‘My 600-Lb. Life’ Cast Members Give Dr. Now Too Much Power?
If you’ve even caught one episode of My 600-Lb. Life, you’re familiar with Dr. Now. The bariatric surgeon is 77-years-old but is still practicing.
He sees many patients every year that hope he can help them get on the right track. But lately, some fans think that Dr. Now may actually have a little too much power.
Keep reading to see what fans are saying these days.
Some contestants seem to think Dr. Now will have all the answers to their problems
Reddit is a great place to see what other My 600-Lb. Life fans think. One recent thread suggested Dr. Now may have a little too much power on the show.
“Why do all the patients think Dr. Now is a godly figure who solely determines their fate?” the original poster wonders. “It’s something I seriously ponder every time I watch. They lie about how much they eat, they come up with all these excuses as to why they gained or didn’t lose. They always phrase their hope for progress in a way that is based only on how Dr. Now will feel/react to it.”
The OP went on to wonder why many of the patients care about Dr. Now’s opinion in the first place. He’s a wonderful surgeon, but at the end of the day, he’s just the man.
“I kind of wonder if they actually think this way, or if it’s more of a scripted TV tactic to gain views and exacerbate the whole obesity discrimination conversation on social media in America,” the poster concluded.
Other Reddit users seemed to think the OP made a great point here.
“These people think that having the surgery is a quick fix. I don’t know how many people have said ‘I could not eat like this forever, but I can do it until the surgery.'”
The show does make it seem like some of the participants really seem to believe that Dr. Now has a magic fix for their health problems.
The lawsuits stacked up against My 600-Lb. Life
Even though Dr. Now is a famous bariatric surgeon, he has quite a big fan following online. Many of the show’s viewers tune in to see how he reacts to difficult patients and their situations.Fans may love the show, but no one can deny the lawsuits that sometimes follow production. The late Gina Marie Krasley was one of many former contestants with a legal battle pending against the show.
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