{"id":292222,"date":"2020-05-11T13:20:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T19:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1150599"},"modified":"2020-05-11T13:20:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T19:20:30","slug":"90-day-fiance-self-quarantined-why-akinyi-isnt-in-a-rush-to-marry-benjamin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/90-day-fiance-self-quarantined-why-akinyi-isnt-in-a-rush-to-marry-benjamin\/","title":{"rendered":"90 Day Fianc\u00e9: Self-Quarantined: Why Akinyi Isn&#8217;t in a Rush to Marry Benjamin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019929\/rs_600x600-191029083712-600x600-90dayfiance2-gj-10-29-19.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"39.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"19\">\n<p>For many, everything has been put on hold because of the coronavirus. Even weddings. Just ask <em>90 Day Fianc\u00e9: Before the 90 Days<\/em> stars Benjamin and Akinyi. The couple, who are still together in a long-distance relationship, documented how their handling the state of the world in TLC&#8217;s <em>90 Day Fianc\u00e9: Self-Quarantined<\/em>, a new series featuring stars from across the 90 Day franchise taping themselves without the air of producers or crews.<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin is at home with his son in the United States while Akinyi is in Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know, yesterday was the date we had reserved at the church for the wedding,&#8221; Benjamin says in the exclusive sneak peek above.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wait, whose wedding?&#8221; Akinyi asks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ours,&#8221; he corrects her.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"60\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"10\">\n<p>&#8220;Wait, how come I did not know?&#8221; she asks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was the original date that we picked,&#8221; he tells her.<\/p>\n<p>While the coronavirus has put the brakes on that, Akinyi maintains she did not know they had selected a wedding date. Now they&#8217;re on for August 29.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"58\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"6\">\n<p>&#8220;I feel like Benjamin is rushing with the marriage,&#8221; Akinyi told cameras. &#8220;I want to wait the full 90 days to get married because I don&#8217;t know what kind of life I&#8217;m going to have in the United States. I want to learn different things and get comfortable and he&#8217;s rushing me when I feel like I don&#8217;t want to be rushed.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"61.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"13\">\n<p>The Monday, May 11 episode of <em>90 Day Fianc\u00e9: Self-Quarantined<\/em> also features <em>The Family Chantel<\/em> stars Karen, Thomas, River and Winter, <em>90 Day Fianc\u00e9<\/em> season one couple Russ and Paola, <em>90 Day Fianc\u00e9<\/em> season seven couple Michael and Juliana and <em>90 Day Fianc\u00e9: Before the 90 Days<\/em> season one subjects Patrick and Myriam.<\/p>\n<p><em>90 Day Fianc\u00e9: Self-Quarantined<\/em> airs Mondays, 9 p.m. on TLC.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1150599\/90-day-fiance-self-quarantined-why-akinyi-isn-t-in-a-rush-to-marry-benjamin?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many, everything has been put on hold because of the coronavirus. Even weddings. Just ask 90 Day Fianc\u00e9: Before the 90 Days stars Benjamin and Akinyi. The couple, who are still together in a long-distance relationship, documented how their handling the state of the world in TLC&#8217;s 90 Day Fianc\u00e9: Self-Quarantined, a new series [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-292222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-20 10:02:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}