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Laura Dorwart

Laura Dorwart earned her MFA in Nonfiction Writing from Antioch University and her Ph.D. from UC San Diego. She’s been writing about the entertainment industry since 2013 and joined the Showbiz Cheat Sheet team in 2019. She focuses her coverage here on popular TV including Sister Wives and Married at First Sight, along with book coverage and the representation of mental health and disability in entertainment media.

Laura was a 2020 Sundance Institute Press Inclusion Inititiative scholarship recipient. In her spare time, she is an avid reader and keeps up with the works of Roxane Gay and Carmen Maria Machado in particular. See more of Laura’s bylines from The New York Times, VICE, Forbes, McSweeney’s, Muck Rack, and her online portfolio.

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’90 Day Fiancé’: Rebecca Parrott Promises Her Daughter That Zied Hakimi Doesn’t Want Her As a Sugar Mama On ‘What Now?’

Rebecca Parrott’s relationship with her much younger Tunisian fiancé, Zied Hakimi, raised some eyebrows on TLC’s ‘90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days’ Season 3. Some viewers wondered if Zied was using Rebecca for money or a visa. And on a recent episode of ‘90 Day Fiancé: What Now’ on TLC GO, it appeared that Rebecca’s own daughter shared fans’ concerns.
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’90 Day Fiancé’: Steven Frend’s Buddies Wonder If He’s Ready For Full-Time Marriage and Parenting With Olga Koshimbetova On ‘What Now?’

Steven Frend wasn’t exactly a fan favorite after his first appearance on TLC’s ‘90 Day Fiancé’ Season 6 with his now-wife, Olga Koshimbetova. But the young couple remained married and appears to be going strong. On a recent episode of TLC GO’s ‘90 Day Fiancé: What Now,’ Steven’s friends wondered if he was really ready to be a full-time husband to Olga and father to their son, Alex.
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’90 Day Fiancé’: Olga Koshimbetova and Steven Frend Encounter Delays and Problems Before Reuniting in the U.S. On ‘What Now?’

Steven Frend drew the wrong kind of attention from viewers due to how he treated his Russian fiancée, Olga Koshimbetova, on TLC’s ’90 Day Fiancé’ Season 6. But the now-married young couple has stayed together since their time on the show. On a recent episode of TLC GO’s ‘90 Day Fiancé: What Now,’ Olga and Steven struggled to reunite for good in the U.S. due to logistical issues.
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’90 Day Fiancé’: Rebecca Parrott’s Daughter Explains Why She Changed Her Mind About Zied Hakimi On ‘What Now?’

Rebecca Parrott and her Tunisian fiancé, Zied Hakimi, struggled with finances, cultural differences, and visa issues when they appeared on TLC’s ‘90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days’ Season 3. As Rebecca prepared to welcome Zied to the U.S. permanently on a recent episode of TLC GO’s ‘90 Day Fiancé: What Now,’ she worried that Zied wasn’t prepared for just how much things could cost in his new home.
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’90 Day Fiancé’: Laura Jallali Talks To Aladin Jallali’s Friend On ‘What Now?’ To Get Details On Why Her Husband Wanted a Divorce; The Exes Have a Bitter Final Confrontation

Laura and Aladin Jallali had a famously bitter split after they appeared on TLC’s ‘90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way,’ with both hurling insults and accusations at one another. On a recent episode of ‘90 Day Fiancé: What Now,’ the former couple had yet another angry confrontation about their divorce via video chat.