I’ve also noticed that Mary has turned off all comments on her Instagram

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      2 years ago

      Did u not see how she was living? TV is a godsend for someone who pulls ox during the day and dodges geckos at night.

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        Seriously! OP also said “she even started a cameo for the extra money” it made me so mad. Yeah the “you don’t know poverty until you poop in a river” comment of hers was annoying to say to her man who was homeless. But yet, only bc he had also been impoverished himself. Regardless these people really need money and considering literally every other cast member does stuff for these reasons we should give this couple the biggest of all breaks for doing so. Same if sheila made a cameo I wouldn’t be feeling any sort of way for it. I don’t even feel a certain way when ceasar, Brandon& Julia have it. Like seriously why are people mad by this especially when someone is genuinely impoverished like what the f

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          I am not mad at them for creating a Cameo for the extra money and it wasn’t said in disdain. I know that it is hard for them to gain money from the store that they made but making a cameo IS opening herself to more bullying and therefore will affect her mental health more. Guess who else is affected? The child AND Brandan.

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          2 years ago

          Being miserable and crying does not make anyone want to talk etc with her.she needs anti depressants etc. They have really messed up

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        2 years ago

        That is true although do they make enough to make a difference? I heard the foreigners don’t get paid at all and the Americans not a whole lot.

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            ok but, who made the comment? I don’t think YT comments are any more or less credible than what we read here, unless it was made by someone in the TLC family.

            imo, I think that was the amount the cast was earning at the beginning but it goes up if they progress through other seasons and/or spin-offs. Otherwise, I can’t see very many potential cast members being ok with that.

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          That’s for the original show, because the partner without a green card is legally not allowed to earn money. But this isn’t the original show - they’re in the Philippines, so I imagine TLC was sending them both money before they were fired for breaking the NDA.

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                2 years ago

                What happened with her? I haven’t been able to get caught up and only saw a short commercial clip of her showing up

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              We already knew she was untrustworthy and had no problems exploiting her kids for money. It’s really sad though that he still lets her in to ruin his life some more.

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          $5 would make a difference.

          She literally sold a handful of shampoo hanging from her corner store shack for pennies that she said she broke even with. Do u know how poor the neighborhood must be to be buying shampoo at a handful at a time?

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            2 years ago

            She’s not getting paid though, from what I understand, and Brandan could likely make more just getting a regular job in the states, without all the mental trauma of being on TV.

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              You are 100% wrong, the foreigners get paid. The only show where they don’t is 90 Day, sometimes HEA IF THEY DONT HAVE WORKING PAPERS YET. If they’re in their own country they get paid, the same way you get paid if you work in your country.

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              2 years ago

              Your thinking about 90 day fiance.

              In the other way they are in the foreigner’s home country so it’s legal to pay them and they do.

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                To no one in particular, on ANY show, wherever they’re shooting, the person doing the “acting” only gets paid if they are legal to work in that country. On a temporary basis, sometimes they get temporary work visas. There is no rule about anyone getting paid or not getting paid but for what I’ve just said. And no one gets paid until the end and no one gets someone else’s “share”. It’s pretty cut and dried. Legal? Paid. Not? Won’t.

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                    Further, they also only get paid for the number of episodes they actually show up in. These people can be filming for months, 12+ hours a day. After putting all that effort in, your story could still mostly end up on the cutting room floor.

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      So?? Why do you think it’s ok to bully her off a platform to make money? Why does it bother you so much? Why did you annoint yourself the boss of how someone makes money. Just don’t follow her if it bothers you so much. Make this make sense.

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        Did I bully her off of a platform??? All I’m saying is that if she wants to get better, try minimising interactions with the bullies? She did that already by turning off comments on her ig. Do you even read what I said? I said I don’t even interact with her other than liking her posts. And it’s my opinion since she’s complaining about people bullying her, there’s a way to minimise that.