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Prosecutors Lay Out Case Against Former ’90 Day Fiancé’ Cast Member Michael Eloshway Ahead of Trial

Megan Elliott — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 00:28:38 +0000

A former 90 Day Fiancé cast member is heading to court.

Michael Eloshway, 42, who appeared on season 1 of the TLC reality series, will go to trial on July 22 in Cleveland on child pornography charges. Authorities say they found thousands of disturbing images on Eloshway’s computer during a 2023 raid. He has pleaded not guilty.

Former ’90 Day Fiancé’ cast member faces up to 20 years in prison

In court filings, federal prosecutors laid out their case against Eloshway, whom they say had more than 7,000 images and videos depicting the sexual assault of children on his laptop.

The FBI began looking into Eloshway in March 2023, after it traced a large amount of child sexual abuse material to an IP address associated with the former reality TV personality. In May 2023, agents raided Eloshway’s Twinsburg, Ohio, home. They seized several electronic devices, including the laptop containing the illegal material, according to a report from the Cleveland Plain Dealer. More than 4,500 of the files found on the laptop depicted “sadism and masochism,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer King wrote in a court filing.

Eloshway told investigators that he would download large batches of pornography and then delete any child pornography he found. According to the filing, he sent dozens of the files depicting child sexual assault directly to law enforcement.

Eloshway was charged with one count of receiving and one count of possessing child pornography. In June, he rejected a deal that would have required him to plead guilty and serve between 12 and 15 years in prison. If convicted at trial, he faces between 17 years and 5 months and 20 years in prison.

Eloshway appeared on ’90 Day Fiancé Season 1 with Aziza Mazhidova

Eloshway was one of the original 90 Day Fiancé cast members. He appeared in season 1 with his now-wife, Aziza Mazhidova, which aired in 2014.

Eloshway met Mazhidova, who is from Russia, on a language-learning site. He was 31 at the time. She was 21.

“We’ve waited so long for this and I want everything to be right,” Eloshway said of bringing his then-girlfriend to the U.S. on a K-1 visa.

The couple eventually married. They welcomed their first child, a daughter, in 2019. It’s not known if they are still together.

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’90 Day Fiancé’ Star Liz Woods Shows Off New Boyfriend on Instagram

Megan Elliott — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 19:40:00 +0000

Liz Woods is making it Instagram official. The 90 Day Fiancé star recently took to social media to show off her new boyfriend following her breakup with fellow cast member Big Ed Brown.

Liz Woods introduces ‘90 Day Fiancé’ fans to her new man

Liz has been hinting for months that she has a new man in her life. Starting in early 2024, she began sharing photos of a mystery man on her social media.

“His stubborn princess,” she captioned a photo of a man tying her shoes posted to her Instagram Story in January. Other posts showed them attending a wedding together, going on brunch dates, and enjoying other activities together.

Until recently, Liz has kept her new boyfriend’s face off of her main Instagram feed. But on June 17, she posted a carousel of photos prominently featuring her and her new man, who is believed to be named Jayson.

“You!!!” she captioned the post.

The photos show a beaming Liz and Jayson hand-in-hand in Times Square, posing with her daughter Ryleigh, and smiling at a formal event.

Liz says her new boyfriend is nothing like Big Ed

‘Big’ Ed Brown and Liz Woods | 90 Day Fiancé via YouTube

Liz and Big Ed’s rollercoaster relationship played out across multiple seasons of various 90 Day Fiancé spinoffs. The now-former couple are currently appearing in 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? Season 8. It’s chronicled their 15th – and apparently final – breakup, which happened shortly before their planned wedding and was sparked by an argument over taco pasta.

Liz’s new romance is a far cry from the tumultuous one she had with Ed, she said in a recent interview with ET.

“He said if I ever speak to you the way that Ed has ever spoken to you, you better go tell my family and walk away from me right away,” she said of her current boyfriend. “He said I don’t ever have to worry about feeling the way that I did and that he’ll always grow with me as a person, and he’s actually been by my side and allowed me to heal and grow as a person without asking me to change one thing. He’s allowed me to go through every emotion.”

“Yeah, so when he found out [Ed was my ex] it was a lot to take in, but he’s been nothing but like a blanket for me,” she added.

Ed wonders if Liz’s new relationship will last

Though Ed and Liz have broken up, he told ET that he’s met her boyfriend, whom he called “a hunk.”

