90 Day Fiance couple Angela Deem and Michael Ilesanmi were shown trying to live together in Nigeria before getting married on Season 5 of 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?, so did they discover new issues and call it quits or go through with a wedding -- and is the couple still together?
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[90 Day Fiance Spoilers Warning: This report includes spoilers which reveal if Angela and Michael married and whether the 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After? couple is still together now].
Angela, a 53-year-old nursing assistant from Hazlehurst, GA, and Michael, a 31-year-old from Lagos, Nigeria, starred on several 90 Day Fiance shows before appearing on Season 5 of 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?.RELATED LINK: '90 DAY FIANCE' COUPLES NOW: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? WHO IS STILL TOGETHER? WHO HAS SPLIT? (PHOTOS)
Angela and Michael, who met online, appeared on Seasons 2 and 3 of 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days, followed by Season 7 of 90 Day Fiance.
Angela and Michael got to know each other for several months and online over the phone before Angela made her first trip over to Nigeria to find out whether Michael was truly The One for her.
Angela set out to prove her family and friends wrong, that she wasn't being scammed, and she and Michael quickly fell in love.
But their relationship has been laced with issues -- such as Angela's jealousy and lack of trust in Michael -- as well as breakups and makeups.
Angela broke up with Michael during the filming of 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days Season 2's Tell-All special after hearing he had called her his "elder."
But in September 2018, Michael told a fan who commented on his Facebook page that he was "engaged" and expecting to move to the United States in 2019 under "God's grace" before changing his privacy settings to restrict public viewing of his posts.
Days after 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days Season 2's Tell-All special aired on TLC in October 2018, Angela also changed her relationship status to "Engaged" on Facebook.
Then, in May 2019, Angela not only confirmed the couple was still together and engaged, but also that they would be returning for Season 3 of 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days.
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"We are getting married! We're filming Before the 90 Days right now! He's coming here [to the United States]," Angela told a fan who saw her in New York.
Season 3 of Before the 90 Days premiered in August 2019 and showed Angela traveling to Nigeria a second time and working through some additional issues in their relationship -- including Michael's requirement that he have a child with Angela, despite her age -- in preparation of Angela filing for Michael K-1 visa.
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However, Michael's K-1 visa was denied following his visa interview, seemingly because his romance with Angela didn't seen genuine and sincere.
Michael therefore suggested to Angela they get married in Nigeria and then apply for a K-3 spousal visa, but Angela had been against the idea of having her wedding in a foreign country because she wanted her elderly mother, Glenda Faye Standridge, to be able to attend in addition to the rest of her family.
However, by the time 90 Day Fiance's seventh season ended, Angela had reassessed the possibility after Michael's family pressured Angela a bit and insisted a wedding in Nigeria would be the right decision and the fastest way for Michael and Angela to be together.
On 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?'s fifth-season premiere, Angela explained she and Michael had made "a deal."
"If I hear anything about the K-1 visa, Michael will come to the U.S. and we'll have our 90 days and have a wedding here," Angela said in a confessional.
"But if the K-1 visa doesn't come through, I'm going to be marrying Michael in Nigeria because I love him and want to do whatever will get Michael over here in the quickest way possible."
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Angela then set out to find a person who would be willing to witness her potential wedding in Nigeria in order to make it official and check with her gynecologist on whether she could have a baby.
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Angela also learned she could possibly have cancerous cells in her uterus, and so she had an endometrial biopsy done.
Angela eventually talked to Glenda about her struggle, and Glenda, who had pneumonia, wasn't doing very well.
Glenda gave Angela permission to marry Michael in Nigeria, and Angela cried over the idea of her mother missing her wedding. A part of Angela also feared her mother wouldn't be alive once she returned to America.
Angela later met with her immigration lawyer, Lou, to draw her up a will in order to make sure Michael and her grandkids would all be taken care of in the case of her dying after marrying Michael. She decided her assets would be split 50/50 between them.
Angela then learned her K-1 visa case had been sent from Nigeria to the United States, which was progress.
"Michael and I have our issues, but I honestly don't think there's anything in Michael's past that would to make the government not let him come," Angela told the cameras.
"But it does scare me if the government thinks there is something in his background that they might not ever give him clearance to come to the United States."
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But if Angela didn't hear back from K-1 visa soon enough, she planned to just trust Michael and marry him in Nigeria, even though she wished she could see him interact with her grandchildren.
Meanwhile, Michael was staying with his mother and anticipating Angela's arrival. His aunt Lydia told him that men are allowed to have two wives in Nigeria and so if Angela couldn't carry and give him a child, the second wife could have a baby and place the baby under Angela's care.
Michael insisted Angela would never go for that and wouldn't approve of him having multiple wives, but Michael said it's "very important" to him to welcome a child.
After Skyla turned Angela down on being the witness for her mother's wedding -- a decision Angela called "bullsh-t -- Angela's best friend JoJo accepted the responsibility.
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Angela was not only nervous about her health and overwhelmed about becoming a wife, but she worried her mother was going to pass away during her stay in Nigeria.
"I try not to think about it, but anything can happen. This could be the last time I see my mom... [but] I have to be a tough leader and act like nothing bothers me, and that's hard," Angela explained in a confessional.
