90 Day Fiance stars Asuelu and Kalani opened up about the status of their relationship after a touching Tell-All.
Asuelu and Kalani’s relationship continues to be rocky. ET sat down with the pair ahead of their appearance on the 90 Day Fiance spin off, Love Games. They talked about where their relationship stands after their emotional and tensed Tell-All appearance that aired back in Sept.
Despite their tension-filled relationship, Kalani, 32, and Asuelu, 25, are still together, and the pair told ET’s Melicia Johnson that they will continue working on their marriage.
“I think the pandemic was hard for all couples, and we already had a bunch of issues going into it, so I think we’ve just been trying our best, and that’s just where we are,” Kalani said. “I feel like it changes on a daily basis, like a lot of marriages,” she added.
“I think we’re in an OK spot,” she noted. “I wouldn’t say we’re in a great or perfect spot, but I think we’re good. We’re working, we’re both putting in the effort. It’s not horrible like it was, but it’s not amazing. We’re getting there.”
Asuelu chimes in saying he feels they are on the right track. However, Kalani did not rule out the possibility of the two not ending up together.
“I just think that marriage is very hard and when you have a lot of other issues, like cultural issues and language issues and all of these things, it just makes it very complicated,” she said. She went to say that they are trying their best at the moment and hopes that it will work out before adding, “I mean, you never really know.”
Taking the coronavirus pandemic seriously, Asuelu stopped his job at the Polynesian Entertainment Dance company since some of the members had COVID-19, He still has a job working a rideshare service.
“A lot of things changed,” he explained. “I stopped going out, hanging out with friends,” Kalani adds that he is more cautious now, which is nice.
He also opened up about how he was portrayed in season 5 of 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?, during which he called Kalani a “lying b**ch in front of her mother during a car ride. He does have regrets, and describes the fight in the car his “lowest point.”
“I think that’s not who I am,” he said. “I watch it and I hate it, and I don’t want to be that person, but you know, it’s good. I learned it’s a good lesson. I learned from that, and growing up, and yeah, just [have] good change and just be a better person.”
Kalani said the fight airing on TV proved to be beneficial to them. “It just made him be better because a lot of people attacked him, so it made him look at himself and say, ‘Yeah, probably shouldn’t talk like that or do things like that.’
Love Games features fan-favorite couples including, Kalani and Asuelu answering questions about their partner to show how well they know one another. While the couple had fun competing, they said some of the questions were extremely intimate.
“Asuelu is very mum about anything sexual, so I feel like any sexual questions, he was [more] uncomfortable to answer than me, but it was fun hearing other people’s answers too,” Kalani says. “I was like, ‘Wow, good for you.'”
Asuelu and Kalani later joked about what they learned from taking part in the series.”I think Love Games was a really nice challenge for most of the couples because, for me, I didn’t know other things that my wife liked but after Love Games, man, I studied everything about you,” Asuelu told Kalani.
“Maybe if we go to another season or another challenge, we’re gonna win, right, baby?” Asuelu said, but Kalani disagrees. “Being on Love Games made me realize we don’t know anything about each other, really, other than like, ‘Oh, what’s your favorite color?'” she said. She said they still need to know each other better. Love Games premiers Feb. 14 on Discovery +.
