It’s time for an all new season of 90 Day Fiancé!
TLC’s flagship dating series has been around for 10 years, bringing global love stories to fans’ living room — some with lasting love, and others with drama only an unscripted series could produce. As an all-new set of couples tests their love on American soil, the ever present question remains — is uprooting one’s life, culture, and traditions for life in America worth the love that’s waiting there?
One couple is back after a few runs in the 90 Day spinoff circuit: Jasmine and Gino. Jasmine is finally moving from Panama to America after her Visa was approved. To kick it all off, viewers got to see Jasmine’s wild Bachelorette party before she jet sets to Michigan. And wild it was, with Jasmine even mooning a group of police officers out the window of her party bus.
While Jasmine was ready for fun, drama is sure to bubble up on the horizon for all of the couples. Sunday night’s episode introduced a few pairs, as well as their back stories, to frame the state of each relationship. Here’s what was revealed about each couple.
Ashley and Manuel
Ashley is an American witch, and Manuel is a Catholic man from Ecuador. Ashley, who left the church for an occult lifestyle, was a little concerned about how their differences will fare when Manuel saw just how involved Ashley was with her spirituality — and how it echoed in every part of her life.
“Manuel would prefer me to be a Catholic woman,” she told cameras while explaining her specialities in tarot and shadow work.
Sure, Manuel knows Ashley is a witch, but she said that’s different from actually seeing her practicing at her altar.
She added, “I think people are still very much afraid of the word witch. Because we’ve been conditioned to think a witch is like, somebody with a crooked nose looking into their crystal ball, throwing hexes on people. That’s not anything that I do.”
It’s been a 10-year relationship (kind of) for Ashley and Manuel, who met after she had a dream she was supposed to work with nature. A school trip led her to Ecuador, where the pair bonded. They were engaged after one week.
“It was passion, getting caught up in the moment, being young and in love. Young, dumb, full of s-,” she said. The engagement didn’t last. Ashley and Manuel spent seven years apart — and in other relationships — before finding their way back together.
Jasmine and Gino
Jasmine was living up her last moments in Panama on Sunday’s episode when she boarded a party bus with friends for her Bachelorette party. Knowing the friends couldn’t join her nuptials in America made the night even more memorable — as did a giant blow up penis that the group named Gino.
Though the wedding is not far away, Jasmine and Gino were both keeping secrets from each other. Gino quit his job in America, which means he may not be able to fund the lavish life that Jasmine expected. As for Jasmine, she blew her wedding dress money on a Brazilian Butt Lift — something she was waiting to tell Gino in person.
The hot-headed lovers got into yet another brawl, this time via FaceTime, after Jasmine received a text from Gino’s sister-in-law. It asked Jasmine not to plan her wedding within a week-long range because of the family’s preexisting Florida vacation. Jasmine didn’t take kindly to the text — which was phrased as a demand rather than a request.
Gino wasn’t empathetic when Jasmine expressed her outrage. “I don’t like the way you talk about my family like they’re your enemies or something,” he said.
To Jasmine, it was just another occasion that Gino chose his family over her. “He always has a bias. He’s never gonna take my side, even when I’m right,” she told cameras.
Sophie and Rob
UK native Sophie met Rob via Instagram after she saw one of his modeling shots on a profile that gives shoutouts to mixed-race men. Looking for someone who is also half Black, Sophie decided to follow Rob because of his good looks. They struck up a conversation — followed by an eight-hour FaceTime — and the rest was history.
Rob was looking for someone just like Sophie, too. “I wanted a fine ass woman, and Sophie is the hottest girl I’ve been with,” he told cameras. “That’s what I’ve been looking for.”
However great their relationship may be, even after spending two months together in person, both Sophie and Rob were keeping secrets from each other. Sophie was getting DMed by someone who claimed Rob sent sexy videos to other women. Rob’s friend accused Sophie of being active on Bumble while she was in America. And Sophie was getting comfortable with her bisexuality, though she wasn’t ready to tell her fiancé she’s attracted to women, too.
Those around Sophie and Rob weren’t totally on board with the engagement, either. Her mother called her soon to be son-in-law “Rob the knob” to Sophie’s displeasure. “He’s stupid, he’s grumpy, he’s the epitome of a knob,” she told her daughter.
And that’s not the only difference in their families. Sophie was raised rich, while Rob was raised in a “rough area.”
“She’s still got spoiled, rich girl tendencies,” he told cameras. “I’m gonna have to bring her down to earth. She’s gonna have to learn it ain’t that easy, and being with me is not going to be a cakewalk.”
Sophie planned to move straight into Rob’s studio apartment — with no bathroom — in Inglewood, California when she arrives to America.
Nicole and Justin
Nicole and Justin have a 17+ year history that all began when Nicole went looking for the “love of her life” in Moldova. Spoiler alert: it wasn’t Justin. It was her ex-boyfriend who was deported following a crime. Upon locating him abroad, Nicole surprised him when she showed up at his door, only to find he lived in Moldova with a wife.
In the meantime, and the heartbreak, Nicole went online to look for companionship. She spent the rest of her trip with a man named Egor — who she renamed Justin — and a new love blossomed.
“His name is Egor, but I just couldn’t fathom the name Egor because it just reminds me of Frankenstein’s assistant,” she told cameras. “So, I renamed him Justin because when I met him 17 years ago, he did look like Justin Timberlake.”
Their love didn’t last, though. Justin came to America on a K-1 visa 15 years back, but arguments about dividing housework led Nicole to blurt out her secret: she is transgender and transitioned from male to female years ago.
“He was in shock. He was like, ‘How could you lie to me?’ I traumatized him,” she told cameras.
Jumping ahead to modern day, the couple reconnected on a trip to Mexico. They were hoping to try their love one more time, that is, if Justin and his family could get over the fact that Nicole is transgender.
For Justin, that will be centered around sex, as Nicole’s noticed their intimacies took a turn for the worst after she shared her transition. “I noticed that he will not pleasure me completely,” she said. “If you can accept me, you can accept me. If you can’t, ce la vie.”
Season 10 of 90 Day Fiancé airs Sunday nights at 8 p.m. ET/PT on TLC.
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