90 Day Fiance star Sumit was ready to confront his parents about his love for Jenny Slatten and fight for their relationship on the mid-season finale of 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way's second season, so where does the couple stand now? Have they broken up or are they still together?
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[90 Day Fiance Spoilers: This report contains spoilers that reveal if Jenny and Sumit split or if the 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way couple is still together and living in India].
Jenny, a 61-year-old from Palm Springs, CA, met Sumit, a 32-year-old from India, on Facebook, but he initially pretended to be a taller, more muscular man and catfished Jenny.RELATED LINK: '90 DAY FIANCE' COUPLES NOW: WHO IS STILL TOGETHER? WHO HAS SPLIT? WHERE ARE THEY KNOW? (PHOTOS)
By the time Sumit came clean to Jenny about his name, looks and that he lives in India, Jenny had already fallen for him and so they pursued a relationship and starred on Season 1 of 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way.
Season 1 of 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way featured Jenny leaving her life in America behind and moving to India to start a life with the man of her dreams, but once Jenny arrived in the foreign country, the mother of one had a rude awakening.
Sumit hid his relationship with Jenny while she visited India, making Jenny feel like "a mistress." It turns out Sumit was keeping Jenny a secret from his family because he had actually been married to a different woman in India for two years.
"I was dating Jenny when my parents set up an arranged marriage, and I barely knew the girl before I married her... No one should force me into a marriage... It's my decision. I want to be with Jenny. It's my right to be happy," Sumit said in a confessional on the show.
Towards the end of Season 1, Sumit was ambushed at his apartment by more than a dozen of his family members, including his father-in-law, who all expressed disappointment and disgust over his love affair with Jenny.
Sumit's family took him away from Jenny, who was left alone in India for almost a week without any idea of what was happening to Sumit. Sumit's family had even threatened to get the police involved.
When Sumit and Jenny finally reunited after all the drama unfolded, Sumit explained he had been forced into marriage and Jenny was his one true love whom he truly wanted to marry -- but Jenny's time in India had expired and she had to return to the United States.
Sumit felt torn between pleasing his traditional and conservative Indian parents or following his heart and being with Jenny, and the pair had a very emotional goodbye in India.
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"If you want to be with me and you really want us to be together, please take care of things... Please don't just let me go or it will never be the same," Jenny begged Sumit in tears before leaving India on the show.
RELATED LINK: '90 DAY FIANCE' COUPLES NOW"Please try to do something for us and fix everything and make everything okay. Broken hearts kill people -- do you know that? My heart is going to be ripped out of my chest."
During the Tell-All special for 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way's first season, Sumit revealed his legal wife had filed a case against him and so their divorce was pending.
Sumit claimed he and his wife fought all the time and their divorce was expected to proceed peacefully. Sumit therefore predicted Jenny would be in no danger at all if she opted to return to India and continue a romance with him.
During the premiere 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way's second season, Jenny and Sumit had been apart for five months and she was ready to give him another chance and move back to India.
Jenny got her finances in order and just hoped Sumit had been honest about standing up to his family and filing for a mutual divorce from his wife.
Jenny said Sumit was no longer living with his wife and the spouses were no longer together after the big "blowup happened."
Jenny predicted it would take up to six months to make Sumit's divorce official, but Sumit promised Jenny he would never lie to her again and they'd be "together happy forever."
Sumit insisted no one was going to bother them, especially because he was in the process of paying his father-in-law $20,000 in the divorce.
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Jenny had no car, apartment, furniture or money when she arrived in India, so she required that Sumit get a divorce, marry her and never lie to her again. Sumit apparently just felt lucky to have received a second chance from Jenny.
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After Jenny's plane landed, Sumit drove her over two hours to get to the new house Sumit had found for them, which needed to be fixed up and was very far from the big city.
Sumit told Jenny they were "poor" and didn't live in the safest area because of the debts he owed, which left Jenny feeling a little uneasy. However, she was more than thrilled to be back with her love.
Sumit and Jenny agreed it was amazing to sleep with each other and wake up in Sumit's arms, but she couldn't fully relax until she got to see Sumit's divorce papers as proof he wasn't lying.
