90 Day Fiance couple Nicole Nafziger and Azan Tefou are one of the six couples starring on 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?'s fourth season, but what is the current status of their relationship now?
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[90 Day Fiance Spoilers Warning: Stop reading now if you don't want to find out whether Nicole Nafziger and Azan Tefou are still together or split, or whether they ended up marrying!]
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Nicole and Azan aren't strangers to TLC viewers.
Before signing on for the new season of the 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?, Nicole and Azan starred on Season 4 and Season 5 of 90 Day Fiance as well as Season 3 of 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After? on the network.
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Going back to the beginning of their romance, Nicole was a 21-year-old from Bradenton, FL, when she met Azan, who was a 23-year-old from Agadir, Morocco, through a mobile dating app.
Nicole liked Azan enough that she chose to travel to Morocco to visit him, leaving her toddler daughter May at home.
Nicole seemed to fall hard and fast for Azan, but her five weeks abroad didn't come without its challenges.
Not only did Nicole break down over Azan's refusal to display affection for her in public -- such as kissing and staying in the same hotel room -- due to his culture and strict religion, but Azan was also shown complaining Nicole's body was "a little big" compared to what he had expected her to look like.
Their issues deepened when Nicole later admitted she had cheated on Azan and neither individual was willing to convert to Azan's Islam or Nicole's Christian beliefs.
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The couple, however, worked through their problems and decided to stay together. Azan then eventually proposed marriage to Nicole in the desert of Morocco.
The pair seemed to believe their love for each other would conquer all.
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As fans may recall on the third season of 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?, Nicole traveled to Morocco again after Azan's K-1 visa was denied under the impression they would get married and obtain a spousal visa for Azan so he could subsequently move to the United States.
Recordings of what seemed to be Azan on the phone with another woman talking about kissing her leaked, but Nicole opted to trust Azan and leave the incident in the past.
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Although the pair got along great and Nicole seemed ready to be a wife, Nicole and Azan apparently postponed their wedding due to financial burdens.
And Azan -- who didn't exactly seem ready or excited to tie the knot -- appeared to convince Nicole to invest $6,000 of her money for the wedding into opening a beauty store instead. (He said he was investing $500).
Nicole acted as if she and Azan were on the same page about the reasons for canceling their nuptials, but she was admittedly upset to return to Florida alone and still unmarried.
On the Season 4 premiere of 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?, cameras caught up with Nicole seven months after she had returned to Florida and was living with her sister and brother. (Nicole had given up her own apartment).
Nicole was shown discussing how she planned to travel back to Morocco to get married to Azan once and for all.
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Nicole insisted she wants to spend the rest of her life with Azan.
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But Nicole revealed the truth about what happened with the alleged beauty store.
"There is no store," Nicole admitted to a producer. "But I haven't told my family because my family does nothing but grill me."
In a more recent episode, Nicole suggested to Azan they both travel to a vacation spot where Azan wouldn't need a tourist visa and they could be affectionate with each other in public.
Nicole was desperate to see Azan and figured Grenada would be a fun and relaxing place for them to spend some time together.
Nicole, however, was hurting for cash and would need to come up with the money in order to make the trip since Azan wasn't really working.
So what gone down with Azan and Nicole since filming ended?! Are they still together? Did they ever get married?
Nicole and Azan began dating three-and-a-half years ago, and they are still together and engaged to this day, despite the difficulties of maintaining a long-distance relationship.During a Q&A Instagram session with fans in late April, Nicole explained the real reasons why she and Azan had canceled their wedding in 2018.
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Nicole claimed 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?'s filming schedule had resulted in them attempting to "rush" the process and the couple felt "too much pressure."
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She also said they didn't have "enough funds" to pay for the wedding at the time, which had been shown on the TLC reality series.
Nicole told her fans she and Azan will get married when "they are ready" and when "the right moment" comes -- and it won't be for TV.
"It was too fast! I don't want to feel pressure to marry my best friend. I want to enjoy the process of marrying him," Nicole explained.
Nicole also confessed she and Azan had made everything up about their alleged plan to open a beauty store together in Morocco, as well as the $6,000 Nicole supposedly contributed to the project.
"Plot twist. No store = There was no 6k," Nicole wrote during the Q&A session, later reiterating how "there was no money" to begin with.
"Why did we lie? Because we suck at reality tv. Idk. I'm so tired of this show... But [TLC] didn't tell us to say it."
Until they do actually get married, Nicole and Azan have been keeping their romance alive by using Skype, flirting via text and video chatting.
Despite having hard days, Nicole still dreams of having Azan join her in America.
"We [text] every day. Call at least once a day. Try to video chat a couple times a week," Nicole revealed in an Instagram Story in April, adding that she and Azan "have been intimate."
"Trust me, he knows how lucky he is with me. I love him with all my heart forever."
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As for what's next, Nicole reportedly now intends to marry Azan during her next visit to Morocco.
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"She's sticking around for her sister's wedding in June then going back to Morocco," a source close to Nicole told RadarOnline in early April.
"Her intentions are to get married while she's over there."
The source said this will be the first time Nicole has seen her fiance in person in Morocco since 2018. Nicole's daughter May will also reportedly join her for the trip.
Nicole assured her fans on Instagram, "We love each other and have worked through our mistakes... [I trust] him 100 percent," likely referring to prior cheating accusations.
Nicole also confirmed May calls Azan "Daddy" and she "loves Azan very much and misses him a lot as well."
As for speculation Azan is using Nicole for a green card or to be a reality TV star, she insisted on Instagram, "We want forever with each other," and she was actually the one who had convinced Azan to do another season of the 90 Day Fiance spinoff.
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Nicole also claimed she and her fiance have talked about welcoming more children together in the future as well as potential baby names.
"He wants children and a life with me... Azan is a loving and caring man. He's a kind-hearted person who is very family-oriented. I love everything about him," she said.
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The couple would apparently like to name their children a mix of American and Moroccan names, but Nicole acknowledged there is "still some time" before they make those decisions.
Nicole also disclosed her backup plan if Azan's visa to enter the United States get denied again down the road.
"We'll figure it out when we get there. We'll be married if that moment comes so it's not like I'll just leave him. I still want to live my life with him," Nicole explained on Instagram.
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"I think we would find somewhere to build a life together even if it's not Morocco... I would live in Morocco with him for a short time (a couple years) but long term we want to live in America together."
Nicole, who has incorporated fitness and dieting into her lifestyle, also insisted in a Q&A session in April that Azan is completely into her despite what critics may think of their chemistry.
Although Azan mentioned in a previous episode of 90 Day Fiance when the pair was hitting the gym together that he was "55 percent" attracted to her, Nicole said he is definitely "fully attracted" to her looks.
"Sometimes you just need to add drama in places there isn't," said Nicole. "He knew what I looked like 100 percent before I went over [to Morocco]."
"He wouldn't ask me to change anything if I was healthy at this weight. He loves me and my body the way I am 100 percent, not 55... He always reassured me that he loved my body no matter what," she added.
Nicole recently shared that her relationship with Azan is "stronger now" because of everything they've been through as a couple on and off television.
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