Reality show hoarder couple who have been driven apart by trash

  • Pennsylvania couple Kyle and Lynn are the latest subjects of TLC's 'Hoarding: Buried Alive'
  • They have told the reality TV show that, while they have been together for years, their relationship is now a big mess
  • The once-happy pair moved into Kyle's four-bedroom duplex outside of Pittsburgh three years ago, and he had grand renovation plans
  • But those plans were scuppered when Lynn's trash and so-called treasures began cluttering up every room

By Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 18:34 EST, 27 November 2013 | UPDATED: 18:46 EST, 27 November 2013

A Pennsylvania couple have opened up about the grim hoarding habit that is tearing them apart.

Kyle and Lynn are the latest subjects of TLC's 'Hoarding: Buried Alive' and have told the reality TV show that, while they have been together for years, their relationship is now a big mess.

The once-happy pair moved into Kyle's four-bedroom duplex outside of Pittsburgh three years ago, and he had grand renovation plans.

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Hoarders: Kyle and Lynn, pictured, are the latest subjects of TLC's 'Hoarding: Buried Alive' and have told the reality TV show that, while they have been together for years, their relationship is now a big mess

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'When I first moved in, it wasn't really my dream home, but I had a lot of ideas of how I'd like to fix it up,' he said in a clip of the episode aired on TODAY. He added that he initially wanted to live in one unit and rent out the other.

 

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But those plans were scuppered when Lynn's trash and so-called treasures began cluttering up every room.

'This is kind of a front room/living room,' Lynn said as she attempted to give a tour of the place. 'I'm not sure what you'd call it.'

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Home: The once-happy pair moved into Kyle's four-bedroom duplex, pictured, outside of Pittsburgh three years ago, and he had grand renovation plans

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Plans: 'When I first moved in, it wasn't really my dream home, but I had a lot of ideas of how I'd like to fix it up,' Kyle said in a clip of the episode aired on TODAY

Kyle described the room as 'where I used to be able to watch TV before this mess got so bad.'

But while the collectibles all belong to Lynn, she blamed Kyle for the mess because he won't 'take the frickin' garbage out.' She also plucked a snow globe off the heaped floor and again said it was her boyfriend's fault.

'It's something that has to be put on a shelf in here, if I can get my shelves put up,' she snapped.

He shook his head, insisting it was Lynn's compulsive shopping that had resulted in the mounds of trash.

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Clutter: But the plans Kyle, right, had were scuppered when Lynn, left, began cluttering up every room with her trash and so-called treasures

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TV room: Kyle described this room as 'where I used to be able to watch TV before this mess got so bad'

She disagreed but not even Kyle could understand her response.

'I couldn't understand a word you said, and I'm sure no one else could either,' he said.

Throughout the episode, which airs Wednesday at 10 p.m., subtitles are used so viewers can understand what Lynn is saying. Later on, it becomes clear why.

'I'm missing my teeth,' Lynn said of her dentures. 'I lost them. ... Somewhere, like around here, are my teeth,' she adds looking at the floor.


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Somebody throw a match in there! I constantly fight against my family to have a clean an organized home. I win inside, but don't look in my garage, yikes! My husband never met a tool, or car part that he wasn't in love with. And yes, it aggravates me to no end. In a way, if you put up with it, then it's your fault too. I say hell to the no! Not in my house, foot stomped!

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All these hoarders on this show have the same problem. They don't know how to take out the trash!

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Letting a tv crew in is really the first step. They close off the world so no one knows

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Oh, Honey. That ain't collectibles... That's TRASH.

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I had to stop watching this show. I used to watch it with gruesome fascination. But after two years I was getting upset at how low the success rate is for people with this disorder. Also how mad and mean they are to their families. It was heartbreaking.

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People who consider this entertainment are as sick as the people who hoard. It's voyeurism.

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They found her denture under all that filth and she popped it into her mouth without even cleaning it.

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Why are hoarders almost always have missing teeth?

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Because they can't get to the bathroom sink to brush their teeth.

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Because they can't get to the bathroom sink to brush and floss their teeth.

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I really dont understand how people can live like this, its disgusting, but they must have some mental health issues. Wouldnt like to live near them.

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2 pigs in heaven.

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I hate how they call being filthy and lazy "hoarding."

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Yes everything is a mental illness now. There's no personal responsibility.

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