90 Day Fiance couple Paul Staehle and Karine Martins apparently spent Christmas together and are back on only days after Paul claimed Karine took off with their baby and was with a new man.
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But it appears the holidays weren't exactly a joyous occasion for on-again, off-again couple Paul and Karine, who fell in love in Brazil and married in 2017.
"Over the course of our Christmas dinner Paul and Karine broke up, got back together, broke up, got back together, broke up and this just in -- are back together. Stay tuned for more on this developing story," 90 Day Fiance Instagrammer John Yates posted on December 25.
According to Paul, Karine decided to spend Christmas with him after she had received threats from her followers.
"Thank you [Karine] for letting me see my son some today. After the IG live, Karine changed her mind about her and Pierre spending Christmas with my family after she got an inbox full of threats... people [saying they] would report her and have Pierre taken away from her," Paul wrote in an Instagram Stories screenshot obtained by John.
"I understand Karine is demanding a divorce and wants to follow her heart and dreams in what she feels is best for her and Pierre. I just wanted our first Christmas to be together."
But the day wasn't without drama.
"Great Christmas when [your] wife throws her wedding ring away screaming I am not your wife," Paul also reportedly wrote on Instagram Stories.
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Tension between the couple appeared to build last weekend when Karine decided to get a tattoo and a friend of Karine's named Blake Sakal drove an hour to pick her up at the tattoo parlor, only to allegedly bring her back to his place.
Paul vented his frustrations in a couple of Instagram Stories he posted at the time.
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"Wow, just wow. I can't get over this one at all. So I've been leaving this out and not telling anybody what's been going on and why I was so frustrated lately. So, Karine's been talking to this guy named Blake... they started talking before we got married," Paul said in the video.
"When they first met, he wanted to meet her at a bar. He was unhappy I wanted to be there... but I was there and he seemed a little awkward."
Blake then allegedly invited Karine to his house for a few drinks, and the pair planned to meet up with Paul afterwards.
"'I'm not dealing with that,'" Paul recalled saying of the arrangement that would have left him out.
"Karine told me that he had a conversation with her about wanting to have a baby with her. So it's already been really, really frustrating with everything going on. And tonight, it comes to a climax and it's going to court and everything."
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Paul said he attempted to give Karine space, so he left their shared home and returned a while later -- only to allegedly find the bathroom a complete mess, with apparent hair dye on the walls and counters.
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"She's not here. My son's not here. She left with him. I don't like this guy. He was a friend of my ex-girlfriend, who had access to my house key. So I have to change the locks on the house now and deal with that. Karine has already tried to commit suicide three times in the last few months."
Paul went on to say, "So, she really needs to... get on some medication or something. I know she likes to drink... that's fine in moderation. I don't like her being around someone who drinks heavily when she's breastfeeding. I don't like my baby being around a strange man who wants to have another baby with my wife."
"I'm sick of this stuff!... She made a decision tonight when she took my son to move in with him at his house. Okay?!" he added.
"She let me know that she'll let me see my son once a week maybe, if that. She wants to do this on Christmas! This is my Christmas! My wife moves out and moves in with another man... Merry Christmas, everybody," Paul concluded at the time.
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In a nearly hour-long Instagram Live interview with John, Paul said he was initially supportive of Karine's relationship with Blake because he wanted her to "have friends" and "socialize," according to In Touch Weekly.
After Paul's interview with John in which the reality TV star reiterated how Karine had left him for another man, Karine issued a denial in her Instagram Stories.
"I want to make it clear that I [did] not run away with another man, nobody knows what I go through and the way that Paul lied about me in a Live show that I must get strong and seek my rights," Karine wrote in a statement obtained by In Touch.
"I will not talk about my personal life. I never told Paul he won't see Pierre, on the contrary, I have proof that I say Paul has right [sic] about his son too. Do not accuse me without knowing my life. Personal problems should not be spoken on Instagram, forgive me."
Paul and Karine appeared on Seasons 1 and 2 of 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days and then also returned for a new spinoff, the debut season of 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way, which wrapped in late October.
The couple welcomed Pierre into the world in March 2019, and they just celebrated their second wedding anniversary in early November.
A few months after Karine gave birth to Pierre, she obtained a CR-1 spousal visa and moved to the United States to live with Paul in Kentucky.
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Paul and Karine appear to be together and doing just fine although they had openly discussed filing for divorce in November. It wasn't the first -- or even the second time -- Karine had threatened Paul with divorce, however.
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