Summary
- Kobe Blaise, 90 Day Fiancé, found a new job in America as an asphalt quality control worker.
- Kobe is happily married to Emily from Kansas, but their relationship faces challenges in the final season.
- Despite his new job, Kobe also has a side hustle at Cameo, where he records personalized videos for fans.
90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? star Kobe Blaise has spoken about his new job in America. Kobe is a 35-year-old man from Douala, Cameroon, who is currently starring in the 8th season of the series. Kobe is happily married to Emily Bieberly from Salina, Kansas. Kobe and Emily first appeared in Season 9, which revealed the couple’s struggle to bond after living apart for nearly two years while Kobe’s K-1 visa was approved. Emily’s father was worried that Kobe wouldn’t be able to provide for his growing family. Emily was already pregnant with their second child on their wedding day.
Kobe was hopeful that he would soon find a job and earn enough to move out of Emily’s parents’ house. However, the couple still live in Emily’s basementand they recently welcomed their third baby together in March 2024. Emily and Kobe have been traveling to her home country of Cameroon for the last season HE and their relationship goes through a rough patch with Kobe’s Cameroonian friends accusing Emily of being a bombshell. Kobe must now choose between Emily and his friends before returning to America for his new job.
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How did Emily and Kobe meet on 90 Day Fiancé?
Kobe and Emily’s life before their 90 day engagement
Emily was in Xi’an, China and had the opportunity to teach English there for two months. Emily wasn’t looking for a serious relationship while she was there. He had about two and a half weeks left when he met Kobe. Emily said she loves black men.
“So of course I found the only black man in China.”
Emily was out with her girlfriends the night she met Kobe. He looked over his shoulder to see a man dressed all in white. He liked her dance moves. His huge and muscular arms attracted Emily to Kobe. Emily met Kobe that night and “it was really hot.”
Emily had thought that Kobe would be a really fun one night stand. However, things got really serious really fast. Kobe was a sweet and really nice person. Emily thought he was someone she was meant to be with. Emily fell in love with Kobe. They didn’t want to leave each other. Kobe proposed to Emily in Xi’an. They had been engaged for four weeks when she felt “strange“and a different one night. Emily’s pregnancy test was positive. He was afraid of Kobe’s reaction, but he was excited. They decided to start a new life in America.
Kobe worked as a model in China
Kobe was on the cover of the magazine
At that time, Emily had wanted Kobe to come and see her parents before making wedding plans. They had applied for a visitor visa and Kobe returned to Cameroon and Emily returned to the US where she moved in with her parents. Kobe’s visit visa was denied a week before Emily’s delivery. Meanwhile, Kobe apparently hadn’t been working because he was modeling while in China. Kobe was a living underwear model when he met Emily. Emily called it one “big benefits” to date Kobe.
Some fans were skeptical of Emily’s claims that Kobe was an international lingerie model. Fan always jessbaby commented: “Every foreign guy in China is respectfully a model of a foreigner currently living in China” in a post where Emily talks about Kobe’s work 90 day fiance Instagram. Photos from Kobe’s modeling jobs were also not shown on screen, which made fans suspicious. However, Kobe herself shut down the rumors by posting a throwback photo while she was modeling on her Instagram in April 2022.
“It was really fun in those days.”
In Kobe’s photo, he posed on the cover of an Asian magazine. He only wore black boxers with a cutout pattern on his hips. It is possible that Kobe did not consistently act as a model and worked other jobs to support himself while in China. Kobe has shared a photo or two of himself modeling underwear, and it could be that Emily wanted to focus on glamorous work instead of dating him to make money. She could also model for catalogs rather than major magazines at the time.
Kobe did quality control in 2022
Kobe revealed what work he did in America
Regardless, Kobe didn’t try the model when he came to the U.S. Kobe was unable to live with Emily and her growing family for a few months in America. Emily worked as a part-time nanny and could depend on her parents for financial help when she decided to become a full-time housewife and Kobe was still without a job. He was still waiting for his work visa. However, Kobe had some happy news to share during the event 90 day fiance season 9 tell all. Kobe announced that he finally has a work visa.
Kobe was now allowed to work legally in the United States
The Tell All host Shaun Robinson asked Kobe what he did for a living. Kobe explained that his new job was asphalt testing. He explained that he had to make sure the tarmac had “correct specifications” before it could be taken on the road. The new job was a dramatic change from what Kobe was doing in China. Emily said it Kobe got “all overtimeHe wanted an Asphalt Laboratory Technician. Shaun had asked Kobe if he was bringing homebig money” thanks to all the overtime he put in at his new job.
Kobe works in APAC-Central
Where Does 90 Day Fiancé Star Kobe Work?
Kobe had shared more details about his work during the Q&A session. One fan wanted to know where Kobe was working. Kobe had explained:I am a QC (quality control) guy for an asphalt company.Kobe is currently working as a quality control worker for an asphalt company. In January 2023 Kobe posted an Instagram Reel saying it was her first day back at work. Kobe was “so happy“, because he was tired of being at home every day. On his first day, Kobe wore a hoodie and a hat with the logo of his new company.
By Monsters & Critics, Kobe works in APAC-Central. It is a CRH company. Kobe’s workplace distributes and manufactures concrete, asphalt, sand, stone, aggregate, ready-mixed concrete and cement. It is an industry leader in high quality asphalt and concrete pavement construction, materials and services. The company proudly announces that it employs experienced, well trained staff members such as 90 day fiance actors acting in 16 laboratory locations. However, his work at APAC-Central is not the only job that provides Kobe with a source of income.
Kobe also has a Cameo account
Kobe Has Side Hustle
Kobe isn’t back to modeling yet, but he’s making the most of being a reality TV star. While Kobe regularly faces the camera to tell viewers what’s going on in his relationship with Emily, he’s also built a strong connection 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? fans. Kobe is active on the Cameo platform. Kobe charges $30 for each personalized video he saves and earns $3 from custom posts. Kobe has been successful in his sideline, with his rating of Cameo at a stellar 4.86 stars out of five, confirming that he’s great at what he does.
90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After
airs Sundays at 8pm EDT on TLC.
Source: Kobe Blaise/Instagram, 90 Day Fiancé/Instagram, alwaysjessybaby/Instagram, Kobe Blaise/Instagram, Monsters&Critics, APAC-Central, Kobe Blaise/Cameo
90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After
90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? is one of several spinoff shows from TLC’s 90 Day Fiance. Happily Ever After? offers viewers a sequel to the original show’s most popular couples. The companion series reveals whether the lovers stayed in their marriage and explores the major life events or problems they face.