90 Day Fiance: The Other Way star Jenny Slatten showed up to the Tell-All special alone and with Sumit's participation uncertain, so what is the current status of their relationship? Did the 90 Day Fiance couple break up or are they still together?
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Jenny was a 60-year-old from Palm Springs, CA, and Sumit was a 30-year-old from Delhi, India, when they began starring on the debut season of 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way.
Jenny, a divorced grandmother who had previously been married for 15 years, revealed on the premiere that she was born in 1957 and Sumit was born in 1988.
Jenny and Sumit's love story began when Jenny received a Facebook request from a young, handsome and buff man, who claimed to be an English male model named Michael Jones.
After Jenny and this Michael character got to know each other better and developed mutual feelings, Sumit decided to come clean and tell Jenny that she had been catfished.
Sumit, who lived with his parents in India and worked in a call center, was posing as Michael all along.
Sumit admitted he liked talking to women online while he worked, and he told the cameras, "I love white girls."
Although Sumit initially lied to Jenny about his identity, Jenny still thought the real Sumit was cute and "adorable." She therefore decided to forgive him and move forward with their romantic relationship.
Love then apparently blossomed in a short period of time, despite their huge age difference and the distance between them.
Jenny traveled to India to meet Sumit for the first time before she began filming 90 Day Fiance, but the initial four-month trip was cut short when Sumit learned his parents disapproved of his romance and would not allow them to marry.
However, Jenny and Sumit continued their relationship long distance anyway, and 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way showed Jenny trying to move to India permanently so she could be with Sumit forever.
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"Sometimes what you do for love is unbelievable. You're willing to take a risk and you just go for it," Jenny said, adding that she couldn't wait to be in her man's arms again.
"Who thinks they're going to start their life over again at 60? I'm just really hoping I'm doing the right thing."
Sumit then picked Jenny up at the airport in what turned out to be an emotional reunion, and he brought her back to a nice apartment.
Sumit had told his parents he had to move out of their home because of a job opportunity, but he wasn't sure how long he'd be able to keep up the lie.
"I'm lying because if my parents find out Jenny is here, they are going to stop me," Sumit told the cameras. "Now that we are together, I can finally feel the feeling of being happy."
Sumit loved Jenny, but he hated the idea of having to choose between his girlfriend and his parents.
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Sumit felt "a lot of pressure mentally" since Jenny had given up so much for a life with him.
Sumit later revealed he had left his job to make arrangements for Jenny's arrival and so he wasn't working or employed at that time.
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Jenny didn't know how they were going to pay their bills and their rent. Jenny needed security and support in India, so the fact Sumit was no longer working left her feeling "terrified."
Not only did the couple need money to get married, but Jenny would also have to wait a while in order to obtain a work permit to start making money on her own. She wished Sumit had involved her in his decision making.
Jenny therefore wondered if Sumit was keeping anything else from her, but he insisted he'd take care of her and everything would be fine.
However, the couple received bad news when they met with an immigration lawyer to discuss the marriage process.
Sumit and Jenny were told they had to apply for marriage under the special marriage act by sending a letter to a registrar, who would issue the notice to "the dwelling place."
Jenny and Sumit had to inform the registrar's office of their permanent address, but that address would have to be the home of Sumit's parents.
"If they find out, everything is going to get ruined. That was the worst thing I ever heard," Sumit told the cameras.
Jenny realized she'd have to hire lawyers and the process wouldn't be easy or cheap. Her heart dropped into her stomach at the idea things may not work out.
Jenny feared Sumit's parents would come storming into their apartment upon receiving the marriage notice, but Sumit told Jenny if sending a notice to his parents' house was the only way they could register to wed, then they'd have to do it.
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Time was also running out on Jenny's visa. She only had six months to get married in India or else she'd have to return to America.
"I am not going to back down," Sumit promised Jenny.
Later on, Sumit felt forced to go home and spend time with his parents in order to satisfy them and address their concerns. He felt he had to make things right at home in order for his parents to not cause issues between Jenny and himself.
Sumit didn't know how long he had to stay with his parents, but Jenny found being alone in India unacceptable. Jenny relied on Sumit for everything and so she was angry and disappointed.
"My heart is broken. I put all of my trust and faith into him. I came to India to be with him; I didn't come to India for him to go back home to his parents' house. That wasn't the deal," Jenny vented in a confessional.
Sumit was sad to leave Jenny alone, but he insisted he was doing this for her and their relationship.
"I feel like your mistress... or something because you're hiding me from everybody," Jenny said. "It feels horrible, like, I'm supposed to be the woman you're in love with."
