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So far, Schumacher’s scathing post has been shared more than a million times on social media, resulting in a flood of new traffic to her blog and Instagram, where she now has more than 600,000 followers. For our part, we’re THRILLED that more people will see Bea’s body-positive message, and we can only hope her post will lead to some actual change on Main Squeeze—and on television.

SELECTED DIGITAL HEADLINES RUN DURING MAIN SQUEEZE SEASON 13

MEET THE WOMAN TAKING DOWN ROMANCE “REALITY”

Bea Schumacher is plus-size and proud!

ONLINE PETITION PUSHES ADVERTISERS TO BOYCOTT MAIN SQUEEZE

The petition, launched on the website change.biz, has more than 40,000 signatures.

“I LOVE MY THICK BLOGGER”–WOULD YOU BANG A BIG GIRL?

According to our new survey, 60 percent of men say they’d sleep with Bea Schumacher.

ANGRY INCELS SEND CASES OF SLIMFAST TO PLUS-SIZE BLOGGER

Twitter war explodes after Men’s Rights Activists publish Bea Schumacher’s home address.

PLUS-SIZE BLOGGER DONATES HUNDREDS OF CASES OF SLIMFAST TO L.A. FOOD BANK

“They’re the exact same thing as Soylent, you misogynist turds,” says Bea Schumacher.

SCANDAL: FORMER MAIN SQUEEZE CONTESTANT REVEALS DIETING PRESSURE ON-SET

Gina DiLuca claims women on-set encouraged diet pills and laxative abuse: “It was a literal shit show.”

IN TEPID FINALE, MAIN SQUEEZE RATINGS HIT 5-YEAR LOW

Notorious producer Micah Faust is reportedly in hot water at ABS.

CAN MAIN SQUEEZE SURVIVE WITHOUT WOMEN VIEWERS?

Amidst controversy and dangerously low ratings, rumors fly that ABS may cancel the reality juggernaut.

LAUREN MATHERS NEW EP IN MAJOR MAIN SQUEEZE SHAKE-UP

by Tia Sussman, deadline.com

Following waves of negative publicity and a five-year low in ratings, Deadline can confirm exclusively that executive producer and showrunner Micah Faust is OUT at Main Squeeze. Producer Lauren Mathers—long seen as Faust’s right hand and effectively running the day-to-day on-set—has been promoted to the top spot and will take over immediately, according to Deadline’s ears at ABS.

“The brass at ABS have been looking for an excuse to ditch Faust for a long time,” said our ABS source, speaking under condition of anonymity. “Alyssa [Messersmith, senior VP of unscripted at ABS] hated Faust’s shit—the drugs, the women, the risky behavior on-set, the production shutdowns.”

Faust’s bad-boy antics have been infamous for decades, but few believed he would ever actually be ousted from his own signature franchise. As for his successor, Mathers has kept relatively under the radar in the industry, working her way up the ladder at Main Squeeze for the last five years. I hear she’s respected on-set and well liked by the crew. At just 28 years old, she’s now one of the youngest showrunners in town—but my source says not to underestimate her.

“Lauren is strategic,” the source explained. “She knew this was the moment to make a play for Faust’s job, and that she had the ally she needed in Alyssa.” But Mathers shouldn’t get too comfortable in Faust’s chair. The source went on: “If Lauren can’t bring the ratings up for the spring season of Main Squeeze, there’s no doubt in my mind that Alyssa will fire her ass too. There are plenty of people in town who would love to run a show as big as Main Squeeze.”

INSTAGRAM DIRECT MESSAGE EXCHANGE,

JANUARY 6: @OMBEA AND @LMATHERS1116

LMathers1116 Hey Bea, this is Lauren Mathers, the new executive producer at Main Squeeze. I’d love to meet and talk more about your piece. Can we have coffee? Where in town are you?

OMBea Hi, Lauren. Well, this is unexpected! I’m in Echo Park.

LMathers1116 Of COURSE you are! I’m in Venice.

OMBea Ha, a world away. Would a phone call be easier?