1000-Lb. Roomies star Jaz breaks down about going to the beach — and being judged for her body — during Us Weekly’s first look at the new TLC series.
“The beach is right there. We’re here,” Nesha, Jaz’s longtime friend and roommate, says in Us’ exclusive sneak peek of the Tuesday, June 3, premiere.
After the friends arrive at Venice Beach in California for a day of fun, Jaz admits she’s “not going” and refuses to get out of the car. “I’m not walking or going over there,” Jaz explains through tears. “I don’t belong. I don’t feel right. I feel embarrassed.”
Nesha tries to talk Jaz into leaving the vehicle, reminding her they try not to care about how others perceive them. Jaz, however, won’t budge, confessing, “I don’t feel like getting looked at. I don’t feel like getting stared at. I don’t feel like people taking pictures of me, laughing at me. I don’t feel like doing any of that.”
Jaz bursts into tears, telling her roomie, “I’m sorry, I’m so sorry.” In one final attempt to boost her spirits, Nesha suggests that maybe they try “just sitting on the sand or sitting on the beach,” but Jaz shuts her down.
“Can we please stop? Can we stop? It’s not always [OK asking], like, ‘What can we do? What can we do?’ Sometimes we can’t,” Jaz says. “I can’t do it. I’m not going to do it. I’m not doing it.”
Jaz’s breakdown is an example of the realness fans can expect from the new show, which premieres next month. The series follows Jaz and Nesha, who between them weigh 1,000 pounds, as they live together and try to get their weight loss journey on track.
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In the official trailer for the show, Jaz and Nesha play up their fun banter, calling each other “a little extra” and women who “love each other like sisters.”
Despite being playful with each other, Nesha and Jaz have hit a wall with their weight loss plan and decide to make a big change during the season, according to TLC. “We’ve tried so many things to lose weight, but now it’s time to get busy,” Jaz says in the trailer, noting that her daughter is one of the driving forces for her to lose weight.
Jaz reveals that she started doing weight-loss shots to prepare for surgery after a doctor said she would “not survive for long” without drastic measures. While Jaz is ready to put in the work, Nesha is more resistant to watching the scale.
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At the end of the trailer, Jaz says she’s experiencing pains in her legs and is hospitalized. “Nesha, I’m scared. What if I’m never going to be able to walk again,” Jaz tells her roommate during a FaceTime call, before being whisked into an operating room.
A distraught Nesha later tells the cameras, “I don’t know what happened to her, but I know it’s a wakeup call.”
1000-Lb. Roomies premieres on TLC Tuesday, June 3, at 10 p.m. ET.
