With the Premiere of the new spin-off show, 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way, we get the opportunity to see what 90 Day Fiancé is like the other way around, hence the name. For the first time, we get to see the journey through the eyes of these six Americans, who are willing to leave it all behind and travel far and wide for the sake of love. With this new perspective on international couples, we get to see what happens when cultures collide.
In the premiere of this spin-off of the 90 Day Fiancé universe, we get to see five brand new couples along one alumni couple. Not only is there already shocking reveals, but there has also already been catfishing, gambling addiction, and a missed flight due to an embargo. Just one episode in this brand new season and we are already waiting in suspense for next Monday’s episode.
These couples have already invested so much money and time into these relationships with their fiancés on different continents, and to add to the pressure, two of the couples are expecting babies. If you’re not in it for the addictive drama, the explosive reveals, or the diverse personalities, watch this new series to see how Americans can adjust to the struggles of everyday life in Ecuador, Qatar, or India should make for some interesting T.V. at the very least. Now let’s get to know the new 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way couples:
1. Paul (35) and Karine (22)
2. Tiffany (27) and Ronald (29)
Tiffany met Ronald on a trip with her best friend to South Africa. They fell in love immediately and shortly after, Ronald proposed to her. Tiffany thinks she found the man of her dreams, but Ronald tells her of his gambling addiction and his criminal record, which made her second guess the marriage. Just before the wedding, he relapses and is in rehab for gambling addiction and is still checked into rehab just two weeks before their wedding. Due to his shady record, he has little to no chance to get a visa to come here to America. Tiffany now has to choose: pack up her whole life with her 8-year-old son, to move to South Africa to marry ex-gambler Ronald or wait to see if there is a chance of Ronald getting approved for a visa in the U.S.
3. Cory (31) and Evelin (26)
Cory met Evelin on a beautiful tourist beach in Ecuador while backpacking through South America. Cory, a family man with Mormon beliefs, brought his bride-to-be back to his home to be with him in the U.S. to show her what kind of privileged life she could have in America, which backfired and only made Evelin more homesick and eager to go home. Regardless of all of the shopping sprees and over $40,000 dollars of life-savings Cory invested in their relationship, mostly in her, Evelin still refused to stay in the U.S., with no interest in joining his Mormon faith and urges Cory to come live in Ecuador with her. She leaves back to her little fishing village in Ecuador, leaving Cory the ultimatum of either to go to live there to be with her or risk losing Evelin for good.
4. Deavan (22) and Jihoon (29)
This young couple met on a dating app, fell in love, and so Jihoon took the 12-hour flight all the way from South Korea to Utah to come to meet Deavan in real life. In a surprising turn of events, single mom Deavan becomes pregnant on the first night they’re together. Jihoon leaves back to South Korea and Deavan is left with her 3-year-old daughter, a baby on the way, and no ring. With their language barrier causing problems and new familial troubles due to Deavan getting pregnant out of wedlock, they will be facing a lot of challenges trying to raise a child in such sticky circumstances without a blessing from their families.
5. Jenny (60) and Sumit (30)
Jenny (60) received a message from a man who looked to be a male model named Michael Jones on Facebook, after texting and falling for each other, he told Jenny he was keeping a big secret from her. Michael Jones’ true identity is revealed - he is actually Sumit - a 30-year-old man from India. After being catfished by Sumit, Jenny still decides to go visit him in India, where they end up engaged. In spite of what Sumit’s family warning him they won’t allow him to stay at their house if he decides to marry this older American woman, as well as going against his own Indian customs and culture of arranged marriages, Sumit plans to marry Jenny for love. Jenny is packing up her life away from her children and grandchildren to live in India for this man who had started the relationship off of a big lie.
6. Laura (51) and Aladin (29)
After meeting on Facebook, they messaged each other for 8 months before taking the next step and meeting each other for the first time in real life. After just three days together, handsome 29-year-old personal trainer, Aladin proposes to 51-year-old Laura. With over a 20 year age difference, Laura ignores her feelings that this may be too good to be true, and makes a decision to give up everything she has in America, including her two dogs, her job and proximity with her family, to marry and be with Aladin on the other side of the world in Qatar.
These new couples now have to face life-changing decisions in order to make their love stories possible. In each episode, we get to catch up on the couples to see how they are adjusting to their new lives in their new foreign homes with their other halves. With already so many problems, such as age differences, language barriers, and babies on the way, we’re just getting started with the drama, so get your popcorn ready. Which is your favorite 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way couple so far? Who do you want to see make it through and get married? Let us know in the comment section below!
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90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way airs Mondays 9/8C on TLC.
