On 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After? Season 6, Episode 6, several stars had some very important meetings.
Two days into her recovery, Angela was already seeking a consultation for her next surgery.
Brandon and Julia had to do major damage control after the previous night’s explosion with his friends.
Elizabeth makes plans behind her back while her husband has another heated conversation with Charlie.
Kalani meets with a divorce attorney and gets some rough news.
Natalie’s relationship with Trish gets worse, but does Mike even notice?
And Tiffany gets good news … but now has to share a painful truth.
Angela Deem and Michael Ilesanmi
Two days after her surgery, Angela tells her friend Jojo goodbye. Jojo has to head home and Angela is doing better now, but she knows that not having her friend there to help her is going to be a difficult adjustment. She is still in a lot of pain.
But she goes out and about
Angela goes to a smoothie shop to try out things that are actually approved for her to drink. She does this using a walker, and boasts about how convenient it is for her to store her cigarette carton beneath the seat.
After trying a kale smoothie, she calls Michael
Michael has not been the most supportive during this, but he is clearly worried during Angela’s recovery.
Especially when he sees her smoking
She says that she’s not smoking as regularly as before, only when she is stressed, as if that means anything when she shouldn’t be smoking at all.
Then she tells him about her plans
Angela needs to get a facelift, she explains, so she will be going to yet another consultation with a surgeon who was recommended by Dr. Obeng. Michael does not like that sound of this at all.
He’s just “not cool with it”
It’s a risk, it’s more money, and he also seems to be imagining that it will give her a totally different face.
But Angela explains
She already has a bit of a “waddle” beneath her chin, due to excess skin, some unwanted fat, and weak muscles in that area. As she loses weight, the excess skin will increase and the waddle will become more pronounced.
She meets with the surgeon
After thirsting after him (from a woman who screams verbal abuse at Michael if he has a conversation with other women), Angela hears that there are real risks to this procedure, from nerve damage to worse — as come with any surgery.
Angela shares Michael’s concerns
She also explains Michael’s situation, noting that with the ban on immigration from Nigeria, Michael might have to wait as long as “four years” — at the time, it sounds like she was considering the possibility that they couldn’t be together until a new Presidential election. So she calls Michael and her surgeon-to-be speaks to him to reassure him that this is a facelift, not the sort of dramatic face changes from decades ago that Michael is probably imagining.
Michael then asks about cost
Angela is angry that he would even ask. It’s $25,000, she says.
Michael says that could be spent on helping them have a baby
Angela tells Michael flatly that she’s doing this and he needs to accept it, but his feelings remain clear — he feels like Angela should be prioritizing their potential to have children.
Brandon Gibbs and Julia Trubkina
Julia has temporarily moved out of Brandon’s room because she is unhappy with Brandon. She felt excluded by his conversation with Melanie. She felt attacked by his friend (though let’s be real — that scene very palpably felt like Melanie had been asked by production to go on the attack). Worst of all, Julia resented that Brandon hadn’t defended her — even if the conversation was prompted by producers, Brandon had been too passive when people questioned the authenticity of their marriage.
Julia is still mad
Melanie had asked her if she had married Brandon for love or for a Green Card, and that struck a nerve with Julia. But that wasn’t the only issue.
Julia’s jealousy is out of control
She has acknowledged, on social media and now on the show, that she recognizes that this is a genuine problem. Fans hope that she will receive therapy that she clearly needs to overcome this because it is negatively impacting her life and those of the people she cares about.
Apparently, she used to be worse
Julia mentions something about how she has already made strides in improving this aspect of herself because she used to be even more nuts about jealousy. We hope that she continues to make progress.
Julia wants to start fresh
She wants to be friends with Brandon’s friends, despite her insecurities and despite the ugly blow-up that happened
BUT
Julia also wants Brandon to listen to her worries and her concerns and to genuinely hear her. It’s important for their marriage that they both make efforts to understand what’s bothering the other, not just push to smooth things over.
They make nice
Together, they head back to their bedroom. Awww!
Elizabeth Potthast and Andrei Castravet
Libby has gotten totally hooked on doing yoga during the pandemic, and is meeting up with Jenn, where she admits that her daughter tends to wake up from naps exactly when she’s trying to take a few moments to herself to do yoga. Yep, that sounds like parenting.
