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Topics: Film and TV, US News
Callum Jones
Conjoined twins Abby and Brittany Hensel have shared a message for their critics as they release new footage from their wedding day.
Abby and Brittany first gained the attention of the public when they appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1996, when they were around six-years-old.
And once they had reached their 20s, the sisters became the subject of the TLC reality show Abby & Brittany, which documented the lives of the twins as they graduated college and set out into the real world.
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And the twins made headlines earlier this year after it was revealed Abby married army veteran Josh Bowling.
The couple were pictured along with Brittany in what appears to be a wedding photo on the Hensels' joint Facebook page.
The famous twins could be seen wearing a white dress while Bowling is dressed in a white suit.
Though news of the wedding only came to light earlier this year, public records obtained by Today revealed that the pair actually tied the knot in 2021.
Brittany, Abby and Josh live in Minnesota, where the sisters grew up, and the twins are now said to be working as fifth grade teachers.
Since their marriage was announced earlier this year, the conjoined twins have released footage of the big day to their fans.
And on Thursday (13 June) the twins posted a video of the wedding dance to their TikTok account.
The clip showed Abby and Brittany with their arms around Bowling’s neck as they swayed together on the dance floor to Adele's 'Rolling in the Deep'.
While a second video saw a montage from the special day, which included a note possibly aimed at their critics.
“We know you think you know us🖤❤️🔥,” the caption stated. “#sisterhoodgoals #abbyandbrittanyhensel #happy.”
The twins used Justine Skye’s 2014 track 'Collide' in the background, with the lyrics saying: "I know you think that you know me/But you ain’t even seen my dark side/It’s reserved for you only/So baby do me right, do me right.”
As dicephalus-conjoined twins, Abby and Brittany share a bloodstream and all organs below the waist.
Abby controls their right arm and leg, while Brittany controls the limbs on the left.
Speaking on their reality TV show, the twins said people had been 'curious' about them since they were born.
"But our parents never let us use that as an excuse. We were raised to believe we could do anything we wanted to do," they said.