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90 Day Fiance cast members get paid to share their personal lives with viewers, but how much do the reality TV stars actually get paid?

Cast members within the 90 Day Fiance franchise share the ups and downs of their romantic relationships with viewers and, in return, are compensated for filming.

Reality TV personalities often parlay their television fame into job opportunities, and some have had great success in doing so.

Others, however, aren’t interested in capitalizing on their reality television fame. And some were already wealthy before achieving their popularity.

Fans of the 90 Day Fiance franchise are often curious about how much the cast gets paid for sharing their storylines with millions of viewers on TLC.

So, let’s delve in and take a look.

How much do cast members get paid on 90 Day Fiance?

According to an insider who spoke with Radar Online, each spinoff pays their casts differently.

Stephanie reveals her 90 Day Fiancé storyline is 98% scripted, accuses producers of manipulating her narrative. Relationship with Ryan was rocky, leading Stephanie to bring in Harris as a replacement on the show. Stephanie accuses show of portraying false storyline, pushes back against allegations made against her.

While Stephanie Davison’s relationship with Ryan Carr ended badly, she moved on with his cousin, Harris Flowers, on 90 Day Fiancé season 8. The finale of one of the best reality TV shows had Stephanie hinting at a future with Harris as he was still in love with his baby mama, Emma, and allegedly scamming the Skin Envy owner. Stephanie revealed that her relationship with Harris on 90 Day Fiancé was scripted. While they won't appear on 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? season 8, Stephanie and Harris are still fascinating characters.

Sofa Talk with Stephanie saw the 90 Day Fiancé star debunk most of the controversies she faced on the show.

Stephanie Davison exposes "abusive editing" by 90 Day Fiancé producers in her own version of the Tell All. Former cast members Memphis Smith and Andrew Kenton support Stephanie's claims of deceptive editing. Stephanie faces skepticism and backlash, with some viewers questioning her credibility and motives.

Stephanie Davison is calling out the 90 Day Fiancé franchise for its “abusive editing,” and a few cast members are supporting her on social media. The Grand Rapids, Michigan, resident was last seen on 90 Day Fiancé season 8 with her beau, Ryan Carr, almost three years ago. The engaged couple had a massive 25-year age gap but still looked forward to meeting each other and tying the knot. Unfortunately, Ryan broke up with Stephanie during the season, and she moved on to form a bond with his cousin, Harris.

Harris and Stephanie weren’t featured on the Tell All to share their story. However, the...

Stephanie Davison and Ryan Carr's relationship ended before filming for 90 Day Fiancé season 8 even began. Stephanie revealed that they broke up in August 2020 due to financial issues caused by the pandemic. Stephanie's relationship with Harris, Ryan's cousin, was largely fabricated for the show. Stephanie claimed that the story was only 2% true and blamed the production team for manipulating her. Stephanie has faced controversy on social media, including making false claims about her weight loss clinic injections preventing Covid-19. She has also made poor taste associations, such as posting a selfie with O.J. Simpson and mentioning his murdered wife. However, she has benefited from her fame as an influencer.

90 Day Fiancé season 8 cast members Stephanie Davison and Ryan Carr appeared almost three years ago, but their lives have changed since. Self-proclaimed “cougar” Stephanie from Michigan had met Ryan during a vacation in Belize. Despite their 25-year age gap,...

Stephanie Matto, known for her wild journeys on "90 Day Fiancé," has transformed her persona and become a popular influencer and adult content creator. Stephanie recently met fellow cast members Larissa Lima, Jess Caroline, and Ariela Weinberg for dinner at an Exotic Dancer expo, and they looked glammed up and happy to meet. Fans were surprised and excited by the reunion, with some suggesting the cast members should have their own show and complimenting their outfits. Each cast member is in a different phase of life, with Stephanie focused on her business, Jess married, Larissa pursuing modeling, and Ariela being a dedicated mom.

Stephanie Matto recently met various 90 Day Fiancé co-stars in Las Vegas. The 32-year-old Derby resident became popular for her wild journeys on the hit reality TV franchise. However, she later became known for her career as an influencer and adult content creator. Over the years, Stephanie...

Incompatibility comes in different forms in the world of 90 Day Fiancé, causing even the most unexpected couples to split after promising each other a happily ever after. Love is blind, and when it happens it doesn’t look at the race, religion, or job that a person does for a living. But when the love fades away, the real problems in a relationship start showing.

