90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Daysstar Veah Netherton’s old childhood picturerevealed why she didn’t want to convertto Sunny Mahdi’s religion.Veah is a 27-year-old womanfrom Florida starring in season 7 of the90 Day Fiancéspin-off with Sunny from Durham.Veah met Sunny on a dating appand was in a long-distance relationship with him for a year before she flew to meet him.Veah spoke about her paston the show and mentioned that both her parents were drug addicts. She had to bounce from one foster home to another in childhood.
However, Veah wasn’t treated well in her foster homes. The experience left a permanent scar on Veah’s life and affected her relationship with Sunny.
Reddit userSelect-Effort8004shared a throwback picture of Veah and asked if Veah’s adoptive family was a “certain religion.” They added that they had never seen the kind of clothing that Veah wore before. “At first, I thought this was some sort of class photo, but it’s a family photo,” the fan observed. Someone in the comments recalled Veah saying she was Pentecostal. “If she said so, it must be a very extreme branch. I’ve never seen a Pentecostal dress like that,” the OP added. Meanwhilegardenofthoughtposted, “it seems to be Mennonite or an ultra conservative sect of LDS.”
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When Sunny first mentioned that his family wanted him to marry a Muslim girl, Veah opened up about her childhood. Veah had a total of seven siblings, but theygrew up separated because of her parents’ situation. Veah shared that her emotions were dismissed by her foster parents. They made her feel like a charity case. Her difficult upbringing gave Veah severe anxiety which she carried into her adulthood. One of the foster families that adopted her was very religious.
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They forced Veah to be in a church they owned. Veah wasmade to wear a dress and head coverings.They controlled everything, including the time when Veah woke up, when she ate, went to bed, or even used the bathroom. Veah called the experience “traumatizing.” While she believed in God, Veah didn’t want to join a religion where the beliefs were forced upon her. Veah was also uncomfortable when Sunny made her wear modest clothing before going to meet his father because of how this family had dressed her.
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Veah was pushed by Sunny to convert to Islam in order to become his wife. He was echoing his father’s thoughts, since Sunny himself was indulging in sex before marriage with Veah and was drinking, etc., anddoing things that are considered haram in his religion. Sunny’s father also took offense at Veah’s tattoos, especially those that she’d made in memory of her late brother. However, in the end, Sunny had to accept Veah’s wishes on90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Dayswhen he proposed to her.
90 Day Fiancé: Before The 90 Daysairs Sundays at 8 p.m. EST on TLC.
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90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days
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A deeper look into the lives of couples established in 90 Day Fiancé, 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days is a reality tv/documentary series that follows the potential spouse from a foreign country and their lead-up to their journey to America. The show documents the early days of the relationship across the ocean and the K-1 visa process required for the spouse to live in the new country. Couples battle with culture shock, language barriers, and the opinions of friends and families alike as they prepare themselves to take the ultimate leap.
