The 90 Day Fiance tell-all part 1 hinted that Mike may have betrayed Natalie and by part 2 co-stars and fans at home were shocked to hear what actually happened. The couple ended the season not speaking to one another as Mike flew back to the United States with her engagement ring.
Mike and Natalie had given the 90 Day Fiancé franchise some of the most embarrassing and cringeworthy moments thanks to their differences in religion, culture, family values and of course a language barrier. The two originally met through Mike’s friend, Matt. Mike’s close friend is married to a Ukrainian woman and asked Mike to be the godfather to their newborn. The Washington state native then met the godmother, who turned out to be Natalie and was influenced - thanks to his friend for showing him pictures of the Kyiv native - to ask her out on a date. After many arguments on his recent trip to Ukraine, it came to a head on the last day together as the two had a heated argument after Natalie revealed to cameras that it would be a lie for her to say she’s in love with Mike.
During the tell-all special which aired on Sunday, February 16th, fans watched as Natalie dropped a well-placed bomb when she hinted that Mike possibly had cheated on her. Host, Shaun Robinson asked the couple if they considered themselves to be soulmates. Mike said he believed that they had met in past life while Natalie had a bit more to say on the matter. The Kyiv native explained to her a soulmate was a person who understood yourself without any words. The blonde also went on to say she believed her soulmate would be easy to speak with, without causing major arguments. Natalie ended her speech by saying, “If I say now that he is my soulmate, it will be a lie. I’m sorry.” After those harsh words, viewers watched as Mike looked shell shocked and revealed that communication was something he had been struggling with since his return from the Ukraine. Mike revealed that he had much on his mind and “questioned the whole relationship.”
Clips from the second half of the tell-all make it look as if Mike had emotionally cheated on his fianceé and the other TLC couples also start to believe that there was infidelity. Mike did not open up about that particular incident, but Natalie let slip that it may have been with a married woman as she said: “No, you said her husband…” Mike quickly interrupted telling her and the viewers that he never lied to her.
In part two of the tell-all Mike, seemingly had enough of Natalie portraying him as a cheater and finally shared with viewers his side of the story. He explained that he had a best friend, who happened to be a woman, whom at one point in his life he also used to live with. The TLC star defended his friendship by saying that his friend had recently become engaged and asked him to be her best man. Mike told Natalie, “I’m going to go to her wedding. It’s really important to her, I just want to go support my friend.” As the story continued viewers listened as Mike said he was meant to go over to his friend’s house the night before her wedding and was under the impression that the husband-to-be would also be at the house. Instead, the husband-to-be was at his own house were at the time Mike claimed he went and stayed the night there. Mike explained, “The next day, I woke up and called Natalie.” Naturally, Natalie did not believe Mike’s story and said she still believed he had cheated on her. Mike ended the segment telling her, his costars, and fans that the incident happened a year ago and that nothing had ever happened, maintaining his innocence, he said: “We’ve just been really good friends.”
The rest of the couple’s segment was based around Natalie telling Mike that he needed to be a man and lead their relationship. The Ukrainian explained that she often felt that Mike did not step up enough for her. Their relationship feels as if it may be doomed even though Mike has vowed to fight for it. Natalie also confirmed that if Mike would become more trustworthy she would be willing to give their relationship a second chance. Fans were happy to hear Mike’s side and hope the couple can work out their differences.
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90 Day Fiancé airs Sundays at 8pm EST on TLC.