Anna Johnston is speaking out about things she says her estranged mother Amber has done over the years, including constantly criticizing her looks and trying to outdo her. During a series of TikTok Lives on Wednesday and Thursday, the former 7 Little Johnstons star also called out Amber— as well as the rest of her estranged family members— for frequently giving away their pets, particularly when the dogs get older.
As fans of the show know, Anna has been estranged from Amber, as well as her father Trent and her siblings— for a while now. While her feud with the rest of the Johnstons provided a huge storyline for the previous season of the show, Anna is no longer appearing on “7 Little Johnstons” and has claimed she will not return to the show, due to the actions of her parents.
Anna— who just last week was expressing her desire to reconcile with her family— called out her mom Amber, in particular, for always allegedly criticizing her in an attempt to make herself feel superior.
“You’re literally competing with your child,” Anna said of her mom’s alleged actions. “She always would! Like, [my] weight, [she would] put me down for how much I weighed and what I looked like, and even my hair and stuff like that. Yeah, always.”
“We still don’t get along,” Anna said of her mom, adding that she also doesn’t speak to her siblings.
“People definitely have to put a front on to act like everything’s OK,” she added.
“It’s not easy stepping away [from my family]… I don’t know why I was always picked on,” Anna claimed.
On Thursday on Live, Anna stated that she hasn’t spoken to her mom or dad since they filmed her final scene for “7 Little Johnstons,” which aired last season but was filmed around November 2024. While she says she did see them at a funeral late last year, she stated that she didn’t speak to her parents.
“It’s been more than a year,” she said.
During her Live on Wednesday, Anna was asked about the Johnston Family’s pets, a question that sparked a conversation about her family’s alleged habit of giving their pets away— particularly their dogs when they get older. She stated that she had to resort to “begging” to get her dog, Cruiser, to live with her instead of her family.
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“Because I knew Cruiser would be given away, like they always do,” she said, adding that the family allegedly gave away their dog Jessie when he was about 10 years old.
“Yes, they got rid of Jessie at an old age. Oh, it was so sad…he died when they gave him away,” she said. “[My sister] Elizabeth got rid of her dogs too. They always get rid of dogs. It makes me so sad because, don’t get dogs if… it’s for the show or you can’t take the time to take care of them.”
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Anna stated that the Johnstons’ alleged habit of discarding animals doesn’t just apply to dogs.
“We literally got chickens and goats for the show,” she said. “So, what they do with that set up is that they drop off the goats at our house, acting like we are keeping them. And then when we’re done filming with the goats scene, then they pick them up and –boom!– they’re gone. We got rid of the chickens because we got chickens and they realized that we can’t keep up with them. It is just for the show.”
Anna added that being at her parents’ house meant “living in a very toxic household.”
Last week, TLC announced that a new season of “7 Little Johnstons” will premiere on March 17— without Anna.
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