Sumit insisted it wasn't like that, but Jenny said Sumit needed to come home or else he'd push her to return to America.
After two weeks of staying with his parents, Sumit took Jenny to a holy place where they could talk and he wasn't allowed to lie.
Since Sumit loved Jenny and wanted to wed her, he suggested they have a ring ceremony, which would mean they're engaged.
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"It's going to happen for us. I love you," Sumit told Jenny as the pair embraced.
Jenny and Sumit planned to have their ring ceremony in a few days and then her daughter Christina and Christina's wife surprised her in India!
Over dinner, Christina asked Sumit to share his long-term plans, and Sumit said he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Jenny. Sumit said he thought about Jenny even when they were in different rooms in their same apartment.
Sumit explained he and Jenny would have a ring ceremony to solidify their love, meaning they had every intention of getting married.
But due to his family's disapproval, Sumit admitted none of his family members would be attending the ring ceremony.
"So if they come and you see them start crying -- like your mom and your father -- you're going to say, 'Sorry, Jenny, I can't do this,' and then go back to your family?" Jenny asked.
Sumit nodded his head, and Jenny was pissed off and noted, "Interesting."
Christina told Sumit if he took his parents' side, he's "not a strong man." Christina wanted Sumit to "man up" and choose to be with Jenny through thick and thin.
Sumit explained it's difficult for a man to work around his parents' parameters in India, much unlike the culture in the United States.
Jenny loved Sumit, but Christina was tired of her mother giving Sumit so much time -- seven years to be exact -- to make things right. Christina feared Jenny was "under a spell."
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Sumit even admitted he had yet to buy her a ring.
"Do what you say you're going to do!" Jenny yelled at Sumit.
Sumit asked for more time, but Jenny didn't think he deserved more time. Jenny had left her job, car, and kids behind because she had chosen to trust Sumit.
Sumit felt awful for making Jenny think he's not a trustworthy person. Jenny said she wasn't going to stay in India while Sumit tried to make up his mind about how to handle things and made her look like "a fool."
Jenny demanded he "make a damn decision" between her and his parents.
Sumit, however, then told the cameras he had been keeping a big secret from Jenny.
And that's when Sumit dropped a huge bombshell on viewers and revealed he was married at that time!
Not long after, producers apparently received a "frantic call" from Jenny, who said an incident that had unfolded was "worse than anything" she could have ever imagined and it was a nightmare.
There had been a knock on Jenny's door and a man was standing there with Sumit.
Jenny recalled the man saying, "Hi, Jenny, how are you? I am Sumit's wife's father. He's been married to my daughter for the last two years. He's married to my daughter."
Jenny said she was shocked and thought the situation was "wild," and she didn't know how to react or what to do.
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Jenny said Sumit's father-in-law -- who apparently followed Sumit home on his motorcycle -- entered the apartment and had called Sumit's parents so they could meet her as well.
Jenny feared everyone was going to be angry and go after her. Sumit apparently tried to convince his father-in-law nothing was going on, and Jenny was scared.
Jenny then heard a crash in her living room, and that's when the rest of Sumit's family showed up -- including his wife. Sumit's mother apparently picked up her son's shrine and threw it on the floor and broke it.
Sumit stood in a fighting stance against his entire family, who gathered together in a circle in the living room.
"His mother looked at me, and if looks could kill, I would probably have dropped dead at that moment. She looks at me, like, 'You better get back!' So I backed up," Jenny recalled.
"She looked like she was going to hurt him bad. I was scared. I didn't know how to help him. They were threatening to put him in jail."
The family also threatened to tell the police on Jenny because she was living with a married man, but she broke down into tears about how she had no idea Sumit was married. Jenny didn't know Indian laws or what would happen.
Sumit, however, told his entire family that he loved Jenny, and then his father-in-law filed a complaint with the police. Sumit's father-in-law apparently took Sumit's passport, license and more.
"They were leaving and they took him. They took Sumit away from me... and I haven't seen him since!" Jenny cried.
Jenny was left in India alone and she didn't know what to do.
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Jenny didn't have a plan and noted, "I don't belong here."
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After a few days of being alone in her apartment, Jenny called her daughter and shared the news that Christina had been right all along.
"It seems that Sumit has a wife... This is why he has been keeping all of this a secret from his parents," Jenny revealed. "His parents entered him into an arranged marriage... He doesn't want to be married to her. He never wanted to be married to her."
Jenny explained Sumit had gotten married about two years ago and then his family -- 15 to 20 people -- ambushed them in their apartment.
