‘1000-lb Roomies’ Stars Jaz and Nesha Open Up About Sharing ‘Embarrassing’ Moments on the Show [Exclusive]
Jaz and Nesha from 1000-lb Roomies are feelings the love from fans.
The dynamic duo returned to TLC on August 25 for season 2 of their reality series. They say the response to their show, which debuted in 2025, has been largely positive. But that doesn’t mean they didn’t have some apprehensions about inviting cameras into their lives.
“It definitely surpassed my expectations,” Nesha told Showbiz Cheat Sheet. “I had no clue that things were going to get this big. I had no clue people were going to be this excited. Of course, we got our haters. We going to always have our haters, but for the most part, I feel like we just get an overwhelming [amount] of support and love.”
“It’s been a lot of love,” Jaz agreed. “And that’s something that we kind of was like, ‘Oh Lord.’ During the first premiere when it first dropped, we were like, ‘They going to drag us.’”
‘1000-lb Roomies’ stars talk about getting vulnerable on TV
1000-lb Roomies follows on the heels of TLC’s 1000-lb Sisters and 1000-lb Best Friends. Jaz and Nesha worried that viewers might decide they didn’t measure up. But that hasn’t been the case at all.
“Everyone still accepted us with open arms, even though we’re coming behind such great shows,” Nesha said.
Nonetheless, opening up for a TV audience can be intimidating, especially when it involves filming more vulnerable moments. In the season 2 premiere of 1000-lb Roomies, viewers learn that Jaz is bedbound following a series of health setbacks after her weight loss surgery. She needs a caregiver to help with many of her most basic needs, including bathing and toileting.
“It’s hard for me,” Jaz confessed. “Especially me trying to learn how to process what it is that I’m going through. Me sharing it to the world at the same time while I’m dealing with it and going through it fresh — it’s embarrassing. It’s embarrassing.”
“I had to tell myself [there are] other people in this world that’s going through this, and this might be something that they see to motivate them and push them,” she continued. “Or it can be somebody that’s not taking their health serious, and this can be something that they see that pushes them to take their health serious. So I’m looking at it on the brighter side of things rather than the negative side of things.”
When things get difficult, Jaz thinks of her daughter Nana, 12.
“When she sees that I’m feeling down, she would just randomly tell me, ‘Mommy, you’re beautiful and everything’s going to be OK. You’ll walk again,’” she shared. “So she’s that token that I need to keep pushing.”
‘Being healthy is nothing to play with,’ Jaz says
As for viewers who might be on their own weight-loss journey, the pair stressed that getting healthy is a process, even in an age of GLP-1s.
“I would definitely say keep going. Don’t give up. Don’t be hard on yourself,” Nesha said. “You have to get your ‘fat brain’ together in order for you to really make the lifestyle change something that’s going to be real and that’s going to stick. Try not to be hard on yourself, but at the same time, don’t rest in that downtime either. So if I have my cheat days or I slip up or I’m extra, I’m not going to be too hard on myself, but girl, don’t do it again.”
“You’re going to have those days to where you don’t want to do it,” Jaz said. “You’re going to have those days to where you mentally just checked out, and it’s OK. Just don’t allow yourself to be sunk in that place.”
“Being healthy is nothing to play with,” she added. “Listen to your body … [make sure] you’re doing everything possible that you need to do to make sure that you’re healthy. Because once your body shut down, it shuts down.”
1000-lb Roomies Season 2 airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on TLC. Episodes also stream on HBO Max.
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