90 Day Fiance: The Other Way star Brittany Banks just discovered her divorce was going to take much longer than expected on Season 2, so did this secret Brittany was keeping from Yazan Abo Horira ruin their relationship? Are Brittany and Yazan still together or have they split?
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[90 Day Fiance Spoiler Warning: This report includes spoilers that reveal if Brittany and Yazan are still together or if the 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way couple has split up.]
Brittany, a 26-year-old from Palm Beach, FL, and Yazan, a 24-year-old from Jordan, dated for five months prior to appearing on 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way's second season.RELATED LINK: '90 DAY FIANCE' COUPLES NOW: WHO IS STILL TOGETHER? WHO HAS SPLIT? WHERE ARE THEY KNOW? (PHOTOS)
Since Yazan couldn't move to America due to undisclosed circumstances, Brittany decided to move to Jordan so she and Yazan could take their romance to the next level.
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Yazan, however, thought Brittany would change for him and convert to Islam. He wanted the aspiring rapper and model to behave like a Muslim woman in his home country, and Brittany simply wasn't having it.
"I'm such an independent person. I have my own thoughts and feelings... I am definitely going to corrupt him!" Brittany said on the show, adding that she had no intention of changing herself for a man.
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Yazan also wanted to get married right away, but little did he know Brittany was still technically married and had yet to finalize her divorce from her former husband.
Brittany knew Yazan's traditional and conservative parents would totally disapprove of her marriage status, and she anticipated her divorce wouldn't get finalized until six to 10 more months.
When Brittany and Yazan finally reunited in Jordan, their first hour together was explosive because Yazan blasted Brittany for hugging a 90 Day Fiance crew member and carrying around a container of tequila in her luggage.
"Why are you acting crazy?! What's this?! Oh my God. F-ck you! F-ck Brittany! F-ck all the sh-t!" Yazan yelled while throwing up his middle finger at people.
Yazan vented, "I am so stupid... Look at her, she is fooling me. What an idiot I am."
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"This is exactly what my parents warned me about," he added. "Brittany either doesn't understand or doesn't care about the traditions or the country I live in."
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Brittany was "disappointed" in Yazan's reaction and couldn't believe he had acted that way since she had sacrificed so much to be with him.
"This is not what I signed up for," Brittany cried. "I thought I had an idea of who he was. He was very affectionate, he never yelled at me, he was never controlling."
The next day, Yazan brought Brittany flowers and apologized for getting so jealous. He explained, however, a woman having physical contact with another man when she's in a relationship with a religious Muslim man is forbidden in Jordan.
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But the peace didn't last long, because the pair ended up fighting again on the way to Yazan's parents' home over Brittany wearing a hijab for the gathering.
"You control everything that I do... I am a person, I am a human being. You don't respect me how I thought you did. You don't love me," Brittany said.
"No, you don't love me because you don't change yourself," Yazan replied.
Brittany admitted she was starting to hate Yazan and his parents for trying to change and control her. She also hated marriage being pushed on her.
Brittany told Yazan's parents she wanted to wait until her father could travel to Jordan to have a wedding, but she was really just delaying the wedding in order to finalize her divorce first.
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Brittany said she wanted to wait until January, which didn't go over well with Yazan's parents. Yazan's mother was also disgusted when Brittany stood up for herself and fought with Yazan in front of them.
Ziad said he wouldn't approve of his son's romantic relationship unless Brittany canceled her social media and stopped living her usual American life.
Yazan's mother demanded respect and told Brittany she should "forget" her American family and give birth to Yazan's children as soon as possible.
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As Brittany sat there and cried, Ziad added, "And she'd stay on social media and they'll say that your son's fiancee is a prostitute!"
Brittany got so upset that she left the room and said she felt like "the biggest idiot in the world" for leaving America and moving to Jordan. She wondered if she had made the biggest mistake of her life, and Yazan said he was embarrassed by his girlfriend.
After the couple left Yazan's parents' home, Yazan explained to Brittany that his family would be willing to wait a couple of weeks for her father -- not three or four months.
