90 Day Fiance's eighth season has featured Rebecca Parrott refusing to marry Zied Hakimi before Ramadan and agreeing to live apart before the wedding, so what do 90 Day Fiance spoilers reveal about how things worked out with the couple? Are Zied and Rebecca still together now?
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[90 Day Fiance Spoilers Warning: This report contains spoilers revealing if Rebecca and Zied are still together or if the 90 Day Fiance couple has split up.]
Rebecca was a 47-year-old private investigator when she fell hard and fast for Zied, a then-26 year old from Tunisia whom she had met online. The pair first starred on Season 3 of 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days.RELATED LINK: '90 DAY FIANCE' COUPLES NOW: WHO IS STILL TOGETHER? WHO HAS SPLIT? WHERE ARE THEY NOW? (PHOTOS)
Rebecca said her first two marriages were with "average, run-of-the-mill American men" and her third marriage turned out to be a nightmare because the Moroccan man -- who moved to America to be with her on a spousal visa -- became overly jealous and controlling once he arrived in the U.S.
Rebecca was sure, however, her relationship with Zied would be different and Zied is a better man with the right intentions.
Rebecca therefore traveled over 15 hours to Tunisia with the goal of getting engaged to Zied, but her third divorce had yet to be finalized. (Rebecca hadn't filed the paperwork although both she and her ex signed the papers).
Despite their differences and past mistakes, Rebecca and Zied determined that they wanted to be together forever -- and so Zied proposed marriage during a picnic in the Sahara Desert.
Rebecca thought the marriage proposal was "perfect," and then she returned to America and filed for the K-1 visa.
On the premiere of 90 Day Fiance's eighth season, Zied's K-1 visa was finally approved -- and Rebecca was absolutely ecstatic.
Zied's parents hoped for a better life for Zied, but they were upset Rebecca is not Arabic and doesn't share their religious views. They were also extremely sad to say goodbye to Zied.
When Zied finally arrived in America, he and Rebecca hugged tight because they had both been waiting for this for two years. Zied told Rebecca that he missed her so much and was so happy to be with her again.
"We've been through this before, where she's met foreign men who are half her age pretty much, and it just always goes bad," Rebecca's daughter Tiffany complained in a confessional.
"It's like she's a love-sick teenager. But we still don't know his intentions."
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Zied said he was looking forward to making his own money, but he couldn't work for six months. Rebecca said Zied is certified in plumbing repair but would be open to pretty much anything.
Once Zied saw their new apartment, Rebecca noticed Zied didn't seem like himself.
Zied insisted that he was just tired and needed to shower and get some rest. She could tell Zied was off and hoped he wasn't second-guessing his decision.
Zied struggled to adjust to life in America given he felt so distant from his loved ones. He showered Rebecca, however, with love and affection. For example, he gave Rebecca a bracelet he had purchased for her in Tunisia.
"Zied is absolutely the most romantic, thoughtful and caring man I've ever been in a relationship with. He surprises me constantly!" Rebecca gushed.
"I want to feel like Zied is ready to be my husband and build a life here with me. As homesick as he is, if Zied isn't happy here, I don't know if this marriage will even happen," Rebecca shared.
Rebecca's friend Melanie acknowledged there were similarities between Zied and Rebecca's Moroccan ex who had crushed her heart. Melanie also spilled the beans to Zied that Rebecca had previously lived in the same apartment complex with her third ex-husband.
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Zied therefore comforted Rebecca and said he was tired of people comparing him to Rebecca's ex.
Rebecca said Melanie was borderline disrespectful to Zied but she was just thankful Zied had handled the situation so well.
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After a few days in America, Zied and Rebecca went out to dinner with Tiffany, Tiffany's friend Hannah, and Tiffany's fiance Micah, who still wasn't sure if Zied was "playing" them.
Rebecca said she felt a bit uncomfortable Hannah, "a young and hot blonde" was at the dinner table and seemed so interested in Zied. Hannah even offered to help Zied move his things with her truck, which rubbed Rebecca the wrong way.
Rebecca explained Zied's culture wouldn't allow a pretty, young single woman to be at his apartment, but Tiffany believed Hannah was just trying to be genuinely helpful and Rebecca was showing she was jealous and insecure.
Rebecca warned Zied that women in America are not the same as the women in Tunisia and Hannah appeared to be flirting with him.
"If a woman in America offers to help you with anything, you say, 'No,'" Rebecca shared.
Zied told the cameras that Hannah was cute but Rebecca was cuter and he loved her more than anything. Zied promised Rebecca that he was not looking for another woman and she needed to trust him.
With that being said, Rebecca told Zied that she loved him and dropped the tension.
Rebecca then brought Zied to meet her son Brandon, daughter-in-law Kristen and the couple's young kids.
