Every season, 90 Day Fiancé fans play the same game. A new couple appears, the ages flash on screen, and the comments explode: “There is NO way this lasts.” So let us settle it with numbers: the five biggest age gaps in franchise history, ranked smallest to largest — with a verdict on each. Did the gap win, or did love?
5. Angela & Michael: 22 Years, and the Loudest Breakup of Them All
Same 22-year gap, opposite ending. Angela Deem met Michael Ilesanmi on Before the 90 Days in 2018 and married him in January 2020, then spent years fighting for his visa while he waited in Nigeria. He finally arrived in America in December 2023 — and the marriage fell apart fast. Verdict: distance, trust, and years of televised fighting ended this one, not the gap alone — but nobody can say fans did not see trouble coming.
4. David & Annie: 24 Years, and the Gold Standard
When David Toborowsky met Annie Suwan in a Thailand karaoke bar, fans were brutal. He was 48, broke, and fresh off a divorce; she was 24. The dowry negotiations became instant memes, and viewers gave the marriage six months, tops. Instead, David and Annie married in November 2017 and became arguably the most beloved couple in the franchise — and, according to reports, welcomed their daughter Minthira in March 2025. Verdict: the gap lost, badly. This is the couple every other age-gap pair gets measured against.
3. Big Ed & Liz: 27 Years, and the On-Again, Off-Again Epic
Big Ed Brown and Liz Woods had roughly 27 years between them and about a dozen breakups to match. After a called-off wedding, the split finally stuck for good, according to 2026 trackers, and both moved on. Verdict: the cycle of breakups did this one in, not the gap alone. But 27 years of age difference never made the hard parts easier.
2. Jenny & Sumit: 30 Years, a Catfish, and a Marriage That Refused to Die
Jenny Slatten was 52 when she started talking to Sumit Singh, then 22, on Facebook — under a fake profile, using another man’s photos. Sumit was already in an arranged marriage, and his family opposed the relationship fiercely. And yet: Jenny sold everything, moved to India, and the two married in August 2021. According to recent reports, they remain together in India, where Sumit is now her caregiver as she lives with ALS, a diagnosis she publicly revealed in May 2026. Verdict: the gap never stood a chance against this much stubbornness.
1. Mark & Nikki: 39 Years, the Gap Nobody Talks About Anymore
The biggest age gap in franchise history belongs to a couple most newer fans barely remember. Mark Shoemaker was 58 and Nikki was 19 when their Season 3 story aired — a 39-year gap that made even veteran viewers blink. The pair then did something almost unheard of: they went quiet. According to the last public check-ins, they remain married and famously low-profile. Verdict: the gap did not win, but it never really got tested in public either. The most shocking number on this list belongs to the quietest couple on it.
YOU MAY LIKESTOP Sharing That Viral Post: The Cruel Jenny Slatten Death Hoax Debunked — She’s Alive and Still FightingSo what is the pattern? The two biggest gaps — 39 and 30 years — are both still standing, while a 22-year gap produced the loudest divorce in franchise history. Age predicts almost nothing; family approval, honesty, and distance matter far more.
Now settle the debate: which age-gap couple proves age is just a number — and which one proves the fans were right all along? Drop your verdict in the comments.
