2012 at 3:14 pm

   S-natch, how do they pay for it? The good old fashioned way… They con it out of outsiders. And TLC.

   Except that The Larnin’ Channel gets a ton for putting this crap on the air.

   And we watch. And snark.

   Win, win, win.

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    Lauren
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    This has got to be the most Rude article I have ever read in my freaking life. Don’t u have anything better to do than make fun of people? If that’s all you do then you must live a very sad life. Actually, Linda and Ana are one of the TWO couples who are still together. And it was far from being scripted. So make fun of them all u want, but at least they’re happy. And ana did mot paen her late fathers gold chain for money for the wedding. Linda would never let her do that. They pawned it to fix her car before being on thos show was even an option. TLC actually paid to get it out for them as a thank you. Bruce does NOT live in a meth lab. It’s actually far from it. Go ahead and make fun of someone who doesn’t have as nice of a house as you might, but again, it’s extremely sad. An as for the comment made about it tattoo work, if it was so horrible, why would he be getting calls every day asking about them? This article makes me sick!! What makes you so great that you think you can bash whoever you choose to? Commenting about someones weight saying they look like a sausage? WOW! And making fun of an extremely happy couple just because of their age difference and sexual orientation? You call yourself a writer? A horrible one if u ask me. Now are you gonna make fun of me next? Enjoy, cuz I don’t give a shit. I’d like to see everyone of you who wrote this article and commented. I bet I could find many things to make fun of. But I’m not cruel like you. This site is a complete JOKE.

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    Bruce
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 5:11 pm

    This Iis Bruce, the guy who done the tattoos at this so called “meth lab”, I wish TLC would ave shown more of what they filmed and shown how no one cares what you ppl think. My mother and Ana are very happy to have each other, you ppl must be miserable if this is what you do to find enjoyment. Your all so judgmental, must be Christians or something. It’s comments like that which make your children grow up to be disrespectful used up whores. I’m sure the writer is probly the one who has to approve this so doubt it will be posted. If not then that just goes to show how pathetic you are. See ya in hell bitches!!! F.T.F.O., Whoop Whoop!!

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    Linda Carol Henson
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 6:15 pm

    Yes I am the Linda referred to in this article, first of all lets set the record straight. Bruce does not have a Meth lab in his room he works for a legitamate tattoo supply company and has exclusive clientel, as for his work he’s one of the best. So the best you’ve got for us is she fat and I’m old? Do you know this is the first derogatory article I’ve come across? As for being trailer trash well sorry I live in a very nice house in a very nice neighborhood and yes my house is spotless. Ana did not pawn her chain for our wedding it was pawned almost a year before so we could fix our car so we could go to work like everyone else. Our ceremony was performed on a shoestring budget, in front of the cameras because we thought we had a good story to tell. I’m sorry that were a close family, love and respect each other instead of fighting in the streets. And that a true story about a family like this is boring, I promise you w are anything but

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    Pollyanna
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 6:27 pm

    @Bruce-a couple items: first, if you and they don’t want people to discuss you/them, don’t go on a nationally televised program. Second, if you don’t care what we think, why the need to see us in hell? I’m sure your mother and Ana are very happy. I wish them the best and nothing in my recap said otherwise. And thank you for hoping my children grow up to be ‘disrespectful, used up whores’.

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    Pollyanna
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 6:33 pm

    Linda-I mentioned in the article that the editing was terrible and that there really wasnt much to mock on yours. The whole point of this site is to have humorous recaps, not serious criticisms. You are ,unfortunately for reality television, boring. I think your story is great, but only loosely related to the topic of the show. I do wish you the best and you should be happy you aren’t in the same class as some of the ‘gypsies’ featured on this show.

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    Renee
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 7:13 pm

    Dear Gawd…@Bruce and Linda, learn to write correctly. Sorry to say, but, YOUR (Bruce, pay attention to the spelling of this) whining is completely baseless considering YOU signed up to have your life on camera. What did you guys expect? That millions of viewers would probably (Bruce, pay attention to this spelling as well) want to be part of your world? Wake up.

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    no cars go
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 7:17 pm

    yayyyy i love when reality tv people freak out and can’t believe everyone didn’t immediately fall in love with them. especially on snark sites. how dare we laugh at the people who chose to put themselves on tv! we are so rude! i must say though that i’m truly sad that it isn’t mellie who’s on here freaking out. someone find mellie and her cousins pookie, coochie, and sugar tits.

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    Bruce
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 7:39 pm

    Blah blah blah, just kills me how judgmental ppl are. Can I post a picture of my dick for all of you to suck on!?

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    irishkate
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 7:42 pm

    Awwww! Someone learned how to use Google alerts on themselves!

