If you’re obsessed with 90 Day Fiancé and find time to binge every spin-off, you’re not alone! But have you ever wondered what really goes on when the cameras aren’t rolling? Spoiler alert: Reality TV isn’t always as real as we’d like to believe. Here are four wild behind-the-scenes facts about 90 Day Fiancé that fans everywhere need to know.
The Couples Are Real
To the show’s credit, its biggest reality is the most important one: the couples. Casting for 90 Day Fiancé is all about finding preexisting international love birds who are already in the process of applying for a K-1 visa.
The producers don’t just throw strangers together for drama. The couples have genuinely met (online, in person, or otherwise) and fallen in love before getting cast on the show.
Couples Pay All the Travel and Legal Costs
Most reality TV shows fund the on-camera shenanigans because they want to guarantee content regardless of the financial situation of their cast members. But on 90 Day Fiancé, the couples handle almost all of their expenses.
These couples are truly in the throes of the legal challenges of sponsoring a visa for immigration, from its high costs to its travel headaches. Though the studio does pay for plane tickets to tell-all events and funds many small things throughout the series, cast members foot the biggest part of the bill for love.
Many Locations, Activities, and Conversations Are Staged
Everyone knows that they can’t fully trust what they see on TV, but 90 Day Fiancé has such a truthful premise that it’s easy to forget. While the relationships and many of their struggles are authentic, the producers have a heavy hand in many locations, activities, meals, and conversations.
For instance, producers decide where to film certain scenes, they strongly encourage cast members to have certain conversations, and they even order food on behalf of the couples at restaurants. Producer involvement varies depending on how naturally exciting a couple’s story is, but rest assured that the story you see is never 100 percent reality.
Audiences See Just a Small Portion of Footage
The show’s couples have cameras following them for hours on end, but audiences see only a fraction of this footage. So it shouldn’t shock you that what makes it on screen is just the tip of the iceberg. Editors spend countless hours sifting through raw footage to piece together the juiciest moments.
This means audiences miss out on so much nuance and context. A heated argument could be the result of some very selective editing to keep us hooked.
Did any of these wild behind-the-scenes facts about 90 Day Fiancé surprise you? If you thought the show was entirely fake, hopefully you now have an appreciation for the genuine couples who share their real love stories on camera. Or if you believed everything was real, now you know to take each scene with a huge grain of salt. Whatever side you came from, we hope you still enjoy the exciting ups and downs of this madly entertaining reality TV show!
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