90 Day Fiance's eighth season just showed Brandon Gibbs and Julia Trubkina getting married, so did their marriage last or did they separate? Is the 90 Day Fiance couple still together and happy now?
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[90 Day Fiance Spoiler Warning: This report includes spoilers revealing if Brandon and Julia are still married and living together in America or if they split up after the wedding.]
Brandon, a 27-year-old pest-control technician who helps to run his parents' farm in Dinwiddie, VA, entered his first serious relationship with Julia, a 26-year-old go-go club dancer from Krasnodar City, Russia.RELATED LINK: '90 DAY FIANCE' COUPLES NOW: WHO IS STILL TOGETHER? WHO HAS SPLIT? WHERE ARE THEY NOW? (PHOTOS)
Brandon felt love at first sight with Julia, and so he flew to Russia after just a few weeks of getting to know her on the phone and through videochat.
The couple dated for five months long-distance and then Brandon invited Julia to join him in Iceland, where he proposed marriage to her and the pair got engaged.
Brandon and Julia ultimately had a "perfect" reunion at the airport, but Julia was upset to learn she'd have to sleep in a separate bedroom from Brandon at his parents' house while Brandon attempted to save some money.
Brandon's mother Betty was also pushing for Julia to take contraception when Julia didn't want to.
"I can't control my mother. I can't control how they will interact. They both have really strong personalities, and I just feel like they're going to clash," Brandon lamented in a confessional.
Once at the farm in Virginia, it didn't take Julia long to realize she hated the chores -- such as feeding the pigs -- and waking up early every morning.
"I don't want this. This is not the life [of] my dreams. Brandon say we need to stay here before we marry, but I say to him, 'No, Brandon, this is not going to work.' I need to leave," Julia vented in a confessional.
Julia admitted she was ready to go back to Russia after only one day of working at his parents' farm.
"I wish she would see this as an opportunity and just give life on the farm a chance," Brandon told the cameras.
But Brandon and Julia still set a wedding date for May 9, even though Brandon felt torn between Julia and his disappointed parents, who believed Brandon had neglected his responsibilities at the farm.
RELATED LINK: '90 DAY FIANCE' COUPLES NOW"I'm going to fix this for us... I'm going to be the man that you want me to be," Brandon told Julia.
Brandon was ready to choose Julia over everything, so he told his parents that Julia was unhappy and giving him an ultimatum to move somewhere else or break up.
In order to not lose their son, Betty and Brandon's father Ron agreed to let the couple sleep in the same bed.
With a little over 60 days left to wed, Brandon and Julia had a pregnancy scare.
Brandon admitted Julia being pregnant would be "a nightmare" because they didn't have enough money to have a big wedding or move out.
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"You guys are getting off on the wrong foot to having a wonderful life," Ron said, before Betty noted she had many sleepless nights over her son's relationship.
But Julia found out she was not pregnant, which she and Brandon both found as a relief.
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In March 2020, Julia went shopping for a wedding dress, and Betty and Brandon were both able to tag along.
Brandon didn't seem excited or enthusiastic when providing his opinion on the dresses, and Julia and Betty begged Brandon to talk and show more emotion.
In April 2020, Julia still had one month to go on her K-1 visa but coronavirus was rapidly spreading and posed a problem.
Julia said Brandon had upset her because every time she asked him a question about their wedding, he allegedly didn't want to talk about it or would brush it off.
Brandon believed Julia was upset because he "didn't share the female fantasy of a wedding day," and he felt bad about making her cry in the church where they'd be getting married.
"It's very hard to deal with that I'm always doing something wrong, and I think she wants me to be something I'm not. So with everything going on, we are taking it one day at a time," Brandon explained in a confessional.
Brandon worried about rushing into a marriage, but he said he wasn't ready to give up on his relationship with Julia.
Brandon noted that when he and Julia weren't fighting, they had so much fun together and that's what he loved about her. Brandon didn't feel he had a choice but to marry Julia right away or else he'd lose her.
When the pair had a full month left to marry on Julia's K-1 visa, they decided to move the wedding up in fear someone could test positive for COVID-19 close to the original wedding date.
The night before the couple's wedding, Brandon and Julia had gotten into a big fight that left Brandon with some questions.
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Julia didn't feel Brandon cared much about her or their wedding, and Brandon said he didn't want to spend the rest of his life fighting with his wife and wanted to make sure they were on the same page.
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"Brandon, marry [does] not mean we [won't] divorce after, if we have more problems and not fix [them]," Julia replied.
"Are you threatening with divorce before we've even gotten married?" Brandon asked.
"I try to say what happen if we [don't] stop and do not hear each other," Julia explained.
"That's kind of a threat," Brandon noted.
Brandon noted a relationship takes team work and then looked at Julia and said, "I love you," to which she replied, "I love you too."
Brandon knew Julia would calm down and be okay, and he explained they were always able to work through their issues and resolve them with a heart-to-heart conversation.
"You won't be sad after tomorrow," Brandon said, which made Julia cry because her fiance was "so cute."
Brandon wanted to show Julia how much he cared about her since she couldn't have the "elaborate" wedding of her dreams. As a result, Brandon surprised Julia with a spa day in his parents' bathroom, which included a bubble bath and candles.
On the couple's wedding day, Julia couldn't stop thinking about her hair, dress and shoes. She had found a dress that she liked but it wasn't exactly what she wanted for her big day.
