Today we will be talking about what happened to Deavan and Jihoon after 90 day fiancé.
We will be looking into Deavan’s recent statements about the show,
her relationship and divorce with Jihoon,
as well as revealing their son's diagnosis.
Deavan Clegg is claiming that her 90 Day Fiancé storyline with Jihoon Lee was 96% scripted
on 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way season 1
and only 50% real in season 2.
Single mom Deavan was barely 20 when she met 27-year-old Jihoon on a dating app.
Jihoon traveled from South Korea to the U.S. to meet Deavan.
They went to a love hotel, had some wine, and had a lot of fun, only to end up pregnant.
That is when the couple applied to be on 90 day fiance.
Deavan claims that at the time Jihoon visited her again when she was farther along in her pregnancy,
they were legally married,
while on 90 day fiancé she seemed to be seeking Jihoon’s parent’s approval.
According to Deavan, neither she nor Jihoon wanted to get married, and it was his parent’s idea.
Deavan implied she and Jihoon didn’t have feelings towards each other.
The 90 day fiancé cast member continued, that while the show made it look like she was intending to move to South Korea,
as it’s “The Other Way” spin-off,
she never wanted to actually move.
She was in the country for just 7 days to film some segments.
One of the few real scenes was Deavan finding out about Jihoon’s past and debts,
which according to her she found out on camera.
Deavan said that once they were approved to film on the second season, she did move to South Korea
and the second season was 50% real.
However, she claims that after the tea house segment the couple was only in it to get paid.
Interestingly, despite the first season being 96% fake according to Deavan, it was a fun experience she didn’t regret doing,
while she does regret doing season 2.
On an Instagram live Deavan complained about the low pay on 90 day fiance
On The Other Way Season 2, Deavan stayed in Korea for a couple of months until the pandemic hit.
Jihoon’s version of the story was that Deavan traveled to the U.S. promising to come back and they never officially broke up.
Meanwhile, Deavan claimed that during her time in South Korea Jihoon mistrеated her daughter by pulling her hair.
Jihoon admitted he indeed did that, lightly as a form of discipline.
Deavan previously shared she was fleeing South Korea in hоrror and 90 day fiancé producers were aware of the situation
and offered her free counseling and an advancement on her pay for the season.
However, despite claiming that she sent them some footage proving her allеgations, the storyline didn’t make it onto TV.
Deavan further claimed on social media, that neither she nor Jihoon ever had romantic feelings towards each other,
and that they were faking it for YouTube and 90 day fiance, while not even sleeping in the same bed together.
She said they broke up in November 2019, which is a contradiction to what Jihoon said in August of 2020
But Deavan continued, saying that after she got pregnant again in Korea, they wanted to make it work,
but after she miscarried they broke up for good
According to Deavan, this happened when they were filming interviews for the show in the United States
and she only returned to Korea for a couple of more months to finish filming the season.
With regards to the alleged mistreаtment, Deavan says that Jihoon stayed at his parents after she witnessed it.
She claims that he was only allowed supervised visits
Deavan also claimed that she decided to stop filming on 90 day fiance
after the producers approached her and Jihoon to film for Happily Ever After? Spin-off,
According to Deavan this happened after she told them about Jihoon’s treatment of her daughter.
Back in 2020, following the breakup confirmation, a lot of fans were reaching out to Jihoon
to help him secure the rights for custody of his son.
They managed to convince Jihoon to start a gofundme campaign to raise funds for the legal case.
A lawyer based in Utah took on this case as well as a defamation case against Deavan which he agreed to do pro bono.
However, Jihoon had disagreements with the organizers of his Gofundme
and he decided to shut it down after it raised $17,000.
He received a bill from a lawyer with an outstanding amount of almost $12,000
on top of the gofundme funds
Following the failed legal case, Jihoon stopped posting on social media and removed pictures of his son from his profile.
On May 23rd 2022, Deavan announced she’s officially divorced.
Quote from Deavan’s social media,
After an almost 2 year battle. I am officially DIVORCED. I couldn't be happier.
This journey was very difficult and draining.
After my ex had fired his lawyer he never showed up to court nor took up visits.
After almost a year of the judge post-poning and extending dates for my ex to respond.
We finally made it to court.
After a year of frustration I can finally close this chapter.
I plan on releasing a video soon
According to Deavan, Jihoon was approved to have visitation under the condition of taking аngеr management classes.
Deavan claims that Jihoon and his family have not reached out to Tayenag in almost 2 years.
“In October it will be officially 2 years since he has tried to call or reach out to Taeyang.
During the gofundme and Divorce he never reached out.
His team tried to claim we were preventing him from reaching out.
Which we proved false.
It was the other way around.
We tried to reach out and even had to schedule Webcam visits which we never got a response for.
This was the main reason why I was awarded full custody during the divorce.
Now it is permanent.”
She further claims none of Jihoon’s family reached out to her after she left Korea.
She said that in her personal opinion Jihoon was only in it for the show.
Deavan says that based on her experience it is common in South Korea for a parent to disappear after the divorce
and pretend nothing ever happened.
The 90 day fiance star also promised to finally release the documentary in the upcoming months about her experience with Jihoon and the allеgяed incidents.
Following the breakup with Jihoon, Deavan moved on and started a new relationship
At the beginning of May 2022 Deavan confirmed she’s pregnant with her boyfriend of 2 years, Topher,
after suffering a miscarriage with his baby last year.
The couple doesn't know the gender of the baby yet
Deavan has always claimed that her kids, Drascilla and Taeyang, are very close to Topher, whom they see as a father figure.
The former 90 day fiancé cast member said she doesn’t think that her son remembers his dad, and he calls Topher his dad now.
She further said, Topher would love to adopt her kids.
Deavan has recently shared that her and Jihoon’s son has been diagnosed with lеukemia.
Deavan's publicist told TMZ,
"3-year-old Taeyang was diagnosed with b-cell acute lymphoblastic leukеmia last week
- a type of blood cancer that's more common in young children
He's been in the hospital ever since and is expected to stay there a while ...
he's already started chemo treatments and is awaiting further procedures.
Deavan was told this will be a long two-year process, with a high success rate of full recovery in five years.
According to the GoFundMe page started by Deavan's mother, Taeyang took countless trips to the ER
before a specialist told them he had cаncer cells.
The family is looking to raise $50K to cover expenses.
Deavan's mother noted in her statement,
“Because of his age and childhood lеukemia, his mother will have to be his full-time caregiver and not just his loving mom,”
“For these reasons, she will not be able to continue her line of work,”
According to the gofundme campaign, which I will link in the description of this video, all the raised funds will go towards Taeyang’s care and medical bills.
Deavan called Taeyeng’s diagnosis the “saddest point” of her life
According to Deavan, Jihoon did not respond after she tried to contact him about his son’s diagnosis.
Quote from TMZ, “We're told Deavan attempted to contact Jihoon about their son's diagnosis but has been unsuccessful ...
he has her and her family's numbers, emails and social media blocked.
She even tried contacting Jihoon's father but was unsuccessful.”
Jihoon is yet to address Deavan’s recent statements and his son’s diagnosis.