“Guy’s a pretty good-looking guy, I’m very happy I met them. I have met the guy, you know, he’s really nice. I think they’re within one or two years apart [in age],” he said.

While Ed says he’s “happy” for his ex, he did admit that he has some reservations about her new relationship.

“[M]y concern is we all have things that we need to work on and deal with and if we don’t they’re gonna rear their ugly head and that’s my fear is that it’s not gonna … it won’t last because Liz will not have dealt with the same things that I have to deal with,” he said.

“Liz has had a really hard life, you know, my mistake was that I thought I could fix her, I could change her, and I also realize you can’t,” he added.

90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? Season 8 airs Sundays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on TLC. Episodes also stream on Max.

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’90 Day Fiancé’: Sam and Citra Welcome Baby No. 1

Megan Elliott — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 23:56:02 +0000

Congratulations are in order! Sam and Citra Wilson from 90 Day Fiancé Season 10 have welcomed their first child.

‘90 Day Fiancé’ stars Sam and Citra are new parents

Sam and Citra in ’90 Day Fiancé’ Season 10 | 90 Day Fiancé via YouTube

Citra shared the happy news of the little one’s arrival on her Instagram Story on June 18.

One slide showed Sam peering at his new baby girl, and another showed Citra’s sister cradling her niece.

“Having my sister here means free babysitter,” Citra wrote.

In May, Sam took to Instagram to celebrate his wife and the mother of his child.

“Happy mother’s day baby! Your first and many more to come!” he wrote. “I love you so much you been the best wife lately.”

Sam said he was ‘so ready to be a girl-dad’

Sam, who is from Missouri, and Citra, who is from Indonesia, shared their international love story in 90 Day Fiancé Season 10. The pair tied the knot in an intimate farmhouse wedding in September 2023. During the season 10 tell-all, which aired in early March, they revealed they were expecting their first child.

“Well, as you know, I’m a horny freak, as I’ve shown,” Sam replied when host Shaun Robinson asked how married life was treating them. “And we’re actually expecting right now. She’s pregnant.”

In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Sam revealed that he and Citra were expecting a baby girl, much to his surprise.

“I’ve always thought about having a boy and was convinced we were pregnant with a son, only to be delighted by the news of our daughter! I’m so ready to be a girl-dad,” he said.

Sam and Citra shared their story in ‘90 Day Fiancé’ Season 10

Sam and Citra had some serious bumps on their journey to happily ever after. The couple, who met online, were from different religious backgrounds, which caused some tension with their families. Ultimately, Sam chose to convert to Islam before his wedding.

Sam was also dealing with some serious legal troubles as he prepared to say “I do” to Citra. Before he started filming for 90 Day Fiancé, he was arrested on drug charges and he was caught with Suboxone, a drug used to treat opioid use disorder, that was not in a prescription bottle. He was offered a diversion but missed a key deadline, which meant there was a chance he could end up behind bars. However, everything was sorted out and Sam was granted a diversion in December 2023, In Touch reported.

90 Day Fiancé Season 10 is streaming on Max.

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’90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?’: Angela Deem Threatens Michael Ilesanmi With Jail Time: ‘You Broke United States Law’

Megan Elliott — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 01:22:34 +0000

Angela Deem is out for blood.

After finding suspicious information on Michael Ilesanmi’s phone, Angela confronted her husband in the June 16 episode of 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? The conversation quickly grew heated, with Angela calling Michael a scammer and threatening to report him to the U.S. government.

Angela Deem wonders about Michael Ilesanmi’s intentions

Angela and Michael’s latest blowup happened after she discovered that he was the administrator for a group of Nigerian guys looking to marry American women.

After snatching Michael’s phone in last week’s episode, she claimed that he’d shared her tax return information in the “Paradise Men” group chat. She also found clues that he was looking into life insurance, leading her to wonder if he might be plotting something truly sinister.

In Sunday’s Happily Ever After?, Angela consulted an immigration attorney. She and Michael are legally married and are waiting for his spousal visa to be approved so he can move from Nigeria to the U.S. The attorney said Angela was right to be cautious, especially because she would be required to financially support him once he arrived in America, even if they divorced. However, the lawyer also warned Angela that if she withdrew Michael’s visa application, she would not be able try again to get him a spousal visa.

