Its a pretty blonde lady with eight kids and a$20,000 stove.
Who is Hannah Neeleman?
She was still an undergraduate when she met her husband Daniel at a college basketball game.
Neeleman holds her newborn daughter, Flora Jo, as she gets ready for the Mrs. World beauty pageant in Las Vegas on Jan. 19, 2024.Bridget Bennett/The New York Times/REDUX
And Daniel was, like, Its not going to work, weve got to get married now.
By the time they moved to their farm in rural Utah, the couple already had three children.
Why is everyone mad about theTimespiece?
Daniel is currently out of the room taking a phone call.
So I got an epidural.
And it was an amazing experience.
Where was Daniel that day?
It was shipping day [for the meat boxes] and he was manning the crew.
But the epidural was kind of great?
She pauses and smiles.
It was kinda great.
But we did have this vision, this dream and Daniel interrupts: We still do.
What kind of sacrifices, I ask her.
Well, I gave up dance, which was hard.
You give up a piece of yourself.
And Daniel gave up his career ambitions.
I look out at the vastness and dont totally agree.
Ballerina Farm is proof that you shouldnt aspire to marry a rich man.
You should marry a generous one instead, one person wrote.
Abuse comes in many ways.
That video seems to have since been removed from the Ballerina Farm Instagram.
(Evie has since publishedmultiplepiecescriticizing the article and defending the Neelemans.)
How did Hannah Neeleman respond?
Together we have built a business from scratch.
We are co-parents, co-CEOs, co-diaper changers, kitchen cleaners and decision makers.
