90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way season 6 aired episode 22 this week on November 25, 2024. The segment featured a special appearance from Joanne's mother, Donna, who got into an argument with Shekinah. After the cast members calmed down, Shaun Robinson asked Joanne if she would have told her family about her and Sean's wedding sooner.
The cast member revealed that she would have told them sooner, but not before she and Sean married. While discussing wedding plans, Donna said Joanne's father was waiting to celebrate her daughter. Shaun asked whether he knew they were married, and she said no.
Fans of the reality television show commented on the revelation and criticized Joanne for keeping the news of her marriage from her father. One person wrote on X:
"Joanne should tell her father the family knows now why keep him in the dark. I'm sorry it's just a lack of respect what's happening here. All these secrets are just unnecessary."
"Joanne is just a bad person. She doesnt tell anyone anything. She just keeps secrets. From everyone. Her dad. Her kids. No one is important enough to be honest with." A fan commented.
"This secret from the dad is going to be bad. He will be so hurt that he was the last to know and Joanne needed to be more specific with why." A tweet read.
Fans of 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way season 6 commented on Joanne keeping her marriage a secret for two years:
"Oh my God, Donna is taking me out with Joanne could have been sold. I gotta say though, I agree with the mom. The secrecy of it from the immediate family was hard to take especially with minor children in the mix." A person wrote.
"I will never respect Joanne for leaving her children. They were completely blindsided.." A fan commented.
"Joanne doesn't GAF about anything besides Sean and what she wants. Her kids are an afterthought and so is her mom." A tweet read.
Fans of 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way season 6 further said:
"OK Joanne not only did you keep it from your mom you kept it from your boys also, how's your relationship with your boys by the way? You both are selfish individuals." A person wrote.
"Joanne and her husband are still lying to their kids. Apparently now Sean is going to abandon his daughter." A fan commented.
"My father would have, totally, taken it, internalized it" — Joanne explains why her father doesn't know about her and Sean's marriage in 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way season 6 episode 22
In 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way season 6 episode 22, Joanne and Sean admitted that they could have told their kids about being married sooner. While Joanne said she wouldn't have told them before getting married, she wouldn't have waited two years if she got a redo.
Joanne's mother said she would have liked to celebrate her daughter's marriage two years ago. However, she said it was over it and wanted to move on to a happier topic. The host, Shaun Robinson, asked if the 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way couple had plans to celebrate. Joanne said there were, but she didn't want to get married in America.
Shaun asked Joanne's mother, Donna, if she wanted to be involved in the wedding planning. She said if Joanne wanted her to be involved, she would be. She said she would be there because Joanne's father was waiting to come.
The 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way Tell All host asked whether Donna's father knows her daughter was married, and Joanne said, "No." She said that, unlike her mother, her father would have internalized it.
"My father would have taken it, internalized it, and got really—" she said.
The 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way star's mother said Joanne was his baby and he would have been okay. Shekinah asked whether she was worried he would find out another way, and Joanne said she would tell him.
Fans of 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way season 6 commented on the situation online and criticized Joanne for not telling her father about being married.
Fans can stream 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way season 6 on TLC.