There are clues that 90 Day Fiancé stars Natalie Mordovtseva and Mike Youngquist had already split when they appeared at the season 8 Tell-All. TLC viewers and cast members were confused by their cold war during that Tell-All. After a tumultuous season that included Natalie begging for her ring, Mike declaring that he didn’t love her, and Mike dumping her on their wedding day, the pair were finally married in the finale. However, Tell-All previews hyped up the drama between "infuriating" couple Mike and Natalie by showing them coming in separately. What followed was a series of shocking revelations, including Tamara revealing that Trish had asked her to object to their wedding, and Natalie coming face to face with Sarah. Natalie accused Mike of cheating with Sarah on season 7.
During 90 Day Fiancé season 7, Natalie and Mike’s compatibility was questioned. Still, when she threw his ring and technically called off the engagement in the finale, no one saw it coming. However, after everything that happened, Natalie and Mike shocked fans by showing up in the season 8 trailer. Mike seemed reluctant to welcome Natalie to the USA, and when she did arrive, their troubles snowballed. Natalie ridiculed her partner plenty of times. Shockingly, Mike and Natalie had a makeshift wedding and got a chance to star in 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? to showcase their troubled relationship.
To those fans who were keeping up with the spoilers, news of Natalie and Mike being married in April 2020 surfaced early, along with rumors of them supposedly having a baby. The speculation that Natalie was pregnant circulated, as Natalie was looking different in her Instagram photos. Some fans also assumed that she got breast implants. Natalie later revealed that she had gained 30 pounds due to stress, which she lost with liposuction and a Keto diet fitness program. It was Mike’s Uncle Beau who confirmed that the hearsay about Mike's separation from Natalie was true and that she had left Sequim and moved to Seattle. Around the same time, in April 2021, TLC aired the season 8 Tell-All, which was filmed in February 2021.
It turns out that Natalie was the one who’d dumped Mike on Christmas Eve 2020, after lying to him about going to the casino with Tamara and driving off to Seattle. In that case, the Tell-All might have been the first time that Natalie and Mike were face-to-face since she fled his trailer. Also, Natalie said, “It’s kind of awkward for me today because in my perfect world, I would be myself. And I just don’t need to pretend like everything is fine, it's kind of not.” She spoke those words to the cameras at the Tell-All, and now, it all makes sense. When asked by 90 Day Fiancé host Shaun Robinson about why they came in separately, Natalie’s reply was, “I’m not answering.”
A major clue about their separation was Natalie lying about why she wasn’t wearing a ring, by saying that it was at home. She claimed that she didn't bring it along because she didn’t want it to get stolen. The other cast members refused to believe Natalie. After the episode aired, Andrew Kenton, who allegedly was only present during Natalie and Mike’s segment before he stormed off the set, revealed that the couple was not talking at all, even during the lunch break. Natalie and Mike may have already filmed their 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? spin-off by the time that the season 8 Tell-All was filmed. While Natalie being a professional actress may have helped her to fool fans and stay true to her contract, in the 90 Day Fiancé world, nothing stays hidden for long.