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    irishkate
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 7:46 pm

    Also, did one of these hilljacks refer to marrying your first cousin as a “sexual orientation” instead of incest? No…just…no… smdh

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    Renee
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 7:49 pm

    Bruce: three words to start off, Pot Meet Kettle. Seriously, you are doing yourself no favors by your comments. You sound strange, trashy and you throw around threats and insults like a seventh grader.

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    StageMom
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 10:13 pm

    It’s funny. TLC keeps advertising their unprecedented access to this secretive community, but for a secretive community they sure are all a bunch of attention whores!

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    kthxbai
    Posted June 15, 2012 at 7:11 am

    @Pollyanna was totally worth the wait! I LMAO!

    You did have 1 typo though. Gus didn’t say smother. He said the clothes were smothercating him. It’s not a Gypsy word or anything. I think it comes more from the Micki Wood education principles of leaving books the hell alone.

    As if this show wasn’t already fake enough! That hall just happened to be all decorated and set up for a Winter Wonderland theme.

    And the way they went on about that light up dress! Like they invented electricity and string lights! Sondra’d never done 1 before?
    Anybody that watched the UK show can tell you that’s just not right. Half the dresses they had lit up!

    They sure were going all out for the cousins! Even bringing Sondra down to dress the bride. With a blinged out fire extinguisher.

    So I think the whole hour was supposed to be just them. Unless they had somebody else lined up that fell through.

    It just looked like the Ana and Linda thing was thrown together and tacked on at the last minute. Like Dance Moms Miami. With neither 1 of them getting a Sondra dress. And for any dressmaker you know a wedding with 2 brides would be the 1 they’d sell their MeeMaw to do.

    @Linda I’m glad you guys got on the show however it happened. I do wish they’d figured out a way to get you both Sondra Celli dresses though.

    And if you click around this site you’ll see it’s not supposed to be serious book report style articles. So don’t take it to heart. Everybody on here just pokes fun at all the TV shows we watch. And everybody that’s on them. You got off easy. Just be glad you’re not a Real Housewife.

    And @Bruce you should be glad you’re not on The Bachelorette.

    @snowshoecat I didn’t forget about you. I’m just trying to break it up some so people won’t have to scroll so much.

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    Lauren
    Posted June 15, 2012 at 8:45 am

    @Irishkate. I’m not a hilljack, so please stop assuming. I was not referring to the incest couple when I said “sexual orientation”. I was referring to Linda and Ana being Lesbians. I did not talk about the other couple at all in my post. I don’t find enjoyment out of sitting around talking crap about people.

    @ Pollyanna.. It’s funny when you laugh because someone did something stupid, like on Tosh.O. But calling people fat and making fun of where they live? That’s just disrespectful. But everyone has their own opinion, so if that’s what you enjoy doing, who am I to stop you?

    @ Renee & nocarsgo.. They got on this show to tell their story, not to have their “15 minutes of fame”. They wanted people to see that the life they live that people judge them for, is actually happiness. They don’t care if people judge them because of their sexual orientation or age difference. They are truly happy, and I think they’ve proven that, being one of two couples who are still together. That is the ONLY reason they got on this show. They didn’t even try to get on the show. Most of the other families on the show are Ana’s family, and when being interviewed, Ana shared her story and TLC asked them to be on the show. I just hate when people assume the worst.

    @kthxbai.. Why should Bruce be happy he’s not on the bachelorette? Another person making fun I assume? And Linda could have had a Sondra dress. But she chose to spend the money on getting her teeth work done.

    Everyone can call them boring, but I would much rather them be boring then being whores, fighting in the streets, or whatever it is you guys enjoy. I understand that this site is about laughing at shows, which is fine, to an extent. I just feel like lines were crossed and things were taken too far. But that’s just my opinion. Every one is aloud to have one. I guess I’m a little bias because these people are my family, and of course I’m going to stand up for them. You all can keep “name calling” all you want. Whatever floats your boat.

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    labowner
    Posted June 15, 2012 at 9:31 am

    Fucking awesome the fourth wall has been broken.

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    labowner
    Posted June 15, 2012 at 9:46 am

    Lauren, Linda and Bruce. You are just making it worse. Just slink away and let us enjoy our selves. We mean no harm to anyone, just looking for a little levity, smiles, laughter to help get us through our days. If you should be mad at anyone, be mad at TLC. We can only snark on what we see.

    Lauren, saying the couple is still together after a year means nothing. I wish them the best, but stop trying to harsh our mellow man.

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    SaraKate
    Posted June 15, 2012 at 10:15 am

    kthxbai: “You did have 1 typo though. Gus didn’t say smother. He said the clothes were smothercating him. It’s not a Gypsy word or anything. I think it comes more from the Micki Wood education principles of leaving books the hell alone.”

    ROFLMAO – seriously…I just had two coworkers come to my office from down the hall I was laughing so hard at that!