Angela accuses Michael of being a ‘scammer’ on ‘90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?’

After her meeting with the lawyer, Angela sat down with Michael. She refused to give him his phone and then accused him of embezzling money from her and sharing her financial information with other scammers. She claimed he could go to jail for his actions.

“You broke United States law of giving my f*cking information for them to f*cking photocopy. I got the proof,” she said.

Michael tried to defend himself, saying that he only had uploaded copies of Angela’s tax returns because he needed to print them out and bring them to his visa interview.

“I am not making any goddamn money,” he said. “I am getting information to help us and get the visa and we be together.”

“You’re a scammer and you know it,” an increasingly irate Angela replied. “I tried to show you were good — you’re not. And you know what? My government’s protecting me. This is why we can’t get the visa. I called an immigration lawyer.”

Angela added that she wasn’t going to let Michael take her “hard-earned money” and that if he tried to scam him she would “report this to the federal government.”

“Your whole team’s going down,” she said.

Michael then lunged for his phone, leading to a scuffle between him, Angela, and hotel security.

90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? Season 8 airs Sundays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on TLC. Episodes also stream on Max.

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Michael From ’90 Day Fiancé’ Reacts to Claims He Scammed Angela: ‘Bring Your Proof’

Megan Elliott — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 22:19:40 +0000

Was it a scam all along? Michael Ilesanmi and Angela Deem of 90 Day Fiancé have spent years fighting to get him a visa so that he can move to the United States. But in the June 9 episode of 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?, Angela accused her Nigerian husband of running a scam on her.

The drama has divided 90 Day fans. Some have sided with Michael, whom they see as a victim of Angela’s ongoing abuse. Others wonder if the volatile Angela might be right to be suspicious. After the episode aired, Michael responded to critics on Instagram, suggesting that they didn’t know the full story.

Angela Deem says Michael Ilesanmi is the ‘sneakiest snake’

In the latest episode of the 90 Day spinoff, Angela, who is visiting Michael in Africa, confronted her husband. She accused him of acting “shady” about the visa approval process.

“You’re lying and I’m catching you in lies after lies. And it’s sickening,” she said before demanding to see his phone. As she scrolled through the device, she wasn’t happy with what she saw.

First, Angela discovered that Michael had been setting aside money in what he called a “piggybank.” While she assumed Michael had nefarious reasons for squirreling away cash, it sounded like he was describing the kind of informal savings and lending scheme (such as a susu or tanda) that’s common in many parts of the world.

Angela was already worried about Michael’s involvement in the “piggy.” But when she saw he was the administrator of a group for Nigerian guys involved with American women, she really blew her top.

“I can’t believe nothing you say … I’m not as dumb as you think as I am,” she declared after she threw a glass of water in Michael’s face. She then stormed out of the restaurant.

“He’s the sneakiest snake I ever seen,” she said in an interview.

Angela accused Michael of running a ‘whore ring’

When Angela left, she took Michael’s phone with her. As continued to search through the device, she found more alarming information.

Michael’s group was called “Paradise Men.” Members had mocking discussions about older American women looking for husbands and discussed life insurance. It also seemed that Michael had shared her tax return information with other people. In Angela’s eyes, the group was just a way for Michael to teach other men how to scam women.

“He’s running a goddamn whore ring,” she declared.

Michael insisted the group was innocent.

“The reason why it’s called the ‘Paradise Men’ group, is because, you know, you going to the U.S., ‘land of free’ you know, like the U.S. is a paradise,” Michael said in an interview. “That’s all.”

’90 Day Fiancé’ star reacts to scammer accusations

The day after the 90 Day episode aired, Michael – who eventually got his visa and moved to the U.S. – shared a mirror selfie with an inspirational message on Instagram.

“I was rooting for you, but after tonight’s episode, I do believe you scammed Angela,” one person commented.

Michael, who appears to have split from his wife after arriving in America, replied.

“Bring your proof,” he wrote. “And if not, don’t ever tell me such.”

Another person suspected that there was more to Angela and Michael’s story than was depicted on Happily Ever After? But when they asked him if he could “talk about what really yet,” he replied, “No!”

90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? Season 8 airs Sundays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on TLC. Episodes also stream on Max.

