What Is 'Too Large' Participant Corey Phelps Up to These Days?

May 2024 · 4 minute read

Among the subjects of Discovery Plus docuseries 'Too Large' is brazenly gay, Britney Spears-obsessed 28-year-old Corey Phelps. Where is he now?

Bianca Piazza - Author

Whether we are speaking about TLC's My 600-Lb Life, 1000-Lb Sisters, or Discovery Plus's fresh entry into the extreme weight loss subgenre of reality tv, Too Large, they all boast a borderline exploitative premise. From the relaxation of our sunken-in living room couches, we watch morbidly overweight people make last-ditch efforts to flip their lives around, concerned with the sake in their health, mobility, and freedom.

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Among the numerous topics who receive help from weight loss surgeon Dr. Procter on Too Large — which premiered on Discovery Plus again in June 2021 and was later picked up via TLC — is openly homosexual, Britney Spears-obsessed 28-year-old Corey Phelps. Initially weighing in at 664 kilos, Corey felt like his frame was once a prison.

“Being my dimension is really laborious. It’s painful. Physically, mentally, emotionally. I’ve indisputably been via a large number of fat-shaming,” he explains within the episode titled, "Dr. Procter Is a Daddy!" We can not argue with that statement. Despite being a fan favorite, Corey's adventure on the docuseries was once cut brief. Let's talk about the events that opened up on Too Large and what Corey is up to now.

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Corey diligently worked to shed some pounds to qualify for bariatric surgical procedure.

Episode 2 highlights the lifetime of Georgia-based Corey Phelps, whose lifestyles was once at a standstill. Though displays corresponding to Too Large are frequently depressing, Corey's motivation to trade is inspiring. With the supervision of his brother and aunt, fascinating and sassy Corey labored his booty off all the way through rigorous workout routines and began eating healthier.

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Dr. "Daddy" Procter (Corey ceaselessly swoons over the salt-and-pepper-haired document) gave Corey a weight loss objective of 50 kilos to qualify for bariatric surgery. Instead, Corey lost 82 pounds!

Corey's primary focus at this time was to support his struggling bodily health, however the episode also shows Corey visiting a therapist (which the display apparently made him pay for) and occurring a date. Though the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted his weight loss surgery date, it wound up taking place. With his exhausting paintings and a success surgical procedure in the back of him, Corey weighed in at about 400 pounds. He dropped a whopping 264 kilos.

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"Being able to walk across campus, take the stairs, and not have my mobility dictate what I do ... I feel like an absolute badass b---h," he wrote in an Instagram post. We utterly get why Corey calls himself "Qween Phelps.

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Sadly, Corey quit Too Large due to, um, "variations," between him and the executive producers. He clarified on Instagram that Discovery Plus was never the issue, but rather it was the production company that proved to be problematic.

Corey made a YouTube video delving into his less-than ideal experience on 'Too Large.'

In a 48-minute YouTube video titled, "Doctor Procter Is A Daddy? (Why I Quit The Show)," Corey dissects his episode. "The tea is scalding," Corey says in the video. He goes on to explain that he only wants to discuss his own personal experiences.

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From purposely unflattering camera angles to encouraging Corey to use massive mixing bowls for his cereal (a tactic they used to make Corey's eating habits appear even worse), the production company allegedly curates much of what viewers watch. It's not exactly cinéma vérité.

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Corey feels that the producers did whatever they could to facilitate drama, even jumbling Corey's words about his family via editing. "They misconstrued and edited and took out my words. They put all of the blame on my stepmom for why I used to be homeless," he says.

"The reason why I could not cross to my dad wasn't on account of my stepmom. It was once because me and my dad hadn't talked for 10 years because I refused to communicate to him. He had kicked me out at 16."

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Corey relays that he loved his father, and the two fixed their strained relationship prior to his death. Not only that, but he even apologizes to his stepmom, Ellen, for how his words about her were spliced.

Overall, Corey wasn't pleased with his episode, saying that producers "Franken-clipped" a majority of his scenes.

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What is Corey Phelps up to now?

Along with spending time with his siblings and proceeding his weight loss adventure (regularly going for five-mile morning walks in Kennesaw, Ga.), Corey is learning Human Services at Kennesaw State University. He's on the right track to earn his bachelor’s level in 2022

Amazingly, Corey is also preparing for the regulation school admission test! Despite how his life is portrayed on Too Large, Corey is satisfied, ambitious, and utterly fabulous.

Season 1 episodes of Too Large air Wednesdays at 10 p.m. EST on TLC.

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