Brittany later determined Yazan just had a lot of pressure on him and she said, "I think Yazan really does love me, but I feel like his culture won't allow him to be happy in how he wants to be happy."
Brittany reasoned, "I think it's definitely going to come to the point where Yazan is going to have to choose between me and his family."
Brittany continued to learn more about Yazan's faith. She was open to educating herself as long as she didn't feel like Islam was being forced or pushed on her.
Yazan brought her to a local mosque and Brittany said she felt more connected to Yazan and to God.
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"I don't know about being Muslim yet," Brittany told Yazan. "But I definitely want to be with you and stay here. But I'm not going to commit to being Muslim right now, because I am just not ready for that."
Yazan said he really hoped Brittany would convert, and she at least said she was "thinking about it." But Yazan wanted Brittany to think "faster," and he gave her only three days to give him an answer, which apparently shocked Brittany.
"If you want to marriage me, you must be Muslim," Yazan told a surprised Brittany.
"What the f-ck are you talking about? You should've said that when we first met -- not now," Brittany responded angrily. "You did not say, 'You need to be Muslim.'"
"Not you, my wife," Yazan said.
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Brittany felt a lot of pressure that apparently didn't exist in the beginning of their relationship.
"Look, you have a Quran. You reading anything? No," Yazan said.
"This is bullsh-t," Brittany responded, before leaving the table and walking away.
Brittany threatened to go back home and was heated, so Yazan told Brittany that she could have all the time she wanted and he wouldn't force anything upon her.
Brittany acknowledged it was "crazy" how "hot and cold" she and Yazan could be, and she wasn't sure that was a good thing.
With the help of Yazan's uncle Ibrahim, Ziad eventually came around to the idea of allowing Brittany and Yazan to date and get to know each other better so they wouldn't divorce once married.
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Ziad said he desired happiness for his son and for Yazan to be happy with Brittany, and then Brittany apologized for disrespecting Yazan's parents before.
But that wasn't the end of the "crazy drama" between Brittany and Yazan's family.
Brittany and Yazan apparently got into a huge fight because a member of Yazan's family saw a picture of Brittany on her Instagram account in which she was posing by a Florida pool with a friend in skimpy bikinis.
"Someone said something that you don't respect Islam," Yazan said.
"Is gossiping a part of Islam?" Brittany asked.
Yazan allegedly flipped out over Brittany's photo. Brittany claimed Yazan said he no longer wanted to be with her and didn't want to marry her. Brittany said she had "enough" and so she gave Yazan "a piece of my mind."
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Brittany apparently swore at Yazan via text and said, "Every day you want to marry me, then you don't because of what someone asks you. You are weak and insecure. I don't ever want to see your face ever again because you're weak as f-ck."
Brittany told the cameras that she wasn't going to let Yazan and his family "bully" her into deleting her Instagram account. She didn't want them to think they had any authority over her.
Yazan ultimately felt he had to choose between love and his honor, but he said he loved Brittany so much that it seemed he was ready to choose her over the approval of others.
"Despite everything, I still love you, Yazan," Brittany gushed.
"We still have a lot of obstacles to face in our relationship... but I am willing to do some work... What's a relationship without a little crazy?!"
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On the mid-season finale of 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way's second season, an on-screen graphic showed that Brittany had received urgent news her divorce hearing was scheduled in Chicago, IL, in three days.
Brittany therefore booked a flight to return to the United States immediately.
Brittany told Yazan that she was going to miss him, and she explained her reason for traveling was that she needed "to do stuff" and also her sister was having her baby.
"I'm not completely lying to Yazan. I'm just not telling him the full truth," Brittany told the cameras.
Brittany apparently filed for divorce when she was temporarily living with her mother in Chicago. She knew she had to make the court date in order to settle her divorce, and Brittany just hoped everything was going to work out.
Brittany didn't want to come clean to Yazan that she was technically still a married woman because they were finally in a great place, but Yazan was actually wondering if Brittany was lying to him or maybe even "playing games."