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    snowshoecat
    Posted June 15, 2012 at 12:15 pm

    Hi Lauren, Linda and Bruce, welcome to the Wonderful World of the Gasmii where nothing is sacred except for the right to snark, make fun, and have fun. That said, I think that it is sad that you were being exploited by TLC. They approached you? Why? Because you are (gasp) *clutches pearls* les..les..lesbians. Horrors. People are “shocked” by incest, and, sadly, by same sex couples. It’s called ratings. The higher the shock factor, the higher the ratings.

    The Gasmii on this site run the gamut of… well everything from race to gender and sexual preference and it doesn’t matter to anybody. We argue, we agree, we just gave fun, and all would agree, I’m sure, that it is sad to be exploited, even if you have good intentions– letting the world see your happiness.

    When you opt to go on television, you give up your right to privacy and open yourselves up for whatever others think of you, for better or for worse.

    Now if you don’t like what we do here, you are entirely welcome to avoid reading the site.

    Kthxy, you are just so thoughtful. Mmmmwwwwwwwaaaaaa.

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    keebler elf
    Posted June 15, 2012 at 12:27 pm

    I’m sure people across America thought or said much worse things than what was said on here. When you put your life on broadcast like that then expect things to be said, good or bad.

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    sheesh
    Posted June 15, 2012 at 12:57 pm

    Hi Linda!

    Please tell Bruce to stop posting telling us to suck his dick.
    It hurts my feelings.

    Thanks!

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    kthxbai
    Posted June 15, 2012 at 1:30 pm

    @Lauren If that’s how it was, that was a smart thing to do. I’m glad she at least had the choice. It’s too bad there wasn’t any other way for her to get them fixed. But she’s got a lot of company there. And more every day.

    It’s also too bad she and Ana couldn’t tell their story some different way. Even a different kind of tv show. 1 that was more serious.

    TLC jumped on them so they could stick a gay wedding somewhere in their series. Even though the brides weren’t looking to get a big flashy wedding. And even though that’s what the show was about.

    The Bachelorette’s another reality tv show. Which also gets made fun of here. Along with everybody that signed up to be on it. That’s what we do.

    Everybody that signs up for these shows puts themselves up in public. That’s when the line gets crossed. Not here. By the time we watch it and started making comments about it, the line boat’s done sailed, sunk and run up on Gibraltar.

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    fancyface
    Posted June 15, 2012 at 1:37 pm

    Dammit! How did I miss the action from the ‘we had no business being on this show’ family?

    Idk about anyone else but I really didn’t have a bad opinion of this couple. I just thought while yes, there story would’ve been an interesting story, it didn’t offer much to the show & felt out of place. Now that we’ve been blessed with their presence, that opinion has plummeted.

    Lauren actually made a rational comment that I respect her for but she kinda buried the lead by being somewhat of a twat in her 1st post.

    Bruce? Even if you were able to post a pic of your genitals, I suspect we still wouldn’t be able to see it, if you get my drift. Especially my blind ass. I have trouble seeing small objects.

    But big fucking kudos to the bride for opting to use the money tlc offered for the dress on getting her ‘teeth work’ done! I have no words, but that was a kick ass decision lol

    Anyhoo…Gus actually said smotherffocate. Don’t forget the Fs! That’s what made me have to rewind to make sure I heard him correctly. I was so zoning out on this snooze fest until that brilliant word came out of his mouth! I will never forget where I was or what I was doing when I heard it

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    kthxbai
    Posted June 15, 2012 at 2:49 pm

    @snowshoecat LOL I still think if TLC got played it was with their consent.

    The only people they can put on are the 1s that sign up. Somebody at TLC looked at what they had and decided to bail on the concept. And just make a show that was for entertainment, not educational. And make their $.

    But as usual you got me to thinking. At 1st you remember I said it was TLC that played the viewers. I was a little bit pissed off at them for it too.

    I wasn’t even thinking about us then. But the viewers that think to this day they got into Murphy’s Village and that Bill’s daddy’s a Traveller etc. Plus the 1s that watched it but couldn’t say the words Traveller or Murphy’s Village today if you paid them.

    Anyway, I’ve been changing my mind. Those viewers could’ve looked stuff up. Same as you did. So they didn’t get played it unless it was with their consent too. They got entertained. Which is all they wanted.

    And it’s the same with TLC. They did look stuff up. Even Jerry Springer’s got fact checkers. And it’s not like there were all these big secrets. The stuff about Bill came out in the Augusta paper.

    With NettieNookie we even got it confirmed right here what we already knew. That it’s 1 extended family group. That they got several episodes out of.

    And everybody they’ve shown’s listed off the ways they’ve quit keeping. On camera. 2 of the marriages were to gorjas. So it’s not like anybody called TLC up claiming to be anything they’re not.