90 Day Fiancé and its ever-growing list of spin-offs discuss relationships that are built with compromise and respect, and become healthier day by day. But at the same time, it also takes into account the biggest reasons why some couples don’t decide to spend their lives together. Unfortunately, this has become a common theme among multiple storylines.

90 Day Fiancé Couples Have Religious Differences

Arguments over religious differences are common in the 90 Day Fiancé franchise. When the shows feature unique personalities from across the world, it...

Many seasons of 90 Day Fiancé content have been strong, but 90 Day Fiancé season 8 had an all-star cast when it came to both drama and genuine couples. The season showcased many couples who continued in the extended franchise, while it also featured some major drama. Overall, the cast of 90 Day Fiancé season 8 made it iconic for many reasons.

90 Day Fiancé season 8 featured eight couples. Andrew Kenton and Amira Lollysa, Jovi Dufren and Yara Zaya, Julia Trubkina and Brandon Gibbs, Natalie Mordovtseva and Mike Youngquist, Rebecca Parrott and Zied Hakimi, Stephanie Davison and Ryan Carr, and Hazel Cagalitan and Tarik Myers all showcased their international romances. The show had a 50% success rate, as four of the eight couples are still together. However, both incompatible and successful couples were entertaining to watch.

Several Couples Became Well-Known In The 90 Day Fiancé Franchise

90 Day Fiancé season 8 was a slam-dunk season...

90 Day Fiancé often features cast members who only care about money over everything else, which usually leads to major drama on the show. Over the years, many foreign TLC stars have dropped the ball due to their gold-digging antics, and failed to come to the United States. One example is Azan Tefou from 90 Day Fiancé season 4, who dated Florida native Nicole Nafziger. While the couple didn't have an age gap, they had major cultural differences that made everyone skeptical about their relationship. If that wasn't enough, Azan used Nicole's wedding money for a business, earning him the user title. Eventually, the couple split before Azan could ever reach America.

Like Azan, Michael Ilesanmi is another 90 Day Fiancé star who hasn't yet reached the United States. Since his debut on the show, the Nigerian reality star has made it clear that he wants to come to America after he married Angela Deem.

The drama on each 90 Day Fiancé episode begs the question of whether the show is scripted, and if any of it is real at all. Every once in a while, there are cast members who, despite their strict contracts, let it slip that everything on the show is not what it looks like. In 2014, 90 Day Fiancé started off as a docuseries about the K-1 visa process which allows Americans to bring their international partners into the country to get married. Now, the show has married drama to reality, blurring the lines between the two.

With the 90 Day Fiancé franchise's multiple spin-offs, each being more chaotic than the other, the show's universe is growing, and shows no signs of stopping. New couples are introduced with every installation, but nine years later, there are dots that connect to reveal recycled storylines and cast members who might be playing pretend just to seek fame.

90 Day Fiancé star Debbie Aguero has revealed the reason why she’s really with 24-year-old boyfriend Oussama. Debbie, a 67-year-old from Georgia, currently stars in 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way season 4. Despite their 43-year age gap, she’s moving to Khemisset to live on a farm with Oussama, who she met online. Debbie claims Oussama brought her out of her self-exile of 12 years with his love for art and poetry. Four years of dating later, Debbie decided to take the plunge for her prince charming.

90 Day Fiancé's Debbie Aguero has been called out for being a cougar who’s preying on an innocent. However, during an interview with Et, Debbie confessed she’s just “Miss Debbie” a kind person who’s “not looking for any young man.” She added, “Yeah it might look like, 'Oh she's a pervert, oh she's a latch, oh she's a cougar,...

Reality TV would be boring if it wasn’t for lovable, eccentric characters, and 90 Day Fiancé sure has a bunch of them who are hard to miss. The Og 90Df show was introduced in 2014, with a focus on the K-1 visa process. Americans welcomed their future spouses into their homes for a period of 90 days, during which they’d decide if they were ready to wed. While heaps of romance were shown on this TLC show, it needed drama, which some cast members soon brought in abundance.

Even if the show takes things a bit too far where the controversies are concerned, it's hard to imagine a 90 Day Fiancé season without wild cast members. Some blurt out the most obnoxious one-liners, or create the funniest situations. Their actions cause viewers to create thread upon thread at Reddit, wondering if they are letting those freak flags fly on purpose,...

