A single mother has shown that love really is found in the most unexpected of places in the new series of 90 Day Fiancé UK.
The series ‘follows seven loved-up Brits and their long-distance lovers for 90 days to see if their love is the real deal or a flash in the pan’.
And according to the show notes, the series ‘is a rollercoaster of emotions, bringing viewers everything from suspicious friends and cynical families to sweet reunions and epic trips across the globe’.
Last week’s episode showed 39-year-old single mother Louise from Gloucester crying at Heathrow Airport as her Colombian husband Jose, 29, was held by immigration.
However, while this week sees her new husband reach safety in the country, there is more drama when he has to meet Louise’s son Jesse.
And not only did the cynical 21-year-old meet Jose, he found that his mother was married to him, and that the couple tied the knot just days after meeting.
During one episode, Louise is seen travelling down the M4 back to Gloucester. ‘Jose’s been in immigration for 12 hours,’ she says. ‘I’m really, really desperate now.’
Midway through the late-night taxi ride home, Louise receives a phone call. With tired eyes, she answers, and it’s the immigration office once again. Taking a deep breath, Louise makes a last-ditch attempt to fight for her husband’s entry into the UK.
‘I love this man. From the beginning of our relationship this is all we wanted, to do things properly,’ she tells them. ‘We stuck to the rules, we just want to be together.’ Putting the phone down, Louise bursts into tears… and it’s good news!
‘I can’t believe it, my husband is coming home!’ she beams. After 12 hours of uncertainty, Jose is finally being allowed into the country.
On the way to Louise’s house, Jose is in characteristically high spirits despite the exhausting wait. ‘Immigration was bad,’ he says. ‘But I’m in England, baby!’
And back home in Gloucester, Louise is on cloud nine.
‘I can’t believe that he’s made it,’ she smiles. ‘After not knowing what was going on, not knowing if he was going to be locked up or sent back, to find out that he can actually come home to me is such a big thing for us.’
Louise’s son Jesse (pictured) was extremely unhappy to learn that his mother and Jose had tied the knot after knowing each other for a matter of days
After a two-hour cab ride from the airport, a fur-coat-sporting Jose arrives at Louise’s house. Opening the door to her husband, the pair embrace. ‘Jose has arrived!’ Jose says triumphantly, in emotional scenes. ‘I’m so relieved, now we can finally be together,’ Louise says.
But there’s still another big step the pair need to take in their relationship. Jose needs to meet Jesse, Louise’s 21-year-old son, who has been cynical about their relationship from the very start.
‘My son Jesse has concerns about mine and Jose’s relationship,’ Louise says. ‘I know that he’s not very happy about Jose moving in and living with us.’
Making matters worse, Jesse has no idea that while Louise was over in Colombia visiting Jose, the pair also got married… Just ten days after meeting for the first time.
‘I’m a little bit nervous to break the news that we’re married,’ Louise admits. ‘I don’t know how that’s going to go.’
Returning home after a hard day’s work, Jesse walks into his front room to see Louise and Jose sitting together on the sofa. ‘I’m worried about how Jesse and Jose are going to get on,’ Louise reveals.
‘I hope he likes me,’ Jose says. Sitting down on the adjacent sofa, Jesse can barely bring himself to look at Jose, overwhelmed by the awkwardness of the situation. ‘I told you, Jesse’s protective,’ Louise explains to a bemused Jose.
Jose (pictured leaving the airport) had a tough time in immigration, but was delighted to finally be in England
‘What, he understands that, does he?’ Jesse asks. ‘It’s very awkward, man. I’m happy that my mum’s happy, but I’m p***** off that there’s some random guy in my house.’
As Jesse admits, he’s struggling to get his head around the situation. ‘It’s just surreal,’ he says. ‘Seeing someone through a phone for that long, and then them all of a sudden being sat in my living room.’
And things are about to take an even more uncomfortable turn for Jesse, as Louise breaks the news.
‘On the 16th of November at three o’clock, we got married,’ she says, turning to Jose for support. Laughing along, Jose gives Jesse the thumbs up. ‘I’m sorry that you couldn’t come to the wedding.’
Trying to process the news, Jesse musters up a response of utter disbelief. ‘You’re telling me you’re married?’ he says, laughing nervously. ‘You two are properly, like, married? F*** me!’ he says angrily under his breath. The news has gone down as well as expected. ‘Within two weeks she’s married him,’ Jesse says, stunned. ‘How am I meant to just be okay with that?’
Struggling to comprehend the news, Jesse makes his feelings known. ‘I know you’ve, like, been talking to him for like a year on the phone, but for you to get married within two weeks, that’s crazy to me.’
While not agreeing with Louise and Jose’s marriage by any stretch of the imagination, what hurts most for Jesse is that he wasn’t able to be there.
While Jesse is unhappy that his mother married Jose, he is also unhappy that he wasn’t there to witness her big day
‘It’s just gutting that I didn’t get to see any of that because my mum says she’s going to have another wedding in England, but she won’t,’ he says. For Louise, the challenge that lays ahead is making sure Jose and Jesse build bridges.
‘Jose and Jesse mean everything to me,’ Louise says. ‘It is really important that they both get on and that they’re happy and we can live together comfortably, and we can be a family.’ But for Jesse, that’s just not going to happen. ‘I won’t be bonding with Jose anytime soon,’ he says.
As the week progresses, Jesse is true to his word. ‘Jose has been here for some time now, and I’m not going to lie, me and Jose aren’t bonding at all,’ he says. ‘He literally is a teenager in a man’s body; I’m eight years younger than him and I’m more mature.’
Some of Jose’s offputting habits have also started grating on Jesse, as he explains through gritted teeth. ‘He’s messy, he’s always watching his own videos; he just watches them back continuously. Surely you can’t love your music that much?’
The brand-new series of 90 Day Fiancé UK is available to stream exclusively on discovery+ now
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