1000-Lb. Sisters Star Tammy Slaton Breaks Her Silence After Cousin Katie’s Death at 37

Tammy Slaton has spoken out for the first time since her cousin Katie Slaton passed away.

A few days after Tammy’s sister Amanda Halterman shared on Instagram that Katie had died on Aug. 25 at age 37 after being diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, Tammy, 39, posted a TikTok giving fans a look at how she was coping.

In her Aug. 28 video, Tammy was seen laughing and dancing in a car with her fiancée, Andrea Dalton, to Kenny Loggins’ “Footloose.”

At one point, Dalton said something that made Tammy laugh. The two continued dancing as Dalton made funny faces at the camera and flashed a “rock on” hand sign. Tammy tagged Dalton in the video.

Katie had appeared on Tammy and Amanda’s show, 1000-Lb. Sisters, several times and had helped Tammy after she left rehab for her weight loss.

Tammy had returned the support by asking fans in January to contribute to a GoFundMe to help Katie during her cancer treatment.

“Y’all I’m so sorry to be asking a big favor like this but if anyone can help, even if it’s a dollar would help my cousin out so much,” she wrote. “She has been on my show but this is something new. Our family just found out about her having cancer.”

She added, “Our fans have been there for us for so long now and y’all mean the world so any act of kindness is and will be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much and before anyone asks, yes I’ve donated myself.”

Amanda also honored Katie in the Instagram post announcing her death. She wrote that she shared the news with a “completely crushed heart and spirit.”

“My little cousin went to sit at the feet of Jesus yesterday,” Amanda wrote with a photo of the two together. “She was a force to be reckoned with and showed love that was accepting and given freely. She was the life of the party and my best friend.”

She continued, “I know both our grandparents and friends were there to welcome you home. Please pray for my aunt, uncle, and cousins but mostly for the babies and for Natalie to be strong. Please pray for everyone who loves her. 💔 Thank you all who have come out and supported her. #cancersucks.”

Katie was diagnosed with stage 4 gastric adenocarcinoma, a rare type of stomach cancer, earlier this year and had been undergoing chemotherapy.

According to an obituary, she died from the disease on Aug. 25 at Linda White Hospice House in Evansville, Indiana.