90 Day Fiancé’s Yara Zaya Jokingly Claims Jovi Just Came Home From Rehab

90 Day Fiancé star Yara Zaya’s innocent joke about Jovi Dufren returning home from rehab is offending some of her fans. Yara is a 27-year-old from Ukraine who moved to the U.S. in season 8 to get married to Jovi from New Orleans. Yara complained about Jovi’s job keeping them apart for months even when she was pregnant. Yara also didn’t appreciate Jovi’s drinking habit and his frequent visits to strip clubs. Yara and Jovi sought therapy on 90 Day: The Last Resort to fix their marriage which eventually helped them.

“Welcome from #rehab.”

Yara posted an Instagram video showing Jovi returning home from an airport but instead, made it look like he was leaving rehab.

Yara used the song “Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home)” by Usher. She’d created a makeshift sign using a cardboard box which she made her daughter Mylah pose with. The sign read, “Welcome home from rehab daddy.” Yara walked with Mylah to the airport exit carrying the sign and photographed Jovi holding it after he walked out with his luggage. Yara said she was going to make greeting Jovi at the airport with a fun sign their tradition.

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Yara Zaya Sign Gets Mixed Reactions From 90 Day Fiancé Fans

Yara further added that she almost forgot to make the sign. Yara had to make it 20 minutes before Jovi arrived. Jovi was in on the joke, so she made him wait while she made it. Several of Yara’s 90 Day Fiancé cast mates jumped into her comments section to laugh at her little joke about Jovi returning from rehab. Shaeeda Sween said Yara and Jovi were “too cute.” Ashley Michelle said that she can’t help but laugh out loud every time she sees the video on her Instagram feed. Jenny Slatten said Yara was hilarious.

“Insensitive behavior. Some people will do anything for views.”

Yara’s Instagram follower tiffanybryn slammed her for making a joke about recovery. Yara was told that her video was in poor taste by people who have family members who are recovering addicts. Yara’s fans didn’t like her showing someone coming out of rehab as an embarrassment, since it takes courage for one to ask for help when in need. Yara was asked to think about others and the struggles they go through. However, most other fans understood that Yara was just joking around and that Yara’s post was hilarious.

It’s not the first time that Yara has pranked Jovi. Yara posted a similar video in January 2024 where she welcomed Jovi home from “prison.” Yara may have created the second video because the first one went viral with over 77k likes on Instagram. Yara is a social media creator trying to create a trend that will get her engagement. Yara also has to stay away from Jovi for months because of his job, and she’s just trying to make light of the situation by wanting 90 Day Fiancé fans to join in on the joke.

Source: Yara Zaya/Instagram, tiffanybryn/Instagram

90 Day Fiance

Release Date

January 12, 2014

Seasons

9

Network

TLC

Streaming Service(s)

TLC GO