Latonya Pottain Participant of Season 11 of the Weight Loss Reality Show Mortal died this Saturday (17), at 40, after suffering a cardiac arrest .
Months earlier, in February, she asked for help with a virtual kitty to get medical care as she had reached the 333 pounds. She had been bedridden since June 2024 for recovering the weight she lost in the program – she managed to reach 232 pounds, but traumas prevented her from having bariatric surgery and she again eating excessively.
According to the website TMZthe autopsy has not yet been completed, but his family reported that he received a nurse’s call saying that Latonya was going to the hospital with a cardiac arrest.
The brother of the former mortals reported that by visiting her on Saturday morning, death day, noticed that she was having trouble breathing and didn’t seem well.
“After the program aired, I suffered an overwhelming negative reaction, which led me to deep depression. My mental health was affected and I was afraid of undergoing weight loss surgery. In 2023 […] I saw myself in an abusive relationship, while dealing with the devastating news that my father had been diagnosed with cancer, ”he said in the description of the virtual kitty.
According to her, after resuming her maximum weight began to have sciatic nerve pain and intense stomach cramps. Her body rejected the drug Fentanil and Latonya could no longer go to the hospital because she transported her offering cars.
Former mortals were asking for financial help to get a means of going to medical centers, treatment to rehabilitate their mobility and income to maintain their basic expenses as they could not work.
This content was originally published in a deadly pound participant dies after cardiac arrest at 40, says website on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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