"This time I promise you, we will get married," Sumit told Jenny, who was afraid of looking like "an idiot" again.
Sumit took Jenny to meet with his lawyer so she could finally receive confirmation once and for all that Sumit had filed for divorce.
Sumit said he understood why Jenny was so skeptical since he had told her so many lies in the past, and then Jenny was able to sit down with Sumit's lawyer, Nareh.
Nareh told Jenny that divorce can take a long time to finalize, between two and five years, in India. Jenny was shocked to hear that, but Nareh said Sumit's case was different since both parties agreed to divorce and the parties had already completed the first motion.
"After six months, we can file the second motion," Nareh said.
Sumit therefore had five more months to wait, and then Jenny asked why there was no proof or documentation that Sumit had filed for divorce and made a payment.
Nareh explained it is written in the "Marriage Act" and was on record, however, this was a private document.
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Sumit clarified to Jenny that getting divorced in India wasn't easy, but Nareh confirmed to the cameras Sumit was "doing everything to make the divorce possible."
As far as Jenny and Sumit getting married, Jenny said her knowledge was that she and Sumit would have to register and then wait for a 30-day notice to be sent out to his permanent address, which was actually his parents' home.
Jenny therefore asked what if Sumit's parents objected to them getting married, and Nareh responded, "You cannot marry, if they have sound reason to object."
Jenny didn't think Sumit's parents would have a valid reason to object because Jenny hadn't done anything wrong or bad to their son.
"What? I took his virginity? There's no law against that," Jenny said.
Sumit admitted his parents would definitely object, and so that really scared Jenny. Jenny feared Sumit's parents were going to stop them from getting married, and she noted she'd be "devastated" in that case.
Sumit's friends were worried Sumit would lost contact with his whole family over Jenny, and his pal Rajeev said the couple was going to find it very difficult "to survive" in India.
Later on, while Jenny and Sumit painted an accent wall in their house together to spruce and brighten it up, Sumit revealed his parents were finally ready to talk and meet with Jenny.
Jenny told the cameras, "I don't want to talk to them. If I talk to them, I'll probably get upset and start crying, and I don't want to do that."
Sumit acknowledged his parents didn't approve of his new relationship but they were supporting him in his divorce. However, Sumit's parents apparently wanted him to stay home and be single while the divorce was proceeding.
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In the mid-season finale of 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way's second season, Sumit was finally read to sit down and talk to his parents about his relationship with Jenny.
Jenny had a Tourist Visa good for 10 years, but she had to leave the country every 108 days. She therefore planned to marry Sumit before the six months is up so she could stay in India permanently.
Jenny anticipated Sumit's parents were going to object to a marriage, but Sumit had hope his family might accept Jenny now that he was divorcing his wife and found "true love."
"They just need to let me live my life," Sumit said.
Jenny said this whole crisis could have been avoided had Sumit's parents allowed them to marry when she first traveled to India in 2014.
Sumit's parents Sahna and Anil then appeared on camera for the first time. Sahna and Anil said when Jenny first traveled to India in 2013, she said she was just a Facebook friend of Sumit's and had asked to stay with them for a week tops.
However, Jenny ended up living with Sumit and his parents for four months. Sahna and Anil apparently thought Jenny was wonderful and the women got along great, but Sumit's parents had no idea at the time Sumit and Jenny were more than friends.
When Anil was sleeping, he noticed Sumit was spending time with Jenny late into the night, which gave him the idea they had more of a romantic relationship happening.
"I was shocked. She is too old," Anil said.
"She wanted to marry him, but we didn't allow her to marry him. She has been in an inappropriate relationship with him," Sahna said. "She should have treated Sumit like her son. I thought Jenny had a good nature, but after seeing this, I don't like her at all."
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"I love Jenny and I'm going to fight for her," Sumit told the cameras. "I have to make them understand Jenny and I love each other and it's a true love. And that's what's more important than what society thinks."
So have Jenny and Sumit broken up because of Sumit's issues with his family or is the 90 Day Fiance couple still together?
