The TLC reality show 90 Day Fiancé thrives on uncomfortable moments, as culture clash is one of the major themes of the show. But some of the show's moments have even been too awkward for all but the biggest fans of drama. Some couple have managed to put aside their differences and find love, but then there are these folks.
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00:00TLC's 90 Day Fiancé has quickly grown from a reality show to a TV empire, with a whopping
00:07five spinoffs.
00:08But while the show is packed with arguments and breakups, some of the most memorable scenes
00:13from the franchise are simply cringeworthy.
00:16Season 4 introduced fans to Chantel and her Dominican fiancé, Pedro.
00:20I don't think you all have really thought about everything that you all need to think
00:24about."
00:25The two seemed to be genuinely in love, but in true Romeo and Juliet fashion, their families
00:31didn't get along.
00:32And the feud only got worse when the couple returned for 90 Day Fiancé Happily Ever After.
00:38The duo traveled to the Dominican Republic for a second wedding, and during a family
00:42dinner, Chantel's crew noticed that Pedro's mother and sister had cooked them chicken
00:46feet.
00:47You want the chicken feet?
00:52Chantel's mom told the cameras,
00:54In the religion of voodoo, they use a lot of chicken feet.
00:59So naturally, I don't want to be taken advantage of."
01:04Soon the two families were fighting.
01:06Chantel and Pedro scrambled to translate and keep the peace, but in the end, Chantel's
01:10family angrily stormed out.
01:12After they left, Chantel and Pedro's family ate dinner, and Chantel pointed out that Pedro's
01:17mother and sister didn't even eat the chicken feet themselves.
01:21In Season 4, George welcomed his Russian-born fiancée, Anfisa, to California, and they
01:26soon found trouble, according to Cosmo.
01:29Are you guys looking forward to getting married?
01:32Yes.
01:33Why you looked at me first?
01:34I don't know, I wanted to see your reaction.
01:38Anfisa and George's family didn't get along.
01:41Anfisa seemed to only be in the relationship for the money, and when George came clean
01:45about not actually being a millionaire like he'd previously claimed, their relationship
01:50hit the skids.
01:51Still, the two married and went on to star in 90 Day Fiancé, Happily Ever After, where,
01:56in one episode, George and his sister met with a lawyer to consider George's divorce
02:01options.
02:02Now I'm going to see a lawyer so that I can be done with Anfisa for good.
02:06Later in the season, a producer mentioned the meeting to the couple, and things got
02:10weird.
02:11When was the last time you talked to Lourdes?
02:14I don't know.
02:17Was it when you went to the divorce lawyers?
02:20Anfisa was shocked.
02:21What's the problem?
02:22No, I didn't know that!
02:26Of course, George denied everything.
02:28I didn't go to no lawyers, what are they talking about?
02:32But Anfisa wasn't falling for her husband's claims.
02:35Just tell me right now, I just want to know what happened.
02:38Nothing happened.
02:39You're just making yourself look stupid right now.
02:42In Season 2, Mohamed moved from Tunisia to Ohio to be with Danielle.
02:46However, their relationship was reportedly filled with one-sided affection, tearful
02:51arguments, and threats to break up.
02:53Later, their story continued as a separated but still legally married couple, on 90 Day
02:59Fiancé Happily Ever After.
03:01While Danielle and Mohamed's interactions were uncomfortable to watch, things reached
03:05a shocking boiling point in the Season 1 finale.
03:08Moderator Sean Robinson asked if there was any intimacy between the two of them after
03:13the wedding, opening the floor to what may have been the most awkward conversation in
03:18TLC history.
03:19So you've kind of consummated the relationship.
03:22Was there any intimacy after the wedding at all?
03:26Mohamed took the first shot.
03:27There was, but we started facing a problem.
03:31He claimed that Danielle would beg for intimacy, allegedly screaming and threatening to have
03:36him deported if he didn't comply.
03:39Danielle countered,
03:40He has told people that I smell and I peed on him."
03:45What made it even weirder was that the rest of the cast members who were watching the
03:48conversation offstage could be seen by viewers laughing nervously, gasping, and making faces
03:54during the couple's conversation.
03:57When Season 1's Colombian beauty Paola moved to Oklahoma to be with fiancé Russ, things
04:03immediately got tense between the couple and Russ' conservative parents.
