Key Takeaways
- Reality TV fans were shocked by Michael's escape from Angela, which was revealed at the end of the 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? Tell All.
- Despite the delay between filming and airing, details of Michael and Angela's tumultuous relationship couldn't be kept secret.
- Michael's harrowing journey to leave Angela, including escaping on foot with just essential documents, was finally described on the Tell All.
Before last night's Tell All, 90 Day Fiancé fans knew that Michael Ilesanmi had successfully fled the home of his estranged wife, Angela Deem — but TLC shocked viewers with Michael's update at the tail end.
As with most reality TV shows, there will often be a few months' delay between the filming of 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? Tell Alls and episodes, and when they air.
By the same token, some reality television personalities and their storylines outgrow their shows of origin and are impossible to keep under wraps.
If you've been keeping up with our coverage of Michael and Angela, you know that they're a perfect example of this.
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Before we get into Michael's truly chilling flight from Angela, we'll recap what was known before last night's 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After Tell All.
In late July, we reported that Angela had hired a private investigator in an attempt to "expose" Michael, but it didn't go very well for her, and she stormed off the set in a rage when the PI admitted he found nothing incriminating.
The 90 Day Fiancé fandom hit their limit of watching Angela allegedly abuse Michael on camera, going so far as to demand TLC do something to help him.
Before the Tell Alls finished airing, Angela filed for an annulment from Michael — and as many fans speculated, she tried to claim Michael used her for a green card.
Viewers overwhelmingly sided with Michael – as would anyone who has watched the show – and back in July, we reported on some initial statements Michael made about why he decided to finally leave Angela:
"The reason why I left Angie's house is because — it’s very, very sad — I wasn't treated like I'm her husband. I was treated like I'm just a nobody. Every day we fight.
"It's a lot for me to leave [my marriage], for me to have left. It had gotten to the point [where] I couldn't just bear it anymore."
So, fans were well aware that Michael and Angela had separated, and TLC had no hope of keeping their breakup under wraps — even if the erstwhile couple were quiet on social media (they weren't), Angela generated public records in filing to dissolve her marriage to Michael.
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Michael's 'Side Of The Story'
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Michael and Angela showed up at the beginning of the Tell All – which is a whole different story – and again at the very end.
Angela spoke first, and then Michael told the story of his escape, which he said occurred a few days after the Tell All:
"After the Tell All, you know, we went back home and, as usual, my wife Angie, you know, she got hungry. She started giving me attitude and saying all sorts of things to me."
Throughout the season, watching a soft-spoken Michael talk about his life with Angela hasn't been easy, and his account of leaving her was much the same as he calmly described a terrifying last-minute journey in a foreign country.
It sounded like something out of a Lifetime movie, and Michael said that he left with just his backpack and his "essential documents," on foot:
"So, it got to a point I just had to leave. She says she wants to go out to make some errands, so she left the house.
"I went to the closet, picked up my backpack and my essential documents and my jacket, and I left the house. I walked for about five hours.
"I was so, so, so tired ... My leg was as if it almost fell off me. You know, at some point, I almost got bitten by a dog."
Michael said God "saved" him, and that after hours of walking, he "begged" (borrowed) a stranger's phone to contact "one or two" friends.
Kobe has repeatedly and consistently attempted to intervene on Michael's behalf, and fans on Reddit think that Kobe was one of the friends Michael mentioned.
Michael eventually got to a bus station and traveled to an "undisclosed location" per TLC, and at the end of the segment, he seemed to assure fans of his safety as well as his now clear view of his marriage to Angela:
I just want to move on with my life. I want to move on with my life.
Enough is enough.
I mean, no one deserves to be treated this way.
Another Reddit user shared a thread titled "This Tell All saved Michael's life," and another simply rejoiced: "Michael escaped!"
90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?
- Release Date
- September 11, 2016
- Cast
- Elizabeth Potthast , Andrei Castravet , Angela Deem , Paola Mayfield , Russ Mayfield , Michael Ilesanmi , Chantel Everett , Pedro Jimeno
- Seasons
- 8
- Franchise(s)
- 90 Day Fiancé
