90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? star Kobe Blaise has been talking about his new job in America. Kobe is a 35-year-old from Douala, Cameroon who currently stars in season 8 of the spin-off. Kobe is happily married to Emily Bieberly from Salina, Kansas. Kobe and Emily first featured in season 9, which revealed the couple’s struggles to bond after having lived separately for almost 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 find a job soon and earn enough to be able to move out of Emily’s parents’ house. However, the couple is still living in Emily’s basement, and they recently welcomed their third baby together in March 2024. Emily and Kobe have taken a trip to his native Cameroon in the latest season of HEA and their relationship is going through a rough patch with Kobe’s Cameroonian friends accusing Emily of being a bossy wife. Kobe will now have to choose between Emily and his friends before he heads back to America for his new job.

How Did Emily & Kobe Meet In 90 Day Fiancé?

Emily was in Xi’an, China and got the opportunity to teach English there for two months. Emily wasn’t looking for a serious relationship while she was there. She had about two and a half weeks left when she met Kobe. Emily said she loved black men.

“So of course I found the only black guy in China.”

Emily was out with her girlfriends the night she met Kobe. She looked over her shoulder to see a man who was dressed in all white. She liked his dance moves. His huge and muscular arms attracted Emily to Kobe. Emily hooked up with Kobe that night and “it was really hot.”

Emily had thought that Kobe was going to be a really fun one-night stand. However, things got really serious really fast. Kobe was sweet and a genuinely nice person. Emily thought he was someone she needed 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 was feeling “weird” and different one night. Emily’s pregnancy test came out positive. She was fearful of Kobe’s reaction, but he was ecstatic. They decided to start a new life in America.

Kobe Worked As A Model In China

At the time, Emily had wanted Kobe to come to meet her parents before making any wedding plans. They’d applied for a visiting visa and Kobe went back to Cameroon and Emily went back to the U.S. where she moved in with her parents. Kobe’s visiting visa was denied the week before Emily’s delivery. Meanwhile, Kobe had seemingly not been working as he used to be a model back when he was in China. Kobe was an underwear model for a living when he met Emily. Emily called it one of the “big perks” of dating Kobe.

Some fans were skeptical about Emily’s claims of Kobe being an international underwear model. A fan alwaysjessybaby commented, “Every foreign guy in China is a model respectfully, from an expat currently living in China” on a post about Emily talking about Kobe’s job on 90 Day Fiancé Instagram. No photos from Kobe’s modeling assignments were shown on screen either which made fans further suspicious. However, Kobe shut down the rumors himself by posting a throwback picture from when he was working as a model on his Instagram in April 2022.

“It was really fun during those days.”

Kobe’s photo showed him striking a pose on the cover of an Asian magazine. He wore nothing but black boxers with some cutout design on his hips. It’s possible that Kobe wasn’t consistently working as a model and did other jobs to support himself while in China. Kobe has shared one or two pictures of himself modeling undergarments, and it could be that Emily wanted to focus on the glamorous job instead of what else Kobe did to earn money when he met her. He might have also modeled for catalogs and not for big magazines at the time.

Kobe Did Quality Control In 2022

Regardless, Kobe didn’t try his hand at modeling after coming to the U.S. Kobe was unable to support Emily and his growing family for a few months in America. Emily used to work as a part-time nanny and may have depended on her parents for financial help when she decided to become a full-time stay-at-home mom and Kobe was still without a job. He was still waiting for his work visa. However, Kobe had happy news to share during the 90 Day Fiancé season 9 Tell All. Kobe announced he finally had his work visa.

Kobe was now allowed to work legally in the U.S.

The Tell All host Shaun Robinson asked Kobe what he did for work. Kobe explained that his new job was testing asphalt. He explained that he had to make sure that the asphalt had the “right specifications” before it could be taken to the road. The new job was a dramatic change from what Kobe was doing in China. Emily said that Kobe was getting “all the overtime” he wanted as an Asphalt Lab Technician. Shaun had asked Kobe if he was bringing home the “big bucks” thanks to all the overtime he was working at his new job.

Kobe Works For APAC-Central

Kobe had shared more details about his job during a Q&A session. A fan had wanted to know where Kobe was working. Kobe had explained, “I’m the QC (quality control) guy for an asphalt company.” Kobe is currently working as a quality control employee for an asphalt company. In January 2023, Kobe posted an Instagram Reel saying it was his first day back at work. Kobe was “so happy” because he was getting tired of staying at home every day. Kobe wore a hoodie and a hat with the logo of his new company for his first day.

According to Monsters&Critics, Kobe works at APAC-Central. It is a CRH company. Kobe’s workplace distributes and manufactures concrete, asphalt, sand, stone, aggregates, ready-mixed concrete, and cement. They are an industry leader in high-quality asphalt and concrete pavement construction, materials, and services. The company proudly states that it is staffed by experienced, well-trained personnel members, such as the 90 Day Fiancé cast members who operate at 16 laboratory locations. However, his job at APAC-Central is not the only job providing Kobe with a source of income.

Kobe Also Has A Cameo Account

Kobe has not gone back to modeling yet, but he is making the most of his career as a reality TV star. While Kobe does face the camera regularly to tell viewers about what’s happening in his relationship with Emily, he’s also built a strong connection with his 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? fans. Kobe is active on the Cameo platform. Kobe charges $30 for each personalized video he records and earns $3 for customized messages. Kobe has been successful at his side hustle, as his rating on Cameo is a brilliant 4.86 stars out of 5 stars, which confirms he is excellent at what he does.

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/