Summary
90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Daysis coming back in September 2024, butDavid Dangerfield and Sheila Mangubatarenowhere to be seen on the season 8 cast list– is it because they’re acting like villains?David is a 42-year-old man from Omaha, Nebraska who fell in love with the 31-year-old single mom Sheila after meeting her on a Facebook group for deaf singles. David and Sheila were in a long-distance relationship for two years. However,David was suspicious of Sheila’s intentionswhen she asked him for money and took over $3000 from him within a year.
Sheila claimed she wanted the money torepair her house which had been damaged in a fire and then hit by a typhoon. David saw how bad the situation was when he met Sheila inB90season 7. There was sewage water running everywhere, and David noted that the area smelled bad. Sheila’s family also acted strangely towards David when they met him. Meanwhile, Sheila was criticized for not having made the effort to learn ASL, which created communication issues between them. Regardless of the hurdles, David and Sheila get engaged in the finale.
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David’s Backstory Was Heartbreaking
David Yearned To Find Someone Who Accepted Him
David had said he was born “fully deaf.” David’s family did not know how it had happened. He loved playing games that took him back to his childhood, but David’s childhood had not been a pleasant one. Despite everything, he was still a child at heart. He lived a simple life in Omahawhere he worked at a grocery store stocking shelves and did some cleaning work at a casino.He liked working there because he thought it was interesting seeing all the people having a good time until they lost their money.
David was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee to an all-hearing family. Growing up being the only hearing-impaired person in an all-hearing family was difficult for David. It wasvery hard for him to communicate with his parents. “They sent me away to a deaf school,” he explained. It’s there that he learned the sign language. It was a boarding school and the people there felt like family to him. He graduated at 20 years old, but once he graduated, he had to interact with “hearing people” in the real world, which made him feel frustrated since most people don’t know ASL.
“Some people make fun of me or make me think I’m helpless.”
Sheila’s Mother Ma Remedios Died After Meeting David
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David was in a relationship with a hearing-impaired woman six years ago who made him feel less alone. However, they broke up because she cheated on David. Meeting Sheila on a Facebook group gave David hope. He visited Sheila in the Philippines and was shocked at the state of Sheila’s house. As David tried to deal with Sheila’s heart-wrenching living situation, he also watched Sheila mourning the loss of her mom, who died within 24 hours of meeting David for the first timeby falling off the poorly nailed stairs in their house.
David & Sheila Are Waiting For Her K-1 Visa
Sheila Hasn’t Moved To The U.S. Yet
Sheila wanted David to pay for the repairs of her house after the accident. However, David couldn’t afford it and thought Sheila was using him for money. Still, David had grown close to Sheila and her son Jhonreil. He promised to bring them both to the U.S. with him. David proposed to Sheila at the end of his Philippines trip. During the Tell All, he revealed thathe was able to fix Sheila’s house and help her open a small grocery store.The couple applied for a K-1 visa, but there was going to be a lot of waiting involved.
David Is Splurging Despite His Money Woes
Sheila is still living in the Philippines while David flies to meet her until she can join him in Omaha. Meanwhile, both Sheila and David have gained a lot of followers on social media. Fans want to stay up to date about the couple’s relationship updates, but they’ve recently discovered that a different side to David also exists. In December 2023,Davidasked his followers tochoose between a Sony PlayStation 5 or Microsoft Xbox Series X as he couldn’t decide between the two. David’s followerginarockacommented, “Shouldn’t you be saving for your family that’s coming? Just saying.”
Sheila’s Fans Expect Her To Take Care Of Her Health
In March 2024, Sheila and David reunited for the first time since the show aired and shared several photos on Instagram to document their adventures. They went to a beach andDavidcaptioned their post, “Its Beach Time” as he added some “#travelgram” photos from the “#phillipinebeach.” David’s followers rejoiced at the couple finally getting to see each other in person since their engagement, but some others noticed thatSheila was holding a cigarette while posing for their picture.Camboskposted,“Give up the lung darts Sheila!” in the comments. Instagram userchristinamfogcommented, “Sheila smoking?” with a puking emoji.
David Thinks He Is A Social Media Star
By October 2023, David was trying to find new ways to make money and decided that he wanted to have a career in social media. David had revealed he was making $800 a week when Sheila had asked him for $1,725.15 to fix her house. He wasimpressed by the engagement he was getting on his IG postsand admitted he hoped to get “new jobs at social media soon” in a post before he deleted it. Fans had advised David to teach ASL and make it his niche, but David has not taken any steps in that direction yet.
David Is Feuding With Cast Members For Attention
David Was Accused Of Body-Shaming Big Ed Brown Who Has Klippel–Feil Syndrome
Davidchallenged Big Ed to a fight in April 2024 through Instagram. He wrote that he was better than Big Ed because he had a “mad love of Sheila” andaccused Big Ed of being “not nice to people in Philippine[s]”perhaps referring to Big Ed’s storyline with Rose Vega. He wrote he had given his address to Big Ed so the Arkansas resident could come to see him, “We will be [boxing gloves emojis] lol,” he added.Liz Woodscommented on the post and praised David by declaring he was a man who was “obviously raised right.”
However, in May 2024,Davidtook his hatred for Big Ed a little too far. He reposted a distasteful meme about Big Ed which showed a picture of him captioned, “If this piece of [poop emoji] jumped out and tried to sell me a house, I’d run away screaming.”One of the top-liked comments on David’s post was by his followeruniquedesignsbydianawho told him that while Big Ed may not be a likable person, “making fun of his disability or neck is not cool.” They accused David of fat-shaming Big Ed and of poking fun at his appearance.
David Wants Money From Fans To Buy A House
David Is Asking Fans To Donate $150,000!
Fans had wantedDavidto start a GoFundMe in August 2024 so they could donate some money towards rebuilding Sheila’s house. At the time, David claimed he couldn’t do it because he “can’t afford [to] pay tax or IRS.” However, in January 2024, David started asking his fans for assistance by sharing aGoFundMeto raisefunds to buy a home for him and Sheila in the U.S.David wrote that his salary alone was not enough for him to “purchase a good home.” David is trying to raise $150,000 and has already made over $15,000 through donations.
The pinned post onDavid’s Instagram is seeing a lot of negative comments from his followers. Userzdilekwrote, “I do not agree with go fund me unless health or emergency situation” and said David should be grateful that she’s earning a living by making cameos and through his job rather than asking for donations. Meanwhile,fehintopcommented, “People should contribute to help you buy a house because you’re on tv and met a woman online? The entitlement is wild.” The90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Daysviewer labeled David’s behavior as “tasteless” and “disappointing.”
90 Day Fiancé: Before The 90 Daysseason 7 premieres on Sunday, September 1 at 8 p.m. EDT on TLC and Max.
90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days
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A deeper look into the lives of couples established in 90 Day Fiancé, 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days is a reality tv/documentary series that follows the potential spouse from a foreign country and their lead-up to their journey to America. The show documents the early days of the relationship across the ocean and the K-1 visa process required for the spouse to live in the new country. Couples battle with culture shock, language barriers, and the opinions of friends and families alike as they prepare themselves to take the ultimate leap.