90 Day Fiancé star Stephanie Davison has shocked viewers plenty of times since she ended her relationship with Ryan Carr during season 8. Back in 2020, on the TLC show, Stephanie from Michigan and her much younger boyfriend Ryan from Belize had a shocking storyline. Self-proclaimed, “cougar” Stephanie (as per the show) had ended her relationship with Ryan halfway through the season, so she could start dating his married cousin, Harris Flowers. Stephanie’s strange antics on the show really raised eyebrows, and there was curiosity about what really happened between her and Ryan.

However, 90 Day Fiancé's Stephanie and Ryan were not on the season 8 Tell-All, and viewers were left with many unanswered questions about the couple’s past and future. Stephanie was quite a popular cast member on social media during her season. Her med-spa business had also piqued interest. At 52 years of age, Stephanie did look quite youthful,...

TLC's 90 Day Fiancé has been home to several controversial couples since its debut, and fans still obsess over many of them. Some of these couples have been deemed mismatched, have large age gaps, or are toxic. Others have been criticized for their abusive behavior, cheating, lying, and criminal convictions. Despite the criticism, many of these couples have somehow remained together, while others have parted ways for good.

Some of the most controversial 90 Day Fiancé franchise couples, such as Anfisa Arkhipchenko and Jorge Nava, and Larissa Lima and Colt Johnson, were considered mismatched and involved physical violence. Other odd couples, like Big Ed Brown and Rosemarie Vega, and Ben Rathbun and Mahogany Roca, raised eyebrows for their large age gaps and building a relationship on lies. Angela Deem and Michael Ilesanmi are also a controversial couple due to her abusive behavior, while Stephanie Davison and Ryan Carr's relationship...

90 Day Fiancé season 8 aired in 2021, but a lot has happened to the cast in the time since filming. 2022 was a big year for some cast members who had the opportunity to continue in the franchise, while other members expressed bitterness over their failure to become regulars. Meanwhile, some 90 Day Fiancé season 8 marriages are stronger than ever, while others appear on the brink of ending.

90 Day Fiancé season 8 featured seven couples, though two of them split before the season ended and did not get back together. Stephanie Davison and Ryan Carr had a messy relationship that ended in Ryan lying about using a condom and Stephanie then trying to bring his cousin to the U.S. on a K-1 visa after things fell through with Ryan. However, this never became a reality. Meanwhile, Andrew Kenton and Amira Lollysa never met up after the France native was detained in...

Several 90 Day Fiancé stars are pretty controversial, but sometimes they have shocked the viewers beyond belief with their actions. One way TLC cast members have stunned fans is by getting caught or coming clean about their infidelity. Over the last few years, many reality stars have opened up about cheating on their partners, starting with Colt Johnson. The 37-year-old reality star has been with three women on the show, and has been unfaithful to two of them.

Similarly, 90 Day Fiancé couple Tim Clarkson and Melyza Zeta baffled viewers when the truth about their mutual cheating scandals came out. What was most shocking is the fact that the two decided to continue their relationship, despite knowing their unforgivable actions. A few seemingly innocent 90 Day Fiancé cast members also perplexed viewers when they admitted to being unfaithful after being portrayed as victims. These include Nicole Nafziger, who cheated on Azan Tefou,...

Chuck Potthast from 90 Day Fiancé recently announced that he is dating again, and should consider a few women from the franchise. Libby’s father and Andrei Castravet’s father-in-law met a woman online after being out of the dating game for over a decade. However, she ended up being a no-show on their first date, allegedly due to Covid-19. Regardless of the disappointment, Chuck said is he happy that he put himself out there, and he is excited about the possibility of finding love.

Although 90 Day Fiancé is about couples getting engaged and married, there are still plenty of single women within the franchise that Chuck might want to consider dating. Obviously, many relationships in the 90 Day Fiancé franchise don’t work out, so Chuck’s options are more plentiful than one might expect from a show about tying the knot. Chuck is a real estate mogul who apparently makes pretty good money.

This Christmas, 90 Day Fiancé franchise stars Stephanie Matto and Tania Maduro have teamed up to bring fans fart ornaments to adorn their trees. Tania and Stephanie are new friends, as they starred on different seasons of the franchise. Stephanie was last seen on 90 Day: The Single Life season 2, while Tania joined the cast for season 3. Neither one of them found love while on the show, though Stephanie has teased a new boyfriend who she cryptically refers to as “Frenchie.”

