’90 Day Fiancé’ Star’s ‘Dead Animal’ Decor Scares His Future Wife

Moving into a partner’s fully furnished home sometimes means being forced to live with unwanted design decisions made previously, as a “90 Day Fiance” star promptly realizes when she moves from the Philippines to her fiancé’s home in Kentucky, which is filled with “dead animal” decor.
Anabelle Chua54, is a janitor from Iloilo City who traveled to the United States on a K1 visa to marry her American fiancé, the 54-year-old real estate agent Shea McGuirewithin 90 days of arrival.
The international duo is one of seven new couples featured on the hit TLC dating series, which premiered its twelfth season earlier this month and has spawned several spinoff shows such as “90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days” and “90 Day Fiance: The Other Way.”
Although the favorite couple is clearly eager to start their lives together under the same roof, Chua’s initial joy at the luxury in her new American home is quickly overshadowed by the disturbing taxidermy décor found throughout the home.
In one exclusive clip from the upcoming episode, “I Manifested You”, McGuire is seen giving Chua a tour of his home in Paducah, Kentucky, with help from one of his daughters, Allisonand a grandson, both of whom live nearby.
The group gathers in front of the living room’s blue-gray walls, sheer blue curtains, gold-framed mirror and sign with a quote about family placed above a console table with an ornate metal candlestick on top.
“Come on, honey, let’s look at the house,” McGuire encourages, leading Chua through an archway to the kitchen, where neutral tones dominate.
The heart of the house has gray walls, cream cabinets, gray worktops and a back wall of black, white and gray mosaic. The most striking pops of color come in the form of a pink electronic tablet case resting on the stovetop and the primary tones on a monster truck and action figure resting on the wood-colored plank floor.
“Here’s the kitchen, and there’s toys everywhere too,” McGuire notes, quickly drawing Chua’s attention to the stainless steel appliances.
“Look how big the refrigerator here is, honey, compared to yours,” he says of the French-door refrigerator before pointing toward the dining room.
The square room is painted gray and has a sign reading “collect” on one wall and a 3D metal artwork on the other. A three-bulb ceiling lamp hangs above a round table, surrounded by four modern chairs.
Chua seems happy with the bright yellow flowers in the dining room, the lemons and the orange patterned placemats, but is thrown off by an open box of dog bones and what appears to be a giant bag of dog food lying on the table and chairs.
“Oh, it looks dirty,” she says.
McGuire then points out the oven to Chua and reveals that he will have to give his wife-to-be a tutorial on how it works.
“That’s the oven, honey. You’ve never used an oven before, but that’s where you’re going to bake,” he tells her.
Surprised by the revelation, Allison enters standing in front of a large collection of spices displayed on the open shelves of the cupboard and on a special spice rack placed on the counter.
“Haven’t you ever used an oven?” Allison asks, to which Chua replies, “No, we don’t have an oven in the Philippines.”
McGuire clarifies it further as he opens the oven door to give Chua a better view.
“They only used gas hobs, so she never used an electric hob either, so I’ll have to show you,” he says.
Behind the scenes, Chua talks about the amenities in her new home.
“Oh my God, the American home is so different from the Philippines,” she begins. “It’s so big and Shea has an oven in the kitchen. I’ve never had that in the Philippines. I really like this kitchen.”
Back in the kitchen, Allison reveals another reason why Chua is excited about moving in with McGuire.
“You should see all the clothes Dad got you in the closet in his room,” she says.
“Oh yeah, it’s in the bedroom,” McGuire confirms as he continues the tour of the house. “We’re going to take a look. Come here, this is laundry, I’ll show you in a moment.”
As they walk down a hallway decorated with multiple gold frames, art, and two metal candlesticks, the group passes a mounted deer head on the wall above a gray couch, which unbeknownst to Chua is a sign of what is to come in the master bedroom she will share with McGuire.
“And here’s our bedroom, kind of big, like the one we stayed in last night, right, honey?” McGuire asks.
The master bedroom has a sturdy wooden bed frame with pillars reaching to the ceiling and a sofa at the foot of the bed. The furniture set also includes a large wooden cabinet containing a stack of baseball caps and a glass-enclosed cabinet full of books.
There’s a puffy armchair, a desk tucked under a wall-mounted flat-screen TV, and mismatched side tables with lamps decorated with birds.
The nature theme continues in the landscape art hanging above the bed, but it’s the collection of taxidermied deer heads poking out from different angles of the gray-blue walls that catches everyone’s attention.
“See the deer? All four corners,” says McGuire.
The happy reaction of Chua entering the room turned to shock as she took in the unconventional bedroom ornaments, and she began to question her future husband’s interior design style.
“Oh, my God, honey, this is a lot, right? There are so many dead animals in the room. Why are there so many dead animals? It looks weird, that deer with the eyes and the horn. Oh my God,” she says.
The surprisingly gritty setting is clearly a headache for Chua, until McGuire proposes his best explanation for the aesthetic.
“It’s Kentucky, honey, have you ever heard of a redneck?”
“90 Day Fiance” airs Sundays at 8 p.m. on TLC.
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