04:07When Paola first arrived, Russ admitted that his parents weren't completely supportive
04:12of the relationship, claiming,
04:13When I got engaged, they were in shock.
04:16My parents were in shock."
04:18Then during their first family dinner at home together, it became clear that Russ' parents
04:23were definitely uncomfortable with Paola.
04:25The meal was strangely quiet until Paola asked Russ' parents what they thought of their engagement.
04:31His mom said,
04:32The joke was, when he first left, was, you know, don't go down there and fall in love
04:35and, you know, bring a girl back home.
04:39And sure enough, he does."
04:41Eventually, the two moved out of Russ' family home and headed to Miami, but not before plenty
04:47of other strained interactions between Paola and her conservative in-laws.
04:52In Season 6, Indonesian beauty queen Lita brought her young son to Wisconsin to be with
04:57fiancé Eric.
04:59Unfortunately, these two families didn't mesh so easily.
05:02Lita insisted on moving Eric's daughter out of the apartment they shared, and complained
05:07about Eric's duty to pay child support for his other kids.
05:10Then, when Eric wasn't able to buy Lita the expensive furniture she wanted, on the spot,
05:16their family drama came to a painfully awkward climax.
05:19After Lita referred to his daughter as a, quote,
05:32burden, Eric defended his children, saying,
05:35In America, family is what matters."
05:38Lita shot back,
05:39The two did ultimately get married, but Lita's
05:52issues with Eric's children didn't end.
05:55In February 2019, Lita was granted a restraining order against Eric's daughter, Tasha.
06:01Larissa and Colt from Season 6 had some serious issues during their engagement.
06:06There was drama with Colt's mom, and even Larissa's arrest for domestic violence.
06:10Still, nothing was quite as uncomfortable for viewers to watch as Larissa's desperate
06:15attempt to impress her co-stars on the season finale.
06:18After arriving late, claiming her luggage was lost by the airline, Larissa stressed
06:22about looking great before joining the other 90 Day Fiancé couples.
06:26Soon, it became clear that Larissa didn't just want to look good, she wanted to impress
06:31someone in particular.
06:32She claimed,
06:33Fernanda is jealous of me because she's ugly, I'm beautiful."
06:37When the couple finally made it to set, Larissa and Fernanda immediately got into an argument.
06:43Fernanda said Larissa and Colt were mean.
06:45And Larissa called Fernanda a brat.
06:47Just because you are young, you don't have any charisma, and nobody cares about you."
06:53Eventually, half of the couples left the set, and when Fernanda and John walked away, Larissa
06:59called after her, saying,
07:00Try to buy a butt."
07:01Despite the age difference, Ashley and Jamaican-born Jay seemed to really get along.
07:09Jay moved to Pennsylvania to be with Ashley in Season 6, even amidst rumors of his infidelity
07:14and Ashley's friends' concerns that Jay could be unfaithful.
07:18But just a week after the couple's Las Vegas elopement, Ashley caught Jay talking to another
07:23woman on Tinder.
07:25She explained,
07:26He created the account the day we got home from our wedding.
07:30I can't even kick him out of my house.
07:32I'm a responsible friend for 10 years."
07:35The scene got even weirder when Jay walked in the front door, sat next to Ashley, and
07:40simply said,
07:41You wanna talk about it?"
07:44Yeah, probably not.
07:46Before Season 6 star Kehlani could bring her fiancé, Asuelu, to the U.S., she gave birth
07:51to their baby in her home state of California.
07:54During this time, she depended heavily on her sister for support and childcare.
07:58So when Kehlani found out that she was unexpectedly pregnant again, she knew that her sister was
08:03going to be disappointed.
08:05Kehlani finally broke the news to her sis, Coleenie, the night before her wedding.
08:09I know it's like disappointing news and like horrible timing right now, but I just feel
08:14like, I feel like either way if I told you it was bad."
08:20In tears, Coleenie walked away from the table, saying,
08:24I don't wanna do this."
08:28Maybe Coleenie's reaction was overly dramatic, or maybe it was just some sisterly tough love.
08:34Either way, it was intense.
08:36I feel like maybe he did do it to tie her down, but I just don't feel like her marriage
08:44to Asuelu is the best for her."
08:47In Season 4, American-born Nicole visited her Moroccan boyfriend, Azan.
