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Are The Little Couple stars headed for a divorce?
The Little Couple was one of the crucial well-liked TLC reveals earlier than it went off the air in 2019. People loved following the journeys of husband Bill Klein and spouse Dr. Jen Arnold as they navigated life’s challenges with skeletal dysplasia.
Since the present has been off the air, the pair have been lively on social media, documenting their lives for all to see.
But how a lot are followers NOT seeing appears to be the larger query. In specific, there are some renewed fears that Bill and Jen are certain for a divorce.
Could The Little Couple be headed in direction of the identical destiny as many different celeb {couples}? Let’s separate truth from fiction, as finest we will.
‘The Little Couple’: How Their Marriage Began
“I keep in mind it very, very, properly,” Bill informed TLC about assembly Jen for the primary time.
Turns out, as kids affected by skeletal dysplasia, Bill and Jen have been handled on the similar hospital. Bill says they really first met once they have been 10 years outdated – the small print could also be fuzzy for Jen.
“I even keep in mind the room that she was in. Nonetheless, she didn’t keep in mind me, in any respect.”
All of that modified once they acquired older and ended up matching one another on an internet courting service. The pair went on to tie the knot in 2009, with their journey to the altar documented within the first season of The Little Couple.
For twelve seasons, they shared each side of their life with the cameras: beginning their careers, welcoming their 2 kids, and sadly, Jen’s most cancers battle.
‘The Little Couple’ Divorce Rumors
All too typically, evidently followers begin voicing issues when none should be had.
As we talked about, regardless of being off the air for over 5 years, Bill and Jen have been lively on social media, sharing tons of household moments they’ve shared collectively and with their youngsters, Zoey and Will.
But social media additionally appears to be the wrongdoer behind renewed rumors that their marriage is on the rocks. Back in 2021, Dr. Arnold took a job in Boston at a brand new hospital. It appeared to some followers that her husband didn’t journey together with her to Beantown, arousing suspicions that they have been headed for divorce.
Jen minimize the noise off on the move.
“I don’t know, there are some rumors that Bill and I are not collectively,” she defined in an Instagram Live (through InTouch).
“No, we’re completely collectively, and we’re doing properly, and we’re grateful that the transfer has gone properly, and we’re enthusiastic about new colleges, and new jobs, and only a entire new city on this journey.”
A Different ‘Little Couple’ Divorce
There’s maybe another excuse some people believed Bill and Jen have been divorce certain.
At the identical time The Little Couple was on the air, TLC was airing one other sequence a couple of household with dwarfism, Little People, Big World.
This present adopted Amy and Matt Roloff, a pair of farmers dwelling in Oregon. The couple had 4 youngsters: Zach, Jeremy, Molly, and Jacob.
Matt, Amy, and Zach have dwarfism, whereas Jeremy, Molly, and Jacob are of common peak.
Like The Little Couple, Little People, Big World was an enormous success. In truth, one of many key variations between the reveals is that the latter remains to be on the air. In 2024, it really aired its twenty fifth season.
The different massive distinction is that the present’s key couple really did get divorce. Unlike Dr. Jen and Bill, Amy and Matt couldn’t make their marriage work. In 2016, after over 20 years collectively, they filed for divorce.
Amy has since remarried, whereas Matt is engaged to his new fiancee.
Will ‘The Little Couple’ Ever Return To TV?
The quick reply to this query is it relies upon.
The excellent news is that the present didn’t finish due to Bill and Dr. Jen.
At the time, the fact sequence was marred by a scandal of kinds — however one which fortunately (refreshingly, even) didn’t contain the celebs.
The level of competition — and lawsuit — was between Discovery Communications and the present’s manufacturing firm, LMNO Productions.
Discovery alleged that LMNO was extorting cash out of them by falsifying manufacturing prices on The Little Couple in an effort to pocket more cash and cheat revenue contributors out of their truthful shares.
LMNO accused Discovery of participating in a prison conspiracy to steal a number of reveals that they produce out from below them.
It was shaping as much as be a nasty courtroom battle, and left followers and viewers questioning when it will ever finish.
However, Variety reported that Discovery Communications and LMNO Productions settled their lawsuit in 2018.
As for the celebs themselves, they’ve heard from the followers and know the way badly they need the present again.
For now, it looks as if only a matter of time.
“I noticed somebody put up that a couple of episodes from our remaining season (14 seasons omg) are airing tomorrow evening on @tlc . I can’t consider it’s been 5 years since we final made an episode ;).” Bill Klein posted on Instagram throughout a marathon.
He was fast to make clear that they weren’t “doing something like that at current,” but it surely’s to not say that, within the close to future, we received’t be listening to a couple of reunion.
Let’s simply hope it’s not a particular referred to as The Little Couple: Divorce Edition.