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Yazan admitted he was so sad to say goodbye to Brittany, and a part of him seemed to worry she wasn't going to return to Jordan.
Yazan feared his relationship might not succeed, and he said a part of his heart and a part of his soul was leaving his body when Brittany hopped into a car and headed to the airport.
Once Brittany arrived home, she chatted with her mother Audrey about how adjusting to life in Jordan was difficult. Brittany admitted she was feeling "mentally drained" because there was "some real craziness" that went down during her visit.
Brittany feared being open and honest with Yazan's "insane" parents about her pending divorce, and Audrey advised her daughter not to change for a man.
"If [Yazan] don't want to marry you then, [get rid of him]," Audrey said.
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Meanwhile, Yazan missed Brittany and said being without her was very upsetting and sad.
Brittany then attended her court hearing in regards to her divorce from her former husband, her high school boyfriend, with whom she split a couple of years prior.
Brittany was shocked to discover no documents had been uploaded in the clerk's office about her divorce.
"I flew all the way from Jordan for nothing. I have to refile and all this stuff has to be reapproved by a judge. So now, I'm going to have to stay in the U.S. longer than I expected. I don't know what I'm going to do about Yazan... I really thought I was going to have a divorce," Brittany complained.
Brittany didn't know what she was going to tell Yazan, and she was very concerned about how her relationship could progress since she was still a married woman.
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"Waiting longer to get divorced brings on a lot of problems," Brittany said.
"Yazan is going to be wondering why I'm taking so long. His family is going to be wondering why I'm taking so long to marry him. It just seems like the longer I wait to tell him, the more sh-t I'm getting into."
So did Brittany and Yazan break up or is the 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way couple still together?
Brittany and Yazan suggested they are over and done with -- and certainly not on good terms -- when they traded swipes with each other on Instagram in late July.Yazan explained the differences between "a good girl" and "a bad girl" on his Instagram Stories and appeared to take shots at Brittany without identifying her name, but then less than two hours later, Brittany confirmed she had taken Yazan's post personally by firing back at him and sharing the differences between "a good man" and "a bad man."
Yazan and Brittany's posts were captured in screenshots and reposted by the @187anonymousgossipp Instagram account.
Yazan appeared to spark the feud by writing on his Instagram Stories, "Have you ever wondered what is the difference between a good girl and a bad girl? Well, let me tell you about my thoughts. First of all, a good girl will loosen her shirt button when it's hot but a bad girl will loosen her shirt button to make a situation hot."
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"Secondly, a good girl wears underwear and a bad girl don't use underwear," he added.
"Thirdly, a good girl says no and a bad girl says when? Lastly, a good girl goes to a party then go home then go to bed but a bad girl goes to a party then go to bed then go home."
Yazan went on to write, "I know that different people have different point of views. That's my personal point of view and a good person will definitely agree with what I said. Spread positivity and love."
In a subsequent post, Yazan concluded, "I want to clarify something. My previous stories is not about any specific person. I was just talking about something in general."
But Brittany clearly took Yazan's words to heart, because she clapped back on her own Instagram Stories.
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"A good man holds a job and provides for his woman. A bad man sits at home with his hand out to everybody, trying to demand respect and control over a woman who WORKS for hers," Brittany wrote.
"If I let you control me, we'd be homeless cus lord knows you will not work or pay one bill with all that mouth. Sit this one out boo."
And this wasn't the first time Brittany and Yazan had seemingly attacked each other on social media.
In late June, Brittany lashed out at Yazan on Instagram claiming he's a cheater and substance-abuse user, only to claim shortly afterwards her account had been hacked.
Brittany ultimately deleted her rant against Yazan on Instagram, but screenshots taken of her post had been circulating on social media.
"Fun facts about us. Yazans favorite drink is Jack Daniels. Yazan loves hashish, tramadol, and gaslighting women," Brittany captioned a photo of the pair, suggesting Yazan was a hypocrite because he went ballistic over the idea of Brittany drinking alcohol.
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"He also loves to cheat with 90 day fiance fans. He's on his third one. His favorite pastime is blaming others for his actions. Enjoy."