08:52There's some tension in their relationship, including doubt from Nicole's family and Azan's
08:57comment about her size.
08:59She's big a little bit."
09:04Nicole was excited to get engaged.
09:06Last night, Azan proposed to me, and today's the first day of our journey, a new start."
09:16But not much seemed to change, especially his problem with her weight.
09:21That morning, Nicole struggled hiking up a sand dune.
09:23When she worried about her immediate condition, Azan responded,
09:27Stop being lazy and go do some workout, honey."
09:31When she continued to struggle, Azan offered her,
09:34I can't go up there.
09:35You're almost too lazy.
09:36I'll pass out.
09:37Stop being lazy.
09:38Nicole later told the cameras,
09:39When I hear Azan say that kind of stuff, it just makes me feel like maybe I'm not good
09:47enough.
09:49Azan tried to comfort her, but even then, he still managed to bring the conversation
09:54back to her weight.
09:55I would love if you could do the things that I do, like being into gym, you know?
10:04Fans might have predicted Luis and Molly's breakup from the very beginning.
10:08Between the striking age difference and Molly's daughter's disapproval, the relationship wasn't
10:13meant to last.
10:14Still, no one could have foreseen the strange details of one of Luis and Molly's last big
10:20fights.
10:21In Episode 10, Molly sat down with Luis to discuss their relationship and his feelings
10:25about her kids, saying,
10:27You want my kids to not be here?
10:29You want my kid to go live with her dad?
10:32Luis then brushed her off, adding,
10:34You have the period now.
10:38Everything you speak is like crazy right now.
10:41Then he oddly started complaining about Molly's home decor.
10:45He criticized the candles and a Buddha statue, saying,
10:48I never see one Bible here.
10:51I never see one something about God here.
10:55Molly shot back,
10:56You're blaming an owl with a candle on the fact that you are an a----- to my kids.
11:04When Molly pointed out crosses and scripture in the house, Luis shushed her.
11:08Finally, she stood up and said,
11:10I can't do this.
11:11I am not marrying you.
11:14In Season 1 of Before the 90 Days, Paul went to Brazil to meet Karine, his soon-to-be fiancée
11:20he met online.
11:21Things were already uncomfortable because the two didn't speak the same language and
11:25had to communicate through a translator app.
11:28But everything got downright weird when the couple decided to go swimming.
11:32Do you want to swim in the river?
11:35Yes.
11:36Phew!
11:37In Episode 5, Paul explained that his doctor warned him about drinking and swimming in
11:44the water in Brazil, so he pulled out a small cylinder bag.
11:48I had this little penis, I guess like a sheath protection bag.
11:53He went to the bathroom to put it on, explaining,
11:55Definitely don't want nothing swimming up my penis.
11:59When he finally got in the water wearing a life vest and pants with feet, Karine in her
12:04normal swimsuit seemed to be embarrassed by him.
12:07And they soon returned to dry land.
12:10Nicki and Mark's relationship was strange from the very beginning.
12:13The two, who were featured on Season 3, had a big age difference.
12:17She was 19, while he was 58.
12:20In fact, Mark seemed to treat Nicki more like a daughter than a fiancée.
12:25When Mark picked Nicki up from the airport, Nicki admired the sights from the car window.
12:30At one point, she touched the glass and Mark asked,
12:33You're putting fingerprints on my windows?
12:35That's not allowed.
12:38That's not allowed.
12:40Mark explained that the no-window touching was a strict rule he had made for his children.
12:45Nicki put her whole hand on the window in retaliation, and Mark responded with,
12:49Nicki, you're messing with my happiness.
12:52Then he said she'd need to clean it with a towel.
12:56You're weird.
12:57I know.
12:58When Karolina came to the U.S. from Colombia in Season 3, she was uncertain about her relationship
13:04with her fiancé, Fernando.
13:05He had been unfaithful to her before, so she was on the lookout for any sign of further
13:10cheating.
13:11And when Karolina looked through Fernando's drawers, she came up with some damning evidence.
13:17Fernando, what is this?
13:20Uh…
13:21Karolina called Fernando upstairs, and he nervously tried to explain.
13:27That has nothing, that's nothing from recent, that's old, old, I'm serious.
13:34He added,
13:35It happened so many years ago that I can't even remember who they're from or what they
13:39are.
13:40Fernando ended up tossing the panties in the trash, and the two went on to get married.