Ariela Weinberg has received plenty of criticism for 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way season 3, and some fans are still theorizing that she wanted her ex-husband Leandro to sweep her off her feet. Ariela said goodbye to her ex and returned to live with her partner Biniyam Shibre and their baby son Aviel. However, some 90 Day Fiancé fans believe that getting back together with Leandro was Ariela's original goal.
Viewers disapproved of Ariela's close relationship with Leandro due to the way it affected Biniyam. Ariela's Ethiopian partner appeared terrified that Ariela would leave him and take his son to the United States as his first wife had. However, Leandro returned to the US solo to join his girlfriend while Ariela remained in Ethiopia. Though Ariela told Leandro she was happy in Ethiopia and with Biniyam, many viewers thought her words were inauthentic because she had expressed a clear interest in Leandro. Ariela admitted that she had only just realized she wouldn't end up with Leandro, although Leandro told her he had let her go when she said she was with Biniyam and having a child.
U/ferrarog expressed skepticism over Ariela and Leandro's relationship timeline. The user explained that Ariela got pregnant with Biniyam very quickly after years of seemingly using birth control methods to avoid pregnancy with Leandro. The user added that Ariela was likely surprised when Leandro didn't want to rekindle things with a pregnant Ariela, so she returned to Biniyam but invited Leandro to visit as a last attempt for him to "sweep her and the baby back to the USA." The user wrote, "She tells him it could have been his baby and he missed out. When he rejects her she THEN realized the relationship was over." Other commenters agreed that they thought Ariela was trying to get back with Leandro. "This is exactly what's in my head on what happened... It's so clear she wanted Leandro to want her back and take her and baby," a top commenter wrote.
Viewers felt that Ariela was completely changing her tune when she said she loved Biniyam and her home was in Ethiopia. Many thought that she was disappointed Leandro didn't want her to return to the US with him. "If Leandro had given her any serious encouragement, she'd have been all over him and Bini would have been clean out of luck. The way she acted when she was saying goodbye to Leandro showed, to me, a woman verging on having a broken heart," another commenter wrote. Ariela raised eyebrows with her tearful goodbye to Leandro that saw her smothering him. Many viewers read the move as a clear sign she was not ready to let Leandro go despite her protests that she was happy with Biniyam.
Though many viewers believe Ariela still has feelings for Leandro, others have noted that the editing appears very choppy. Viewers are highly skeptical of how words are strung together, and many think that conversations are being misrepresented. Though Ariela clearly has genuine emotions towards Leandro, the love triangle aspect of the relationship could have been cooked up by editors. Furthermore, some viewers have lost sympathy for Biniyam. Many fans are curious as to why his first marriage didn't work out, while others note his close relationship with his ex-girlfriend and current dance partner Tsion. Fortunately for Ariela, Steven Johnston is currently surpassing her for the 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way season 3 villain as the show progresses.
Source: u/ferrarog/Reddit