90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way couple Sarper Güven and Shekinah Garner have had quite the journey, and despite all that they’ve been through, they’re still thankfully together. Recently, however, Güven gave an interview in which he admitted that he feels like he’s been living at the extreme ends of the happiness spectrum after leaving his life in Turkey.
On March 14, 2025, Güven and Garner both had a brief chat with PEOPLE and shared how the two of them are adjusting to their new life in the U.S. Güven, a personal trainer and fitness coach, is of the view that he had a peaceful life back in Turkey, but being in the U.S. on K-1 visa and not having a bank account or the ability to work really affects him. He went on to share his two cents about the whole situation in the following words:
“I came here. I made a big gamble with my life. I left everything behind. I left an independent, free life. I have nothing here. I have nothing. And this is only for a woman. If somebody told me two years ago that I would change that much from a bad boy to this, I would laugh at them with my ass. But it happened for her, and that is the proof of love.”
Güven has previously admitted to having a body count of nearly 3,000 women. So before he moved to the U.S., both Garner and Güven specifically thought that the biggest problem in their relationship would be him being monogamous. However, according to the fitness coach, that hasn’t been a problem in the slightest.
Sarper Güven Was a Relationship Virgin Before Shekinah Garner
Although he revealed having a body count of over 3,000 women, Güven had never been in a proper relationship with anyone before Garner. Their relationship began when they matched online, and it led Garner, who is from Los Angeles, to travel to Turkey to meet Sarper in person.
As their romance deepened, Shekinah decided to relocate to Turkey to pursue the relationship further. However, challenges arose when Sarper’s past and commitment issues surfaced, and caused repeated conflicts between the two of them. Despite tension, their relationship moved forward, and Sarper eventually proposed to Shekinah in Turkey, simultaneously receiving approval for his K-1 visa to the United States. Now that they’re living in the U.S., Güven says that when things get tough for Garner, it has him feeling down, too. He expressed his sentiments about this in the same interview, in the following words:
“She has a problem, I have a problem. If she has happiness, I am more happy than her. Is it a good thing? I don’t know. Because [back then] I didn’t have any stress, I didn’t have any emotional chains. My life was at a happiness level of four, five, six. It was going [steady]. Right now, it’s 10 or one. Mostly a one.”
Garner, on the other hand, clapped back at him in the same lighthearted banter, and said: “That’s your fault if it’s a one.” All six seasons of 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way are available to stream on Discovery+ and TLC.
90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way
- Release Date
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June 3, 2019
- Network
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TLC
- Directors
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Matt Sharp
Source: PEOPLE