    I think it’s just that what TLC was hoping, or at least what we were hoping for wasn’t going to sign up. Or get on any cameras.

    It was me that got all excited when I saw Murphy’s Village in the press release. Even though in my heart I knew their ass was so not getting in there. And I think you probably did too.

    So I guess what I’m saying is that if anybody got played, it was me. And my internet soul edra @snowshoecat. And even we sort of consented to it. And now we’re getting tuned up to consent some more for Natl Geo next month.

    @fancyface You are so right! Thanks for telling the right word.

    @SaraKate You just made my day!

    @maryedith gaudiness is coming. Plus the 7 potencias, the 7 dwarves and cooperation between groups a long time ago. I just really am trying to break it up. So people won’t have to take so many Lyrica pills.

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    pinklotus
    Posted June 15, 2012 at 6:03 pm

    I thought the lesbian couple was really sweet and genuine. Sure, that doesn’t make for exciting reality tv, but it’s still nice to see once in awhile. Some people complain that they’re too boring for tv, but then say the wild and crazy bunch (Mellie and family) seem like hired actors…can’t win!
    I do, however wonder about this show being scripted….the bit with the lit up dress and Sondra bringing the fire extinguisher to the wedding was done on the UK version. Thelma (Velma?) did something “new” and put lights in the non-gypsy girl’s dress (she was marrying a gypsy), and was worried about a fire, so brought a fire extinguisher to the wedding. Coincidence? I guess it’s possible. But it seemed weird that the exact thing was done on both shows.
    Also, I’ve read here about how the Murphy’s Village episode was fake…the bride from that episode commented on the Big Fat American Gypsy Facebook page saying she and her husband were still happy married and living in “the village”!

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    snowshoecat
    Posted June 15, 2012 at 6:23 pm

    Yup, Kthxy, we got played, but as a consenting adult I don’t mind. Cheap entertainment– and with this site, the entertainment just goes on and on….

    Pinky, I agree that the lesbian couple was sweet, but I don’t think they played it as TLC would have liked. The show is all about sensationalism, not two sensible, loving people whom the producers sought to exploit for the sake of shock value. Lezzzzbians…ooooooh.

    So I am glad teeth were fixed and a precious chain restored. I simply didn’t think it was quite appropriate. As Kthxbai noted (#30) it’s too bad their story wasn’t told in a different way on a more credible forum.

    At least two of us are rather serious about studying different cultures, especially one as fascinating as the Rom. I just wish we could have found a little more exposition and a little less exploitation.

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    linda henson
    Posted June 15, 2012 at 6:45 pm

    I realize this article was tongue in cheek and parts of it did make me giggle, trust me no one laughs at us more then we laugh at ourselves, my only disagreement was about Bruce working out of a meth lab, I know this was supposed to be funny but that type of comment isn’t, not even as a joke, and that type of rumor can destroy someones reputation, especially when their livelihood depends on word of mouth and their reputation, and although I don’t condone Bruce’s use of profanity he is 26 and entitled to his opinion, and is very likely to get pissed off when his mother’s are being talked about, see if nothing else he has respect and loyalty to us and will defend us whenever necessary! And I will say for his artwork -you are amazing!

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    Chicken Lips
    Posted June 15, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    Hmmm…I’m from Cleveland and our bread-and-butter go to joke is about how in West Virginny your mom is your brother and your dad is your cousin – 5 million people, 12 last names. Either are jokes were wrong or that’s a new law. Please tell me they only have 32 teeth in all of the state – don’t crush all of my beliefs at one time.

    I live in southwest Ohio now and we just pick on the hillbillies from Kentucky now, but I still get in a good west Virginia joke now and then.

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    Pollyanna
    Posted June 16, 2012 at 5:05 am

    Linda-I truly apologize for the Meth lab comment. I in no way meant for that to hurt Bruce’s professional reputation. I personally thought the tattoos were good, so I’m sure the work he does is good. I understand his need to protect a parent, although his methods were slightly unnecessary. I feel a need to protect my children and felt he crossed the line in what he said about how they will grow up. I do wish all of you the best and am happy that at least one couple on this show was legitimate and genuine.

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    snowshoecat
    Posted June 16, 2012 at 5:15 am

    You are simply the classiest, Polly! Mmmmmmwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaa.

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    Lauren
    Posted June 16, 2012 at 9:17 am

    I must say a couple more things before I leave you all to your fun..

    @ Pollyanna.. you are upset because Bruce made a comment about your children, but you do realize you were talking crap about other people’s children.? Like you said, don’t take it to heart, it’s all in fun, right?

    So, what I’m getting out of this whole conversation is that you all are aloud to talk about whoever you want, but God forbid Linda, Bruce, and Ana defend themselves. Enjoy yourselves every one!