Rebecca has five grandchildren and Zied joked, "I am happy because I am a grandfather."
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Rebecca previously had a partial hysterectomy due to a tumor and so she can't have any more children, which was apparently "a sore subject" for her.
Later on, Rebecca asked Zied if he was sure that he wouldn't want children of his own someday because she felt guilt about taking that possibility away from him.
Zied said he was totally okay with not having children, but Rebecca worried Zied might change his mind in the future since he was only 27 years old.
Rebecca told Zied that she wouldn't allow him to divorce her if he woke up one day and realized having a child was very important to him.
Rebecca later took Zied to a venue where they could have their wedding. She surprised him with a horse-drawn carriage, and Rebecca said her goal was to make Zied excited about planning their wedding.
Zied told Rebecca that while she wanted a big and beautiful wedding, coronavirus was spreading and he needed to get married quickly.
"I'm disappointed Zied is willing to settle so quickly on just having a regular courthouse wedding," Rebecca shared with the cameras.
"Despite the fact I've been married three times before, to be honest, this feels like the first time I'm getting married and this is going to be my last wedding. So I want it to be special!"
Rebecca desired a "normal" wedding, but Zied told Rebecca that he wanted to marry her before Ramadan, which is the biggest holiday for people who practice Islam and started in a few weeks from that point.
The holiday lasts about a month long, and Rebecca wondered why Zied hadn't brought this up earlier.
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"So if I don't marry you quickly, you do home?" Rebecca asked.
"Yeah," Zied replied.
Zied said his visa was going to expire one week after Ramadan and if Rebecca chose to wait until then, they'd have to live apart.
With 67 days left to wed on Zied's K-1 visa, Rebecca admitted to Zied that she was really stressed out.
Rebecca told Zied that she wasn't going to marry him before Ramadan, but Zied pushed, "I want this, Rebecca."
Zied said a ceremony before Ramadan was very important to him, but Rebecca insisted she didn't want a courthouse wedding.
"I waited two years for you to get here, and then because I won't marry you in two weeks, you want to go stay somewhere else," Rebecca said with frustration.
"Yeah," Zied replied.
Rebecca said it had been okay for the couple to stay in the same hotel room and sleep in the same apartment up to that point, and Rebecca was annoyed Zied seemed to be picking and choosing what's important to him in the Islamic faith.
"It's possible he could be playing me just like my ex from Morocco did," Rebecca admitted. "[This situation] makes me feel like telling him, 'Go live somewhere else.'"
Rebecca accused Zied of springing this on her, and she wasn't happy since her work schedule was hectic and they were also in coronavirus times. Rebecca said she wasn't going to rush their marriage and didn't understand why Zied was acting this way.
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Rebecca decided, as a result, to just live apart from Zied until they could marry after Ramadan. Rebecca told Zied that he could stay with Tiffany or somewhere else and since they had already waited two years, they could wait another month.
"I am here for you Rebecca, I am not here for America," Zied insisted.
Zied was frustrated Rebecca still questioned his intentions given he had given up his friends and family to move to America to be with her. Zied admitted he was not happy in the U.S. and didn't know what to do.
So are Rebecca and Zied still together now or did the 90 Day Fiance couple break up?
Rebecca and her ex-husband from Morocco finalized their divorce on July 9, 2019, according to divorce documents obtained by In Touch Weekly.According to Rebecca, Zied's visa was approved less than four months after they applied for it, which was a short period of time considering they both anticipated it could take anywhere from six months to a year.
Rebecca told Us Weekly in a late December 2020 interview the K-1 visa process "wasn't too bad" after all.
"We were very fortunate at that time... He got here and within two days, COVID hit and everything was locked down. So we just [got him to America] under the wire," Rebecca said.
Rebecca and Zied reportedly obtained their marriage license on April 14, 2020.
Rebecca and Zied exchanged vows and got married in Lumpkin County, GA, on April 19, 2020, according to a representative from the Probate Court in Cherokee County, In Touch reported.
Zied is therefore now a married man seemingly living with Rebecca in Canton, GA.
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On June 10, Rebecca posted a photo of Zied on Instagram and added the following hashtags to her post: "sexy" and "mine."
And on July 16, Rebecca shared a picture of Zied lying in bed on a pink pillow.
"#sexyaf #mine #rebeccaandzied #90dayfiance @tlc_90day_zied I love you more than all the sand in the Sahara," Rebecca wrote with many heart and kissing emojis.
Rebecca later gushed about Zied in mid-August by posting a photo of the couple on Instagram with "I love you forever" written across the image.
"I love you so much @tlc_90day_zied. Thank you for making every day of my life since April 24, 2018, happy and so full of hope for the future," Rebecca captioned her post.
