'90 Day Fiancé' Fans Rally Around Michael as Hard Scene With Angela Airs

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90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? fans have rallied around Michael Ilesanmi after his latest scenes with Angela Deem.

The show, which follows the lives of several couples from 90 Day Fiancé to see how their relationship has worked out, returned to TLC for Season 7 in August.

This season has proved exceptionally hard for Deem, 56, and her husband Ilesanmi, 34, as they have tried to navigate a long-distance relationship between Nigeria and the United States due to ongoing visa issues.

Deem faced backlash from 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? viewers earlier in October after scenes showed her destroying her husband's car during a heated argument.

Angela Deem and Michael Ilesanmi
Angela Deem and Michael Ilesanmi have faced major relationship roadblocks on Season 7 of "90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?" TLC

After the car incident, fans called for Deem to be removed from the series over her treatment of her husband and now, following the October 23 episode, viewers have once again rushed to Ilesanmi's defense.

In the latest installment, fans watched as Ilesanmi attempted to make peace with his wife but, instead, got shouted at.

He told the cameras in a confessional: "I think both of us made mistakes, but I think Angela is only telling one side of the whole story, and she makes me look like a bad guy."

The pair were then getting into another argument about Ilesanmi's use of Instagram, and at one point Deem threw her bag on the floor and stood up to shout at her spouse.

When talking to Deem about his use of social media, Ilesanmi tried to explain to his wife that he uses it to make money but Deem questioned him over his refusal to show her his phone, suggesting he could be using Instagram to cheat on or scam her.

As Ilesanmi tried to explain his position, Deem screamed at her husband: "I don't give a god damn about no money, b***h!" before adding: "You opportunist!"

Ilesanmi then said he "of course" wasn't trying to scam her, asking: "Why can't you trust me either?" to which Deem screamed back: "Because you f***ers are untrustable!"

Taking to Twitter after the scenes aired, fans posted to show their support for Ilesanmi and their disapproval of Deem's behavior.

One viewer wrote: "Michael does not deserve this. It's time to remove Angela and TLC needs to put up a domestic violence disclaimer! #90DayFiance #90DayFianceHappilyEverAfter."

As another posted: "Angela is textbook abusive. I hope Michael gets out of that marriage. #90DayFiance."

"Michael needs to leave Angie! No woman should speak to their husband that way! #90DayFiance," added a third.

The latest support for Ilesanmi comes just a week after viewers asked TLC not to have Deem on the show again.

The network was criticized by fans for keeping Deem after scenes showed her getting into a heated argument with Ilesanmi over being able to look through his phone.

Following that episode, Tracey Carnazzo, who hosts the 90 Day Fiancé Trash Talk podcast with Noelle Winters Herzog, spoke to Newsweek about TLC's decision to keep Deem as part of the cast.

She told Newsweek: "It's hard to imagine that TLC would keep someone behaving like this if the roles were reversed. I understand that not every relationship is healthy, but this has been taken to a dangerous level."

Newsweek has contacted TLC for comment.

90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? airs Sundays at 8 p.m. ET on TLC.

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