As Season 8 of “90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Fiance” comes to a close, the drama is just getting started!

This Tell-All, (supposedly the last one for host Shaun Robinson), premiered a new live confessional feature where cast members can speak their mind privately while on set. This new outlet plus all the fiery discourse on stage made for one of the most explosive and opinionated Tell-Alls yet.

Here are some of the wildest moments and biggest bombshells from Sunday’s Part 1 of the Tell-All special.

Birkan is Miraculously Debt-Free!

Gambling may actually be the answer!

“90 Day” fans can recall early in the season when Laura Nevenner traveled to meet her young Turkish beau Birkan Kuzoren and was met with a shocking surprise: Birkan had just around $50,000 of debt amassed during the pandemic from failed business ventures and gambling. This was a huge point of contention in their relationship, but they worked past it to focus on bigger issues like her relationship with her bestie, Michal (more to come on that later).

During the Tell-All, Birkan dropped two more bombshells on Laura! First, he revealed that he owns an apartment in Turkey, which he has never brought up to Laura and doesn’t live in. Laura asked why he never sold the apartment to pay off his great debt, which prompted Birkan to reveal that he has paid off his debt!

When asked how he paid off the debt, he revealed that it was from… a casino jackpot!

“Do you remember when I told you I had to go to Cyprus?” Birkan asked his fiancé. “When I went to Cyprus, I hit the grand jackpot and I f**king paid [the debt].”

The jackpot was (suspiciously) exactly the same amount as his debt and he claims that he “knew exactly when [the jackpot] was going to hit” because gambling is “not luck, but algorithms.”

Although he has finally absolved his debt, he claims that he will not stop gambling altogether, but will stop gambling as “a means of making money.”

 

Michal vs. Laura: Pickleball Partners Turned Enemies!

Perhaps the biggest snag in Laura and Birkan’s relationship was her close friendship with her pickleball partner and best friend Michal. It came out during Michal’s third-wheeling visit to Turkey that Laura had tried to kiss him before she met Birkan, but since the feelings were not reciprocated, they remained friends. Birkan (so kindly) allowed Laura to remain friends with Michal as long as she held firmer boundaries, and they left Turkey together.

Now, it seems like the friendship has crumbled. When asked about the last time she saw Michal, Laura claimed they had only spoken to each other once since returning from Turkey just to return items to each other. Although their stories got convoluted, the friendship seemingly ended over… a flight upgrade?

Michal claimed that in the 24 hours before they left Turkey, Laura was “so disrespectful” towards him and kept calling him “a baby.” Then, when they all arrived at the airport, Michal was asking her how she got her flight upgraded and she said, “You’re on your own, f**ker,” which deeply offended Michal and created the rift between them.

Laura then claimed, “Michal was jealous that I wasn’t giving him the attention that I normally gave him.” While other cast members agreed, many were also quick to point out that Laura put him in an awkward position by inviting him on her romantic trip as a third wheel. She claimed, however, that Michal put himself in the situation to get hurt.

“You create a self-fulfilling prophecy for yourself where you want someone in that role [as a partner], but you won’t give her the relationship side,” Laura said. “And eventually, she’s gonna get tired of it and find somebody else. And then, you’re jealous and act out.”

“You continued to want the same dynamic until I found somebody else, and then you got pissy and had to throw a fit in Turkey,” she added. 

Michal maintained that he never had feelings for Laura and both parties agreed that they were happy to be out of each other’s lives. He foresees that even though he is (allegedly) happy for the couple, Laura and Birkan will not work out in the long run.

 

Emma and Ziad Duke it Out!

Emma Perry and Ziad El Yahyaoui left off in the Moroccan desert when he abruptly broke up with her over her previous Moroccan engagement (which she lied to him about). Now, they’re back to fight with each other… and the rest of the cast.

“Ziad just didn’t like me,” Emma recounted. “I think [he puts] one version of [himself] to people that [he wants] them to think that [he is], and that’s not how [he is] behind closed doors. So [he’s] the real piece of s**t here, not me.” 

Emma then revealed that she was contacted by a woman who knew that Ziad hooked up with a British woman right before Emma went to Morocco, despite Ziad claiming that he and Emma could not have sex due to his strict Muslim faith. (According to Emma, they did hook up right before they broke up, but Ziad did not explicitly confirm their relations.)

Ziad is not the only cheater in this relationship, though. Emma’s twin sister Izzi Perry joined the cast and revealed that Emma had been hooking up with multiple men back home in LA while she was dating Ziad, one just within a couple of weeks of traveling to Morocco.

The whole cast went to defend Emma (although she and Ziad both cheated), but neither Ziad or Emma admitted to regretting their actions.

Ziad accused Emma of being “fake,” claiming her wig, body, and personality are all artificial. This prompted fellow cheating cast member Rick Van Vactor to jump in and call Ziad a “fake Muslim” and Ziad to call him a “fake father.” This set Rick off and he blew up, screaming, “I am more of a f**king father than you will ever be, you piece of s**t! I’ve taken care of all of my children and all of my older children have become successful!” (Ziad does not have children, but Rick has five children.)

Obviously, Emma confirmed that she and Ziad will not be speaking to each other after today. He advised his ex to “change your wig” because it stunk, while her last words to him: “Bye, biotch!”

 

Emma and Rob Get Exposed— And Emma Randomly Hits on Forrest

After her explosive segment with Ziad, Emma thought her drama was over, but Elise Benson was not about to let that slide!

Elise revealed privately that when the season premiered, Emma reached out to her and told her that she and “90 Day Fiance” alum Rob Warne had been hooking up for over a year. Previously, Rob and Elise hooked up when they appeared together on the first season of “90 Day Fiance: Hunt for Love,” but Rob was not interested in pursuing anything further with her.

“I don’t really care that Rob and Emma hooked up,” she claimed. “Rob is completely out of my life. Is it even worth my breath to discuss? Like, who cares?”

Although Emma and Rob have yet to come out and confirm that they’ve been doing the horizontal mambo for months, “90 Day” gossip accounts like Shabooty Dot Com have already been discussing their involvements. Emma did not share about her and Rob (yet), but did come on to Forrest Atwood-McKenzie and even asked if she could be his “American wife,” much to the dismay of his fiancé Sheena Penaranda.

The previews show that Emma will confront Elise next week about Rob in Part 2 of the Tell-All!

 

An Update on Jovon and Annalyn

Jovon and Annalyn Fox were the only couple featured on the show who were already married before meeting for the first time. They got married virtually during the pandemic and the season followed Jovon as he traveled to the Philippines to meet his wife and her family for the first time. 

Viewers last left the Foxes as they were celebrating their pregnancy announcement right before Jovon had to return to his home in Jacksonville, Alabama. Although their marriage had ups and downs, the couple gave an update to where they’re at currently.

“I talked to [Jovon] and asked him if it would be okay for him to move here [to the Philippines] ’cause I want to work in this marriage, but at the same time, I don’t want to abandon my mom,” Annalyn explained.

Jovon went on to say that he has been in the country for four days and plans on staying in the Philippines for the time being to be with Anna, especially after the loss of their baby. Anna explained that she suffered a miscarriage after Jovon returned home to the United States and they do not currently have plans to try for another baby.

Although they were pressed about their issues with expectations of traditional marriage roles, the couple left the Tell-All in a good spot who feel “at peace” with each other.

 

Part 2 of the “90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days” Tell All airs on Sunday on TLC.

 

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