Jenny said she and Sumit just cried together and then he was ripped right out of her arms.
Christina vented about how the situation was so f-cked up but Sumit had put her into danger. Christina said Sumit had an idea of what was going to happen if they were hiding and this was inevitable.
Jenny was "kind of disgusted" with Sumit and wasn't sure whether to continue with the relationship or return to the United States.
Sumit admitted he had "lied a lot to everyone" and done "a lot of things wrong." Sumit told the cameras he had been married for two-and-a-half years.
"I was dating Jenny when my parents set up an arranged marriage, and I barely knew the girl before I married her," Sumit said.
Sumit feared Jenny would leave him for good, but he at least felt relieved the truth had finally come out and was out in the open.
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Sumit's family also declined participation in being filmed or conducting any on-camera interviews.
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After many days of being locked up, Sumit was allowed to visit with his friend Neeraj.
Sumit told Jerraj his family was trying to convince him to stay with his wife, saying she's younger and more beautiful than Jenny. His family also pointed out Sumit could welcome children with his wife, but Sumit wasn't happy.
"In other countries, it's about couples. They love each other, they get married. It's not the arranged marriage. If they're not happy and feel the marriage is not going good, they can get separated and divorced... I just want separation," Sumit said.
"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 was warned by his family that if he chose Jenny, the police would show up at his doorstep. While Neeraj pointed out having an affair is not a crime in India, Sumit's family could lie to authorities and say he beat his wife.
Sumit said his family would lie in order to pressure him to stay with his wife. Sumit insisted he'd rather go to jail than stay in his marriage because he truly loved Jenny.
Sumit determined he must sneak away so he could talk to Jenny, but he was finally given permission to do so seven days after being taken away from her.
Jenny had been in India for almost five months at this point.
When the pair reunited, they hugged and Jenny cried in his arms, but Jenny demanded answers.
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"You told me we were going to get married and everything was going to be great and fine and wonderful."
"Because I don't want to lose you," Sumit replied. "I share everything with you."
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Jenny thought Sumit loved her and chose her, and Sumit assured Jenny he loved her and didn't want to marry -- or be with -- his wife. Sumit said he tried to make his marriage work but it didn't.
Sumit said he tried in the first year of marriage, but then Jenny didn't understand why he had been talking to her the whole time. Jenny said nothing ever changed between them.
Sumit said he never should have put Jenny in this situation but he still wanted to be with her and get married.
"You didn't give me the right to choose for myself. Instead, I trusted you and I came to India," Jenny shouted.
Sumit said he had planned to tell Jenny that he was married once she arrived in India but he kept postponing the bad news in order to enjoy another peaceful day with her. Sumit acknowledged, "Now, I'm paying for that."
Jenny said this was not fair to her because she had left behind possessions, her apartment, her car, and family in America. Her visa was about to expire.
"If I had known Sumit was married, I wouldn't have come to India," Jenny told the cameras.
Jenny knew she'd have to return to the United States soon, so she asked Sumit whether they should just end their relationship immediately.
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Sumit revealed, however, getting a divorce would be difficult because his wife would have to say "yes" and agree to go through the proceedings.
About a week after Jenny had discovered Sumit had a wife, she packed her belonging to leave India because her time was up.
"I am still in shock. I feel sad to leave India," Jenny said in confessional.
"I thought I was going to be living here and this was going to be my new home, and now I have to leave. I'm devastated, heartbroken, but it's just hard for me to be mad at him because I love him."
Sumit hugged Jenny goodbye, and Sumit felt completely helpless and powerless. He said it hurt a lot knowing Jenny was going back to America, and he only had one hour to spend with her due to his brother's demands.
Jenny had no idea a whole other family was involved in their lives, and Sumit said he felt very bad. Sumit apparently wished he had been honest with Jenny from the beginning.
The couple cried in each other's arms as they hugged goodbye, and Jenny said she still loved Sumit and didn't blame him for anything. She said being with Sumit in India was "the best six months of [her] life."
Jenny was glad they tried to make things work because she believed deep down Sumit truly loved her.
"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.
"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."
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Sumit cried about how the best days of his life were over because he had made a home for Jenny himself and they were so happy together.
Sumit blamed himself for everything and told the cameras, "It's my fault. I did wrong."
A car then took Jenny to the airport and she told Sumit that she'd love him forever. Jenny told the cameras she didn't regret coming to India, nor did she make the biggest mistake of her life.
"He made me happy and I wasn't happy before. He's a good guy. Just, please, everybody know he's a good guy. It's not his fault... He's in Indian culture and he can't go against his parents," Jenny cried in a confessional.
