90 Day Fiancé season 9 has only aired two episodes, but many viewers already like Shaeeda Sween much more than her partner Bilal Hazziez. Bilal is coming under fire for a controversial “joke” or test he played on Shaeeda, a 37-year-old woman from Trinidad and Tobago. This has caused many 90 Day Fiancé viewers to blast Bilal for his deceptive behavior while they sympathetically side with Shaeeda and praise her favorable personality.
Bilal is a 42-year-old divorced father of two who overcame a humble childhood to successfully buy and sell homes. Though Bilal is married to his partner Shaeeda under a religious ceremony, he decided to test her upon her arrival in the US. Bilal picked Shaeeda up in a van and took her to his run-down childhood home, which he presented as his own even though the building was falling apart. Despite Bilal wanting to see if Shaeeda liked him for who he is and not what he has, Shaeeda was alarmed that Bilal spent money on his clothing but not on his home.
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Reddit user Affectionate-Alps-86 praised 90 Day Fiancé newcomer Shaeeda for her remark about Bilal presenting a dirty van as his car. “This place looking like Sanford and Son,” Shaeeda said in reference to a sitcom from the 70s. Many commenters appreciated Shaeeda’s reference and were sympathetic to her being unpleasantly surprised by what Bilal presented to her. While Bilal suspects Shaeeda might be a gold digger, many viewers believe that she is simply concerned that Bilal projects an image of wealth online, yet he brought her to a home that was falling apart. “It’s one thing to show up in the van, leaving it a mess has nothing to do with money,” one top commenter
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