Inside Biography
- 1 Who is Gil Bates?
- 2 Gil Bates: Age, Family, Siblings, Ethnicity, Education
- 3 Gil Bates and His Surgery
- 4 Gil Bates: Career, Professional Life
- 5 Rumors, Controversy
- 6 Gil Bates: Net Worth, Salary
- 7 Body Measurements: Height, Weight
- 8 Social Media: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter
Who is Gil Bates?
Gil Bates is an American TV personality and an Entrepreneur. He is known for his reality show Bringing up Bates.
Gil Bates: Age, Family, Siblings, Ethnicity, Education
He was born as Gilvin “Gil” Bates on 1 Jan 1965 in Honea Path, South California, USA.
His father’s name was Bill Bates and his mother’s name was Jane Bates.
Gil’s ethnicity is Caucasian and has a brother Greg Bates and a sister, Jennifer.
His high school education was at Belton-Honea Path High School. Then he studied at Anderson University and Carson Newman University.
Gil Bates and His Surgery
In 2019, while doing a push-up challenge with one hand, Gil popped his shoulder. Due to this, he has gone through shoulder surgery.
His fans after hearing the news sent lots of ‘get well soon’ messages.
Gil Bates: Career, Professional Life
Gil Bates is the owner and operator of a tree excavating company called Bates Tree Service. He also owns a church, Bible Baptist Church which was built in Sep 2015 in Clinton, Tennessee.
Gil’s first show 17 Kids and Counting was aired in 2008 on TLC. Then on Aug 13, 2012, his second show United Bates of America was broadcast.
This show was aired for only one season and went off the air on Oct 6, 2012.
Bringing Up Bates
This is a family reality show of the Bates family which broadcasts on Up TV. This show was first aired on Jan 1, 2015, and is still running successfully.
The show has till now eight seasons and a total of 105 episodes. Its season 9 will be telecast on March 5, 2020.
Rumors, Controversy
Gil Bates is one of the board members at the Institute in Basic Life Principles. In Oct 2015, a group of five women sued this institute’s members for sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and inappropriate touching.
However, later only one member Bill Gothard was found guilty through investigation. Bill left the institute on March 5, 2014. This accusation was dismissed in Dec 2015 as no valid facts were found.
Gil Bates: Net Worth, Salary
This TV personality star has an estimated net worth of $1 million.
As per the sources, the highest amount paid to popular reality TV star is around $10 million per season.
Body Measurements: Height, Weight
Talking about Gil Bates’s body features, he has light hair and light brown eyes. His height and body weight is average.
The Bates Family’s Instagram account has around 449k followers with over 1.3k posts.
Similarly, their Twitter and Facebook accounts have more than 25.8k and 111.7k followers respectively. They also have an official website.
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