Social Media & Spoilery Speculation

[SevenCostanza]

16 hours ago, greekmom said:

https://www.thewrap.com/90-day-fiance-season-6-here-are-the-couples-that-will-be-fighting-on-tlc-this-season/

Another season!!!

Woo Hoo!  Can't wait.

[LilaFowler]

These couples sound messy and promising!

[ALittleShelfish]

One of the new people is local to me.  I will attempt to break out of my antisocialness and FIND HER DEAL.  

[spankydoll]

On 9/21/2018 at 3:59 PM, LilaFowler said:

These couples sound messy and promising!

I hate it when I accidentally lose my virginity. That happens with my keys too. I put a tile in the keys. !maybe she should have looked into that??

[AussieBabe]

Oh they're all messy. And two have holiday babies? I guess unprotected sex with randoms was never my cup of tea. @90DayFianceTea on IG has the promo videos.

On 9/21/2018 at 9:45 AM, configdotsys said:

I thought the couples from Before the 90 Days were the ones that moved into the regular 90 Day show. Does this mean we won't be seeing any updates on the current couples on Before the 90 Days once their season ends? 

Usually but the K1 process takes time. If any applied, they're probably just getting approved or crowd funding via GoFundMe to get the funds for the process. It's possible we'll see some of them on 90 Day in a later season.

[AZChristian]

Shouldn't we create a new thread for this (Season 6) instead of continuing to discuss it in the Season 4 thread?  

[ChiCricket]

I thought this was interesting. 

https://screenrant.com/90-day-fiance-tlc-fake-real-moments/

    Ten Times 90 Day Fiancé Was Fake (And Ten Times It Was Too Real) 

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                       FAKE: CHRIS ASKS ANNIE FOR A MASSAGE

   David was a down-on-his-luck 49 year old man when his life was forever changed after he crossed paths with Annie during a trip to Thailand. Though the couple quickly made plans to marry, they were faced with a difficult obstacle: they were totally broke. Fortunately, his friend Chris Thienenman allowed the couple to stay with him… at a cost.

   During a rooftop dinner, Chris creepily asked Annie to give him a poolside massage, and she was reluctant. The good news is that this whole scene was set up by the show’s producers, and Chris, after seeing the episode, realized that it made him sound like a total sleaze and wished he wouldn’t have done it.

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                REAL: PAUL TRIES TO RUN FROM HIS PAST

    Paul Staehle is perhaps one of the most infamous pseudo-celebrities to ever agree to appear on TLC’s 90 Day Fiancé. Everything he does is weird, and his strange persona and off putting mannerisms would definitely have put a strain on any normal relationship.

   Though many have accused him of joining the show for publicity, his brief freakout after he told Karine about his criminal background was all too real. Once he admitted to being an ex-arsonist, he tried to run away from both his fiancé and the TLC camera crew, scampering up a small hill in meme-worthy fashion. There are a lot of odd customers on the show, but Paul probably takes the cake.

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            FAKE: WHY IS SHE SITTING LIKE THAT?

    This has long been a point of contention among 90 Day Fiancé viewers, but the positions in which star Anfisa Arkhipchenko sits during the show’s cut-away interviews seem anything but natural.

    Hunched over with legs awkwardly up in the air, it’s hard to believe that she would be willing to hold that pose for more than a few seconds at a time. Some have posited that she does it to accentuate her chest, but closer inspection reveals that almost all female cast members are made to adopt this dumb position. It’s something mandated by the show’s producers, and it’s totally artificial.

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          REAL: DARCY LOSES CONTROL

    Plenty of fans were left questioning cupid after watching the antics of the notoriously dysfunctional pairing of Jesse Meester and Darcey Silva. Things got off to a bad start when Jesse believed himself to have fallen victim to a catfishing scam because the pictures Darcey posted online were decades old, and things only got worse from there.

    At some point during their saga, Jesse made an attempt to put together a romantic night in for the two. Instead of playing along, however, Darcey had a beverage or two and ruined the whole thing with a hilariously-awkward high five. If this was scripted, then Darcey is a Decaprio-caliber actress.

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         FAKE: TYING THE KNOT… FROM A DISTANCE

   The relationship between Danielle and Mohamed was fairly obviously fake; while Danielle may have had genuine feelings for her fiancé, it clearly wasn’t mutual. Mohamed made tons of excuses and really didn’t seem interested in a woman more than ten years his senior, yet, the two decided to tie the knot anyway.

