As the extensive 90 Day Fiance universe continues to grow, it’s time to revisit the couples of 90 Day Fiance: The Other Side season 1. The cross-border spinoff focuses on Americans packing up and moving to new countries to experience their partners’ cultures, languages, and traditions. 90 Day Fiance: The Other Side The first season, which premiered in 2019, featured many famous (and notorious) couples, some of which appeared in other spin-offs. It featured five new couples and a pair of alumni, Paul Staehle and Karine Martins.
The controversial duo still had a lot of drama pending, which aired on 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After? season 5. Meanwhile, Deavan Clegg and Jihoon Lee were undoubtedly a recipe for disaster. Tiffany Franco and Ronald Smith are known for their multiple breakups. Corey Rathgeber and Evelin Villegas cheated on each other and then got back together. Laura and Aladin Jallali’s May/December relationship barely lasted a year. Of all the duos in the episode, Sumit Singh and Jenny Slatten were the most captivating.
Corey Rathgeber and Evelin Villegas
Still together
Corey, 31, met Evelin, 26, during a trip to Ecuador. During 90 Day Fiance: The Other Side season 1, Corey moved to Ecuador to get married, after four months of dating. Although Evelin was still unsure about the relationship, they became engaged. Corey and Evelin are back TOW Season 3, to reveal that they broke up before being together in Engabao during the pandemic. Corey even found a girlfriend named Jenny.
Despite the adventure, 90 Day Fiance stars Evelin and Corey have decided to get married. However, they were fooling everyone the whole time because they actually got married “on paper” a year before their “official” wedding at the end. The two are still together and probably living in Ecuador where they run a beach bar called Cocteles Del Paraiso.
Corey and Evelin often post about each other and seem more dedicated than ever. The topic of children has come up a lot for the couple, with Corey wanting children and Evelin being vehemently against it. Evelin still responds 90 Day Fiance fan questions and answers, where she remains firm in her decision not to continue having children. Corey and Evelin were working to get Evelin a spouse visa in the US and in early 2024, Did Corey hint that he and Evelin were filming Happily Ever After? season 9 with a plot involving Evelin’s visa.
Ronald Smith and Tiffany Franco
Not Together
Tiffany, 27, met Ronald, 29, while enjoying a trip to South Africa with a friend. Ronald proposed without telling Tiffany about his gambling past and criminal record. Single mother Tiffany still married Ronald and soon they had a daughter. In the ten months that Tiffany and Ronald waited for their visa, they had several fights over his inability to provide the visa. Tiffany underwent weight loss surgery and lost over 80 pounds.
In the midst of one of his many breakups, Ronald found a new girlfriend named Lauren Fraser, and although Tiffany continued 90 Day: The Single Lifeshe finally got back together with Ronald. However, while in South Africa, Tiffany discovered that Ronald never broke up with Lauren. Tiffany decided to date Dan MacFarland, a man she met online, and has been with him for four months. She claimed she is filing for divorce from Ronald, who is officially together with his British girlfriend.
On Tiffany’s side, she underwent a weight loss transformation after undergoing the same gastric sleeve surgery that Angela Deem had, and lost about 80 pounds. She launched a makeup line and doesn’t follow Ronald on Instagram. Ronald claims that Tiffany stops him from talking to the children. Outside of the drama, Ronald is still with his girlfriend and regularly posts her on Instagram. It’s unclear if any of these will appear in the future 90 Day Fiance schedule.
Paul Staehle and Karine Martins
Not Together
Paul and Karenwhich debuted in 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days Season 1, they were starting a new life after getting married and welcoming a child in Brazil. Eventually, Paul and Karine returned to the US and Karine gave birth to their second child. Paul alleged that Karine cheated on him, also claiming that he was not the father of their children, Pierre and Ethan. Meanwhile, Karine alleged that Paul had abused her, later retracting the allegation. Paul and Karine obtained restraining orders against each other, and a video of Karine hitting Paul in front of their child was leaked in 2021.
In 2022, the two were no longer together and were locked in a custody battle over the children, who are currently in foster care.
