‘1,000 pounds. Sisters’ clip: Tammy Slaton says a tearful goodbye to her husband
1,000 pounds. Sisters star Tammy Slaton had to say an emotional goodbye to husband Caleb Willingham before leaving the rehab facility where the couple met.
In We weekly‘s exclusive first look at the TLC series’ Season 5 premiere, airing Tuesday, December 12, features Caleb reading a sweet poem he wrote especially for Tammy, 37, prior to her departure from the Ohio facility.
“Sunflower, sunflower, God planted you as a seed in a field full of many, but he meant you for me,” Caleb reads. “In fields full of green, representing the life you breathed into your king.”
Tammy wipes away tears as she listens to the moving ode, while Caleb pauses at one point to collect himself, overcome with emotion.
“I love it,” Tammy tells Caleb after he finishes reading.
Tammy Slaton, Caleb Willingham.
Courtesy of Caleb Willingham/Instagram“You are my sunflower,” he replies.
The pair then share a long embrace as Caleb promises that he will join her outside the clinic soon. “I’ll be there. I’m coming home, honey. I don’t know when and I don’t know how, but I’ll get there,” he says. Tammy nods as she rests her head on Caleb’s shoulder.
Tammy and Caleb married in November 2022 at the same rehab center where they met a year earlier. Both were treated at the clinic for health problems related to obesity. (Tammy underwent successful gastric bypass surgery at the treatment center in the summer of 2022 and has since taken to social media to show off her dramatic weight loss.)
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Less than a year after the couple exchanged vows, Tammy confirmed that Caleb had passed away at the age of 40.
“Rip sweet angel, you will be forever missed and loved so much,” she wrote via Instagram in July. “Thank you Caleb for showing me true love and happiness ❤️❤️.”
Two days later, Tammy said she was going through “the stages of grief” in the aftermath of Caleb’s death.
“Yes, we had problems, but I loved that man and I still do,” she said through tears in a TikTok video. “You know, he’s not in pain anymore. I know he is in a better place.”
Caleb shares his fears about not having enough time with Tammy in the sneak peek 1,000 pounds. Sisters‘season premiere.
“I have the love of my life here with me and now I’m losing him,” he tells cameras. “The biggest fear I have right now is that I don’t know our future. I’m happy for her, but it’s scary.”
Despite having to say goodbye, Caleb and Tammy assure each other of their love.
“I love you. I do too,” Tammy says in the clip as she wipes Caleb’s tears.
He replies, “I love you so much.”
Season 5 of 1,000 pounds. Sisters premieres on TLC Tuesday, December 12 at 9pm ET.