   Not only was Danielle apparently late for her own wedding, but Mohamed refused to kiss her after they said “I do.” Though he claimed it was for religious reasons, it was pretty clearly borne of his disinterest in his wife. While the scene was real, his intentions weren’t, and Mohamed packed up and left for Florida shortly after the wedding.

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          REAL: MICHAEL IS COMING TO AMERICA

   As was the case with many relationships featured on TLC’s 90 Day Fiancé, the romance between Angela and Michael often felt strained or faked. The vast cultural gap between a suburban woman from the US and a man from Nigeria would be tough for anyone to push past, but they seemed to make it work, at least for a little while.

   Shortly after Michael proposed, Angela presented him with a US flag and told him that he was headed for the country. Much of this couple’s relationship felt false, but Michael’s intense joy in that moment was very real.

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         FAKE: ANFISA’S MODELING CAREER

   When it comes to dysfunctional 90 Day Fiancé couples, Jorge and Anfisa are easily in the running for the top spot. Very rarely did the relationship appear to be genuine, and Anfisa’s intense desire for money and material gifts made her love for Jorge come across as totally impure.

    What’s worse is that, before making the trip to the US, Anfisa billed herself as a model. Though TLC never quite admitted to any details, Jorge later stated that she was actually a model of a different, decidedly more adult kind. Things have only gotten worse as, in August of 2018, Jorge was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for trafficking illegal substances.

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       FAKE: CHANTEL’S NAME

    As if the negatively charged atmosphere surrounding Chantel and Pedro’s relationship wasn’t enough, fans of the show have long speculated that Chantel isn’t actually her real name. While plenty of ex-stars have been accused of joining the show purely to get their fifteen minutes of fame, Chantel seems to have held an interest in concealing her identity somewhat.

    In fact, news eventually broke that her real name was actually CeAir. Given that this isn’t even close to a common name, she may have elected to call herself something more ubiquitous to avoid confusion. Unfortunately, her credibility was already on thin ice, and this definitely didn’t help the matter.

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      REAL: RIVER AND PEDRO DUKE IT OUT

    In a modern approximation of Shakespeare’s famous play Romeo and Juliet, the families of 90 Day Fiancé couple Chantel and Pedro never saw eye to eye. Multiple family dinners have been ruined, and a special mention needs to go to the squabble over Pedro’s chicken feet delicacy, but the worst of it came when Chantel’s brother River outright fought Pedro atop the family dinner table.

    Though it sounds too bizarre to actually have taken place, the cameraman who filmed the scene later confirmed that it was an organic — and extremely heated — moment. Rushed relationships have often strained the families of 90 Day Fiancé couples, but this altercation took things to a new extreme.

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        REAL: KEEPING NICOLE AT ARM’S LENGTH

    It’s no secret that, though Nicole was clearly passionate about her fiancé, the feeling wasn’t exactly mutual. Azan warned Nicole during her visit to his home country of Morocco that most displays of affection weren’t socially acceptable in public, but she just couldn’t get the message. This culminated in a horribly awkward scene in which she wanted a hug that Azan just wasn’t willing to give her.

    Though the scene may have been slightly aggrandized, Azan’s feelings and motives were certainly genuine. Such displays of affection aren’t tolerated in Morocco, and Nicole’s boyfriend was totally right to want to hold off. It was all a little too real, and it was sort of hard to watch.

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      FAKE: CHRIS AND DAVID’S FRIENDSHIP

   Chris and David’s relationship wasn’t necessarily fake, but it was a bit hard to believe that he was so willing to open his house to his buddy and his foreign girlfriend out of the blue. The truth of the matter is that, though Chris may be a giving guy to begin with, he was approached by the network to help form a more compelling narrative.

    We have previously discussed how fake his massage proposal was, but just about every scene like that has been overproduced by a network eager to cook up some drama. While this applies to many friendships featured on TLC, Chris certainly wouldn’t have been quite so generous were it not for Sharp Entertainment’s role.

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      REAL: ANFISA’S OVER-THE-PHONE FREAKOUT

     All soon-to-be-wed couples would be wise to clear up some legal things before heading to the altar, so Jorge and Anfisa were entirely in the right when they met with lawyers to strike a deal on a postnuptial agreement. Unfortunately, according to Jorge, Anfisa wanted it to be heavily in her favor, which prompted her fiancé to meet with his lawyers privately to straighten some things out behind the scenes.

    When Anfisa found out that Jorge was gone, she called him and screamed at him to come back home. Her over-the-phone temper-tantrum was legendary and cemented her status in the minds of fans as an over-the-top, crazy personality.

