90 Day Fiance: The Other Way star Deavan Clegg has confirmed she has filed for divorce from estranged husband Jihoon Lee, who she claims is allegedly dragging out the process.
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"Woke up to a lot of hate mail. I want to say this once: I've tried to get the divorce finished. Jihoon has not yet signed," Deavan, 23, wrote on her Instagram Stories last week.
"I've been trying, so everyone leave me alone about that situation."
Deavan has moved on from Jihoon with her new boyfriend, Christopher "Topher" Park, a Korean-American actor who was born in Los Angeles, CA.
Deavan admitted she's totally smitten with Topher on Instagram on September 16 by posting a video of the couple cuddled up next to each other on a couch with their foreheads touching.
Deavan set the video, which featured a still photo, to the song "Him & I" by G-Eazy and Halsey.
"In the end, it's him and I. He's out his head, I'm out my mind. We got that love, the crazy kind. I am his, and he is mine. In the end, it's him and I. Him and I," Deavan wrote.
Prior to sharing this steamy video that solidifies Deavan's feelings for Topher, Deavan had only hinted she's in a new relationship by posting photos of a mystery guy on Instagram with his face cropped out.
Earlier this month, for example, Deavan had posted a photo of a man from the chest down. He was holding her infant son Taeyang in his arms on Instagram, and the boys were wearing matching red plaid shirts and jeans.
As for Topher, he posted his first picture with Deavan on social media on the weekend of September 12, which is when the couple went Instagram official.
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RELATED LINK: '90 DAY FIANCE' COUPLES NOWTopher had shared a slideshow of sexy images of the couple, including one of them kissing with his shirt off, in what appeared to be Deavan's living room in Utah, In Touch Weekly reported.
When Jihoon confirmed in late August he and Deavan had broken up, Jihoon also said he was well aware that Deavan has a new man in her life.
Deavan previously made it clear she has no future with Jihoon because he allegedly did something "evil" that "can never be forgiven."
Deavan accused Jihoon of wanting "nothing to do" with their son Taeyang, deleting their family from his memory, calling her "degrading" and "vile names," and putting herself, Taeyang and her five-year-old daughter Drascilla from a previous relationship in "danger."
Deavan teased fans must "wait 'till the Tell-All" to find out the awful things Jihoon had allegedly done to her, referring to 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way's second-season Tell-All, which won't air until the fall.
But Jihoon fired back at Deavan on social media earlier this month.
"I always want to see my son. You don't [know] how I feel... Will you stop this childish social media fight?... I think of him every day. But I can't see him right now, so I spend the day focusing on other things. The reality is terrible," Jihoon wrote.
In an apparent mention of Deavan's new man, Jihoon added, "He's going to have a new father. Do you know how it feels? My heart is always breaking. It happened without my knowledge. There's no divorce on paper right now."
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In addition, Jihoon accused Deavan of playing the victim on Instagram, which is the same thing Deavan had claimed about her estranged husband. (Deavan also said Jihoon wanted sympathy from his followers that he doesn't deserve).
Season 2 of 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way on TLC featured Deavan in a "flash forward" segment waiting out the coronavirus pandemic while living in a tall apartment building in South Korea.
The footage filmed earlier this year, around February or March, and was seemingly originally intended for TLC's 90 Day Fiance: Self-Quarantined spinoff, which aired on TLC this past spring.
But speculation began to swirl that Deavan and Jihoon's relationship was over when she reportedly returned to the United States with her children, Taeyang and Drascilla, in May.
Deavan's mother Elicia revealed on social media in late July that Deavan was just visiting America with her two kids and got "stuck" in Utah due to COVID-19 while Jihoon remained in South Korea.
"She is visiting here, but the travel restrictions have forced her to be here longer," Elicia reportedly wrote, adding, "[Deavan and Drascilla] are stuck here until travel restrictions are lessened because of the virus."
But it now appears Deavan and Jihoon were already broken up by then and Elicia felt the need to come up with a cover story in order to avoid 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way spoilers about the current status of her daughter's relationship.
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Deavan reportedly wrote on Twitter in August she had "moved back" to the United States for a "horrible reason."
"[The] truth will come out eventually," Deavan wrote in a since-deleted tweet, according to In Touch.
"You all really believe everything you see on TV," she added. "You guys don't know the truth or half of it."
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"If you guys only knew the disgusting things that happened this year off camera," Deavan wrote.
"If you knew everything going on in this very moment. Knew what I'm doing and going through, the scars that happen this year. Enjoy the show. #90dayfiance."
Prior to the mid-season finale of 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way, Deavan was shown repeatedly forgiving Jihoon for his mistakes and trying to make a life work with him in South Korea.
Not only did Jihoon lie to Deavan about having a lot of money saved for his family, but he was also dishonest about working a full-time, high-paying job.
Jihoon's lack of parenting skills with Drascilla and Taeyang only added to the couple's issues, but he kept promising to become a better husband and father.
Deavan therefore decided to give Jihoon a second chance under the expectation he would find a permanent apartment for them to live, make and save money, and better support and provide for his family.
90 Day Fiance: The Other Way will return to TLC on Sunday, October 11.
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