{"id":1196878,"date":"2022-09-01T22:37:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T22:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/01\/evan-stewart-carlin-bates-husband-loses-job-gets-slammed-by-fans-for-posting-wifes-seizure-videos\/"},"modified":"2022-09-01T22:37:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T22:37:22","slug":"evan-stewart-carlin-bates-husband-loses-job-gets-slammed-by-fans-for-posting-wifes-seizure-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/01\/evan-stewart-carlin-bates-husband-loses-job-gets-slammed-by-fans-for-posting-wifes-seizure-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Evan Stewart: Carlin Bates&#8217; Husband Loses Job, Gets Slammed By Fans For Posting Wife&#8217;s Seizure Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Bates family of Tennessee is often compared to the Duggars.<\/p>\n<p>It makes sense, as they\u2019re also a large large fundamentalist clan who formerly starred on a basic cable reality series, but has since fallen on hard times.<\/p>\n<p>Make that <em>very<\/em> hard times.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, the Bateses\u2019 fall from grace hasn\u2019t been as swift and severe as the Duggars\u2019, but looking at their financial situation and their interactions with their former fans, it\u2019s hard to believe that these people were ever pseudo-famous.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript\/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"873\" alt=\"Carlin Bates and Evan Stewart in Bed\" class=\"wp-image-351056 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/carlin-bates-and-evan-stewart-in-bed.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Carlin Bates and Evan Stewart at home. (Photo via Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The latest controversy involving the Bates family centers around Carlin.<\/p>\n<p>No, sadly, we\u2019re not talking about the late comedy legend George Carlin (although it would be awesome if he were somehow causing trouble for a family of opportunistic fundies from beyond the grave).<\/p>\n<p>Rather we\u2019re talking about Carlin Bates and the strange situation involving her health \u2014 and her husband\u2019s apparent desire to cash in on a family crisis.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"944\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bringing-up-bates-944x1024.png\" alt=\"Bringing Up Bates\" class=\"wp-image-56782\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"944\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Bringing Up Bates\" class=\"wp-image-56782 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bringing-up-bates.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>The Bates family of Bringing Up Bates fame. (Photo via UpTV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Bateses\u2019 string of bad luck began when UpTV canceled <em>Bringing Up Bates<\/em> earlier this year. <\/p>\n<p>(The decision may have had something to do with the scandals surrounding the Duggars, who have long been close friends with the Bates clan.) <\/p>\n<p>Then things got much worse, as 24-year-old Carlin Bates developed a seizure disorder after giving birth to her second child.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"901\" height=\"965\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/carlin-bates-and-family.png\" alt=\"Carlin Bates and Family\" class=\"wp-image-346195\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"901\" height=\"965\" alt=\"Carlin Bates and Family\" class=\"wp-image-346195 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/carlin-bates-and-family.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Carlin Bates, her husband and her child. (Photo via Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Carlin and husband Evan Stewart have made the controversial decision to depict some of Carlin\u2019s worst moments in their YouTube videos.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch one such clip below, but be warned that it features some pretty graphic moments.<\/p>\n<p>As The Ashley\u2019s Reality Roundup reports, many commenters were not happy with the decision to post videos of Carlin\u2019s seizures, and some went so far as to accuse Evan of opportunism.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"wiEwQchz-0c\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EVAN GOT FIRED... CARLIN&#039;S LATEST EPISODE ON CAMERA... OUR PLANS MOVING FORWARD!\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wiEwQchz-0c?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>O<\/p>\n<p>N<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy do you have to show this? Poor Carlin needs help and privacy,\u201d one commenter wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would you film that? Shows that you only care about views and not the actual human that is your wife!\u201d another accused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo sad for Layla to see this. Someone should of moved her,\u201d a third chimed in, referring to the couple\u2019s daughter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-3.10.24-PM-1024x763.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-454500\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-454500 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-3.10.24-PM.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Carlin Bates has been hospitalized following a frightening episode. Now, fans are expressing their concern. (Photo via Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEveryone on FB is freaking out that you posted this video of your wife in such a vulnerable state. Please consider removing that part,\u201d a third advised.<\/p>\n<p>The Stewarts also revealed that Evan had recently been let go from his job as an electrician after his Family And Medical Leave Act (FMLA) time ran out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[I] need 24\/7 someone watching [me],\u201d Carlin said in the video. \u201cI sound like a baby.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-3.02.12-PM-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-454508\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-454508 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-3.02.12-PM.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Carlin Bates has been suffering some frightening medical issues in recent months. (Photo via Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cShe hates it because, like we said, 90 percent of the time she\u2019s fine, but when she\u2019s not you\u2019ve got to make sure someone is there,\u201d Evan explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the FMLA at this point had been exhausted. So, pretty much, to be blunt, they would have to fire me. But that\u2019s no shade to them; they were very sweet and everything but that\u2019s just how it works,\u201d Stewart continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey would have to take me off their payroll so they did\u2026I don\u2019t blame them. They don\u2019t want to keep somebody on their roster that can\u2019t be there.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"879\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/carlin-bates-with-evan-stewart-879x1024.png\" alt=\"Carlin Bates with Evan Stewart\" class=\"wp-image-335291\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"879\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Carlin Bates with Evan Stewart\" class=\"wp-image-335291 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/carlin-bates-with-evan-stewart.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Carlin Bates and Evan Stewart in happier times. (Photo via Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Carlin says she feels bad that Evan has been forced to put his career on hold, but it\u2019s not all bad news.<\/p>\n<p>Evan has been hired at the Bates Sisters Boutique, the clothing store in Rocky Top, Tennessee that\u2019s owned by Carlin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo [I was] fired and hired in the same day!\u201d Evan joked. \u201cAnd my wife is my new boss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We wish these two all the best as they navigate these difficult times!<\/p>\n<p>C<\/p>\n<p>T<\/p>\n<p>N<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bates family of Tennessee is often compared to the Duggars. It makes sense, as they\u2019re also a large large fundamentalist clan who formerly starred on a basic cable reality series, but has since fallen on hard times. Make that very hard times. Sure, the Bateses\u2019 fall from grace hasn\u2019t been as swift and severe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1196879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1196878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrity-gossip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1196878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1196878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1196878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1196878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}