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     FAKE: JAY AND ASHLEY’S STORYLINE

    There have been plenty of fraudulent couples featured on 90 Day Fiancé, but Jay and Ashley may just be the least honest pair in the history of the show. The dust is still settling with this story, but it seems like the two broke up well before the show entered its production cycle, but they decided to stick with it anyway.

     Everything portrayed in their segments was entirely fake, and the couple was never actually dating when the cameras were rolling. Worse, they actually staged a fake wedding and had fans believing that they actually tied the knot. Outlandish behavior like this isn’t foreign to any of TLC’s programs, but dishonesty of this nature may eventually hurt the already faltering credibility of the show in the long run.

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           REAL: MARK AND NIKKI’S CAR WINDOW DEBACLE

   Nikki had only been in the US for a few hours when she and Mark got into their first argument. Though it was played off as a joke, we could see the disappointment in Mark’s face from the get-go.

    As the two were leaving the Baltimore airport, Nikki brushed her hand against the passenger-side window of Mark’s car, which prompted him to scold her for smudging it. In one of the most comical moves in the show’s history, Nikki immediately slammed her palm against the window and giggled. Mark laughed it off, but clearly wasn’t very happy. Things went downhill from there, and, unfortunately, this scenario was all too real.

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           FAKE: JORGE’S BUSINESS

    We know that Anfisa’s career may be little more than smoke and mirrors, but it just so happens that neither partner had been entirely up front about their jobs. Jorge introduced himself as a licensed dealer of a substance that, while legal in an increasing number of states, is still federally illegal in the US.

    Though this would have been plausible, it seems strange that he was later busted by the police for trafficking a large amount of said substance. Were he a legitimate businessman, he would either have had a legitimate reason to do what he did or have had access to a more secure method of product transportation. Something doesn’t add up here, and Jorge was later sentenced to two and a half years in jail as a result of his questionably legal dealings.

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               REAL: THE CHICKEN FOOT FIASCO

     Cultural diaspora can often hurt a relationship, and nowhere was this more evident in the lives of Chantel and Pedro than during her family’s trip to visit her boyfriend in the Dominican Republic. Many cultures take familial gatherings rather seriously, and Pedro clearly wasn’t too pleased to hear Chantel’s mother making excuses and trying to get out the door as soon as possible.

      Things got even worse when Pedro plopped a platter of chicken feet in front of her, which she declined for religious reasons. The whole event spiraled out of control, and it was yet another major hiccup in the lives of both Chantel and her fiancé. This was definitely the kind of strife that the network couldn’t script themselves.

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             FAKE: PAUL AND KARINE’S SPEECH-TO-TEXT TRANSLATIONS

   Not only is it weird to forge a relationship based entirely on machine-translated speech, but fans have long questioned the authenticity of the translations presented on-screen. Anyone familiar with most translation programs will understand that they are usually hit-and-miss at best, and certain sayings and words simply don’t come through in other languages.

    That said, whatever app Paul and Karine used seems to be spot-on nearly all of time time, and that’s because the transcripts the audience is shown are fake.

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          REAL: AZAN WANTED NICOLE TO JOIN A GYM

    Azan was obviously displeased with Nicole from the moment the two first met face-to-face, though he seemed willing to overcome his doubts and continue with the relationship. Things didn’t progress all that well, of course, and rising tensions between the two came to a head when Azan insisted that Nicole start monitoring her health and join a gym.

      While there’s absolutely nothing wrong with keeping fit, Nicole was starkly against it and insisted that Azan was trying to change her. This altercation, along with Azan’s general disappointment with Nicole, was all too real, and this relationship clearly wasn’t going to blossom unless Azan had a miraculous change of heart.

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            FAKE: TERIK AND HAZEL’S TELL ALL

     Few 90 Day Fiancé fans bought into the authenticity of Hazel and Terik’s relationship. The couple came off as ridiculously phony most of the time, and Hazel eventually admitted during her tell-all episode that she was mostly in it for the money and the chance to begin a new life in the US.

      After that, Terik took to Instagram and put up a bunch of cryptic posts and videos advising his fans to stay away from fake and duplicitous people. He clearly wasn’t happy with the way he was portrayed on the show, and it just goes to show how totally fake couples on 90 Day Fiancé can sometimes be.

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          REAL: PAUL GOES FOR A SWIM

 

         Paul Staehle is probably the strangest character to ever grace TLC’s 90 Day Fiancé. He’s a weird guy through-and-through, and nothing exemplified that more than that time he wore two life jackets and took a bunch of unnecessary precautions before going swimming with Karine in her home country of Brazil.

