Here's What Former TLC Stars Conjoined Twins Abby And Brittany Hensel Are Doing Now

Highlights

• TLC has evolved from a network focused on educational shows to one filled with reality programs and controversial content.
• Shows like My 600-lb Life and the Hensel twins' series humanize people who are often judged and allow viewers to empathize with their experiences.
• Abby and Brittany Hensel, formerly the stars of their own show on TLC, have chosen to live their lives out of the public eye, working as elementary school math teachers.

When The Learning Channel debuted many years ago, it was a fairly dry network that aired history documentaries and other educational shows. Then, the network was rechristened TLC during the late-'90s, and it quickly became overrun with "reality" shows and series that featured makeovers. Even though people who loved the original version of the channel were disappointed, the network has never looked back, even though TLC has been rocked by some serious controversies.

Over the years, TLC has aired some extremely popular shows and some that never should have been produced. On the bright side of things, TLC has humanized a lot of people who get judged a lot. For example, there are a lot of fans that want to know everything about how My 600-lb Life is produced and after watching a show like that, it is a lot easier to empathize with overweight people.

Similarly, after the conjoined twins Abby and Brittany Hensel got their own show on TLC, viewers were able to understand the siblings better.

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Now that it has been many years since the last episode of Abby & Brittany aired, however, that has left people who came to care about the sisters to wonder what the Hensel twins are doing now.

Updated Januray 2024:Brittany and Abby Hensel have chosen to live their lives out of the public eye after their TLC reality show ended in 2012. They continued to post on Instagram until 2015. While the account remains active, there have not been any new posts since then. All that is known of the twins to date is that they are math teachers for elementary school students. Brittany and Abby have provided no other information on their lives either personal or professional to date.

Brittany And Abby Hensel’s Early Years

For anyone to operate in the modern world, they have to work with other people to get by. After all, people buy the necessities of life from others and everyone feeds their emotional needs while interacting with others. Despite all of that, people can still accomplish things on their own and take time for themselves away from anyone else.

Ever since Abby and Brittany Hensel were born in the year 1990, they have been working together. Born with a separate heart, stomach, spine, pair of lungs, and spinal cord, the sisters share the same body from the waist down and each of them operates an arm. With Abby controlling the right side of the sister’s shared body and Brittany operating the left, the sisters work together to do basic things like walking.

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Abby and Brittany Hensel Find Fame As Teenagers

After leading most of their early life out of the spotlight aside from a few articles and news segments looking at their lives, the Hensel twins became well known during their teen years. Thanks to an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show and a documentary titled Abigail & Brittany Hensel - The Twins Who Share a Body, people became fascinated by the sisters’ lives.

The TV shows that Abby and Brittany have appeared on over the years according to IMDb include:

After the success of the television documentary that focused on Brittany and Abby Hensel, TLC decided to give their sisters a "reality" show. While Abby & Brittany only consisted of a single eight-episode season that aired in 2012, the show earned the Hensel sisters even more fans. In fact, so many people continue to care about the Hensel sisters that it is amazing their show didn’t last longer.

What Are The Hensel Twins Up To Now?

In the years since their TLC show came to an end, Abby and Brittany Hensel have mostly disappeared from the public eye. While the two have a shared Instagram account, the last time they posted anything on it was in 2015. As such, it appears that Abby and Brittany want to lead the rest of their lives out of the public eye.

Without invading Abby and Brittany Hensel’s privacy, it is still possible to reveal some of the things that have been going on in their lives. For example, it has been widely reported that Brittany and Abby have become teachers. Interestingly enough, Brittany and Abby have revealed in the past that they get one shared paycheck for their teaching work which is something they wanted to change.

It is unknown if they were able to negotiate for either more money or separate paychecks since they both came into the job with a college degree.

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One thing about the sisters’ teaching work that they have revealed is that they block out time on the first day of school to allow their new students to ask them anything.

When Abby and Brittany Hensel were still teenagers, they stated that they wanted to get married and have kids someday. Perhaps that is why there was a rumor that Brittany had gotten engaged in 2012. However, as of January 2024, the women have not gotten married or had kids.

Source: IMDb

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