Stephanie has gained notoriety not from her time on 90 Day Fiancé, but rather through the unconventional products she sells. In the past, Stephanie sold jars filled with her farts along with jars filled with boob sweat. Though she claimed she was finished with farts, Stephanie has come back out of retirement for the holidays, as she announced in a new Instagram post. “For the first time ever by popular demand,...

TLC's 90 Day Fiancé has some of the most creative fanbases ever, who love making quirky memes about the show's couples online. Sometimes, fans make fun of the cast members by pointing out flaws in their stories and plot holes during the episodes. Other times, they do it by joking about their social media posts and weird actions. However, nothing beats when viewers give funny nicknames to the 90 Day Fiancé cast members that weirdly fit their personalities.

Over the years, fans have called Jenny Slatten "Droopy Jenny," a reference to the sluggish cartoon character Droopy. Besides, the show producers always manage to capture her from the worst possible angles, which makes some fans laugh. Viewers have also given hysterical nicknames to all the Stephanies in the franchise. These include Stephanie Davison as "Cougar Stephanie," Stephanie Matto as "Soft p**no Stephanie." Then there are all the Mikes, with Mike Youngquist being "Alien Mike,...

Though the goal of 90 Day Fiancé is for foreign spouses to join their American partners in the United States and tie the knot, some cast members in the extended franchise never made it to the US despite their desire to. The hit TLC franchise focuses on international relationships that contain a K-1 spousal visa which allow foreigners to travel to the US and get married within the designated 90 days. Meanwhile, the spin-off show 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days features couples often becoming engaged and applying for their visas. However, not all 90 Day Fiancé couples have been united in the United States.

Many 90 Day Fiancé couples now live happy lives in the US, while others chose to move abroad. But some are still waiting on their visas while others had their visa plans canceled, put on hold, or thwarted. Cast members from certain countries have had more difficulty coming to the US,...

Stephanie Davison and Stephanie Matto deemed themselves the “most hated but richest” 90 Day Fiance cast members. Pic credit: @stephanie_90day and @stepankamatto/Instagram

90 Day Fiance stars Stephanie Davison and Stephanie Matto have deemed themselves the “most hated but richest” cast members to come out of the franchise.

Fans of 90 Day Fiance will remember Davison from Season 8 of the flagship series and Matto from Season 4 of Before the 90 Days.

Both Stephanies left a mark on viewers during and after their appearances on the show. Davison was in a relationship with her much younger boyfriend, Ryan Carr, a native of Belize. Her storyline became scandalous when she began a relationship with Ryan’s cousin, Harris.

For her part, Matto made the most impact off-screen, infamously selling her farts in jars, then expanding her business to include selling her farted-in bed sheets and boob sweat.

Most recently, Matto auctioned a one-hour long,...

90 Day Fiance viewers are here for Patrick Mendes’ brother, John McManus. Pic credit: TLC

During the 90 Day Fiance Season 9 Tell All, viewers got to hear from Patrick Mendes’ brother John McManus, who has appeared all season long by his brother’s side.

John’s Boston accent, loyalty to his brother, unabashed opinions, and imbibing behavior have resonated with viewers. Many have felt he carried the season despite not even being a main cast member.

At the Tell All, Jibri Bell started to come for John while John was trying to answer a question about his brother and his Brazilian wife, Thais Ramone.

John, who didn’t appreciate the interruption or Jibri’s criticism, snapped at Jibri, and the two had a verbal face-off where John called Jibri “Sparkles.”

Tell All viewers have taken hold of that insult, often shown or said as “Spahkles” due to John’s accent.

John’s season-long charisma,...

It's been a rough season of 90 Day Fiance for Stephanie Davison, but don't expect there to be any closure for her on the upcoming 90 Day Fiance Season 8 Tell All.

The current season's cast sans Stephanie was spotted in Los Angeles last month to shoot the sitdown that finds them talking about the season's biggest developments.

Stephanie posted a selfie around that time as fans questioned her involvement with the series and wrote the following:

“LA tell all?! I wasn’t there! More about that at a later time.”

As expected, fans have been questioning what went down, but there's a good chance TLC has severed ties the star after a single season on the series.

Earlier this year, Stephanie wrote in an Instagram comment that the people who work for the company deceived her and that she was sexually assaulted while shooting her scenes in Belize.

“These clusterf...