       After relaying to the audience in a cut-away interview that he expected his girlfriend to take a bunch of STD and pregnancy tests, he timidly slunk into the water after putting on, in addition to the life jackets, athletic pants and — of all things — a contraceptive. While taking precautions during travel is always the right thing to do, Paul took things to a creepy and unnecessary degree here, and we almost felt bad for Karine as we watched her boyfriend squirm around in the water.

[funky-rat]

Jorge never said he was a pot dealer.  He said he designed bags for transporting pot (or something similar), so that's a bit off.  And his name is fake too (just like Chantal's).

[silverspoons]

I didn't see it posted anywhere and wasn't sure where it should go, season 1 Mike and Aziza just had their first child. A baby girl. Remember when the drama was so minimal and more realistic ? She was was worried about fitting in his life and his friend's wondered if she really loved him? Glad to see a happy couple after so many years.

[magemaud]

They'll be BACK! Highest ratings! https://deadline.com/2019/01/90-day-fiance-renewed-season-7-as-tlc-reality-series-wraps-season-6-ratings-highs-1202539020/

some of the comments seem pretty naive

[ALittleShelfish]

42 minutes ago, magemaud said:

They'll be BACK! Highest ratings! https://deadline.com/2019/01/90-day-fiance-renewed-season-7-as-tlc-reality-series-wraps-season-6-ratings-highs-1202539020/

some of the comments seem pretty naive

I snorted at "It breaks my heart to learn how some couples didn’t make it. Regardless, I wish the company would do a follow-up and fill the rest of us in on the successes and failed marriages/relationships. We put our time into watching. It would behoove you and the watchers alike."  

I'd reply:  "But is your heart ACTUALLY broken over this? And maybe hop on social media once in a while before getting too invested in these clowns who owe us nothing."  I would, but I won't.  

Also snort-worthy: "If TLC paid them a lot more money I don’t believe it would be as genuine."  The tears on my face... they're real.  😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[magemaud]

I liked the comment that the weddings were fake because Jon's brother and Elvis were the officiants. Well, if they WERE fake it wasn't because of that! 

[magemaud]

double post, sorry

Edited January 24, 2019 by magemaud

[RealReality10]

3 hours ago, ALittleShelfish said:

I snorted at "It breaks my heart to learn how some couples didn’t make it. Regardless, I wish the company would do a follow-up and fill the rest of us in on the successes and failed marriages/relationships. We put our time into watching. It would behoove you and the watchers alike."  

This comment sounds like a past participant trying to get themselves a follow up.  

I have my favorites every season and some people you kinda wonder, but not enough to truly care.

[ALittleShelfish]

1 hour ago, RealReality10 said:

This comment sounds like a past participant trying to get themselves a follow up.  

I have my favorites every season and some people you kinda wonder, but not enough to truly care.

Oooh excellent angle there I hadn't thought of! I was reading these while I was at work, then trying to explain why I sounded like I was in some sort of respiratory failure. 

But yes!  That does sound like something a past and probably very boring and overshadowed couple would say!  

[magemaud]

https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/90-day-fiance-david-and-annie-wont-be-on-happily-ever-after/

how can Ashley/Jay, Fernanda/Jon and Larissa/Colt be on Happily After After when their relationships have all been outed as fakes or they’ve already split up? 

Edited to add: I’ve read that Ashley has withdrawn the paperwork to divorce Jay. Could this have anything to do with their decision to appear in the spinoff? Hmmmm

Edited January 29, 2019 by magemaud

[funky-rat]

13 hours ago, magemaud said:

https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/90-day-fiance-david-and-annie-wont-be-on-happily-ever-after/

how can Ashley/Jay, Fernanda/Jon and Larissa/Colt be on Happily After After when their relationships have all been outed as fakes or they’ve already split up? 

Edited to add: I’ve read that Ashley has withdrawn the paperwork to divorce Jay. Could this have anything to do with their decision to appear in the spinoff? Hmmmm

My guess is they already started filming before things fell apart.  So they will probably document the carnage.

[gingerella]

This whole franchise is like really awful parenting. These asswipes keep faking shit, putting it all over social media, which sort of blows the cover of the show being fake, then when we all know they're fakeass fake, they come BACK for another round of 'happily ever after' when literally NONE of the last couple of crops of misfits are anything close to being 'happy'. They are all horrible, fucked up situations and none of them qualify to be 'happily' anything at this point. TLC, please go fuck yourself.

