Rebecca Byler
November 12, 2012 by Hollywoodite
The Breaking Amish season one finale aired this weekend. During the opening moments of which producers shoehorned in their admission about a child between two of the cast members. A baby daughter. This is one of the many things hidden from viewers by TLC and only revealed, clumsily, after the show got caught in a […]
October 26, 2012 by Hollywoodite
Breaking Amish is nearing its end, with only one or two more episodes that would appear to be about the cast pretending to return to their communities because it makes such good television the ratings mostly match Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. Incidentally, the cast all left their communities years ago. Up to 14-years-ago in the […]
October 22, 2012 by Hollywoodite
Early into season one of Breaking Amish, TLC admitted in a statement, “There is a lot of information floating around about the group featured on Breaking Amish. Much of it is not true, but some of it is… and is addressed in upcoming episodes.” Nearly one month later, that has amounted to addressing the D.U.I. arrest […]
October 22, 2012 by Hollywoodite
In this weekend’s episode of Breaking Amish, Abe Schmucker proposes to cast mate, and real life girlfriend before the show, Rebecca Byler. Who admits on camera that she’s been married before and, to use Jeremiah Raber’s wording when talking about his own failed marriage, “It didn’t work out.” Raber failed to admit, however, that it […]
October 22, 2012 by Hollywoodite
In this weekend’s episode of Breaking Amish, there’s a contrived “proposal” worked into the show for the purpose of explaining away another marriage that hasn’t been mentioned until now. Just like the criminal convictions and trips to jail that don’t involve Kate Stoltzfus since other cast members have been to jail too. In a previous episode, Abe […]
October 16, 2012 by Hollywoodite
Breaking Amish is heading toward an episode focusing on the relationship between Rebecca Byler and Abe Schmucker who’s supposedly planning to propose only to learn his girlfriend’s legally married to another man (whom she married after March 2010 and from whom she only became divorced in July 2012 which means she was married at the start […]
October 15, 2012 by Hollywoodite
At the cliffhanger of Breaking Amish season one episode six, preparing for episode seven, Abe Schmucker has purchased an engagement ring for girlfriend Rebecca Byler after borrowing some of the money from his room mate, Jeremiah Raber. Schmucker then returns to the Amish for approval of the marriage only for his mother to ask “HOW?!” as in “how” […]
October 15, 2012 by Hollywoodite
This weekend was season one episode six of Breaking Amish during which the cast were mostly focused on the perceived mental health and drinking problems of Kate Stoltzfus. About whose past the cast learned when a random piece of paper was delivered to the girls’ hotel room with Stoltzfus’ rap sheet and mug shot for her recent D.U.I. arrest. Also in […]
October 12, 2012 by Hollywoodite
Breaking Amish has been careful to becloud the back stories of its cast and hide some facts altogether. Specifically missing from their bios on the show: the marriages, divorces, and children of some of the cast. Incidentally, every single person has either an arrest, mug shot, ex-spouse, or kid(s). Only some of which has been mentioned […]
October 9, 2012 by Hollywoodite
In a new teaser for Breaking Amish, there are some halfhearted attempts to explain away the preexisting relationships of some of the cast members. Previously, in a statement, TLC admitted the series was inauthentic because, rather than leaving the Amish for the “first time” as initially publicised, “the members have all chosen to leave before […]