"Everybody, just believe that we love each other, because it's true. I promise you -- it's true, true, true. We're not lying to anybody. That's it. That's all. That's all I want to say."
Sumit acknowledged steps needed to be taken to get Jenny back into his life.
In Part 1 of the Tell-All special for 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way that aired on October 14, Jenny missed Sumit because he wasn't able to be with her in New York.
Jenny said she wished Sumit had informed her that he was married because their relationship would've ended right then and there, but she said that's exactly why Sumit had lied to her in the first place.
Jenny said Sumit was still under the control of his parents and family, and so if he couldn't call into the show, she'd be "devastated."
Jenny said she had been in a relationship with Sumit for seven years and never knew he was married.
The whole cast was shocked to find out Sumit was married when that episode aired on TLC.
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Where does Jenny and Sumit's relationship stand now? Is the 90 Day Fiance couple still together, or did they split?
According to Jenny and Sumit's Instagram accounts, they are still together and happy!The pair apparently live in the city of Gurgaon, which is about two hours outside of Delhi, India.
While Sumit's Instagram page is mainly full of selfies, his profile picture includes Jenny. And Jenny's profile picture on Instagram also features Sumit.
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Jenny has posted numerous pictures of herself in India, with and without Sumit. They appear to be happy and in love.
Jenny has shared photos on her Instagram account of the couple and her adventures in India as recently as September 7.
On September 7, Jenny shared a photo of herself standing in front of a food truck, and a few days earlier, she shared images of her daughter exploring India.
Sumit took to his own Instagram account on September 2 and shared a selfie of the couple.
"I feel complete when m with u my love," Sumit captioned the photo.
"#youaretheone #mylove #mylife #jan_frmsen #loveofmylife #everythinginmylife #welove #loveyouforever #90dayfiance #90dayfiancetheotherway #90daystheotherway #90daystheotherwayout #tlc #tlchannel #tlcnetwork #tlcshowantv #tlc90daysfiance #Tv #tvshows #tvdrama #dramatv #realityshow #realitytv #realitytvshow #loveislove #longdistancerelationship."
Back on August 26, Jenny shared a series of photos. One featured Sumit in Pune, India; another showed the pair filming at "a cool old house" that definitely seemed to be in India, and Jenny smoking Hooka.
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In addition to the old house, the photo also appeared to show numerous crew members standing or sitting on the lawn during a break in filming -- indicating that online rumors that Jenny and Sumit will also be returning for a second season of 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way are probably true.
And one week earlier, Jenny shared a picture of Sumit and called him "my hero."
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Jenny also shared a photo on August 11 of the couple holding hands and captioned it, "Beautiful place in New Delhi, India #90daystheotherway #sumitandjenny #realitytvstars #tlc#mondaynights#90dayfiance #realitytv #ourloveourlife."
That same day, she posted a picture of the happy couple sitting in the grass.
"A day at Lodhi Garden, New Delhi...and I am wearing leggings #sumitandjenny #90daystheotherway #90dayfiance #90dayfiancepillowtalk #realtytvstars #realitytv#tlc #ourlife#blend_it_boo #ourhappiness," she wrote alongside the image.
It appears Jenny has embraced Indian style and culture.
On August 2, Jenny shared a selfie of the couple as well as a photo of Starbucks in India, which Jenny said made her feel like she was back home in the United States. She even added the hashtag #iloveindia.
Back on July 30, Jenny showed off the view from her apartment's terrace in Gurgaon, India and called it "beautiful."
One week earlier, the pair visited The Red Fort in New Delhi and boasted how their love "is real."
"I love this man so much. Don't care what anyone thinks. He's best for me. #SumitandJenny #90daystheotherway #fightforlove #tlc90dayfiance," Jenny reiterated on July 15 when she posted a photo of the couple together.
Jenny had also gushed around that time how their "love will win" on Instagram.
"We love each other," she added in mid-July on her social-media account.
The pair apparently love going out for drinks and beers together.
Back on June 20, Jenny posted a photo of Sumit with the caption, "I love you Jenny" written across the image.
"To the moon and back. Sumit and Jenny," Jenny captioned her post.
All of Jenny's posts are also adorned with heart and kissing emojis.
Jenny, however, confused some of her Instagram followers since some of her posted photos were taken back in the United States. She clarified on May 31, "Have to leave the country every 180 days. So stupid."
Whether the 180 day limit means the couple has not yet married is unclear, as direct evidence of a marriage has yet to surface even though Jenny is still living in Sumit's native country.
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