{"id":1330,"date":"2024-05-21T03:16:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T07:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=333857"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:02:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:02:58","slug":"90-day-fiances-alliya-says-goodbye-to-douglas-in-heartwrenching-moment-its-time-for-me-to-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2024\/05\/21\/90-day-fiances-alliya-says-goodbye-to-douglas-in-heartwrenching-moment-its-time-for-me-to-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"90 Day Fianc\u00e9&#8217;s Alliya says goodbye to Douglas in heartwrenching moment &#8211; &#8216;It&#8217;s time for me to fly&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>90 Day Fianc\u00e9: Love In Paradise brings some emotional scenes to the screen this Spring. Shawn Finch and Alliya Batista&#8217;s relationship is under the spotlight this season alongside Luke and Madeliene, Kyle and Anika, and more couples who connected across the globe.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the brand new <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/90-day-fiance\">90 Day Fianc\u00e9<\/a>: Love In Paradise season, Alliya opens up about her gender transition. The <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/tlc\">TLC<\/a> star gets super vulnerable in episode 4, breaking down in tears as she &#8220;says goodbye to Douglas.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-meet-90-day-fiance-star-alliya-batista\">Meet 90 Day Fianc\u00e9 star Alliya Batista<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When 90 Day Fianc\u00e9 fans first meet Shawn and Alliya, Shawn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/90dayfiance\/reel\/C6CNSs3PPpn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explains<\/a>: &#8220;I met someone online, a beautiful Brazilian.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He told his hairdresser: &#8220;For the last three years, I&#8217;ve been involved with someone by the name of Alliya.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;When I first met Alliya, she was &#8216;he&#8217; and &#8216;he&#8217; was Douglas. Yeah, it&#8217;s a little complicated.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>OMG:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/shows\/security-intervenes-as-90-day-fiances-angela-and-michaels-fight-gets-out-of-hand\">Security intervenes as 90 Day Fianc\u00e9 fight gets out of hand<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Alliya is biologically male and when I met her she went by Douglas.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shawn said: &#8220;He would wear makeup but always had boy clothes, muscularity, hair. Then, about a year and a half into our relationship, everything started to change.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alliya bids a tearful farewell to her past self as Douglas \ud83e\udd72 Catch the heart-wrenching moment on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/90DayFiance?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#90DayFiance<\/a>: Love in Paradise, tonight at 8\/7c. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uh2uK8lSVA\">pic.twitter.com\/uh2uK8lSVA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; 90DayFiance (@90DayFiance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/90DayFiance\/status\/1792631625211097297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-alliya-says-goodbye-to-douglas\">Alliya says goodbye to Douglas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>During 90 Day Fianc\u00e9: Love In Paradise season 4 episode 4, Alliya says she wrote a speech she wanted to share with the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said: &#8220;Today I want to say goodbye. To say goodbye to all of the stigma imposed onto me.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The TLC star continued: &#8220;I&#8217;ve come a long way learning self-love, acceptance, strength, and courage to show the world who I am. Courage to lift my head and not fear judgments.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Shawn and more of her loved-ones listen, she adds: &#8220;Alliya is the personification of all the shine Douglas had to show. Today, I say goodbye. to all the negativity that his name carried.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Breaking down in tears, Alliya continues: &#8220;Goodbye Douglas, you were my foundation. But, now it&#8217;s time for me to fly.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>GLOW UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/shows\/big-ed-undergoes-glow-up-as-he-drops-19lbs-after-ditching-ex-girlfriend-on-90-day-fiance\">Big Ed drops 19lbs after ditching ex-girlfriend<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WATCH 90 DAY FIANC\u00c9: LOVE IN PARADISE MONDAYS AT 8\/7C ON TLC<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For UK support, visit LGBT.Foundation\/helpline or call 0345 330 30 30, or email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:helpline@lgbt.foundation\">helpline@lgbt.foundation<\/a>. There is also a 24 hour crisis text service available at 85258 from Give Us A Shout, or you can call 0300 330 5468 for MindLine Trans+<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For support via phone, one-to-one chat or email you can contact The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender National Hotline: (888) 843-4564. There is also The GLBT National Youth Talkline (youth serving youth through age 25): (800) 246-7743.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also contact Trans Lifeline on (877) 565-8860, a trans-led organization connecting trans people to the community. They also offer details of support and local resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please visit PFLAG for more support and helplines here. (<a href=\"https:\/\/pflag.org\/hotlines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Support Hotlines &#8211; PFLAG<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>90 Day Fianc\u00e9: Love In Paradise brings some emotional scenes to the screen this Spring. Shawn Finch and Alliya Batista&#8217;s relationship is under the spotlight this season alongside Luke and Madeliene, Kyle and Anika, and more couples who connected across the globe. 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