# Breaking Amish - busted!!! Fake **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-amish-busted-fake/635436 "2012-09-21T21:21:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-amish-busted-fake/635436/1 "2012-09-21T21:21:54Z")
I knew all Reality shows were partially scripted. Turns out _Breaking Amish_ is a total fabrication. It’s true they came from Amish families. Years ago! All that crap in the promos showing them walking with amazement in NY? These people have footprints all over the Internet. I recorded these two episodes. Sure glad I didn’t bother watching them. This show is such a blatant lie. > **[Is Breaking Amish for real? Just two episodes in and already viewers are...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2206755/Breaking-Amish-Is-TLC-fake.html)** > > After just two episodes, the TLC show has come under fire for deceiving viewers about the five Amish Mennonite men and women it follows as they visit New York City for the first time. > [@](#): > > After just two episodes, the TLC show has come under fire for deceiving viewers about the five Amish Mennonite men and women it follows as they visit New York City for the first time. > > While each cast member claims to have grown up in the strict communities, evidence has surfaced suggesting they have decidedly dark pasts - involving divorce, children and time away from the faith. > > It comes in stark contrast to the naive characters portrayed on the show, who stare slack-jawed at Manhattan’s towering buildings and pray as they travel by plane ‘for the first time’. > [@](#): > > Two other cast members, Rebecca and Abe, are portrayed as meeting for the first time on the show - with a possible love match on the cards. > > But a photograph apparently shows that the pair in fact already have a child together. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-amish-busted-fake/635436/2 "2012-09-21T21:31:06Z")
Another article. There’s quite a few articles out there. It didn’t take long for reporters to uncover this story. > **[‘Breaking Amish’ has breaking fraud: At least one person on reality hit...](https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/person-breaking-amish-lived-closed-community-article-1.1165050)** > > Apparently the Amish are great at building barns — and fooling TV producers. The makers of “Breaking Amish” are probing how at least one member of the hot TLC reality show’s cast — supposedly fresh-faced Amish and Mennonites who had never been... ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-amish-busted-fake/635436/3 "2012-09-22T06:08:05Z")
Well dayum. It’s one of the few reality shows I’ve watched and I was really liking it. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-amish-busted-fake/635436/4 "2012-09-22T13:00:55Z")
I’m shocked that a production company couldn’t waltz into an Amish town and convince a bunch of kids to leave without alerting their parents. I am equally shocked that an Amish underwear model is apparently not a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-amish-busted-fake/635436/5 "2012-09-22T14:27:53Z")
_Breaking Amish_?! Seriously? Never heard of it until opening this thread. Is their meth lab in a horse drawn coach? ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-amish-busted-fake/635436/6 "2012-09-22T14:57:40Z")
Amish Jesse Pinkman: Yo, the cookies are all but the milk is yet, bitch. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-amish-busted-fake/635436/7 "2012-09-22T15:42:49Z")
There have been several other good documentaries on the Amish. There was one that filmed some Amish teens during the time they could experience the modern world. They wore jeans, T Shirts, listened to the radio, and even drove cars. Most of the teens elected to stay Amish and get baptized. A handful left the community. There was another documentary that featured Amish that had left the order. It focused on the emotional conflict of leaving friends and family. The majority of younger Amish (under 40) are very much aware of the modern world. Thats why my b.s. meter went off with the _Breaking Amish_ promos. Being amazed by electricity and lights? The Amish see electric lights all the time in businesses and stores they visit. Some Amish work in businesses with electricity. They’ve seen people using cell phones. They do live in the modern world. They just choose a simpler life. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-amish-busted-fake/635436/8 "2012-09-22T17:49:35Z")
Shouldn’t many "reality "shows be renamed as "Unreality "shows ? ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-amish-busted-fake/635436/9 "2012-09-22T22:51:12Z")
Gosh! Next I’m going to find out that Abby and Brittany aren’t really conjoined twins, that the Duggers just round up various neighborhood kids when the film crews are there, and that Jon & Kate really only had 2 kids. StG ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-amish-busted-fake/635436/10 "2012-09-22T23:42:18Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > The majority of younger Amish (under 40) are very much aware of the modern world. Thats why my b.s. meter went off with the _Breaking Amish_ promos. Being amazed by electricity and lights? The Amish see electric lights all the time in businesses and stores they visit. Some Amish work in businesses with electricity. They’ve seen people using cell phones. They do live in the modern world. They just choose a simpler life. The Amish quite often are willing to have the homes of the non-Amish they hire electrified – it makes it easier to hire them. Years ago I read one such hired hand’s droll comment that his employer always seemed to drop by when MASH was on. ---