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’90 Day Fiancé’: Jasmine Wishes Gino Happy Anniversary Amid Split Rumors

Megan Elliott — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 21:25:16 +0000

Jasmine Pineda is celebrating one year of marriage to Gino Palazzolo. Recently, the 90 Day Fiancé star took to social media to celebrate her wedding anniversary, even as rumors swirl that she and Gino have gone their separate ways.

Jasmine from ‘90 Day Fiancé’ celebrates one year of marriage to Gino

Jasmine and Gino said “I do” on June 7, 2023, in Michigan. The intimate wedding was held at Zingerman’s Cornman Farms, where the couple exchanged vows in front of 12 guests.

Finally tying the knot was “a dream come true,” Jasmine, who is from Panama, told TLC. “I married the love of my life.”

But life together as husband and wife hasn’t been without its challenges, as seen on 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? Season 8. Jasmine has struggled to adjust to life in America, and the pair have argued about his porn addiction and lack of steady employment, her plans to enter an expensive beauty pageant, their efforts to bring her two kids to the U.S., and whether to start a family of their own, among other issues.

Still, Jasmine doesn’t appear to regret her decision to give up her life in Panama for Gino, at least based on her recent Instagram update.

“Happy anniversary my dearest husband,” she captioned the June 7 post, which also featured a photo of her and Gino kissing on their wedding day.

Are Jasmine and Gino still together?

Jasmine’s post comes as rumors swirl online that she and Gino have ended their relationship.

Commenters on the post wondered whether the couple was really still together. “What the heck is going on here? Married or divorced? I’m so confused,” one wrote.

Others accused Jasmine of having a boyfriend and suggested she was only posting about her anniversary in order to keep up the illusion of being married. Meanwhile, Gino marked his one-year wedding anniversary by sharing an infographic highlighting “signs of an unsafe partner” on his Instagram Story, according to ScreenRant.

Fans hoping either Jasmine or Gino will clarify their situation are likely to be disappointed. As Gino noted in a comment on his Instagram earlier in 2024, he’s “not able [to] speak” about where things stand with him and Jasmine while 90 Day Fiancé is airing.

Jasmine and Gino might be part of ‘90 Day: The Last Resort’ Season 2’

Not only are Jasmine and Gino part of the currently airing Happily Ever After? cast, but they’re also among the rumored cast for 90 Day: The Last Resort Season 2.

TLC hasn’t shared details about the new season of The Last Resort, which follows 90 Day couples as they come together for a retreat and make last-ditch attempts to save their relationships. But during its upfront presentation in May, the network’s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed that a sophomore season would air sometime this winter.

Jasmine and Gino were among the 90 Day alums seen filming at an Arizona resort in March, In Touch reported. In late March, Jasmine and 90 Day cast member Rob Warne shared photos on social media that appeared to be taken at the same location, suggesting they were filming together for TLC.

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’90 Day Fiancé’: Where Is Michael Ilesanmi Today?

Megan Elliott — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 22:35:00 +0000

Michael Ilesanmi is moving on. The 90 Day Fiancé cast member has apparently ended his relationship with his wife of four years, Angela Deem. What’s next for the TLC star? Here’s what we know about where Michael is today.

Michael Ilesanmi finally moved to the U.S.

Michael, who is from Nigeria, connected with Angela, who is from Georgia, online. Despite their 22-year age gap, the two began a relationship. They met for the first time in person in a 2018 episode of 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days. In January 2020, they got married.

Even though Angela and Michael were husband and wife, they faced serious obstacles in their efforts to get a Michael a visa that would allow him to move to the U.S. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed the visa process and kept the couple apart for years.

The distance and the waiting took a toll on Angela and Michael’s relationship. In 2023, they appeared on 90 Day: The Last Resort in an effort to save their marriage. (Michael participated in the group couples retreat virtually.) While Angela seemed to be on the verge of filing for divorce, they ultimately decided to stay together.

In December 2023, nearly four years after he and Angela said I do, Michael finally received his spousal visa and arrived in the United States.

Angela and Michael’s relationship quickly fell apart

Unfortunately, it wasn’t happily ever after for Angela and Michael. In February 2024, Angela took to social media to report that Michael had disappeared. At first, she was concerned for his safety. But once it emerged that Michael had vanished voluntarily and wanted nothing to do with his wife, her attitude changed. She accused him of being a scammer who was only using her to get a visa.

