Shocking Incident: Derogatory Slur Shouted at 7 Little Johnstons Family During Fair Outing
7 Little Johnstons star Alex Johnston and his girlfriend, Allie Smith, have been dating for several years, and recently, he and his family spent time at a county fair in Ohio with her. Unfortunately, cameras caught a stranger shouting a derogatory slur at the Johnston family during the fair outing.
Ahead of the Tuesday, March 31 episode of 7LJ,TLC shared an exclusive sneak peek of the tense moment with Parade.
“Hey, look at the m—-ts, y’all!” an underage boy shouted at the beginning of the clip as Amber Johnston, her daughter, Emma Johnston, Alex, Allie, and Allie’s family members walked by carnival games, rides, and food booths.
In a confessional with producers, Alex admitted, “Going to the fair, I kind of expected people to stare at us, to take pictures of us, like, whisper about us. That’s just to be expected whenever we go to a big outing like that. So it’s just what I expected.”
As footage of the Johnstons playing games and enjoying fair food played, shots of fair-goers staring and recording them on their phones were also featured. Amber and Trent‘s son, Jonah Johnston, also reflected on what it’s like for their family to attend festivals and theme parks.
“People at the fair are going to stop. They’re going to absorb for 5 seconds. If they have the courage, they’ll come up and ask your name, things like that. Or, you get the pictures. It’s something we’ve had to deal with since we were little kids.”
In old 7LJ footage, a much younger Liz Johnston confessed, “Yeah, it hurts our feelings really bad,” of people staring and making rude comments to her family in public. “Why are they looking at us? What’s wrong with me?”
Present-day Trent then pointed out, “We should be able to enjoy an amusement park or a carnival and great carnival food just like everyone else, but we can’t.”
Amber added to producers, “And that’s where you go back to we’re not looked at as humans. We’re not. We’re looked at objectively.”
“It’s ignorance,” Trent insisted. “They don’t have the understanding and realize how rude and disrespectful they’re being.”
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Catch new episodes of 7 Little Johnstons on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on TLC and streaming the next day on HBO Max.
