The 90 Day Fiancé franchise has been around for long enough that viewers have witnessed a number of surprise splits, while other chaotic franchise couples have shocked fans by staying together. The past eight years of content have shown couples in every stage of their relationships, from looking for love to dating, marriage, divorce, and reconciliation. Find out which unlikely 90 Day Fiancé franchise couples surprised viewers by staying together, despite indications that they would be over for good.
As the 90 Day Fiancé franchise has expanded, it has focused an increasing amount of footage on relationships dissolving. 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? has aired the demise of multiple franchise relationships, while 90 Day: The Single Life shows new singles looking for love after breakups. This has allowed viewers to witness the reasons behind separations. On the other hand, viewers have been shocked when some couples announced their splits off-camera, after seemingly happy relationships.
There are multiple reasons why viewers thought that certain couples should call it quits. Lies, cheating, and deception have all thrown their 90 Day Fiancé franchise relationships into turmoil. Meanwhile, some couples have come across as incompatible, whether they wanted different things out of life or just had personalities that didn’t mesh. However, issues did not sink all 90 Day Fiancé relationships. Numerous couples surprised viewers with their ability to work through their problems. In fact, they emerged stronger than ever.
Jenny Slatten & Sumit Singh
Jenny Slatten and Sumit Singh featured their many relationship red flags on 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way. Sumit infamously catfished Jenny for the first year of their online relationship and concealed his marriage from her. He then refused to marry her once the American woman came to India, which left Jenny in constant fear of not getting her visa renewed. Sumit first passed the significantly older woman off as a friend, but his parents were devastated to discover that she was his partner. Sumit’s parents tried to force him and Jenny apart, and then tried to pressure her to be a more traditional Indian wife. Despite Sumit’s fear of commitment, he ended up surprising viewers by marrying Jenny. The couple remains happily married.
Tim Clarkson & Melyza Zeta
Dallas native Tim Clarkson and Colombian woman Melyza Zeta are another couple from The Other Way who aired a chaotic relationship. Tim and Melyza had been dating for years when fans were introduced to the couple and their relationship issues. After he admitted to cheating on her, Tim decided to come to Colombia rather than having Melyza join him in the U.S. Tim came clean to Melyza’s family, but returned to America. He was unable to return to Colombia due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tim broke up with Melyza before the couple’s relationship took a shocking turn. Tim returned to Colombia and proposed to Melyza, which led to them applying for the K-1 fiance visa. Viewers were shocked that Tim and Melyza’s relationship survived so many storms.
Paola & Russ Mayfield
Paola and Russ Mayfield are one of the original 90 Day Fiancé couples, and viewers have witnessed many relationship ups and downs from the duo over the years. Free-spirited Colombian woman Paola clashed with her conservative husband. Paola took off to Miami and left Russ in Oklahoma City, though he gave up his job to follow her. Russ eventually became less conservative and embraced Paola's risque side. However, the couple has revealed rocky relationship updates and splits that hinted at a divorce. Despite often being on the rocks and cheating rumors, the parents are back together and determined to make things work.
Blake Abelard & Jasmin Lahtinen
Many 90 Day Fiancé season 7 couples have split, but Blake Abelard and Jasmin Lahtinen surprised viewers by not being one of them. The Finnish woman was accused of using the L.A. native since Blake just so happened to live near her sister. Jasmin was called out for seemingly dating Blake to be by her sister, who had previously won the Green Card lottery. Despite a rumored lack of interest from Jasmin, the couple has remained together. The pair recently celebrated their second anniversary and appear to be in a very good place.
Steven Frend & Olga Koshimbetova
Steven Frend and Olga Koshimbetova were a very young couple who were faced with major responsibility when Olga got pregnant. Viewers were dismayed with the way American Steven treated the Russian woman, as he was jealous of their newborn boy and often yelled at Olga and was demanding on her. When the couple announced their split last year, few fans were surprised. However, Olga and Steven surprised fans by reuniting, and coming across as happier than ever. The young couple made a major move to New York City and are living Olga’s dream life with their young son.
Olulowo Shodipe & Narkyia Lathan
Olulowo Shodipe and Narkyia Lathan appeared on season 4 and aired a relationship riddled with problems. Olulowo notoriously lied about where he lived and pretended that the mother of his children was dead. This led to Narkyia and her friends thinking the man was a scammer, though Olulowo instead turned out to just be a liar. He was speaking to the mother of his children romantically while talking to Narkyia. Shockingly, the couple ended up marrying despite their many issues. They now live together in the U.S. and share a young daughter.
Ellie Rose & Victor McLean
Ellie Rose and Victor McLean are another The Other Way couple who appeared destined to split. Ellie revealed right away that she discovered Victor was cheating on her and living with another woman in Providencia after the lady reached out to inform her. Despite this, American widow Ellie chose to continue to give Victor money and travel to see him after a devastating hurricane. Ellie and Victor struggled to define their future and were clearly faced with many issues. Despite being on the verge of a permanent split at the Tell-All, Ellie and Victor surprised 90 Day Fiancé franchise fans by revealing that they are living together happily in America.