From her website:
I left Boston early in the morning to head home. I was told I would not be meeting the other mom and then we pulled up to a mansion where the other mom and I actually did meet. Once I finally got home, after all the delays, it was midnight and I was exhausted. The moment I pulled into the driveway, I was so thankful that I was home that I cried. When I walked in the door and hugged Ashley, it was then that I remembered, the cameras were still rolling and I tried to get around them and away from them so they wouldn’t see anymore of my tears but then realized that wasn’t going to happen. (You do tend to forget about those cameras after 8 days)
I said everything you saw me say, not necessarily in that order, but still it was said. After coming home, I knew I needed to talk to my family. I asked politely three different times for all the camera crew to leave so I could have a simple family discussion with my husband and kids, but they refused to leave and so for the most part, I was so tired of camera crews and just everything in general, I simply lost my cool. I reached my breaking point.
Much of what you saw was part of an hour long conversation and argument that Barry and Ashley were trying to convince me that the other mom was a Christian and that she believed in God and I knew better…because she never told them. She let them believe that she was a Christian and that she believed in God the entire week.
I was upset because they know how these shows work and there was a reason I was there and she was here…there was an opposite and they never figured it out because they never asked questions…they just had a great week with their new mom and never realized there was something that could have possibly be going on at the other end and that’s what I meant by saying I always ask the questions.
I was upset because I feared that because of me being selfish and wanting the gastric bypass surgery which is why I had my family do the show in the first place, I forced my family to open up doors that I didn’t want opened and I realized that they were so in the clouds about the entire religious issue that they probably didn’t realize those doors were even opened. We are a Christian family.
I love that my family members are Christian and that they believe the same that I do. God has brought much love into my life. I was scared that things had been said during the week that could have possibly weakened their beliefs and it was my fault for allowing the trade for my own desire to be thin. At this point, it wasn’t worth it to me. I’d rather be unhealthy and overweight and have my wonderful Christian family than to be thin without Christianity in our lives.
I had no clue what had happened on this end over the course of the week but what I did know is that they were convinced that the other mom was not Dark Sided and to me, the life she lives is very Dark. (Again, my beliefs). Understand, I realize it is also her choice to believe the things she believes, but to me I consider those things Dark. I’ve heard her say she is not Dark Sided but that just depends on what one believes is the definition of being Dark.
I will say this. I am Italian and loud on a general basis and without microphones. My family has heard me yell and believe me they yell back, maybe not as loud as me…but that’s just me. I certainly and too big to have a dainty little voice so I guess it’s all correctly proportioned. I’m not saying that the show aired a different side of me than was actually me, because that was certainly me!!!
People react differently to different situations in their lives, I tend to talk loudly and over people on a normal day so I’ve been told…lol, but that is just me. Showing it on national television, with microphones…well…you saw the show or you wouldn’t be here.