As for Andrei …
Elizabeth relates the upcoming green card renewal situation, and Jenn does a genuinely good job of seeming super sympathetic even though, well, no one really likes Andrei except for Libby.
But back to parenting … Elizabeth wants a nanny
Andrei is extremely resistant. Part of it is a very sweet amount of paranoia about a nanny being a bad person — that’s a real concern, despite vetting options. But part of it is that Andrei absorbed some toxic ideas from his family and from growing up in Moldova. He thinks that, well, Elizabeth should just be able to work and raise a kid because that’s what his mom did. Is it possible? Sure. But it absolutely sucks, and there’s no reason to not carefully select a nanny.
Andrei changes the subject every time that it comes up
Jenn just recommends hiring a secret nanny for hours when Andrei is away. As a human being, we know that this is a horrible idea that will blow up in everyone’s faces. As viewers, though, that would make for some amazing television.
Meanwhile, Andrei has his own concerns
Working for the family business sucks because the people he’s spent the past few years alienating are suddenly his coworkers, now that he needs to be employed.
And yes, it’s a need — so he can’t quit
Andrei may have filmed things in a different order, first seeking a job with Chuck and THEN meeting with the immigration attorney, but fans are fairly convinced that Andrei’s whole sit-down with Chuck was because they already knew that he needed to be employed to look good for the green card renewal. They just didn’t film it in the actual order because that would be too on the nose and could hurt their chances.
Andrei goes to work
Chuck has instructed him to demolish the kitchen, apparently, so Andrei is doing that.
He says that it’s therapeutic
He’s venting his frustrations on a simple, totally non-cerebral task … though the safety of this is later called into question.
Charlie is MAD
He tells Andrei that he should have come to him, that everything goes through him — even if Chuck told him to do something, Charlie needs to show him the ropes to make sure that he doesn’t cost them time and money.
Also …
The gas may not be as off as Andrei believed it to be, which could be a potential (serious) hazard for Andrei and for the production crew.
Andrei storms out furiously
He drives away like a cartoon villain, tearing down the rode while claiming that Charlie is just jealous of him.
Kalani Faagata and Asuelu Pulaa
Kalani feels like she and Asuelu are stuck in the same toxic pattern. For a few days, they get along. Then, for another few days, they do not. It has to end.
She meets with a divorce attorney
She’s doing this “just in case,” and maybe it’s just for show (since it’s easier to organically spell out your drama and options for the camera in a formal meeting), but talking to a divorce attorney is only casual if you just happen to be friends with a lawyer.
Kalani shares the details
She also brings her father into the conversation. Low was Asuelu’s sponsor, signing on to financially support him — potentially — for ten years. The attorney says that, barring Asuelu becoming a citizen, getting deported, or dying, Low could be on the hook for a lot longer than that if Asuelu gets a divorce.
There’s no mincing words on this: it’s political
Policy was changed in such a way that financial support commitments for immigration were suddenly lifelong. This was a policy enacted by disgraced former president Donald Trump’s administration as one of the many efforts to discourage legal immigration. Now, the attorney did acknowledge that there are real questions about whether this would be enforced, especially when someone pledges financial support before this policy was put into place, but for Low, it was just another solid argument for Kalani to work things out with her manchild of a husband.
Mike Youngquist and Natalie Mordovtseva
Natalie is very sensitive to the tensions in Trish’s house, which seem even more overwhelming than the piggy banks.
She’s right
Speaking one-on-one with Mike, Trish talks about how Natalie isn’t working or “being a housewife” to Trish’s standards and that she worries that Natalie’s using Mike to coast along. It’s unclear if Mike shares these feelings and is just letting his mother voice them, or if this is all Trish and Mike is just letting his mom voice her own concerns.
Natalie is feeling the cold shoulder
Trish doesn’t seem to be welcoming Natalie in the slightest, and Natalie is picking up on that even if Mike seems to shrug it off.
They go to buy firewood
As the firewood seller observes, Natalie looks and feels extremely out of place, as most people likely would.
