90 Day Fiancé fans have noticed that Big Ed Brown and Liz Woods’ relationship as seen on social media doesn’t match their on-screen drama, and the discrepancy has led to some wild conspiracy theories. Though the couple began dating on 90 Day: The Single Life, they are currently starring on 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? season 7, and their relationship is no less toxic now than when it started. The last few episodes featured a blowup between the two at their engagement party, which seemingly ended with a breakup. Liz threw her $13K ring into a bush and Ed claimed she wasn’t ready to be married, while simultaneously insulting her in multiple ways.
However, fans were perplexed when Liz shared a video on Instagram from their supposedly-disastrous engagement party that portrayed the couple as perfectly happy. In fact, all of Liz and Big Ed’s social media activity paints each other in a loving light, and it appears they are currently still together. But therein lies the problem. Big Ed and Liz’s relationship on-screen versus off-screen is so different that it has fans doubting the couple and coming up with all sorts of theories about the two and what is really going on between them. 90 Day Fiancé cast members who come across as drastically different on the show versus social media often lead viewers to believe their content is scripted. In Big Ed and Liz’s case, there’s been a flood of tinfoil-hat speculation that generally falls into one of two categories.
Theory 1: Big Ed & Liz’s Relationship Drama Is Fabricated
Fans are used to the fact that TLC clearly stages at least some of their 90 Day Fiancé content, and viewers have gotten good at spotting fraud on the show. Many think Big Ed and Liz’s relationship on the show is largely scripted—particularly their drama. Fans point to evidence like Liz’s engagement party video as proof that the explosive fights that they see on the show is not the reality of the couple’s relationship. On social media they’re completely lovey dovey and have shown no signs of a breakup. Because their on-screen and online personas are so vastly different, many fans have concluded that the drama they see between Liz and Big Ed on the show is fake.
Theory 2: Big Ed & Liz’s Entire Relationship Is Fake
However, there’s another, even more wild, conspiracy theory about the couple that has some fans speculating Big Ed and Liz were never a real couple in the first place. These viewers believe their relationship is a just ploy from both Big Ed and Liz. They think that Big Ed came to his friend Liz with the idea of being in a fake relationship so he could stay in the franchise. On The Single Life, Big Ed struck out big time with every other woman he dated, so he may have been desperate to secure a relationship that could get him cast on Happily Ever After? Fans think Liz went along with the plan so she too could get a spot in the wildly-popular franchise and earn money and fame through both TLC and on social media. Liz and Big Ed are often accused of being clout chasers, but some fans think their deception runs to the very core of their “relationship.”
There’s no way to know if Big Ed and Liz are faking anything about their relationship, but that doesn’t stop 90 Day Fiancé fans from endlessly speculating. TLC has gotten so bad about staging scenes and storylines that viewers have grown distrustful. For a disliked couple like Big Ed and Liz, it’s not hard to see why fans would be quick to believe they are both frauds. Fans enjoy diving into the many conspiracy theories about the 90 Day Fiancé franchise, and Big Ed and Liz’s relationship is one of the biggest.