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    Pollyanna
    Posted June 16, 2012 at 9:54 am

    Lauren, there is a difference between defending yourself and wishing for small children to grow up to be ‘used up whores’. I also didn’t put my children on a reality television show. I apologized and I don’t know what else I can do. Lighten up and get over it.

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    Chicken Lips
    Posted June 16, 2012 at 11:25 am

    @StageMom “It’s funny. TLC keeps advertising their unprecedented access to this secretive community, but for a secretive community they sure are all a bunch of attention whores!”

    Bazinga.

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    kthxbai
    Posted June 16, 2012 at 2:18 pm

    @Pollyanna I don’t think you have anything to apologize for. But I do owe you an apology. And about a million hugs if you’ll take them.

    I pretended I didn’t see all he said. Because I felt sorry for Linda. That he would bring shame on his own mother like that! In front of her face and right out on the internet!

    But I was wrong. He didn’t bring shame on her. Just like to us, grown people that sign up for reality shows are fair game, it turns out to some people little kids that didn’t sign up for shit are fair game.

    So if I was going to pretend anything it should’ve been that I was a werewolf from Bon Temps. That had abjured their ass. And gave you hugs.

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    Pollyanna
    Posted June 16, 2012 at 2:29 pm

    Kthxy-I will accept any and all hugs:). I know Linda has no control over a 26 year old ‘man’, so I don’t fault her. Who would’ve thought a recap of an episode of ‘My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding’ could cause so much drama? LOL! I guess I should feel flattered that so many people care;)

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    thisbuggs4u
    Posted June 16, 2012 at 3:16 pm

    Polly, have you ever read the comments over in the T&T recaps….whoo baby, those can get out of control! I could not get through this whole episode! I basically got to the part where the girls were walking through the streets of Boston in her Lit up wedding dress…So I can’t really say much about anything else. However I did notice the blinged out fire ext.!!

    ChickenLips-Bazinga!! You made me giggle..I have been watching reruns, and I tell you what, I lmfao almost every episode, and to me tv comedies usually aren’t that funny.

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    snowshoecat
    Posted June 16, 2012 at 3:18 pm

    Yes, Polly, you should feel flattered. It was a duuuuuuuull epi, and you certainly livened it up. You even drew out some of the main characters (oh and I DO mean that) and that is no small feat. More drama in the recap than the whole program.

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    kthxbai
    Posted June 16, 2012 at 4:09 pm

    LOL @Pollyanna You know terrible a thing as that was, @snowshoecat’s right. I bet the only reason for any of it is because you made the recap 10 times better than even the interesting part of the episode.

    And I actually got a bigger kick out of the cousins than I did their other cousins the last couple of weeks.

    Oh that reminds me. This show is having an effect on fashion too. I noticed the other day that Walmart’s jacked the price of Jet’s Gypsy Slippers up to $12.99. And put in a bin of red 1s too. Not labeled or anything. Because they’re secretive Gypsy Slippers. Just stuck over there in the regular non Gypsy bedroom shoes section by the fake Ugg boots.

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    Pageant-grandma
    Posted June 16, 2012 at 11:58 pm

    Totally love when the people who volunteer (or at least agree) to be on a “reality” show show up on a snark site to complain that they’ve been… Well… Snarked about. For a 26-year-old “man”– well, my 14 year old has a far better command of the English language. I get “gypsy” girls don’t attend school for long (how much education does one need to clean a trailer and pop out babies?) but I got the impression that the boys fared better, educationally speaking. I guess not. I suppose that’s what happens when you marry your own cousin. Sigh. Look– lesbians are awesome. I AM one, so I should know. I thought the ladies were quite sweet, and fairly sensible, and I found myself wondering what they were even doing on this trainwreck of a show. It’s like when toddlers &tiaras shows 3 very normal families (and the recappers die a little inside).

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    snowshoecat
    Posted June 17, 2012 at 4:39 am

    PGram, Ooooooohhhhh. Not one of THOSE!? *giggle*. Beware of TLC wanting to spice up the ratings even more with T&T Lesbian Gram Edition. The world would clutch its collective pearls and gasp. And watch.

    Seriously, the MBFGW UK Edition, showed boys of twelve driving tractors and working right along with their dads and uncles. Heavy equipment looks so strange with a diminutive driver. They race around in cars too. As long as they can read and add, they really don’t need more schooling.

    The education ethic is better than Schparkle’s when you think about it.

    Oh swell, Kthxy, leave it to Wallymart to cash in! Next we’ll have the whole line of gypsy crap.

