90 Day Fiance couple Yara Zaya and Jovi Dufren must spend another couple of months apart due to Jovi's job on Season 6 of 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?, so did Yara and Jovi's relationship crumble or are they still together now? Have Jovi and Yara split up and what do 90 Day Fiance spoilers reveal about their current relationship?
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[90 Day Fiance Spoiler Warning: This report includes spoilers that reveal if Jovi and Yara are still together now or if the 90 Day Fiance couple has broken up.]
Jovi, a 29-year-old who works in underwater robotics from New Orleans, LA, met Yara, a 25-year-old makeup artist from Kiev, Ukraine, through a travel app.RELATED LINK: '90 DAY FIANCE' COUPLES NOW: WHO IS STILL TOGETHER? WHO HAS SPLIT? WHERE ARE THEY NOW? (PHOTOS)
The couple began traveling the world together, and Yara got pregnant six months into their relationship.
Jovi admitted he was "dumbfounded" at first and worried Yara was trying to "trap" him in pursuit of a Green Card, but he eventually liked the idea of becoming a father and said the pregnancy made him feel closer to Yara.
Jovi therefore proposed marriage to Yara during a trip to Cuba and subsequently applied for a K-1 visa so she could move to America to be with him. However, Yara unfortunately experienced a miscarriage.
Once Yara arrived to America, she and Jovi argued a lot over his partying and drinking habits. Yara even heard that Jovi was a regular at a stripclub and had hooked up with exotic dancers.
Yara wanted to feel loved and respected, and she also wanted Jovi to prove she'd be his top priority in life, especially since she left everything behind for their relationship.
Yara then discovered she was pregnant again and vented in shock to the cameras, "I am not ready yet. I don't even know if I want to get married and live here."
She later added, "I honestly don't even know if [Jovi] wants to settle down with me and [stop] partying all the time. It just makes me feel crazy."
Yara questioned whether Jovi truly cared for her, and she gave him an ultimatum to shape up and treat her better -- or she would return to Ukraine alone.
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Jovi had a little slip-up at his bachelor party when he received a private lapdance and returned home much later than promised, but he came to realize Yara would leave him if he didn't listen to his fiancee and be more supportive and understanding.
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Jovi and Yara went through with a wedding in Las Vegas.
"I just hope Jovi is not lying and he will really do what he tells me, that he will be a man... I really hope he will change and he will be nice," Yara told the cameras.
Jovi said his next step would be to apply for Yara's Green Card and move her over to the United States permanently. He also looked forward to welcoming his baby.
90 Day Fiance: Jovi and Yara's Baby Special in early April featured Yara and Jovi learning they had a baby girl on the way and Yara still trying to tame Jovi and make him more domestic.
Yara gave birth in a hospital and the couple named their daughter, who weighed seven pounds and nine ounces, Mylah Angelina.
"Beautiful just like her mommy," Jovi gushed.
Jovi said everything the couple had gone through together was worth it, and Yara said of her newborn, "I always want to cry when I look at [my daughter]. I love her so much... I [didn't] think I could love somebody so much in just a little bit of time."
On 90 Day Fiance's Season 8 Tell-All special, Yara said being a parent was "amazing" and gushed about how Jovi is a loving and caring father, which makes her fall deeper in love with him every day.
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But then Yara was forced to watch back footage of Jovi going upstairs with an exotic dancer in a stripclub at his bachelor party as well as Jovi failing a lie detector test when asked whether he's ever slept with a stripper before.
"Jovi never told me nothing [about] what he was doing," she complained.
Yara admitted she felt "mad" and Jovi receiving a lapdance was "disrespectful" to her.
Yara pointed out, however, that Jovi is "a grown-ass man" and she can't control his actions. Jovi said it was difficult to see Yara upset but "the past is the past" and all of that was behind them.
Jovi promised Yara that he'd never do something like that again because he loves her "so much."
When the couple then made their debut on 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?'s sixth season, Jovi and Yara were shown disagreeing over parenting techniques, with Jovi calling Yara a "control freak" and hoping she would begin listening to the advice of his mother more and accept her help as he'd be leaving the country for work for two months.
Jovi insisted he was happy not be partying so much anymore because he was taking his role as a father very seriously.
Yara wasn't looking forward to her husband, who works in underwater robotics, leaving again and being gone for two months. Jovi's flight out of the United States was scheduled in a month and Yara cried about the idea of being a mom alone in a foreign country.
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Jovi was sympathetic to Yara, but he was also worried about his own needs. Jovi said he wanted to make sure his relationship was thriving and not focus on their baby every second of the day.
"This girl gives us no freedom -- no freedom to sleep and no freedom to eat... I know we're going through a lot of changes right now, and I understand it. But we just got married and we never got the opportunity to go through our newlywed stage," Jovi lamented.
"I've been sleeping in the living room so that Yara can get some rest. I'm away from her every night."
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Yara, however, didn't want to leave her daughter for even a second and admitted to being overprotective. Yara said she wanted to wait at least six months before leaving Mylah.
Jovi told the cameras they couldn't keep Mylah in a bubble and Yara would have to relax a little bit. He wanted her to stop being so bossy and allow him to be a father and learn from his mistakes.