"I'm so thankful I found you. You are the extraordinary, crazy kind of love that only happens once in a lifetime. I'll spend the rest of my life making you happy. Wallah #90dayfiance #rebeccaandzied #mylove."
Zied also spilled a spoiler on October 15 that he and Rebecca were still happy and in love.
Zied posted a photo of Rebecca kissing him on the cheek when they were both wearing winter hats.
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"I love you so much my love @tlc_90day_rebecca #tlc #90dayfiance #rebeccaandzied," he wrote alongside the picture with numerous heart-eyes emoticons.
Rebecca then replied in the comments section, "Babyyy I love you more. Mahboulla bik habibii."
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But Rebecca admitted Zied didn't adjust well to life in America at first.
"He's never been married before. He's never been in a long-term relationship before. He's never been to another country before... He basically said, 'This is not what I thought it was going to be,' and he was very unhappy," Rebecca shared with Us in her December interview.
"He missed his family and it was really hard. It was a struggle."
Rebecca also said "a rather large argument" made matters worse when Zied and Rebecca were trying to adjust to life together in America shortly after Zied's arrival.
"I know if I were going to Tunisia and I was going to live there, I would have something in my head of what [to expect]," Rebecca said.
"I don't know what it would be, but I guarantee you sitting in quarantine wouldn't have crossed my mind. That's not something that's in your toolbox to consider."
Rebecca noted Zied just sat around and couldn't drive or go anywhere, and she admitted life didn't get any easier in subsequent months after Zied's big move.
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"If I were in any -- literally almost any -- other field of work, this would have been a blessing in disguise," Rebecca told Us, referencing how she manages a fast-food restaurant.
"Can you imagine [if] I would have gotten the stimulus checks and probably gotten unemployment to stay home? We would have thought it was written just for us. We would have gotten to stay together, like, 'This is amazing!' Or we would have killed each other, I don't know."
Rebecca continued, "But you know, because of my job, it was just the worst possible scenario. So it wasn't the best... It was really bad."
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More recently, Zied dropped huge hints he is still living in the United States, presumably with Rebecca, in January 2021 Instagram posts.
Zied posted a slideshow of images with his family at the airport in early January and captioned them, "I want to say to my mother, father, sister, family and friends @ssen10 @khalilaymen3 and the other goodbye. I promise to come back to see you soon .. I love you all very much .. #90dayfiance #rebeccaandzied #tlc."
Saying he'll "come back" to see his family in Tunisia "soon" indicates he still resides in America.
On January 13, 2021, Rebecca wished Zied a happy birthday on Instagram by posting a photo of the two of them.
"Happy Birthday @tlc_90day_zied I hope you have a wonderful day full of all the blessings you deserve," Rebecca wrote, along with a heart. "#rebeccaandzied #90dayfiance #happybirthday #tlc."
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On January 18, Rebecca posted an entire slideshow featuring sweet and affectionate photos of Zied and herself, with many of them apparently having been taken in the United States.
Zied also took to Instagram in late January with a picture of Rebecca and himself wearing cowboy hats.
And in February, Rebecca posted on Instagram suggesting she and Zied remain a team against haters and skeptics.
"I'm so fortunate that [Zied] has been so patient with all the comparisons to you-know-[who] from everyone around me. To everyone who has been telling me I should've stuck up for him, I actually did, it just wasn't shown," Rebecca captioned a video of her friend Melanie calling Rebecca out for having lived in the same apartment complex with her ex-husband.
"And that's okay. I appreciate the many messages I have received since last night. Also please remember I had a tough time meeting his friends and family as well. Everything will work itself out, one way or another."
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"It's how we handle these tests that will determine if we make it or not. But I really wish it were easier for Zied. No matter what, he does not deserve to be compared to anyone else. We really appreciate everyone's support. Thank you."
In fact, Rebecca revealed on 90 Day Bares All she is no longer friends with Melanie and will never forgive her for telling Zied about the apartment building.
In mid-February, Rebecca posted a photo of herself wearing an apron that reads, "I [love] you like Zied [love]s Rebecca."
"Y'all when I saw this, I literally got tears in my eyes!! One of my wonderful followers on Facebook sent this to me. She had this made as a Valentine's Day gift," Rebecca gushed in the caption.
"Tame Nunes Tess, you made my day! I hope your hubby loves it! Happy Valentine's Day to you both #valentines #love #90dayfiance #rebeccaandzied #90dayfiancefansarethebest."
Around that same time, Zied posted a video montage featuring Rebecca and himself for Rebecca's birthday. He wished Rebecca a "happy birthday" and clearly appears to still be smitten with her.
And in March 2021, Zied posted pictures from a day at Six flags with three of his male friends, proving he is definitely still in the United States.
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