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    Annie
    Posted June 17, 2012 at 5:36 am

    I am Linda’s daughter. And I couldn’t agree more that the editing of the show sucked. I am a smart ass and all of my smartassed comments were edited out. Big bummer. :/ but anyway I didn’t think your article about my mom and Ana was too terrible. Its more the comments that follow that got me. Yes we put ourselves out there going on tv we know this. But it was done for a reason. For mom and Ana is was to send a message that they are proud of who they are and to show people that gay couples can be normal. As for the age gap…yeah kinda weird but Charlie sheen does it all the time and its cool so why can’t this be? I will apologize for not giving you the drama you so hoped for in the episode. It never occurred to us that some viewers have nothing better to do with their time than to watch other people and hope at some point a fight breaks out. Ellen really liked the episode, maybe we’ll get ahold of her and see of she will let us on her show and well get good and drunk and dance around like idiots and ill make sure to wear something really shiny and skimpy so your readers will have something better than arm hair to comment about.

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    sophie
    Posted June 17, 2012 at 7:32 am

    I am a romanichel, I lmbo reading this, im sooo glad someone is finally smart enough to see this show is scripted bs real romanichel do not act like that and don’t want to be seen on this dumb show as proof I ask you to look at how many people are at these parties other that what’s her faces 9 kids lol

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    Jack
    Posted June 17, 2012 at 8:20 am

    @ kthxbai

    Tlc may have fact checkers, but they did not use them. They did zero background checks on any of the people that are on mbfgw. If they had, they would have found out that Mellie was never beat by her husband because she never had a husband to begin with. Not that that matters because Tlc is not going to let the facts or political correctness get in the way of a series that draws views. There is so much falsehood and outright lies on this show it shouldn’t even be called a documentary because it’s more a work of fiction.

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    Pageant-grandma
    Posted June 17, 2012 at 8:41 am

    Snowshoe– while my friends often joke that our family could have it’s own show (lesbian couple, autistic kid, lots of pets (we’re not talking hoarders or anything, but we have more than most suburban families), our granddaughter does pageants, and medically, my partner is just short enough that she qualifies as a “little person”. But believe it or not, we’re too normal. I highly doubt anyone would watch.

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    snowshoecat
    Posted June 17, 2012 at 8:55 am

    P-Gram, what a terrific family! Your partner makes me feel so tall (just 5’2″ when I stretch). HubbyCat is 6’2″ and we do look kind of silly together and everybody I know is tall.

    The trouble is that when you are sane, the networks (including cable) won’t touch you, so every time people they DO televise write in defending themselves— well, it only proves what we have been saying about them.

    Guess you’ll be left alone to enjoy your family. Yay!

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    Linda Carol Henson
    Posted June 17, 2012 at 9:31 am

    He didn’t say he wished they would grow up that way, he
    said that’s why they grow up that way lol

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    kthxbai
    Posted June 17, 2012 at 4:23 pm

    @Jack I didn’t mean fact checking what all had happened to them in their lives.

    That whole comment goes back to me and @snowshoecat talking like 4 episodes ago. About what if random people that just wanted to get on a tv show called them up claiming to be Gypsies. When they really had 0 connections to any Gypsy group. I was saying they’d fact check enough to put those in a separate stack.

    And that they’d also read up enough to know that people from regular Gypsy groups that still keep to their ways aren’t going to sign up for a reality show. Even if common sense didn’t tell them.

    @snowshoecat I was LOLing watching the show because of the way they called them her Gypsy Slippers. But they looked brand new. And just like some I’d seen at Walmart. I meant to make a comment about it here but got distracted.

    Then when I went back to Walmart I saw they’d raised the price. And got in red 1s. Which made me laugh all over again. I don’t really think there’s any connection. That was just me trying to make a joke. But messing it up because it’s 1 of those “you had to be there” things.

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    kthxbai
    Posted June 17, 2012 at 4:31 pm

    Oh I also meant to say it was the TLC presenter voice lady that called them that. Not Jet or any of the people on the show. Which made it even funnier.

    See this is why I should never try to tell a joke.

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    Pageant-grandma
    Posted June 17, 2012 at 6:56 pm

    Annie– fret not. The fact that the recappers honestly had little to snark about in your mother’s story is a good thing! It means that even with the magic of editing, they really were more or less normal.

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    snowshoecat
    Posted June 17, 2012 at 7:08 pm

    Kthxy, that presenter is a stitch with her oh-so-serious documentary voice, isn’t she? Jokes aside, I do think we may see an upswing in”gypsy” fashion.

    Annie, so sorry you were edited out. See what happens when you don’t follow the TLC script? Tsk tsk.

    TLC was doing all it could to exploit your mom and Ana, but they didn’t play along and it didn’t make for the sensationalism intended. As kthxbai said earlier (you really have to read all the comments or you miss so much context) it would have been nice if they had had a different forum to present their story. I just hate to see anyone exploited, and I’m glad they turned the tables and, “boring” and all, put their story out there. I’ll bet the producers had a fit when they saw that was “all” they had. Good.