Jovi wanted to figure out what works for him as a father rather than just following all of Yara's requests or demands.
Yara said she needed to be strong once Jovi left for work but it wasn't easy and she was going to essentially be a single mom. She also broke down emotionally once she learned Jovi would have to leave earlier than anticipated for his job.
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Jovi worried Yara might pack her bags and leave him for good because life without family and friends in New Orleans was clearly difficult for her.
A hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico was possibly headed to New Orleans, and so Jovi asked Yara to stay with his mother Gwen since he was still leaving for work for a couple of months.
Jovi told Yara that Gwen knew how to handle hurricanes and he thought it would be best for the girls to live together in the bayou for a while. Jovi wanted to make sure his wife and child were going to be safe.
Yara and Gwen then drove Jovi to the airport, and Yara felt her life was out of control and she hated having to depend on other people so much.
Jovi admitted things had been weird between Yara and his family ever since they welcomed their baby girl Mylah because Yara didn't want to accept help or take advice from Gwen, but Jovi insisted Gwen was just trying to help and she meant well.
"Yara is in for a rough couple of months. I will help her physically and emotionally as much as I can, but we barely know each other. We just came into each other's lives, so I don't want her to get aggravated with me," Gwen explained in a confessional.
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Jovi struggled to say goodbye to his daughter, who was only a few months old at the time. Jovi was concerned his daughter might forget about him while he's gone.
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After Jovi gave Mylah a kiss on the head, Yara hugged her husband goodbye outside of the airport and broke down into tears. Yara wished her husband could make money without having to travel.
Yara demanded that Jovi return home after a month or so. She said she wouldn't accept him being gone for three or four months and it felt like a part of her family was missing.
"You are strong," Jovi reminded his wife before he left.
So are Jovi and Yara still together now or did the 90 Day Fiance couple split up?
Jovi and Yara are still together and seem very happy based on their social-media activity.Jovi took to his Instagram Stories on June 15 and posted a video showing he had gone out to lunch with.
On June 14, Jovi wrote on Instagram that he "can't wait to get back to traveling and back to Ukraine" with Yara.
And on June 8, Yara gushed about how Jovi had gifted her an Audi SUV for her birthday.
"Ok y'all, now yall can officially call me gold digger," Yara wrote with crying-laughing emoticons.
"No, not you, not my followers, y'all the best. Other people in the groups. Soon it's Jovi's birthday too, we need to figure out what to give him, I want to give him a good gift, he deserves it. #90dayfiance."
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In late May, Jovi planned a big surprise party at a restaurant for Yara's 27th birthday, and she posted photos from the event on Instagram.
"My early birthday. My birthday is June 8, but since Jovi and I are leaving for work on my birthday, he decided to surprise me. It was the best and most unexpected surprise. @jovid11 you are the best love you so much," Yara captioned the video and photos.
Yara also shared with fans that Jovi had gifted her a designer Hermes gold bracelet.
On May 23, Yara gushed about being able to contribute to the household without expecting Jovi to pay all the bills and buy their food, and one day earlier, she posted a cute photo of the pair smiling big for the camera with little Mylah.
Around this time, Jovi uploaded an image of Yara and himself sharing a huge cocktail.
And Jovi gushed about "enjoying the day" with Yara and their daughter on May 16, and one day earlier, Yara posted a family photo with Jovi and Mylah on Instagram and captioned it "family" along with a red-heart emoji.
On April 21, days after Part 2 of the 90 Day Fiance Season 8 Tell-All aired, Jovi posted a selfie with Yara and their sweet baby girl and captioned it, "Just chillin."
And shortly after Part 1 of the Tell-All special aired, Yara took to Instagram and uploaded two photos of Jovi and herself pushing their baby in a stroller on a nice day outside with big smiles on their faces.
"Wonderful day," Yara wrote alongside the images with multiple heart emoticons.
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Yara shared that she was enjoying "family time" on April 11.
The couple haven't been shy about sharing their love for one another on social media for months now.
Yara, for example, posted a picture of a bedside table decorated with candles and flowers in March. It appeared Jovi may have served Yara cake and coffee in bed in honor of International Women's Day.
"Happy International Women's Day, my girls, I hope you made your man buy you flowers," Yara captioned her post.
"In my country, March 8 is a great holiday when women are treated like queens. Women, be sure your man treat you the right way, buy for you flowers, take you to dinner. I do not feel like this is celebrated enough in America."
Jovi simultaneously shared a picture of himself on the same day and advised men to treat their girlfriends or wives the way the women deserve to be treated.
According to a screenshot posted by 90 Day Fiance Instagrammer John Yates, Jovi and Yara obtained a marriage license on February 13, 2020, In Touch Weekly reported.
Yara and Jovi reportedly exchanged vows in a wedding ceremony in Las Vegas, NV, that same month.
Yara told Us Weekly in January 2021 she was "so happy" upon learning she was pregnant because she hoped her baby would look as "handsome" or "beautiful" as Jovi, whom she gushed about being in love with "so much."
Jovi and Yara reportedly welcomed their first child together only a few months before Season 8 of 90 Day Fiance premiered on TLC in December 2020, according to In Touch.
Yara delivered the couple's child in September 2020.
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