In the comments section of her post, a follower asked Brittany who manages Yazan's Instagram account since his English was inferior on the show.
"His third girlfriend he chose from his fan base," Brittany replied, according to a screenshot obtained by @187anonymousgossip Instagram account.
When someone criticized Brittany of lying and wrongly getting angry, she wrote on Instagram, "Alright alright settle down kids. Yazan is awake now and if he hears us talking about him he's gonna flip his sh-it. #F-ckTheBrittany."
And Brittany subsequently posted on her Instagram Stories, "Woke up in a f-ck you mood. Tired of misogynists who think they can groom women. Ima kill all that on behalf of my ladies. F-CK MISOGYNIST. WOMEN ARE QUEENS."
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One hour later, however, Brittany posted a silent video of herself posing on Instagram and wrote alongside it, "I was hacked or whatever."
Many 90 Day Fiance fans pointed out the absurdity of Brittany claiming her account had been hacked when her posts were seemingly a very personal and specific tirade against Yazan.
It's possible TLC reached out to Brittany and reminded her she was in breach of her non-disclosure agreement by providing spoilers that her relationship with Yazan wasn't working out or had already ended.
But Brittany and Yazan appeared to reconcile after their June fight, as Brittany posted a photo in which the couple was about to kiss during a dinner out on July 1.
Brittany wrote, "It's hard not to stay loyal to the queen. Some know better than others."
And Yazan responded, "You are so gorgeous my queen. I am so lucky to have you in my life," which clearly shows they are still together.
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A few followers weighed in and asked Yazan to take care of Brittany and treat her like a gentleman.
Yazan wrote in reply, "We are all human beings and we have feelings, emotions and mood swings. Yes, I agree that she is sweet and beautiful. And I will try my best to be a gentleman to her. Thank you for the wish."
On July 5, Entertainment Tonight published an interview with Brittany in which she talked about her relationship and admitted she's still processing the scenario in which Yazan and his family found out her divorce was not finalized by the time she flew to Jordan.
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"I'm still processing everything that happened... and I'm not ready to speak on it yet," Brittany said, adding that the news, however, is not bad or good necessarily. "I really can't speak on the status of my divorce right now."
Brittany explained, "We're so, so different and we're from two different backgrounds, so we're going to be going through a lot of conversations and a lot of compromise, so basically it's normal for the situation we're in."
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"We still have time to see if the compromise is worth it. I think it's too soon to tell," she added. "So far, everything has happened the way it's supposed to, and I'm enjoying the ride."
Brittany also said she "loves" Jordan -- including the people, the culture and its natural beauty -- and Yazan took English classes for her so they could learn to communicate better and easier.
When asked whether she thinks her relationship with Yazan could withstand their cultural differences, Brittany replied, "Um yeah. I feel like... all the people in this world can withstand each other's differences... for the most part."
"When you try to change people's opinions and views, that's when problems arise... [Yazan] kind of gets where I'm coming from and the type of life he wants to live and we want to live in the future."
In addition, Brittany revealed she actually loves Yazan's parents but can't speak on how they feel about her in return.
But in a late June interview with ET, Brittany confirmed she is "not going to convert to any religion for anybody."
"I don't think that's a good idea for anybody. If you do it, it should be for God, not for a man," Brittany said.
And she apparently feels the same way about dressing like a Muslim woman in Jordan and wearing the hijab.
"If I sacrifice anything... it's going to be for myself because I decide that it's a good decision," she told ET.
"It's not going to be for anybody else or for any man because that's the only way I'm going to stick to it, if it's really for myself and something I believe in. I think it's unfair, really, to try to change yourself for any other person."
On August 31, Brittany posted a video of herself cuddling up to Yazan on a couch.
"Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone. I'll be waiting, all there's left to do is run. You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess. It's a love story, baby, just say 'Yes,'" Brittany captioned the video, writing the lyrics to a hit Taylor Swift song.
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"Romeo, save me, they're trying to tell me how to feel. This love is difficult, but it's real. Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess. It's a love story baby just say 'Yes.'"
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