INTERVIEW: ‘Suddenly Amish’ Star Kendra Bates On Leaving Only Fans After 5yrs To Live The Amish Life, Amish Contradictions, + If She Hooked Up W/ Anyone From The Show. Wednesday, February 25th, 2026 | Sarah Fraser

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🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Kendra Bates from TLC's "Suddenly Amish," opens up about her wild journey from dancing and OnlyFans in LA to living without electricity in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Kendra goes onto share how she got pressured into OnlyFans for five years before becoming a Christian, which turned out to be a dark, deceptive world where agencies hire young men to impersonate creators and subscribers recognize you on the street. She also talks about learning modesty from the Amish, if she hooked up with a sexy Amish fella and dealing with James, the controlling half-Amish guy with a secret phone who chased her English love interest Matt off with an ax! Timestamps: 00:00:00 OnlyFans Reality, Kendra clears up rumors about her Only Fans and why she wanted to try being Amish 00:05:12 The Dark Side of OnlyFans Business and how friends and family would subscribe to her channel 00:09:54 What it was like joining the Amish Community and what she loved and hated 00:16:26 James the Controlling Amish Guy, what James and some of the Amish stars were really like 00:33:16 Bishop's Modesty Lesson Changes Everything, how the show changed Kendra and if she hooked up with any Amish dudes ⁠ MY Go Big Podcasting⁠ Courses Are ON SALE! Learn to start, monetize, and grow your own podcast. Use code NY20 for 20% OFF all courses **SHOP my Amazon Marketplace - especially if you're looking to get geared-up to start your own Podcast!!!** ⁠https://www.amazon.com/shop/thesarahfrasershow⁠ Show is sponsored by: Forhers.com/tsfs to get a personalized, affordable weight loss plan that gets you Weight Loss by Hers is not available everywhere. Compounded drug products are not approved or evaluated for safety, effectiveness, or quality by the FDA. Prescription required. See website for full details, important safety information, and restrictions. Actual price depends on product and plan purchased Jones Road Beauty for a limited time my listeners get a FREE Cool Gloss on their first purchase when they use code TSFSPOD at checkout ⁠Nutrafol.com⁠ use code TSFS for FREE shipping and $10 off your subscription ⁠Quince.com/tsfs⁠ go to Quince dot com slash tsfs for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too! WelleCo.com Right now get 15% off The Super Elixir and use code TSFS15 at checkout. Try it for yourself and feel a difference within weeks. First time orders only. Follow me on Instagram/Tiktok: @thesarahfrasershow ***Visit our Sub-Reddit: ⁠reddit.com/r/thesarahfrasershow⁠ for ALL things The Sarah Fraser Show!!!*** Advertise on The Sarah Fraser Show: thesarahfrasershow@gmail.com Got a juicy gossip TIP from your favorite TLC or Bravo show? Email: thesarahfrasershow@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Mike Bolo of Lexicon Valley. And I'm Bob Garfield. Are you one of those people who sometimes uses words?
0:08.0	Do you communicate or acquire information with, you know, language? Hey, us too. So join us on Lexicon Valley to chew over the history, culture, and many mysteries of English, plus some
0:23.0	ice cracks.
0:23.9	Find us on one of those apps where people listen to podcasts.
0:36.9	Kendra Bates. Kendra Bates.
0:38.1	Kendra Bates is here from the new TLC hit show,
0:41.8	suddenly Amish.
0:43.0	I'm obsessed with this show.
0:45.4	Like, first of all, this show, Kendra is amazing.
0:47.8	The fact that this show opened,
0:49.3	basically with the Amish community in Lancaster going,
0:51.7	look, we're so inbred.
0:52.7	We're reaching out to all these
0:55.4	common folk, or not common folk, but basically outsiders of the Amish community. So hopefully we'll
1:00.9	be less inbred. What a great start to the show? The wild. It's Wafield. And then you wonder, too,
1:10.6	it's like, okay, well, is anyone that we're living with in bread as well?
1:14.2	Like, have they had babies with their, like, it's getting spicy.
1:18.9	Like, you just, you never know.
1:20.1	I'm going with yes.
1:21.1	That's my hot take.
1:22.3	I'm going with yes.
1:23.5	So anyhow, you, look, you're one of the stars of the show.
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