[JenE4]

On 1/28/2019 at 9:32 PM, magemaud said:

https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/90-day-fiance-david-and-annie-wont-be-on-happily-ever-after/

how can Ashley/Jay, Fernanda/Jon and Larissa/Colt be on Happily After After when their relationships have all been outed as fakes or they’ve already split up? 

Edited to add: I’ve read that Ashley has withdrawn the paperwork to divorce Jay. Could this have anything to do with their decision to appear in the spinoff? Hmmmm

It’s “Happily Ever After?”—emphasis on the question mark, so it’s even better for the show if they’re not happy. See also Danielle and Mohamed, Molly and Luis.

[magemaud]

33 minutes ago, JenE4 said:

It’s “Happily Ever After?”—emphasis on the question mark, so it’s even better for the show if they’re not happy. See also Danielle and Mohamed, Molly and Luis.

Yes, you're right. While I was going through withdrawal when this forum was down, I was reading some gossipy tidbits about the couples on other sites. One said that Ashley didn't go through with the divorce paperwork "for the money" so they could appear on another season. The same article claims that Fernanda and Jon will be back on HEA? and it also hints at a possible hookup between Fernanda and Jay, but I think that's just a publicity stunt. 

[WonderWuman73]

90 Day Fiancé spin-offs and The Family Chantel coming soon to TLC 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/live-feed/90-day-fiance-spinoffs-what-not-wear-revival-set-at-tlc-1200950

[Polliwollidoodle]

Interesting- I came here because I have seen commercials in the last week or 2 which show Colt saying he is divorcing Larissa, and a clip or two of Nicole and Azan and a few more. 

I thought it was going to be airing sooner and am still wondering whatever happened to all of them. Maybe I am not on the right thread but I thought there was so much more current posting when last I looked. oh well. 

I will be watching.

[ALittleShelfish]

I didn't know where to put this, but each of us deserves to know "Which 90DF Couple Are You?" 

Which Couple Are You?

I'm saddened to report that I am Ashley and Jay.  

[Frozendiva]

My answer was Russ and Pao.

[Kareem]

Chantel and Pedro.  lol

[ALittleShelfish]

7 minutes ago, Kareem said:

Chantel and Pedro.  lol

Hey at least you get your own show and don't have to share the spotlight with the likes of Ashley and Jay or Pao or Angela, so....

[Caoimhe]

13 hours ago, Frozendiva said:

My answer was Russ and Pao.

So was mine!

[Gobi]

13 hours ago, Kareem said:

Chantel and Pedro.  lol

Me, too.

[libgirl2]

13 hours ago, Kareem said:

Chantel and Pedro.  lol

I got them too! Must be the Dominican in me. 

[AZ Curls]

Ugh mine was Russ & Pao too.  I really wanted to be Nicole & Azan

[SemiCharmedLife]

Mine was Loren and Alexi.

[ALittleShelfish]

1 hour ago, SemiCharmedLife said:

Mine was Loren and Alexi.

HEY look at YOU over there being all normal and stuff! Not fair!!

[mamadrama]

Pow and Roos. Boo!

I was kinda hoping for Chelsea and Yamir, mostly because there's was the one wedding that I actually coveted.

[Frozendiva]

Maybe my choice of the nice, expensive looking cake and the honeymoon in Bora Bora led me to the Russ/Pao path.

[GrannySmith]

Ashley and Jay. 

[Mothra]

On 9/23/2019 at 11:26 PM, Frozendiva said:

My answer was Russ and Pao.

Me too.

[HunterHunted]

On 9/24/2019 at 5:35 PM, SemiCharmedLife said:

Mine was Loren and Alexi.

Me too.

[Joan of Argh]

On 9/24/2019 at 7:59 PM, Frozendiva said:

Maybe my choice of the nice, expensive looking cake and the honeymoon in Bora Bora led me to the Russ/Pao path.

I chose the European tour and the strawberry cake and got Russ and Pao

[CrystalBlue]

On 9/26/2019 at 4:28 PM, Joan of Argh said:

I chose the European tour and the strawberry cake and got Russ and Pao

I chose the European tour and the strawberry cake as well and got Loren and Alexi.

[sagittarius sue]

On 9/24/2019 at 9:59 PM, Frozendiva said:

Maybe my choice of the nice, expensive looking cake and the honeymoon in Bora Bora led me to the Russ/Pao path.

i picked the cake with cherries on top and honeymoon in Morocco, and it also led to Russ & Pao.