Season 2 of 90 Day Fiancé: The Last Resort premiered on Monday, December 2, 2024. In Episode 1, Build To Last, Ariela revealed that she changed and held Biniyam's social media passwords after discovering a photo of him kissing another woman posted on his account. Despite Biniyam's pleas, Ariela refused to give them to him.
Biniyam mentioned that he needed access to his social media accounts since he used them to find potential work clients and interact with his family. However, Ariela refused to budge. She expressed that she wanted Biniyam to accept that he cheated on her.
Biniyam agreed to address the infidelity accusations but wanted Ariela to hand over the passwords first. Their argument escalated when Ariela rejected his proposal and asked him to leave their room.
90 Day Fiancé: The Last Resort fans took to X to criticize Ariela for holding his passwords. They believed it was not the right approach for resolving an ongoing issue.
"t's a shame Ari is controlling Bini's social media passwords!" a fan wrote.
"Ari holding the social media password as leverage.. if he’s cheating just leave him. Holding the password won’t make him not cheat," another fan commented.
"Ari why do you care so much about holding his passwords," a netizen tweeted.
Many 90 Day Fiancé: The Last Resort fans claimed Ariela was overstepping her boundaries by changing Biniyam's social media passwords.
"Ari, it’s very childish of you to change Bini’s passwords & essentially blackmailing him to get control of his accounts," a user reacted.
"I really hope that Ari and Bini work things out, but she has to stop trying to control him. His social media belongs to him; she has no right to change the passwords," a person commented.
"I have NEVER liked Ari & this sh*t with holding Bini's passwords just proves why she is unliked!! That's some high school bullsh*t she's playing with... she needs a good ole fashioned a** whooping ASAP!! She acts like a damn child!! Little a** brat!!!" another fan wrote.
"Ari is Nasty...She's holding his social media passwords over him as blackmail to try and force him to say he cheated. I hope if anything, they make her give him back his passwords to his social media accounts," one user posted.
One 90 Day Fiancé: The Last Resort fan criticized Ariela for being the "social media police."
"Wait, Ari took over all Bini's social media accounts & she wont give him the password. SHE thinks she can take his social media from him? Like she is the social media police?" another netizen commented.
"It is not fair" — 90 Day Fiancé: The Last Resort star Biniyam comments on his situation
Before the cast headed for therapy, Biniyam approached Ariela and asked her about his social media passwords. When Ariela refused to share them with him, he criticized her for being "over-controlling."
While speaking to the cameras, Ariela explained that she had his social media passwords because she used to be his business manager. Seven months ago, she discovered that Biniyam had exchanged phone numbers with multiple women online. Moreover, the 90 Day Fiancé: The Last Resort star also found a picture of Biniyam kissing a woman posted on his account.
The discovery wedged an irreconcilable gap between them. Consequently, Ariela changed Biniyam's social media passwords and refused to give them to him.
"Now, it's like the more he asks me for this, the less desire I have to even give it to him," she said.
Biniyam was convinced Ariela was trying to seek revenge on him. He insisted that she return his passwords but Ariela refused to budge from her stance. The 90 Day Fiancé: The Last Resort star explained that he needed access to his accounts because he used them to connect with work clients and family.
He added that he was not ready to make a new account after putting much work into making his original one.
"This is my social media. I have it for long time. I building this. So, I don't wanna be like, opening just new account. It is not fair," he said.
While speaking to another cast member, Ariela mentioned that she used to be a happy person. However, after she met Biniyam, she felt like he sucked the life out of her. She was upset that her partner was more concerned about the passwords and not about the infidelity accusation.
Later in the episode, Biniyam revealed that he had come only to get his social media passwords. Ariela was surprised by Biniyam's disinterest in saving their marriage.
"Why is this the thing that you care so much about?" Ariela asked.
Biniyam refused to address the accusation until Ariela gave him the passwords. At that point, the 90 Day Fiancé: The Last Resort star asked Biniyam to leave the room and sleep elsewhere. Although Ariela felt guilty about kicking him out, she confessed she could not return to how things used to be because it "destroyed" her.
90 Day Fiancé: The Last Resort airs every Monday at 8 pm ET only on TLC.