Michael didn’t immediately weigh in on the controversy. But in early May, he resurfaced on Instagram and TikTok.

“Peace is more than the absence of war,” he captioned his first Instagram post.

Since then, Michael has continued to post occasionally on social media, including selfies where he is noticeably not wearing a wedding ring. But he has not shared any updates about where he has been living since he fled Angela’s home. Instead, he’s tagged his location as “Somewhere.”

Meanwhile, Angela has continued to vent her frustration over Michael’s actions. In a May 26 Instagram post, she hinted that she planned to report her husband to the Department of Homeland Security, presumably for visa fraud.

“TRUTH WILL BE SEEN,” she wrote in a May 20 post. “BUT HEY SOME OF YOU WILL STILL APPLAUD THE EVILNESS.”

Follow Angela and Michael’s story on 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? Season 8, which airs Sundays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on TLC. Episodes also stream on Max.

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Kalani Faagata of ’90 Day Fiancé’ Welcomes Baby With ‘Hall Pass’ Dallas Nuez

Megan Elliott — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 00:48:39 +0000

The 90 Day Fiancé family just got a little bit bigger. Kalani Faagata and her boyfriend Dallas Nuez have welcomed their first child together, she revealed in a surprise announcement on June 4.

‘90 Day Fiancé’ alum Kalani Faagata welcomes a baby girl

“Meet our daughter,” the 90 Day alum captioned the Instagram post, which featured several photos of the adorable little one swaddled in a purple blanket. She also tagged Dallas in the announcement.

Kalani and Dallas have not shared their daughter’s name. She has two children from her previous marriage to Asuelu Pulaa, a boy named Kennedy, who was born in 2019, and a boy named Oliver, who was born in 2018.

The baby news came as a big shock to Kalani’s followers. The reality star hadn’t dropped any hints that she was expecting another child. Congratulations quickly rolled in from fans and fellow 90 Day cast members, including Tiffany Franco, David Toborowsky, Liz Woods, and Debbie Johnson.

“Congratulations, I didn’t know you were expecting. I’m so excited. A baby girl. She is beautiful,” wrote Debbie.

“Omg, congratulations,” Liz commented.

Dallas Nuez was Kalani Faagata’s ‘hall pass’

The unexpected baby news is more proof that Kalani, 35, has put her relationship with ex-husband Asuelu in her past.

Kalani and Asuelu made their 90 Day Fiancé debut in season 6, which premiered in 2018. The couple met while Kalani was on vacation in Samoa. She soon got pregnant, and they began the K-1 visa process so that he could move to the U.S. and they could be together as a family. Baby no. 2 soon followed, but the marriage came under serious strain due to financial pressures and family conflicts.

In 2022, Kalani and Asuelu appeared on season 1 of 90 Day: The Last Resort. They’d joined the show in a last-ditch effort to save their failing marriage. It emerged that Kalani and Asuelu’s core problem was his repeated infidelity. After his latest indiscretion, Asuelu has offered his wife a “hall pass,” giving her the chance to explore things with another man.

Kalani took advantage of her “hall pass” with Dallas. Her feelings for the new man in her life and her frustrations with her husband led her and Asuelu to split in The Last Resort season finale. She later confirmed she and Dallas were in a relationship. The couple celebrated their first anniversary in February 2023.

“Thank you for everything that you do, you’re my everything and I’m so grateful that we met,” Dallas wrote in an Instagram post celebrating his girlfriend.

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Big Ed From ’90 Day Fiancé’ Opens Up About Being Bullied Because of His Neck Condition

Megan Elliott — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 21:52:10 +0000

Big Ed Brown from 90 Day Fiancé is used to hearing hurtful remarks about his appearance. But he doesn’t let the negativity get him down, he says.

Big Ed’s short neck is caused by Klippel-Feil syndrome

Ed, 59, has a rare congenital condition called Klippel-Feil syndrome that causes some of the vertebrae in the neck to fuse together. As a result, Ed has a short neck and a relatively large rib cage. He wasn’t diagnosed with the condition until his teens, but his appearance has been drawing attention since he was a child, he explained in a recent interview with Today.com.

“Since I was a young child, young adults and kids especially, they would always stare at me. They just have always found me kind of interesting. And I think it was due to my physical characteristics,” he said.

