According toPeople,Erica and Spencer Shemwellfirstmet on an online widower support group.

One user on Reddit started athreadunder the “TLCTheBlendedBunch,” asking if the show had been canceled.

Another user commented on the thread, denouncing the show’s potentially harmful nature.

Erica and Spencer Shemwell of “The Blended Bunch”

I can’t even believe they aired this, to be honest.

It is one of the worst things I’ve seen on ‘reality’ TV.

Those kids lost their parents, and then basically had to reinvent their entire lives while being filmed.

Shemwell children on “The Blended Bunch”

It is borderline abuse in my opinion," the user commented.

He has also voiced his concerns about both parents adopting their stepchildren.

Kendall said in a confessional.

Erica and Spencer Shemwell, along with uncle Quinn Kendall on “The Blended Bunch”

Quinn Kendall of “The Blended Bunch”