TLC's 90 Day Fiancé has quickly grown from a reality show to a TV empire with a whopping
five spin-offs.
But while the show is packed with arguments and breakups, some of the most memorable scenes
from the franchise are simply cringe-worthy.
Season 4 introduced fans to Chantel and her Dominican fiancé, Pedro.
"I don't think you all have really thought about everything that you all need to think
about.”
The two seemed to be genuinely in love, but, in true Romeo and Juliet fashion, their families
didn't get along.
And the feud only got worse when the couple returned for 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever
After.
The duo traveled to the Dominican Republic for a second wedding, and, during a family
dinner, Chantel's crew noticed that Pedro's mother and sister had cooked them chicken
feet.
"You want the chicken feet?"
Chantel's mom told the cameras,
"In the religion of voodoo, they use a lot of chicken feet.
So naturally I don't want to be taken advantage of."
Soon the two families were fighting.
Chantel and Pedro scrambled to translate and keep the peace, but, in the end, Chantel's
family angrily stormed out.
After they left, Chantel and Pedro's family ate dinner, and Chantel pointed out that Pedro's
mother and sister didn't even eat the chicken feet themselves.
In Season 4, Jorge welcomed his Russian-born fiancée Anfisa to California, and they soon
found trouble, according to Cosmo.
“Are you guys looking forward to getting married?”
“Yeah.”
“Why you looked at me first?”
“I dunno I wanted to see your reaction.”
Anfisa and Jorge's family didn't get along, Anfisa seemed to only be in the relationship
for the money, and, when Jorge came clean about not actually being a millionaire - like
he'd previously claimed - their relationship hit the skids.
Still, the two married and went on to star in 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After where,
in one episode, Jorge and his sister met with a lawyer to consider Jorge's divorce options.
"Now I'm gonna see a lawyer so that I can be done with Anfisa for good.”
Later in the season, a producer mentioned the meeting to the couple.
And things got weird.
"When is the last time you talked to Lourdes?”
“I dunno.”
“Was it when you went to the divorce lawyers?"
Anfisa was shocked.
"What no I didn't…”
“No I didn't know that!”
Of course, Jorge denied everything.
"I didn't go to no lawyer.
What are they talking about?"
But Anfisa wasn't falling for her husband's claims.
"Just stop it right now.
I just wanna know what happened.”
“Nothing happened.”
“You're just making yourself look stupid right now."
In Season 2, Mohamed moved from Tunisia to Ohio to be with Danielle.
However, their relationship was reportedly filled with one-sided affection, tearful arguments,
and threats to break up.
Later, their story continued, as a separated but still legally married couple, on 90 Day
Fiancé: Happily Ever After.
While Danielle and Mohamed's interactions were uncomfortable to watch, things reached
a shocking boiling point in the Season 1 finale.
Moderator Shaun Robinson asked if there was any intimacy between the two of them after
the wedding, opening the floor to what may have been the most awkward conversation in
TLC history.
"So you kinda consummated the relationship.”
“Mm-hmm.”
“Was there any intimacy after the wedding at all?"
Mohamed took the first shot.
"There was, but we started facing a problem."
He claimed that Danielle would beg for intimacy, allegedly screaming and threatening to have
him deported if he didn't comply.
Danielle countered,
"He has told people that I smell.”
“You do.”
“And I peed on him."
What made it even weirder was that the rest of the cast members, who were watching the
conversation offstage, could be seen by viewers laughing nervously, gasping, and making faces
during the couple's conversation.
When Season 1's Colombian beauty Paola moved to Oklahoma to be with fiancé Russ, things
immediately got tense between the couple and Russ' conservative parents.
When Paola first arrived, Russ admitted that his parents weren't completely supportive
of the relationship, claiming,
"When I got engaged, they were in shock.
My parents were in shock."
Then, during their first family dinner at home together, it became clear that Russ'
parents were definitely uncomfortable with Paola.
The meal was strangely quiet until Paola asked Russ' parents what they thought of their engagement.
His mom said,
"The joke was when he first left was, you know, don't go down there falling in love
and, you know, bring a girl back home.
And uh, sure enough, he does."
Eventually, the two moved out of Russ' family home and headed to Miami, but not before plenty
of other strained interactions between Paola and her conservative in-laws.
In Season 6, Indonesian beauty queen Leida brought her young son to Wisconsin to be with
fiancé Eric.
Unfortunately, these two families didn't mesh so easily.
Leida insisted on moving Eric's daughter out of the apartment they shared and complained
about Eric's duty to pay child support for his other kids.
Then, when Eric wasn't able to buy Leida the expensive furniture she wanted - on the spot
- their family drama came to a painfully awkward climax.
"Your ------ child support, and Tasha's going to live with us, and the wedding venue.
It seems like I have to learn to accept everything."
After Leida referred to his daughter as a quote "burden," Eric defended his children,
saying,
"In America, family is what matters."
Leida shot back,
"Then I don't want to get married, then!”
“Because of child support?”
“Yeah."
The two did ultimately get married, but Leida's issues with Eric's children didn't end.
In February 2019, Leida was granted a restraining order against Eric's daughter Tasha.
Larissa and Colt, from Season 6, had some serious issues during their engagement.
There was drama with Colt's mom and even Larissa's arrest for domestic violence.
Still, nothing was quite as uncomfortable for viewers to watch as Larissa's desperate
attempt to impress her co-stars on the season finale.
After arriving late, claiming her luggage was lost by the airline, Larissa stressed
about looking great before joining the other 90 Day Fiancé couples.
Soon, it became clear that Larissa didn't just want to look good - she wanted to impress
someone in particular.
She claimed,
"Fernanda is jealous of me because she's ugly, I’m beautiful.”