Jenny and Sumit are definitely still in a relationship, and they appear to be very happy together.On September 16, Sumit posted a photo with Jenny in which they were sitting at a restaurant or cafe.
"All that you are is all that I'll ever need... #90daysfiance #90daysfiancetheotherway #tlc #tvshow #realityshow ...#loveyouall," Sumit captioned the photo, along with multiple kissing and smiling emoticons.
In late August, Jenny posted a video of Sumit and herself cuddled up close while traveling in a rickshaw through the city streets in India.
Jenny said she and Sumit were headed "back to home," confirming she still resides in India.
Jenny also added the following hashtags to her revealing post, "#happycouple #90dayfiancetheotherway #90dayfiance #provethemwrong #tlcrealityshow #9yearstogether @sumitjenny @blend_it_boo @gains_ta #stopjudging #peace."
Only a few days earlier, Jenny posted a video of Sumit lighting off a firework and captioned it, "When love goes boooooooommmm."
In mid-August, Sumit also posted a couple photos with Jenny in which they went out for coffee together and were embracing.
While the pictures could be throwbacks, Sumit and Jenny appeared so happy together.
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Sumit gushed about Jenny on his Instagram account on August 1, 2020 when he shared a selfie.
"Your love makes me happy," Sumit wrote, before tagging Jenny in his post. "#love #loveconquersall #loveyou #loveyouforever #90dayfiance #90dayfiancetheotherway #season2 #staysafe #socialdistancing #loveisbeautiful."
In mid-July, Sumit posted a selfie with Jenny on Instagram and wrote a very sweet caption to her.
"Every time I see you I'm more convinced we belong together. @jan_frmsan #welove #90dayfiance #90daystheotherway #season2 #tlc #tlcnetwork #tvshow #realityshow #dontjudge #fightforlove #loveus or #justleave #please," Sumit wrote.
Jenny also told E! News in late June that she and Sumit were going strong.
"Sumit and I are not done with each other. We're still in a relationship," Jenny told the website.
"He was married...the marriage wasn't his choice. He didn't want to be married. We're just not done with each other."
"We're in this relationship...going on 9 years," she added. "We've invested a lot into this relationship, and we love each other...if people don't like it then that's the way it is."
There is also more evidence on Jenny and Sumit's Instagram accounts that they are a couple of lovebirds.
Jenny and Sumit's main profile pictures on Instagram feature each other, and on June 30, Jenny posted a collage of photos featuring Sumit and herself enjoying each other's company on several different occasions.
In all four photos, Jenny was smiling big next to her man.
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During an interview with Access that took place earlier this summer, Jenny acknowledged "the past is in the past" when it comes to the mistakes Sumit has made.
"I mean, I was happy to be with Sumit in India and unfortunately what happened, happened, and I can't change it. But the fact we still love each other, that hasn't changed. So that's what I can say," Jenny said.
Jenny also insisted she and Sumit signed up for the 90 Day Fiance franchise for the right reasons.
"[A lot of people] think we're just going on the show to make money or have fame, that we have some sort of agenda or something else going on... and none of that's true -- at least not with me, it's not. I have nothing else going on," Jenny explained.
"My [motive] was strictly just to get back with Sumit, and that was it. There's no other agenda for me. I would say we're all just coming on the show to be together and we love each other and want to be in our relationship and share it with the world."
"There's no other agenda going on; I'm not trying to be famous or anything," she added.
In early June, Jenny discussed with Entertainment Tonight how she and Sumit tune out the haters who criticize their relationship or question their intentions.
"It's gonna happen regardless," Jenny said of having critics.
"It's really difficult for us. We just love each other... We don't pay attention to those around us. It doesn't matter and we just don't pay attention to it."
"Of course there's haters," she continued, "but we just want people to understand that we love each other regardless of our age difference, our culture and background -- Indian, American -- it doesn't matter."
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Jenny said she and Sumit are in their "own little bubble."
"We don't even pay attention to it. Trust us, we know there's a lot [of critics]," Jenny noted in her interview with ET, adding that she understood why Sumit initially lied to her about his marriage.
"I mean, I still love him the same. I understand his culture."
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