Trish tells Natalie that she should do translation work
Unlike so many jobs, translation could be done from home. But Natalie explains that she wants to pursue her actual career, not a soul-crushing job that doesn’t interest her. She also corrects Trish, who had assumed that Natalie wanted to go to Hollywood and be in movies, when actually Natalie just wanted to go live in Seattle and appear on television in some capacity.
Acting is real work
This is true, though for some reason Natalie lists Johnny Depp — of all people — as her example of a famous actor, and then trails off, seemingly unable to name even a second famous actor. At times, one wonders what is on her mind and what gets lost in translation.
Natalie is hurt
She doesn’t like the implication that she’s just mooching off of Mike or using him for money.
But …
Natalie doesn’t think that Mike is actually picking up on the tensions. He’s just sort of coasting along or brushing off their disagreements as normal talk.
Overall, she feels a lot of hostility
She’s tired of being confronted about what jobs Trish thinks that she should have. And she clearly would like more support from her husband, but he just views all of this as visiting his mom.
Of course, the butcher shop incident
They go to a butcher shop to pick up Trish’s order, and Mike — you can tell by his voice tone — was clearly eager to hear how Natalie reacted. Natalie describes herself as a vegetarian (she is a pescatarian), and she was disgusted and went to wait outside.
It was disrespectful
For Trish to go pick up her groceries was fine, but Mike should have told Natalie where they were going. Just common courtesy stuff. She’s his wife.
Mike doesn’t think that anything is a big deal, ever
He says that they were picking up traditional foods for Thanksgiving, which is true. He also thinks that his mother is just being “cautious” and “concerned.” Both of these may be true, but that’s not the whole story of what’s going on.
As Natalie puts it
Trish seems to be waging a silent war against Natalie, trying to make her feel as unwelcome as possible.
And Mike is Mike
If there’s a problem, he ignores it, pretending that it doesn’t exist, hoping that it will just go away on its own. But that’s not how life works, Natalie notes.
Tiffany Franco and Ronald Smith
Ronald has a video chat with Tiffany and with little Carley, but there’s more to this conversation.
Ronald’s visa application was accepted
That’s not the same thing as him being granted a visa. This just means that the application was accepted — moving them forward to the interview phase.
This is where Ronald’s past could hurt him
He is very sensitive about his personal history — at times, unrealistically so — but hopeful that he can see his family. There is also a catch: Tiffany must find a sponsor.
Tiffany tells her mom
Maggie does not have full confidence in Ronald and believes that Tiffany’s best path to happiness could be to remain single. She is not going to sponsor Ronald because she worries that his chances of relapse will go up in the US, not down.
So Tiffany turns to her father
Her father is making up for lost time (aka, Tiffany’s childhood and adolescence) by being in her life as an adult, and he is also a huge fan of Ronald. His knowledge of Ronald comes from the wedding, which was perfect.
So Tiffany has to tell him more
She wants him to sponsor Ronald, but she cannot ask her father to do this without telling him the whole truth.
Next time …
Jovi prepares to leave for work, and there’s a lot of uncertainty. Yara is going to miss him, and it’s going to be hard without him.
Brandon and Julia get a letter
It’s presumably good news about Julia’s visa, for a lot of obvious reasons.
Angela wants to keep smoking
Angela’s new surgeon is less permissive than her last one, refusing to perform surgery on her — the facelift — if she is still smoking. He tells her that he will nicotine test her. For the first time in a long time, Angela might actually have to act like a human being and do the right thing.
Something happened to Asuelu
It’s unclear if it was a medical emergency or a car accident or what, but whatever it is, it sounds like Kalani’s feelings towards him have changed … though none of the problems have gone away.
Ronald prepares for his interview
Unfortunately, he’s joking about being arrested “plenty of times” and seems to either not be taking it seriously or just be irritated about the questions. Maybe both.
Trish called Natalie a what?
Seriously, it’s hard to tell what word Trish allegedly used to describe her daughter-in-law, but Natalie is insistent and Mike denies it.
The girls are FIGHTING
On a boat, Libby confronts her family and particularly lunges after Becky, turning a family squabble into a physical brawl as many hands reach to try to stop her.