90 Day Fiancé’s Alexei Brovarnik Thanks IDF After Controversial Israel Trip With Loren Receives Backlash

Summary Alexei Brovarnik praised the Israeli Defense Forces on social media after receiving backlash for insensitively-posted photos.

Loren and Alexei delayed moving to Israel due to political conflicts but recently visited for Loren's birthday, sparking controversy.

Despite criticism, Loren and Alexei continue to share moments from their trip to Israel and face backlash for their political posts.

90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? star Alexei Brovarnik is all praise for the Israeli Defense Forces in her new social media update after being called out for his and Loren's insensitive photos from a recent Israel trip. Loren met Alexei during her birthright trip to Israel in 2013 where he was working as a medic. Alexei grew up in Ukraine and moved to Israel at 11. Alexei was living in Nof HaGalil before he came to the U.S. and settled down in Florida to marry Loren. The couple has expressed a wish to go live in Israel with their kids.

Loren and Alexei have kept delaying their move to Israel amid the ongoing political and military conflict in the country. However, they did take a short vacation to Israel to celebrate Loren's in June 2024.

Alexei was slammed by fans for talking about tourism in Israel and not shedding light on the political issues.

He and Loren also posted a photo of them smiling at a memorial site. The couple's avoided addressing the backlash but has continued posting Stories on Instagram about Israel. Alexei shared a post that talked about Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh being assassinated in Tehran and Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr being killed in Beirut. He captioned it, “Thank you IDF” in English with “Well done to the IDF” in Hebrew.

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Alexei was in the IDF for three years, where he served in the Air Force. He expressed a desire to go help his country in 2023 but didn't follow up with it. Loren turned to influencing as a full-time career after having her second baby. She was facing difficulties at work due to her employer not being flexible enough to accommodate her new life as a mom. Loren expressed her wish to start working again in a recent episode of Happily Ever After? but she’s also trying to make a living as an Instagram model. Loren and Alexei's recent content took a political turn which fans didn’t appreciate.

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Loren and Alexei gained followers because of 90 Day Fiancé. Loren and Alexei have one of the healthiest partnerships in the franchise and have been sharing sweet moments with their three kids on social media. Fans follow Alexei so they know what’s happening behind the scenes in his life, and Loren seems to have gained new followers through her work as a mommy influencer. Meanwhile, Alexei has been accused of being a freeloader for DMing a spa and asking them for discounted services on Loren's birthday.

Going to Israel after almost three years was a big update for the couple. They finally got to see their friends and family. Loren and Alexei also visited the beach where he proposed to her after the Birthright trip ended. Loren has no ulterior motives when she talks about Israel. She and Alexei aren't doing it for clout chasing or to get attention. Alexei doesn’t need to stop posting about her native land if it makes some of their 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? fans unhappy. All they need to do is speak up and defend what they're posting.

90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After airs Sundays at 8 p.m. EDT on TLC.

Source: Alexei Brovarnik/Instagram