Angela finally traveled to Nigeria and reunited with Michael. The pair intended to live with each other together during Angela's stay to see how they would work and get along as a married couple.
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Angela was looking forward to cooking with Michael and just doing normal everyday things with him at the apartment they'd be staying at. Angela called the apartment "cute" and said she was impressed since Michael had picked it out for them.
Angela, however, didn't think the bed was comfortable; she said it was "as hard as an erection." She also found a rat that had been killed in a trap in the kitchen. Angela screamed at the sight of the rat and Michael just giggled and cleaned up the mess.
"We have bigger fish to fry. We only have three weeks to plan this damn wedding," Angela noted.
So did Angela and Michael get married? Is the 90 Day Fiance couple still together?
Not only are Angela and Michael still a couple, but they are now married!In January 2020, Angela decided to marry Michael in Nigeria, despite her previous reluctance, and so they went through with a wedding!
Angela and Michael got married in Nigeria on January 27, according to wedding photos that leaked online.
A pair of crew members were visible in the photos holding boom microphones over Angela and Michael as they exchanged vows, suggesting the ceremony was filmed for future broadcast.
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But unfortunately for Angela, her beloved mother passed away at age 77 on February 8 in a hospital in Jacksonville, FL, less than two weeks after Angela's wedding.
It's unclear whether Angela was able to return to America and reunite with her mother prior to Glenda's passing.
On May 10, Angela posted a sweet tribute to her mother on Instagram and wrote, "Mother, I need you so much, I wish you were here. However, it comforts me to know that I did everything I could for you."
"Happy Mother's Day to you in heaven. Also want to wish my Mother in law (Iya bieu) Happy mother's day.. we love you. To all mothers out there!! Happy Mother's day."
Claims that Angela and Michael had decided to attempt to resolve Michael's K-1 visa problems by getting married in Nigeria on January 27 had surfaced online the week prior, when Angela was spotted at a Nigerian airport with a camera crew.
On January 19, a 90 Day Fiance viewer posted a photo showing Angela in the airport's baggage claim area to a Facebook group for 90 Day Fiance.
"A pastor in my fb uploaded this picture yesterday when he arrived from Canada to Nigeria. Look who is in the back lol," the Facebook poster wrote alongside the photo.
The photo unintentionally captured Angela and three crew members filming behind the pastor and showed Angela talking to the camera as two crew members filmed the 90 Day Fiance star with a camera and a microphone pole as a producer stood beside the cameraman.
Michael denied he's with Angela just to get a Green Card in the United States during a late June interview with In Touch Weekly, suggesting they are still together and fighting for their love.
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A fan commented on a throwback video posted to the couple's shared Instagram account, "Oh my god. Michael all this sh-t for a green card. Oh lord, this is torture."
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"Dude. What's your problem? This is Michael," he wrote, according to In Touch.
"Is there something you [are] looking for or someone who hurt you? Why the hate? Please unfollow us OK, if you don't like what you see [shaking my head]. One more silly comment from you, I'll block [your] ass [I don't care]."
Angela admitted during a June 2020 interview with Entertainment Tonight there is a tiny part of her that worries Michael is just after a Green Card, but she apparently manages to talk herself out of that doubt.
"Me being an American, maybe five percent or two percent when we fight thinks, 'Is it that?' But when I get my senses back, I really feel like in my heart that it ain't," Angela shared.
"Now, we won't really know now, will we? Because, you know, I've always thought in past relationships, you know, this is going to work... All I can tell them is to keep watching and if they're right, they're right. If they're wrong, they're wrong. I'm gonna stick by my man and I'm gonna fight for him and that's it."
"If I really thought he was scamming me, my ass wouldn't be going back over there. But he does have a lot to learn because he's young and he's from Nigeria. But I'm really sweet to him at certain times," she added.
Angela said Michael must be in love with her to go through what they've gone through together.
"Getting rid of him is not easy," Angela joked. "Because that's real love, you know? Let's face it, being on the show four times, he could've moved on a while back. I've learned that he really truly does love me."
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In addition, Angela and Michael often post sweet things about each other on their shared Instagram account, showing they are still an item.
In mid-July 2020, Angela posted a video of Michael dancing and captioned it, "My sexy nigerian," along with emoticons of a smiling face with three hearts as well as the blowing-kiss face.
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In early July, Angela and Michael captioned a selfie, "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. Love my. Happy New Month everyone. #staysafe #teamangelamichael #happyeverafter."
The pair also posted a couple of throwback photos of them sitting in a car together one week earlier.
The post was captioned, "Goofing with my [heart]. #tb #naijamusic #Teamangelamichael."
On May 5, the couple posted alongside a different photo of themselves, "Things work out Best for Those who make the Best of how things work out. #staypositive #allwillbewell #teamangelamichael."
And back on April 18, the pair wrote, "You don't care about materialistic things or how much your partner has to offer. All you know is that you love them unconditionally and you vow to give them your heart. #letlovelead #90dayfiance #stayhealthy #staysafe."
Two days earlier, Angela commented about "how time flies" given a whole two years had passed since she first flew to Nigeria to meet Michael in person.
Angela and Michael appear to be living happily ever after, after all!
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