**Author:** ![Viridiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Viridiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viridiana)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-amish-busted-fake/635436/11 "2012-09-23T00:41:30Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Gosh! Next I’m going to find out that Abby and Brittany aren’t really conjoined twins, that the Duggers just round up various neighborhood kids when the film crews are there, and that Jon & Kate really only had 2 kids. > > StG Oh yeah, that’s totally conjoined twin makeup. You can totally see the seams. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-amish-busted-fake/635436/12 "2012-09-23T00:47:29Z")
Well, I’m just glad all the other reality shows are to be believed, I mean without editing, scripting, and manipulation. Whew! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-amish-busted-fake/635436/13 "2012-09-23T01:36:09Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Amish Jesse Pinkman: Yo, the cookies are all but the milk is yet, bitch. I think he’d call people “Englitch.” ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-amish-busted-fake/635436/14 "2012-09-23T20:18:12Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > There have been several other good documentaries on the Amish. There was one that filmed some Amish teens during the time they could experience the modern world. They wore jeans, T Shirts, listened to the radio, and even drove cars. Most of the teens elected to stay Amish and get baptized. A handful left the community. There was another documentary that featured Amish that had left the order. It focused on the emotional conflict of leaving friends and family. > > The majority of younger Amish (under 40) are very much aware of the modern world. Thats why my b.s. meter went off with the _Breaking Amish_ promos. Being amazed by electricity and lights? The Amish see electric lights all the time in businesses and stores they visit. Some Amish work in businesses with electricity. They’ve seen people using cell phones. They do live in the modern world. They just choose a simpler life. And there are many different Amish communities with different rules. Some even allowing electricity in the home I think. My father bought a piece of specialized farm machinery from an Amish guy in Pennsylvania. He went to pick it up and was surprised to walk in the guys shop behind his house and see him working on a computer. His community allowed electricity for work, just not in the home. Penn Teller has a podcast and just interviewed an ex Amish listener last week. His family always hired a driver when going to town and the people in the community would fly in an emergency but would take busses for other travel needs. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-amish-busted-fake/635436/15 "2012-09-24T13:30:12Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Well, I’m just glad all the other reality shows are to be believed, I mean without editing, scripting, and manipulation. > > Whew! I’m reminded of a friend of mine who was on the reality show Average Joe (another one most of you have never heard of) and he told me that before they started the contest the film crew basically made a catalog of each of them showing various emotions. i.e. “Show me your surprised face.” “Show your angry face.” etc. He said he couldn’t believe how the editing totally changed the show when he finally got to watch it. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-amish-busted-fake/635436/16 "2012-09-24T13:50:48Z")
Next thing you’re going to tell me is those students in the Real World aren’t paying for that million dollar pad in the heart of Manhattan on their bike messenger salary. ---
**Author:** ![Teddysmom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9f8e36/32.png) [@Teddysmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teddysmom)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-amish-busted-fake/635436/17 "2012-11-06T07:52:10Z")
On an episode of Breaking Amish that In watched this evening, entitled, “Party Time”, there was a very pretty song playing in the background at one point, I believe it was a love song…I wish I could remember some of the words…anyway, does anyone out there possibly know the name of the song, and who sings it? 😕 Thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-amish-busted-fake/635436/18 "2012-11-06T22:39:14Z")
[Devil’s Playground](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293088/) is an interesting documentary about Amish teens and the period when they are allowed to be “in the world” and then decide if they are willing to commit to Amish life. I grew up near a (fairly strict) Amish community so have an interest in the culture. ---
**Author:** ![theburnoutkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@theburnoutkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theburnoutkid)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-amish-busted-fake/635436/19 "2012-11-07T15:34:11Z")
Rumspringa Whooaaa ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-amish-busted-fake/635436/20 "2012-11-12T18:05:13Z")
The “Breaking Amish” Reunion show is spilling some of the secrets. ~VOW