Klippel-Feil syndrome occurs in about 1 out of every 40,000-42,000 births, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Doctors don’t know what causes it. Treatments can include physical therapy and medications to address symptoms such as pain and limited mobility. Some people may require surgery.

The ‘90 Day Fiancé’ star was bullied as a child because of his appearance

Growing up, Ed endured bullying because of his appearance.

“They would call me ‘neckless’ and ‘no neck’ and ‘no neck Ed’ and everything under the sun, and it was very hurtful,” he said.

Some 90 Day viewers have hurled similar insults at him on social media since he joined the TLC franchise in 2020. But he’s decided to embrace the platform he’s been given. Today, he sees himself as an advocate for other people living with Klippel-Feil syndrome, who sometimes reach out to him directly after they see him on TV.

“I’ll always tell them, ‘I never allowed my condition to define who I was,’” he said.

Though living with KFF comes with certain challenges, Ed has embraced his difference, saying that it has helped him more than it has hurt him.

“God made us all the way we are. I believe that in my heart and there’s a reason why I look the way I do,” he said. “I think there’s a reason for everything.”

As for people who criticize his appearance, Ed has suggested that they think before they speak.

“I think if people really knew how it affects people when you make fun of somebody, they wouldn’t do that,” he told Entertainment Tonight in 2020. “To make fun of someone’s physical appearance is … it’s an unkind thing. But I’m not mad at them … they’re just looking at me and seeing how they see me, but if they knew, it’s not a good idea.”

90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? Season 8 airs Sundays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on TLC. Episodes also stream on Max.

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‘90 Day Fiancé’: Liz Is ‘Grateful’ She Didn’t Marry Big Ed

Megan Elliott — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 01:37:31 +0000

90 Day Fiancé star Liz Woods is speaking out about her dramatic split from Big Ed Brown.

Liz and Ed have broken up and made up more time than most 90 Day fans can count. But the couple’s tumultuous relationship finally came to an end following an epic argument over taco pasta, as seen in the April 21 episode 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? Season 8.

Liz admits that she was shocked with how the breakup played out. But at the same time, she says she’s thankful that things ended when they did and is glad that she and Ed didn’t go through with their planned wedding.

Liz from ‘90 Day Fiancé’ opens up about Big Ed split

Liz recently sat down with Access Hollywood to talk about her life post-Ed. She said she is happier and healthier now that her relationship with Ed is in the past. The same goes for her 10-year-old daughter Ryleigh.

“I just needed time to come back to being me,” she said.

“Obviously, it’s not something I ever wished or thought I would be where I’m at right now,” she added. “But I’m definitely grateful that the marriage didn’t end up going through. And it’s allowed me to just refocus on who I am as a person. I actually don’t even know who I was the last couple of years.”

The ‘90 Day’ star is getting her ‘glow’ back after her breakup

Ending things with Ed lifted a weight from Liz’s shoulders, which people will see when they watch the 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? reunion.

“I definitely feel at the tell-all people are going to see me really happy and getting my glow back,” she said.

The tell-all also marked the last time that she saw Ed in person. Liz says this last breakup was final. Unlike in the past, she’s not interested in a reconciliation with her ex.

The tell-all “was definitely the last time that I ever plan on speaking to him or would like to speak to him,” she said. “I’m just so focused on moving forward.”

For Liz, moving forward means opening herself up to new opportunities for love. The TLC star confirmed rumors that she is dating someone new. But this time around, she’s “setting boundaries” in her next relationship.

Liz and Ed had ordered wedding bands just before their breakup

Liz also shared her thoughts on the epic argument that led to her and Ed’s breakup just weeks before they planned to walk down the aisle. The clash began when Liz’s daughter said that the taco pasta meal Ed had made was too spicy. Ed told Ryleigh to stop complaining, and Liz stood up to defend her. Things spiraled from there, with Ed abruptly calling off the wedding – without bothering to inform Liz of his decision.

The about-face left Liz reeling, especially because she and Ed had ordered their wedding bands 24 hours before their relationship-ending fight. Now, she thinks he was just looking for a way to avoid commitment.

“I’m pretty sure he was just looking for an excuse,” she said. “But I’m just not OK with how the situation happened, with him kind of going after my daughter.”

“I think me finally sticking up for myself and saying something was just kind of a shock,” she said. “I just wanted to stand up for my daughter.”

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