90 Day Fiance star Aladin Jallali has broken his silence about a photo that has been circulating online allegedly showing Laura Jallali with a black eye and slammed any suggestion he caused the alleged injury.
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[90 Day Fiance: The Other Way Spoiler Warning: Please stop reading this story immediately if you do not wish to learn the apparent current status of Laura and Aladin's relationship.]
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A photo of Laura with what appears to be a black eye covered with makeup began circulating online on 90 Day Fiance Instagram accounts and Facebook groups late last month.
The photo's appearance had followed earlier unconfirmed online rumors that Laura was suggesting Aladin had been emotionally and possibly physically abusive to her during private exchanges on social media.
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However, Aladin denied any knowledge of the photo or ever having seen Laura with the alleged black eye during a lengthy question-and-answer exchange with his Instagram followers earlier this week.
"Set the record straight... what's up with her black eye?" a follower asked Aladin.
"I can't comment as to where, when, how that picture came to exist but I have never seen it or her like this," Aladin replied.
"I can say my parents raised me to respect women... and if I ever disrespected or laid a finger on any woman, my mom would beat me senseless... she is small but mighty."
Aladin added three bicep emojis to his response on Instagram.
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When another follower asked Aladin whether it's true he had struck Laura, Aladin responded, "Don't believe everything you read. I am not perfect but I don't believe in hitting women... so no!"
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Some 90 Day Fiance fans have accused Laura of faking the apparent black eye photo, similar to how some people believe Laura faked her recent announcement that she was pregnant.
(Laura claimed last month she never lied about being pregnant but is no longer carrying a child due to having an ectopic pregnancy).
"I've had this picture for a bit and since it's being posted elsewhere [now] I feel I can share it," 90 Day Fiance Instagrammer John Yates captioned the photo of Laura's alleged black eye when he posted it on his own Instagram account late last month.
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"What I don't understand is why there's clearly makeup on her eye -- if you're trying to document abuse why cover it up?"
During a lengthy direct-message exchange with one of her Instagram followers -- who in turn shared screenshots of the conversation publicly last month -- Laura confirmed rumors she and Aladin, a 29-year-old personal trainer, have broken up recently.
In addition to claiming Aladin had blocked her from having any contact, Laura also accused Aladin of mistreating her during the exchange.
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"Nobody knows how horrible Aladdin has been to me... you know everything I own that had meaning and value is in Qatar and he will not even allow me to get all my [valuables] from our apartment," Laura wrote.
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"Police will not even assist me unless I have receipts. I asked [90 Day Fiance's production company] to help me also but they said no."
Laura has been visiting 90 Day Fiance co-star Evelin Villegas in Ecuador the last couple of weeks, according to their social-media postings.
During his Q&A session with his Instagram followers, Aladin repeatedly avoided directly answering questions about whether the couple has broken-up -- however his responses appeared to hint at it.
"Regrets are for the things you did not do... and once I have lived an experience, I prefer to live another different one than repeat the same!" he replied to one follower who offered condolences for the couple's break-up and asked if Aladin would still "do this again."
"Everyone wants to know but the best is to see the last few episodes of the show... all I can say is that you can't see the full picture of a puzzle if you have missing pieces," he replied to another follower who asked what was the couple's "real story."
90 Day Fiance: The Other Way's season finale will air Monday, October 7 at 9PM ET/PT on TLC and be followed by the season's two-part Tell All reunion special the following two weeks.
Aladin also reiterated his lack of regret in a reply to another follower that asked if he regretted dating and marrying a non-Muslim.
"I don't think it's good to regret the choices we make. It would put our focus on the past rather than the future," he wrote.
"In the end, whether a partner is of the same beliefs/culture or not is not the most important... it's whether they understand and respect you and your beliefs/culture."
However, Aladin did directly deny additional unconfirmed rumors that he has already gotten re-engaged to another woman since he and Laura allegedly split.
And in the process, he also appeared to unintentionally disclose he and Laura split up either two months ago or two months after their Tunisian wedding ceremony.
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"Are you engaged?" a follower asked.
"No engagement... who would get married and then get engaged 2 months later? Not me," Aladin replied, attaching three laughing emojis to the response.
90 Day Fiance: The Other Way's most recent episode showed Aladin and Laura, a 51-year-old Canadian who moved from Florida to Qatar to be with Aladin, completing a traditional three-day wedding in Aladin's home country of Tunisia.
The pair were already legally wed, however, at the time of this celebration.
As she revealed on 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way's season Laura and Aladin signed marriage paperwork just nine days after Laura visited Aladin in Qatar for the first time.
Unlike Aladin, Laura certainly doesn't seem to care about spoilers or violating her nondisclosure agreements by discussing the couple's status before 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way's season finishes airing on TLC.
In addition to her previously mentioned postings, Laura claimed on social media in August that Aladin had cheated on her and called him "disgusting."
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