When the couple finally made it to set, Larissa and Fernanda immediately got into an argument.
Fernanda said Larissa and Colt were mean.
And Larissa called Fernanda a brat.
"Just because you're young, you don't have any charisma, and nobody care about you"
Eventually, half of the couples left the set, and, when Fernanda and John walked away, Larissa
called after her, saying,
"Try to buy a butt."
Despite the age difference, Ashley and Jamaican-born Jay seemed to really get along.
Jay moved to Pennsylvania to be with Ashley in Season 6, even amidst rumors of his infidelity
and Ashley's friends' concerns that Jay could be unfaithful.
But just a week after the couple's Las Vegas elopement, Ashley caught Jay talking to another
woman on Tinder.
She explained,
"He created the account the day we got home from our wedding.
I can't even kick him out of my house.
I'm responsible for him for ten years."
The scene got even weirder when Jay walked in the front door, sat next to Ashley and
simply said,
"You wanna talk about it?"
Yeah.
Probably not.
Before Season 6 star Kalani could bring her fiancé, Asuelu, to the U.S., she gave birth
to their baby in her home state of California.
During this time, she depended heavily on her sister for support and childcare.
So when Kalani found out that she was unexpectedly pregnant again, she knew that her sister was
going to be disappointed.
Kalani finally broke the news to her sis, Kolini, the night before her wedding.
"I know it's like disappointing news and, like, horrible timing right now but I just
feel like, I feel like, either way if I told you it was bad."
In tears, Kolini walked away from the table, saying,
"I don't want to do this."
Maybe Kolini's reaction was overly dramatic or maybe it was just some sisterly tough love.
Either way, it was intense.
"I feel like maybe he did do it to tie her down.
And I just don't feel like her marriage to Asuelu is the best for her.”
In Season 4, American-born Nicole visited her Moroccan boyfriend Azan.
After some tension in their relationship, including doubt from Nicole's family and Azan's
comment about her size…
"She's big a little bit.”
…Nicole was excited to get engaged.
"Last night, Azan proposed to me and today's the first day of our journey, a new start."
But not much seemed to change - especially his problem with her weight.
That morning, Nicole struggled hiking up a sand dune.
When she worried about her immediate condition, Azan responded,
"Stop being lazy, and go to do some workouts, honey."
When she continued to struggle, Azan offered her,
I can't go up there.”
“Almost there, lazy.”
“I'm gonna pass out.”
“Stop being lazy."
Nicole later told the cameras,
"When I hear Azan say that kind of stuff, it just makes me feel like maybe I'm not good
enough."
Azan tried to comfort her, but, even then, he still managed to bring the conversation
back to her weight.
"I would love if you could do things that I do, like being into gym, y'know.”
Fans might have predicted Luis and Molly's breakup from the very beginning.
Between the striking age difference and Molly's daughter's disapproval, the relationship wasn't
meant to last.
Still, no one could have foreseen the strange details of one of Luis and Molly's last big
fights.
In episode 10, Molly sat down with Luis to discuss their relationship and his feelings
about her kids, saying,
"You want my kids to not be here.
You want my kid to go live with her dad."
Luis then brushed her off, adding,
"You have the period now.
Everything you speak is like crazy right now."
Then, he oddly started complaining about Molly's home décor.
He criticized the candles and a Buddha statue, saying,
"I never see one Bible here.
I never see one something about God here."
Molly shot back,
"You're blaming an owl with a candle on the fact that you are an ass---- to my kids!”
When Molly pointed out crosses and scripture in the house, Luis shushed her.
Finally, she stood up and said,
"I can't do this.
I am not marrying you."
In Season 1 of Before the 90 Days, Paul went to Brazil to meet Karine, his soon-to-be fiancé
he met online.
Things were already uncomfortable because the two didn't speak the same language and
had to communicate through a translator app, but everything got downright weird when the
couple decided to go swimming.
"You wanna swim in the river?”
“Yes.”
[Nervous laughter]
In episode 5, Paul explained that his doctor warned him about drinking and swimming in
the water in Brazil.
So, he pulled out a small, cylinder bag.
"I have this little pen15, I guess like a sheath protection bag."
He went to the bathroom to put it on, explaining,
"Definitely don't want nothin’ swimming up my pen15."
When he finally got in the water, wearing a life vest and pants with feet, Karine, in
her normal swimsuit, seemed to be embarrassed by him - and they soon returned to dry land.
Nikki and Mark's relationship was strange from the very beginning.
The two, who were featured on Season 3, had a big age difference: She was 19, while he
was 58.
In fact, Mark seemed to treat Nikki more like a daughter than a fiancée.
When Mark picked Nikki up from the airport, Nikki admired the sights from the car window.
At one point, she touched the glass and Mark asked,
“You putting fingerprints on my windows?”
“Not allowed?”
“That's not allowed.”
Mark explained that the no-window-touching was a strict rule he had made for his children.
Nikki put her whole hand on the window in retaliation, and Mark responded with,
"Nikki, you're messing with my happiness."
Then he said she'd need to clean it with a towel.
"You're weird.”
“I knowwww.”
When Carolina came to the U.S. from Colombia in Season 3, she was uncertain about her relationship
with her fiancé, Fernando.
He had been unfaithful to her before, so she was on the lookout for any sign of further
cheating.
And when Carolina looked through Fernando's drawers, she came up with some damning evidence.
"Fernando.
What is this?”
“Uhhh…”
Carolina called Fernando upstairs, and he nervously tried to explain,
"I, that has nothing, that's nothing from recent, that's old, old.
I'm serious.”
He added,
"It happened so many years ago that I can't even remember who they're from or what they
are."
Fernando ended up tossing the panties in the trash, and the two went on to get married.
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