    Speaking of reading all the comments *blushes* are you really Rom? I’m not going through all the comments again to find out.

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    labowner
    Posted June 18, 2012 at 1:19 pm

    There is an EHow.com page on Irish Traveler scams in the US. Farking great. Any of you poster’s have hubbies with Fark accounts? There is a gypsy thread going on now.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2160972/Gypsies-set-camp-asking-police-open-Fareham-field-reverse-caravans.html

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    kthxbai
    Posted June 18, 2012 at 7:03 pm

    Just about every internet forum’s got rules about hate speech and calling for genocide. Including Fark. And just about all of them make an exception for Gypsies.

    On that Fark thread it took till like post 2 for somebody to say they should blow them up.

    The problem with articles about common Italian scams or the Korean scams to watch out for would be the same as the 1s about Gypsy and Traveller scams. If the others would be allowed anywhere. Which they wouldn’t.

    The problem is about how scams work. The people most likely to get scammed are the 1s that are the most ignorant and or suggestible.

    So when scams get tied to a group like that, it gives the people most likely to be a victim the idea they can relax unless they think the person’s a Gypsy. Even though they’ll be out the same $ either way. Not to mention that scams change over time. Nowadays the most common 1s don’t start with strangers knocking doors.

    If they did a study I bet they’d find more $ lost to scams today start off with somebody the person knows. And that’s not even a scammer. Telling them they can both make $ if they’ll buy a box of stuff and sign up to sell it. And get other people to do the same thing.

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    Pageant-grandma
    Posted June 18, 2012 at 10:17 pm

    I will admit I don’t know anything about “gypsy” culture beyond what I have seen on tlc– and being as I know what their editing does to our “subculture” (pageant land) I take what I see with a grain of salt. A scam is a scam. Regardless of the origin of the scammer.

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    Bry
    Posted June 28, 2012 at 6:18 pm

    polly…i dont appriciate the article about this one bit its rude and so not funny! who are you to judge bruce lauren linda or ana? bruce is one of my best friends and those comments saying he lives in a meth lab and bashing his tattoos piss me off! he doesnt live in a meth lab first off and his tattoos are AMAZING, and dont get pissed when he talks about your children because your talking about him and his mom and her wife whom i think is sweet and pretty! and so what they are far apart in age who gives a shit if their happy let them be happy everyone deserves to be happy maybe you should try to find someone because it seems to me that your pretty fuckin miserable yourself! get a life and leave them alone i cant believe you actually get good comments when you sit and bash people the way you do maybe we should come video your life for a day im sure you wouldnt like being bashed like this i agree 110% with bruce suck his dick and rot in hell!! im sure youll be going there soon since your such a bitch

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    Bryonna Neville
    Posted June 28, 2012 at 6:20 pm

    polly…i dont appriciate the article about this one bit its rude and so not funny! who are you to judge bruce lauren linda or ana? bruce is one of my best friends and those comments saying he lives in a meth lab and bashing his tattoos piss me off! he doesnt live in a meth lab first off and his tattoos are AMAZING, and dont get pissed when he talks about your children because your talking about him and his mom and her wife whom i think is sweet and pretty! and so what they are far apart in age who gives a shit if their happy let them be happy everyone deserves to be happy maybe you should try to find someone because it seems to me that your pretty fuckin miserable yourself! get a life and leave them alone i cant believe you actually get good comments when you sit and bash people the way you do maybe we should come video your life for a day im sure you wouldnt like being bashed like this i agree 110% with bruce suck his dick and rot in hell!! im sure youll be going there soon since your such a bitch and all

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    Pollyanna
    Posted June 28, 2012 at 7:13 pm

    Seriously? For God’s sake, let it go. It was two weeks ago and I never trashed the damn tattoos. It is an opinion, which everyone is entitled to, including those that read these recaps.

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    Eddie
    Posted July 27, 2012 at 1:06 pm

    Yes this show is so incredibly fake!!!! They are nothing more than white trash. Don’t even resemble gypsies. Gypsies are believed to have originated from India. If you watch American gypsies on national geographic channel, you will notice an extreme difference!!!! Gypsies are typically dark skinned. Mother Theresa is one of the famous gypsies. She is probably rolling over in her grave at the thought of these people claiming to be gypsies. I can’t figure out why tlc would use actors that are whiter than white to play an ethnic group that is dark skinned. Very odd

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    Eddie
    Posted July 28, 2012 at 6:39 am

    Here is a link with pictures and information about real gypsies. Not white trailer trash. I grew up trailer trash but I don’t pretend to be gypsy, or native American or anything else.
    Notice how different they look than the show. I call bullshit on the show. Both the American version and the uk version!!!!

    http://s1.zetaboards.com/anthroscape/search/?c=3&mid=431003&month=12&year=2011

    Here is another group of pictures. Notice they all look middle eastern. There was a big controversy cause a blond haired, blue eyed 6 year old got a spray on tan on the uk version. Um….. A real gypsy would not need a spray on tan. They are a people of color. Very strange that no one calls bullshit on that. But here it is.
    Notice she looks sad. But no glue on fake jewels or bling here.
    http://www.coolpicturegallery.net/2010/05/gypsy-wedding.html?