For the wedding, Julia wore a knee-length white dress, a tiara and a jean jacket. Julia had made her own wedding bouquet and did her own bun-styled hair and makeup.
During the wedding, Julia and Brandon exchanged vows in each other's languages, which Julia thought would be incredibly sweet, romantic and personal.
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Brandon read his vows in Russian and said, "How did I get so lucky to meet you? How did I get so lucky to call you my love? I feel like the happiest man in the world. From this moment on, you are my priority. I love you and I need you forever."
Julia cried tears of joy as Brandon read his vows, and she responded by promising to love him always as well as appreciate and respect him. Julia vowed to always make protein cookies and love him forever as his "Russian angel."
The ceremony made everyone cry, and Julia looked forward to having another ceremony in Russia one day.
So are Brandon and Julia still together now or did the 90 Day Fiance couple break up after their wedding?
Brandon and Julia definitely appear to still be a very happy couple, with photo evidence on social media as recently as late March.Brandon posted a photo of Julia and himself kissing in the church where they got married after their wedding, and Brandon joked about the couple only having six pictures from their big day. He also uploaded a photo of the couple cutting their wedding cake.
And Brandon and Julia also just took a trip to Miami, FL, together! Julia revealed on Instagram this vacation served as their honeymoon. Coronavirus probably delayed the pair's honeymoon.
In mid-March, Brandon shared a picture of Julia and himself in the hot tub at his parents' house. While it could have been a throwback photo, Brandon made it clear Julia is still in the United States with him and they're still together.
"I guess you won't see us tonight because we'll be too busy clouding up the tub," Brandon wrote with a smiley face at the end.
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On March 8, Brandon uploaded an image of Julia and himself with their arms around each other and wrote alongside it, "Happy International Women's Day," along with multiple flower emojis.
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And Julia posted two photos of herself in a wedding gown around the same time to defend Brandon in light of the fact he had been unenthusiastic and seemingly bored while wedding dress shopping with his fiancee.
"Bad omens of a wedding. I do not believe in these signs. do you know how many of them? lots of. the whole world must be divorced, since all superstitions cannot be observed. Brandon didn't want to go to the store, but I insisted," Julia wrote.
Brandon also posted two selfies with Julia, one of which featured Julia kissing him on the cheek, in late February.
Brandon captioned one picture of Julia and himself posing in a hotel room, "I'm just waiting on Sunday. #90dayfiance #brandonandjulia #beautiful."
On February 12, Brandon also posted a video on Instagram of Julia kissing him on one cheek while his dog licked his other cheek.
"Love who loves you back. Happy Valentine's day guys. #90dayfiance #Brandonandjulia," Brandon captioned the video.
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Around the same time, Julia posted a picture of Brandon hugging her on the beach.
"I want to congratulate everyone on the upcoming Valentine's day and wish to find a person next to whom you will not need anyone else. #90dayfiance #Brandonandjulia," Julia wrote alongside the image.
Julia also took to Instagram in mid-January 2021 and dropped other hints she and Brandon remain a couple.
On January 20, Julia posted a hilarious photo with Brandon in which she stuffed her shirt and asked fans to come up with a funny name for the picture. And about a week earlier, Julia also posted a sweet selfie of the couple.
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Several days earlier, Julia uploaded a photo of Brandon giving her a piggyback ride.
"It seems to me that this week we will not be in the episode. a little positive to you all #90dayfiance #90dayfiance8 #Brandonandjulia," Julia captioned the photo, adding three kissing emoticons.
And a photo surfaced on Reddit of Brandon and Julia spending New Year's Eve together in someone's apartment with two male friends.
While the picture indicates the group had welcomed 2021 together, many Reddit users commented on how Julia appeared to be photoshopped into the picture and whether the photo was authentic.
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Julia also conducted a Q&A with her followers on Instagram Stories earlier this year and dropped additional hints that suggest she is still with Brandon and living in the United States.
"Everything is pretty nice," Julia said of her current life. "It's pretty in my life. I've never had, like, an easy life," Julia said. "I all the time chose a hard life."
Julia said her English "is much better than before," probably because she's around English-speaking people all the time.
"I try to learn everything but it's so hard for me," Julia added.
When an Instagram user called Julia and Brandon "the cutest couple," Julia replied, "Thank you so much."
Julia also revealed she currently has a great relationship with Brandon's parents, although there is tension between them on the currently-airing season of 90 Day Fiance.
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In addition, Julia said she hopes she can "start working" soon and put her degree in design to good use in either apartments or homes.
As far as her favorite experience in the United States goes, Julia revealed, "I like people in America because everyone smiles and everyone tries to help. You never ask for help but people try. This is so cool."
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When asked whether she likes Russia or America better, Julia said there are some things she likes better in Russia and other things she likes better in the United States.
She noted the countries are just "different." For example, Julia said she cannot drive yet in America while she has her license back in Russia.
Julia shared excitement, however, when someone mentioned all the states she can travel to in the United States. Julia said she'd love to visit New York especially.
Julia told her followers it was "hard to leave [her] house and family" in Russia, but she added, "My parents understand this."
But Julia played coy when asked direct questions about whether she married Brandon and is still in the United States and living with Brandon's parents.
Julia admitted she doesn't want to "get in trouble" by breaking her NDA contract with TLC.
When one fan wrote that it seems like she married Brandon, Julia replied, "I don't know!"
And she explained to fans, "I can't say where I stay right now or what I do right now."
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