The love letter was written on a cocktail napkin. Vittorio Palchetti handed it to Jessy Peralta after yelling at her in front of his friends, and Jessy read it — and was not convinced. She wanted genuine respect, not better stationery. That was November 1. Now the next chapter arrives on Sunday, November 15, and this time Vittorio is the one doing the catching: the synopsis for episode 7 of 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way says he catches Jessy texting her ex.
So the fandom is already arguing about a question the episode has not answered yet: is texting her ex a betrayal — or what happens when a woman spends a year feeling alone in his house?
The Napkin, the Tennis Court, and a Year Without Intimacy
Jessy and Vittorio met in Miami and dated for a year before she left New York City for Florence. She is a former pageant queen from the Bronx who studied fashion merchandising; he is a Florence fashion brand manager, designer, and private tennis coach who runs his own label, Vittorio Smoot. On paper, it looked like a fashion-world fairy tale. On screen, it has been anything but.
The cracks showed early. In the premiere, Vittorio told viewers he considers himself “25% gay,” explaining that he has a feminine side that is attracted to women. His family openly doubts the relationship, and the couple has not been intimate in a year. Then came the villa that didn’t add up: the Tuscan apartment Vittorio showed Jessy turned out, according to reports, to be a listed Airbnb rental — and he even got the resident horse’s name wrong. Vittorio later posted a video saying his family does own the property, but the doubt had already settled in.
Then came the tennis court. In episode 4, Vittorio took Jessy to play tennis with his friends and corrected her in front of everyone. The fight followed them home, the napkin apology did not end it, and in episode 6 his friends gave her a frosty welcome all over again. Jessy has since posted an Instagram Story titled “Let’s Be Real,” saying the online attacks have gone too far. TLC has teased that both partners are hiding something. On Sunday, one of those secrets comes out — in a text message.
Team Vittorio: A Text to an Ex Is a Choice
One camp says the context does not matter, because the act is the act. Jessy chose this move, chose Vittorio, chose Italy. Keeping an ex on the line — and keeping it from the man she crossed an ocean for — is a choice she made every time she picked up the phone. Vittorio finding the messages is not bad luck. It is the truth arriving on schedule. And if she wanted out, they argue, she could have walked away instead of keeping a backup warm.
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The other camp says look at what Jessy was actually living in. She gave up New York for a man whose family questions her, whose friends freeze her out, and who humiliated her in front of those same friends — then handed her an apology on a napkin. They have not been intimate in a year. She has spoken publicly about living with stage IV endometriosis, a part of her story the show has barely touched.
In this reading, a text to an ex is not cheating. It is a lonely woman reaching for the one person who once made her feel wanted, in a house where she feels anything but. This camp also notes that TLC itself has teased that both partners are hiding secrets — so if Jessy’s secret is a few texts, what is Vittorio’s?
What Sunday Still Has to Show Us
What did the messages actually say — flirty, friendly, or just a lifeline? Did Jessy hide them because she knew they would hurt Vittorio, or because she knew he would use them to win an argument? The episode 7 preview already lists the caught text as one of the night’s biggest moments, and the ranking after episode 6 had this couple sliding fast.
So tell us: if you were Jessy, sitting in a house in Florence where his friends freeze you out and his family doubts you, would texting your ex be the betrayal — or would the real betrayal be the year Vittorio let you feel alone in the first place?