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    gypsy stanley
    Posted July 31, 2012 at 10:43 am

    You ppl are so tired of your boring lives with your ugly ordinary looking ppl that ya get on here an try in make yourself feel better by talking about us that ya are clearly jealous of get a real life

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    Dany
    Posted August 1, 2012 at 4:21 pm

    Jack I dont know were you got your facts but you are incorrect about Mellie never being married she was but there was no abuse to her if anything she abused him I know theses facts because she is my cousins sister-in-law. That being said the show was a joke but not scripted Sophie and for you to be a gypsy and say that some of our gypsy family doesnt act like that your being dishonest every family has a crazy acting bunch.Now going on TLC paid for the weddings venues and dresses and other things.They paid for the trips to A.C. and other stuff yes they try to lead the conversation and tell you how to say things but not what to say they may provide topics they want you to talk about but its not scripted.That l being said I dont think the show showed Rumneys in a good way. There is a second season coming not sure who or were there filming though.

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    labowner
    Posted August 1, 2012 at 5:12 pm

    Eddie Irish Travelers were featured on the european version as well. Not really dark skinned people. GS I watch for entertainment value. Only small minded people use the jealous/haters argument. Thanks for playing.

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    Fuckoff much?
    Posted August 9, 2012 at 4:02 pm

    The only thing I have to say is towards the incest factor: HOW FUCKING GROSS.NASTY ASS FUCKTWATS. how does any person with a brain justify that to themelves seriously?

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    Bridgette Raes
    Posted September 13, 2012 at 1:50 pm

    If you’re intrigued by this show, tomorrow, on my radio show, I am interviewing Sondra Celli about her dresses, gypsy culture and more. How much do the dresses cost? Do the gypsies really give her 24 hours to make a dress? What do the gypsies do with the dresses after the wedding is over? All this and more will be answered tomorrow! I hope you can tune in! http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bridgetteraes/2012/09/14/blinging-it-on-with-sondra-celli

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    Sahle
    Posted October 21, 2012 at 8:03 pm

    I am of REAL Romany decent and this show reflects nothing on the true culture of Romany. These women probably can’t even do the real traditional Romany dance. Please educate yourselves on the true culture before deciding this fake reality tv show is real.

    Compare-

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCunGo798_c

    Real Romany are from India. These white women with sprayed on tans are no where near real Romany. Romanies dress completely different than this and would be shamed if dressing in such slutty attire.

    This is NOT REAL ROMANY CULTURE and it is offensive. Also, the irish travellers from the UK show aren’t ROMANY whom are persecuted and live in camps.

    This is a complete racist disgrace.

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    snowshoecat
    Posted October 22, 2012 at 5:56 am

    @Sahle, as the saying “better late than never goes” you were late commenting, but appreciate your post. The clip was wonderful, and there is quite a difference.

    Several of us have sneered at the gypsies on the show, and we realized that they are scam artists rather than people with any connection whatsoever to true Romany.

    Just garden variety trash.

    Thank you for taking the time, and if this travesty is ever on again, please join us.

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    Jack
    Posted January 28, 2013 at 6:30 am

    I can’t believe I just ran across this artice again. Lol.

    Danny, my information came from 2 of her own aunts who were on the show. They said publicly she was never married.

    kthxbai, they did have someone on the show who misrepresented themselves as a gypsy when they actually aren’t. That person was Ed Daugherty.
    But before in accused of being a \hater\, lol, I want to say I hope they all do well with their second season. I really do. And I see that tlc had listen to some of the criticism from the gypsy community. They at least dropped the name Stanley from the girls show. to bad it’s going up against the walking dead.

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    Antonymous
    Posted February 1, 2013 at 9:16 pm

    This show is filth. It is trash. And it is about as accurate and respectful to the Rroma as “The Gods must be crazy” was to the Bushmen of South(ern) Africa. Linda and PollyAna, what kind of lowlife hoes are you to disrespect YOUR OWN PEOPLE on TV like this!!!!

    I sincerely hope that this family is excommunicated by the Romani community in their area and across the entire world.

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    Shirley
    Posted February 7, 2013 at 1:11 pm

    So want to find out how I can contact ana or linda about there tats! I give these two lady’s so much respect and support for doing there wedding no matter what say or think! This show is got me watching everytime it comes on I just really wish to see more about Ana and Linda. But I do love this show and they way they show their love for there life styles it is a great TV show!