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Dottie Perkins appeared on TLC's My 600-lb Life: Where Are They Now? in May 2020 and the follow-up series offered some major updates. Since Dottie began her journey with Dr. Now, she had lost 271 lbs, per Distractify. However, an incision made during one of her surgeries had opened after Dottie started putting on some weight, landing her back in the hospital. She said of her younger son: "I feel like I'm in hell, and I have to get back home to see Landon. He can't keep going without me."
Tragically, that was not the only thing going on in Dottie's life. Dottie moved into a hotel with Landon to get out of her house and away from her husband, Chris Potts, due to his drinking, according to The Cinemaholic. "I honestly don't think Chris is going to really change like he needs and truly give up alcohol because I've been through this before with him a long time ago," Dottie said of Chris, according to Distractify.
"But the only way for me and Landon to go back home and into that environment again is for him to care about us more than getting drunk and lying about it," Dottie added. "So if he wants us back, he's going to have to change all that for good. But I just don't see that happening." Dottie also came forward to speak out about her time on My 600-lb Life and she didn't have good things to say.
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