Buddy’s Baby Is Due This Month — Where Is the Rest of the MBFFL Cast Now?

When My Big Fat Fabulous Life returns to TLC on Tuesday, November 10, Whitney Way Thore will be back in Charlotte for a brand-new era. But the people around her have changed even more than she has: a baby due any day, best friends at war, one Thore on an off-Broadway stage, and a family matriarch gone for good. Here is where the supporting cast actually stands.

Buddy Bell: Baby Boy Due This Month

The biggest cast news of 2026 is not about Whitney. Back in April, her longtime best friend Buddy Bell and his wife Courtney Bell announced on Instagram they are expecting their first child. “Luby Francis Bell IV coming this October!” Buddy captioned the sonogram photo; Courtney wrote “Baby Boy Bell, due October 2026,” per Parade. They married in October 2023 and have been friends since high school.

The twist: Season 13 showed a growing estrangement between Buddy and Whitney, who called the group “shambles.” So while Whitney chases motherhood on camera, her best friend of decades may beat her to the nursery — off camera.

Ashley Baynes: Real Life Over Reality TV

Ashley Baynes, the dry-witted voice of reason from the early seasons, wants nothing to do with the cameras these days, according to reports. She is still with partner Eric Hadley, raising daughter Harper and son August Daniel (born May 2022) — a pregnancy reportedly hidden from Whitney for eight months. Promoted twice at her real job, she posts family photos on Instagram instead of filming confessionals. Whitney’s constant “emergencies,” one report put it, started to feel less like friendship and more like unpaid labor.

Tal Fish: From Feud to Possible Comeback

Season 13’s biggest shock: Tal Fish and Ashley Baynes — once the show’s most inseparable duo — were reportedly no longer on speaking terms after a behind-the-scenes argument, leaving Whitney stuck in the middle. Buddy was shown clashing with Tal too. The hopeful part: fans watching the Season 14 trailer are convinced the freeze has thawed. “Tal & Ashley back together is the best news!” one commenter wrote — a fan reading of the trailer, not an official confirmation. November 10 will tell.

Hunter Thore: Off-Broadway Lead, Baby Rumor Debunked

Whitney’s younger brother had the most surprising 2026 of anyone here. This summer, Hunter Thore led the ensemble of Funeral of God, a new absurdist comedy that played four performances at New York’s AMT Theater, July 30 to August 2, as part of the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival, per BroadwayWorld. He played Marvin, the play’s “unrepentant cynic.” As for his love life: Hunter and girlfriend Karen are still together, but the viral Facebook claims of a pregnancy have zero confirmation from either of them, per TV Season & Spoilers.

Glenn, Angie and the Absence of Babs

Glenn Thore’s world reshaped itself after losing Barbara “Babs” Thore in December 2022 — then expanded when he reconnected with Angie, the daughter he had given up for adoption, who arrived with grandchildren, according to reports. Babs remains the show’s gravitational center: Season 14 will be the fourth without the woman who made millions of viewers feel like family.

One more footnote: trainer Jessica Powell and Isaiah Martin officially divorced in June 2026, and Isaiah has since introduced a newborn son — full timeline in our earlier report.

Fourteen seasons in, the supporting cast is no longer just supporting. So, fandom: which cast member do you want to see MORE of in Season 14 — Buddy, Ashley, Tal, or Hunter? Drop your pick in the comments.