Jeremiah Raber Reveals Information About Return To Amish Storylines

TLC launched reality series "Return to Amish" in 2014 — which, as the The Futon Critic reported at the time — was a spinoff of the channel's mega-hit "Breaking Amish." According to the outlet, "Return to Amish" follows a group who has decided to go back to Pennsylvania rather than remain in New York, where the original series left off. Unsurprisingly, the show proved to be a major hit with viewers. That said, fans have wondered for years whether these "reality" shows are actually real, so much so that TLC and its production company Hot Snakes Media released a statement in 2012 to clarify the situation. 

"There is a lot of information floating around about the group featured on 'Breaking Amish,'" the statement read, per HuffPost. "Much of it is not true, but some of it is — and is addressed in upcoming episodes." In particular, viewers took issue with whether certain scenes had been manufactured to generate more drama, and therefore increase ratings. Some fans even believed that the featured participants had already decided to move on from the Amish community before the original show began. Hot Snakes and TLC acknowledged as much to HuffPost, saying, "Our Amish and Mennonite producers that we hired introduced us to Amish and Mennonite men and women who were already determined to leave. They had already made the decision to go out and see the world, with or without us." Later, "Return to Amish" star Jeremiah Raber appeared to confirm once and for all whether the featured stories were genuine.