“Banff, Canada, or Iceland — those are my top two.” That is the whole wedding plan, as Whitney Way Thore tells it: two dream destinations, no date, and a fiancé who keeps insisting the couple has not planned a thing. “When we first got engaged, people were asking, ‘Oh, so what are you guys planning?'” Whitney said in a new interview with E! News. Jake keeps saying they have not planned anything yet. Whitney’s correction: “You haven’t. I have and I’ve been talking your ear up about it.” Season 14 premieres Tuesday, November 10 at 10 p.m. ET on TLC — and Whitney has just handed fans the ballot.
Two Finalists: A Mountain Lake vs. a Land of Ice
Of the two, Banff is the surprise. Whitney has never been there — she admits the idea has been “on ice for a long time.” Iceland is the familiar dream: the only destination she named when the engagement was fresh in August. Banff, though, is the wild card — a Canadian Rockies town built for postcard weddings, turquoise lakes and snowy peaks. One is fire and ice; the other is a snow-globe fairy tale. Whitney wants one of them — the question is which one fans would pick.
The Cold Problem Nobody Can Solve for Her
Whitney is, by her own admission, hot-natured — a woman who runs warm and knows it. Her biggest fear about her own dream wedding is almost comically practical: “I have to get married outside in the cold and how are people going to function?” It is the rare wedding worry that has nothing to do with the dress or the guest list, and everything to do with keeping her guests from freezing through the vows. Her answer to her own fear is pure Whitney: “It’s my wedding, so, whatever.” The cold is not a dealbreaker. It is the price of the view.
Jake’s Baby Bombshell: “I Want Another Child”
If the wedding destinations are the headline, the second half of the interview is the gut punch. Whitney has never hidden her dream of becoming a mother, and she says she raised it with Jake early on: “He was way more into it than I was.” Jake, 41, is a single dad to a 12-year-old daughter, and he did not hedge. “I want another child. I want a baby again,” he told her. That flips the usual script on its head — for years, the baby question has been Whitney’s dream, pursued on camera. Now the man beside her wants it just as badly, maybe more. It also reframes the wedding: not just a ceremony, but the starting line of a blended family — a new baby, a 12-year-old big sister, and a couple who got engaged in a matter of months. “I’m just so excited for the making official of the partnership,” Whitney said. The ring is real. The destinations are named. The baby talk is out in the open. What is missing is everything else — and that is where the fans come in.
Your Turn: Banff or Iceland?
So here is the vote, and it is a real one: Banff or Iceland? Banff means the Rockies, the turquoise water, a wedding that looks like a snow globe. Iceland means glaciers, black-sand beaches, and the kind of drama no decorator can fake. Both mean cold. Both mean unforgettable. Drop your pick in the comments — BANFF or ICELAND. And answer the question Jake just put on the table: after the wedding, should the next headline be a baby? Season 14 starts Tuesday, November 10 at 10 p.m. ET on TLC. So, Whitney’s big day: Banff or Iceland — and does Jake get his baby next?
