90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?star Michael Ilesanmi is on a major ego trip since he “escaped” his toxic marriage with Angela Deem and is showing no signs of stopping. The 35-year-old Michael from Nigeria had approached the much older Angela on social media to tell her he found her beautiful. Angela was impressed from the get-go, while she wondered why Michael was interested in her, since according to Angela, he was from “the scamming capital of the world.” Angela’s near and dear ones asked her to be careful.
However, Angela didn’t act upon her intuition and headed straight to Nigeria to meet Michael on 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days season 2. Life presented Angela with several chances to end the relationship. Angela still stayed with Michael and envisioned a future together for them in America. Michael kept facing visa rejections and delays, which is when Angela decided that if Michael’s visa application was rejected in 2023, she would leave him. Fortunately for Michael, it wasn’t, and he was in America in December 2023. After that, it took him two months to get rid of his wife.
Michael was in a vulnerable state when he was in a relationship with Angela on 90 Day Fiancé. Angela took advantage of him to exploit, control, and verbally abuse him. Angela refused to let Michael have any social media accounts. She didn’t let him go to work and instead sent him money from the U.S. It meant that Michael was at Angela’s mercy to get money and may also have needed her permission to spend it on what he wanted. However, Michael learned to grin and bear it. He had one goal in his mind, which was to come to America.
Fans watched Angela fly to Nigeria to “surprise” Michael because she’d learned he’d created an Instagram account he refused to deactivate.
“I love you, but you will not f******* take me for granted.”
Angela had torn Michael’s car apart with her bare hands. She was ripping the car into pieces. Angela wanted to go for the car windows next. Angela was herself crushing on Billy at the time but was insecure about Michael meeting someone else via his new Instagram. She had previously attempted to fit a tracking device on Michael’s phone to locate his whereabouts secretly. Angela also wished to go through Michael’s phone after surprising him in Nigeria.
However, Michael knew exactly how to push her buttons. Michael had assured Angela that he would take his Instagram account down if she gave him a $5000 ransom. Michael was indeed talking to someone. He’d made plans to meet an American woman after he went to the States. Michael knew it was only a matter of time until his visa was approved. Once in America, Michael was not going to be ordered around by Angela. He even had a burner phone that Angela knew nothing about despite living together and traveling for two months. It was just one of his secrets.
Angela and Michael had broken up during the Tell All for 90 Day Fiancé’s Happily Ever After? season 7 after she had found proof of Michael cheating on her. Angela knew she wanted a divorce from Michael,but the couple reconnected after Michael suddenly lost his mother two years ago. Angela had flown to Nigeria to be with him, and during therapy, they discovered they still needed each other.
“I promise you my wife, I will not lie to you,”
Michael professed his love for Angela during the recommitment ceremony of 90 Day: The Last Resort when he saw that Angela was holding divorce papers.
Michael assured Angela that he was going to be honest with her “at all times.” He promised his wife he was going to make her happy “now and forever.” Michael told Angela he was going to support her in “good and bad times.”
“I’ve always loved you, never gave up on us, but, you know, I truly love you, or I wouldn’t be here.”
Angela’s confession came from her heart. She tore the divorce papers in front of Michael and TheLast Resort cast and reaffirmed her commitment to their marriage. She mentioned her duty as his wife was to back Michael up in all that he needed.
Angela said that she was older and Michael had his whole life ahead of him. She said that Michael should make it work if he truly loved her, because she didn’t “like lying.” Angela asked Michael not to take her love for him for granted.
“I should have left you many times, but I love you.”
Little did Angela know that Michael had been planning to betray her all along. If she did know, Angela may have turned a blind eye to Michael’s true intentions. He made her believe he was changing for her. Angela looked forward to a refreshing start together once Michael came to the States. However, Michael had had enough of Angela controlling him and wanted to prove that he was free to escape her and start his own new life in America without her.
Angela did not talk about Michael’s disappearance for three days. She finally did a TikTok live claiming Michael was missing on February 26, 2024. Angela’s attempts to contact Michael’s family in Nigeria had been unsuccessful. Angela offered a $10,000 reward for Michael’s safe return. Michael was “found” on the same day when he contacted the police himself. Michael had been safe all along. He was verified using the photos of his passport on his burner phone. Michael told the police he was in fear for his life and didn’t want Angela to know where he was.
Michael returned to Instagram in May 2024 and shared a mirror selfie to reveal that he wasn’t wearing his wedding ring anymore. Fans supportive of Michael’s return to social media are all over his posts congratulating him on his newfound freedom. Michael’s caption for the post says, “You either take what has hurt you and allow it to make you a better person, or you allow it to tear you down.” It’s Michael taking a jab at Angela for not treating him right as he proves that the bad relationship with her has only helped him “get better.”
It’s just one of Michael’s ways of making Angela look like the bad guy in their relationship when he, too, was the source of many of their quarrels. Fans feel Michael getting the green card after years of abuse will be his reward.Michael’s end goal will be achieved once that happens and Angela will be left regretting every decision she made to give Michael another chance after every time he’d betrayed her.
Angela essentially spoiled her storyline when she reported Michael was missing. Michael’s American arrival was something viewers were waiting for nearly a decade and Angela revealed he’d come to the U.S. before it could be revealed in a new spin-off. Angela and Michael were not a part of over eight 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? season 8episodes despite being featured in the previews and the trailer. Due to this, viewers suspected Angela was fired from the show. Viewers also demanded Michael to be retained as he would make a great cast member for The Single Life.
The network has always paid close attention to what fans say online, especially when it comes to picking cast members for new spin-offs. The single Michael’s ever-growing popularity makes him a great candidate for season 5 of The Single Life. Meanwhile, Angela is getting bashed everywhere, including her own IG comments section. Seeing the new wave of hate against Angela is undoubtedly making Michael feel great. He has the world rooting for him. There was a reason why the 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? star put up with his wife’s awful tantrums.