Since then, Paul has moved to Brazil and debuted with a teenage girlfriend. He disappeared in Brazil in 2023, but was eventually found after his mother and Karine published social media posts about his disappearance.
Karine still lives in Paul’s native Kentucky and is trying to regain custody of her children. Karine briefly dated her ex The Bachelorette contestant and well-known reality TV clout seeker Josh Seiter. The pair split in December 2022, after less than a month of dating. Karine has progressed in English and is currently not active on Instagram.
Aladin Jallali and Laura Jallali
Not Together
Canadian Laura, 51, and Aladin, 29, met eight months before she flew to Qatar to see him in person. After that, they were engaged in eight days. The 20-year age difference and cultural differences ended up causing the 90 Day Fiance couple Laura and Aladin will divorce less than a year after getting married in the finale.
In September 2021, Aladin announced his marriage to his new wife, Maria Talebi.
Aladin lives in America and runs a barbershop in Tennessee and Sweden. Although Aladin prefers to keep his life private, Laura wants to explore the world of dating, although she has previously stated that she has a much younger American boyfriend who is a doctor. Laura enjoys spending time with her son and other family members and is very active in posting her dogs and promoting dog rescues.
Jihoon Lee and Deavan Clegg
Not Together
Single mother Deavanthen 22, he met Jihoon, then 29, on a dating app, and on their first night together in the US, Utah woman Deavan became pregnant. Deavan and Jihoon fought over moving, money, savings, and the language barrier. Upon his return in The Other Way, Season 2, they broke up, Deavan rushed back to America with her two children. Her new boyfriend was with her. Deavan made abuse accusations against Jihoon, claiming he did something vile to her daughter. She planned to tell the truth in a documentary that has not yet been released.
In May 2022, Deavan revealed that she was divorced from Jihoon and was expecting her third child, now with her boyfriend, Topher Park, making her a mom with three dads. Deavan also revealed that her son with Jihoon, Taeyang (she has sole custody), is with her. He was diagnosed with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Deavan welcomed baby No. 3, a boy named Everett, in October 2023, while stating that her storyline with Jihoon in 90 Day Fiance it was 96% scripted.
Deavan shared a positive update about Taeyang’s cancer in October 2024, revealing that he was receiving negative cancer test results, which meant he could “ring the bell.” Deavan and Topher post a lot of lifestyle content between their Instagram account and Deavan’s YouTube channel. Deavan has had many plastic surgeries since her time The Other Way, including lip fillers and facial sculpting. She promotes products online and had a short stint creating adult content on OnlyFans.
From Jihoon’s side, he said that Deavan won’t let him into Taeyang’s life, and he wants to be. Jihoon has not posted to his Instagram page since 2021 and has comments disabled on his posts. Deavan capitalized on her 90 Day Fiance fame and now depends on her and her fans’ interest in her as work.
Sumit Singh and Jenny Slatten
Still together
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THE Sumit, then 30 years old from India, had fished out Jenny, then 60 years old.pretending to be a doctor named Michael Jones on Facebook. Jenny even fell in love with Sumit and moved from California to India to marry him. However, she realized that he already had a wife.
While Sumit struggled to divorce his first wife, Jenny had to deal with her family accepting her as a daughter-in-law. The couple’s last appearance in 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After? Season 7, a year after they got married in August 2021, showed Jenny being invited into the family by Sumit’s father. However, her mother was still against Jenny and Sumit’s relationship. THE 90 Day Fiance The couple Jenny and Sumit remain in India, as he still has no intention of moving to the USA.
Sumit mentioned that he wants children, something Jenny said would never happen with them together. In 2024, Jenny and Sumit are still together living in Indiaalthough they considered purchasing property in Thailand at the request of David Toborowsky and Annie Suwan. 90 Day Fiance: The Other SideJenny and Sumit have been vocal about wanting to return to the franchise, though it’s unclear whether they have a strong enough storyline to merit their petition.
90 Day Fiance: The Other Side airs Mondays at 9pm EST on TLC.
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