Latest / Fresh Intelligence / 'My 600-Lb. Life' Alum Dolly Martinez's Sister Rages at Cruel Trolls Who Claimed She's the 'Next to Go' Hours After Reality Star's Tragic Death
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- 0:05[SPEAKER_01]: Why scroll your feed?
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- 0:11[SPEAKER_01]: Here's Fresh Intelligence first to start your day.
- 0:18[SPEAKER_00]: The sister of my 600-pound lifestyle Dalai Martinez has responded to online trolls following the announcement of her siblings' death at age 30.
- 0:25[SPEAKER_00]: Dalai Martinez passed away from congestive heart failure at a Fort Worth Texas Hospital on April 11.
- 0:31[SPEAKER_00]: After Lindsey Cooper shared the news, she faced vicious comments suggesting her family could have done more to help the morbidly obese TLC reality star.
- 0:39[SPEAKER_00]: One troll stated, enabling her, praising her at 600 pounds like its normal, is not a standard we speak highly of.
- 0:46[SPEAKER_00]: Y'all as a family were more ready to enable her than actually help save her.
- 0:50[SPEAKER_00]: Another taunted, do you have to buy an XL coffin?
- 0:53[SPEAKER_00]: What's the procedure?
- 0:55[SPEAKER_00]: A third user criticized, this woman's weight was 600 pounds.
- 0:59[SPEAKER_00]: She's not.
- 1:00[SPEAKER_00]: At all what's so ever?
- 1:01[SPEAKER_00]: In a subsequent Facebook post, Cooper expressed her grief, stating, My Facebook is my safe space.
- 1:07[SPEAKER_00]: I know many people knew her from a show or TikTok, but please remember, there's so much more to her than what was seen online or on TV.
- 1:15[SPEAKER_00]: She emphasized that her sister deserved peace and kindness, adding, and to everyone online being cruel and mean.
- 1:21[SPEAKER_00]: F, all the way off.
- 1:23[SPEAKER_00]: Cooper addressed comments regarding her own weight, saying, Oh, and yes.
- 1:28[SPEAKER_00]: Just know I have chronic health problems.
- 1:30[SPEAKER_00]: I'm working on getting the weight off, but that's not for you to point out.
- 1:34[SPEAKER_00]: Her post-garnered messages of support from friends and followers.
- 1:37[SPEAKER_00]: Dolly Martinez appeared in season 10 of my 600-pound life in 2022, weighing 593 pounds at 5 foot too.
- 1:44[SPEAKER_00]: She revealed her struggles with a food addiction during her episode, stating, the only thing powerful enough to distract me from dark thoughts is food.
- 1:53[SPEAKER_00]: Food is caused all of the things I hate about my life.
- 1:56[SPEAKER_00]: Throughout her journey, she worked with Dr. Yun and Nauza Radon, attempting to lose sufficient weight for surgery but only managed to lose 40 pounds.