What Happened To The Assanti Brothers From My 600-Lb Life?

The Assanti brothers, Steven and Justin, proved to be a couple of the most divisive participants TLC's My 600-lb Life has ever seen, ... WhatHappenedToTheAssantiBrothersFromMy600-LbLife? TLC By JoeyKeogh/Updated:Feb.24,202111:11amEDT TheAssantibrothers,StevenandJustin,provedtobeacoupleofthemostdivisiveparticipantsTLC'sMy600-lbLifehaseverseen,fromcheatingonDr.Now'sdiettothrowingtantrums.Tobefair,mostofthereallybadbehaviorwascourtesyofSteven,butpoorJustingotlumpedinwithhisbrothermoreoftenthannot. Weirdly,it'sSteven,oneofMy600-lbLife'smostcontroversialstars,who'scomeoutoftheirsharedexperienceslightlybetter,butfans'heartswillalwaysbewiththebeleagueredJustinregardless.Still,ifnothingelse,theAssantibrothersseemtobelivingconsiderablyhealthierlivesthesedays,whichwillsurelymakeDr.Nowproud. StevenAssantigotmarriedin2018 Facebook AccordingtoaFacebookpostfromMay2018,StevenAssantimarriedawomannamedStephanieatsomepoint.Hehasmostlykeptthingsfairlyprivate,andatonepointherpagewasfullofswooningdeclarationsoflove.ShealsotoldStarcasm thatyearthatherhusbandis"nothinglikehowhewasperceivedontheTVshowatall...He'sagentlemenandafantasticloverandloveroflifeingeneral."Itwasawhirlwindromanceforthetwo,andtherealitystarandIowa-basedmassagetherapistevengotmatchingtattoostodeclaretheirlovetotheworld. InSeptember2019, Starcasmagainreportedonthecouple,surmisingthattheirmarriagewasontherocksduetoalackofpresenceonsocialmedia.However,socialmediamessinessdoesn'tnecessarilymeantroubleinparadise;in2020,Stevenrevealedtheywerestilltogether. JustinandStevenAssantiaren'tineachotherlivesthesedays Facebook AsforJustinAssanti,he'sbackinRhodeIsland,andseemstobeinvolvedwithHobbyHaven,ashopthatmainlysellsmodelkits.HehaspostedoccasionalupdatesonhisownFacebookpageaswellasonaRedditaccountwhichheusestoanswerfanquestions.AccordingtoDistractify,duringasince-deletedAMAsession,JustinrevealedheandStevennolongerspeak,sharing,"Hedoesn'tbotherussincehegotmarried."Justinalsonotedthathehaslostmorethan200poundsintheyearssincetheirepisodeaired. InthesameAMA,JustinconfirmedthatMy600-lbLifeisheavilyproduced.StarcasmalsoreportedthatJustinpreviouslyconfirmedtheonlythingrealabouttheshowwasSteven'shorriblebehavior."StevenontheshowisSteveninreallife.It'soneofthefewthingsnotscripted,"hereportedlyrevealed.  Still,bothAssantibrothersseemtobedoingwellintheirownways,andiflivingseparatelivesiswhat'sbestforthem,thensobeit. StevenAssanticriticizedTLC'sapproach Facebook Ina2020interviewwith NickiSwift, StevenrevealedhowTLChad"overdramatized" hisstoryandfocusedonthenegativeaspectsofit,whichtheself-describedattention-seekerdidn'tagreewith. Astheformerrealitystarargued,"theyonlyshowmegoingcrazy,andyellingatpeople,andtakingpainpills,andjustallthebadstuff.Theychoosenottoshowanythingthat'sgood." Stevenadvised,"Theyfilmedmeandmyfamilydoinggoodthingstoo,buttheychoosetoshowjustthebadthings."  Hedid,however,acknowledgethatnothingwasscripted.The My600-lbLife alumdescribedTLCproducersas"aggressive," revealingthatondayswhenhedidn'tfeellikefilming,theywouldwaitoutsidehisdoorandpesterhimuntilStevencaved.Allthings,considered,though,hedoesn'tregrettakingpartintheshow. "IloverealityTV.IlovebeingonTV.Ilovebeingtalkedabout,"Stevenshrugged.He'snowtakingmattersintohisownhandswithadedicatedYouTubechannel.  StevenAssantiremainsfullycommittedtohismarriage Facebook RumorsthatSteven'smarriageisintroublecontinuetopersistand,whilespeakingto NickiSwift in2020,headmittedthatStephaniedoesn'tlikealltheattentionassociatedwithbeingwithhim. "She'snotouttherelikeme.She'saprivateperson...Ilove[the]internet,andIlikeinterviewsandbeingputoutthereonapedestal,andshe'snot.She'smoreofaprivate[person],butshe'sawesome," heexplained.Therealitystarrevealedthetwoarestilltogetherbut"technicallyseparated" becausetheyliveintwodifferentcities,abouta90-minutedrivefromeachother.  "She'skindofdoingherownthing,"inDesMoines,asStevenputit,noting, "Shehasherjob,andshe'sjustdoingherownthingrightnow." Thecouplewasplanningtospendtheholidaystogether,andthe My600-lbLife alumseemedhopefulforareconciliationdowntheline.Hereasoned,"We'realwaysworkingitout.Iloveherwithallmyheartandshelovesme.We'rejustintwodifferenthouseholdsrightnow.Needalittlebreak.Justalittlebreak,that'sall.We'refine.There'snoarguing.No,nothinglikethat.We'recool.We'restillmarried.She'sawesome." Recommended