Sarper Güven from90 Day Fiancéhasa brand-new job in the U.S.since moving there to marry Shekinah Garner in season 11.Sarper hails from Turkey and met Shekinahon a dating app while she was there on vacation with her friend. Shekinah loved that Sarper was wearing highlighter on their first date. She fell for his charming personality right away and couldn’t ignore that she had enviable physical chemistry with Sarper.

Sarper, 43, was initially criticized by fansbecause of the way he controlled Shekinah. He made her dress and look a certain way, which came across as toxic. Sarper presented himself as a bad boy. The disapproval of their family and even fans didn’t stop Sarper and Shekinah from deciding to get married. They were together onThe Other Wayseason 6Tell All and continued their journey with90 Day Fiancéseason 11, which shows Sarper moving to America on a K-1 visa.Sarper has been living in the U.S.for almost a year now.

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Sarper Was A Personal Trainer In Turkey

Sarper Also Worked As An Exotic Dancer, Model & Actor

During his introduction to the franchise in 2023, Sarper introduced himself as a professional model. Sarper had been modeling for a year. When someone offered him to model for a brand, andbecause he loves “exposing” his body, Sarper took up the opportunity immediately. Sarper used to work as an exotic dancer for seven years. He had a job in exports and imports which he then quit so he could focus on his new stint, which was fitness and bodybuilding.

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Sarper had used his multiple professions to meet over 2500 women and had been involved with most of them. He said she dated “lots and lots of women” in the past, although most of them were one-night stands. Sarper had to quit his exotic dancer job afterdancing at over 600 bachelorette parties. His parents also weren’t happy about his career choice, so Sarper respected their opinion and got into the fitness industry. However, Shekinah didn’t like his fitness job.

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Sarper Faced Financial Difficulties Due To Shekinah’s Interference

Sarper was doing financially well as a personal trainer, but Shekinah was very insistent on Sarper not having any female clients at his job. Sarper explained how 90 percent of his clients were females. Sarper’s jealousy hadn’t come cheap. Sarper revealed he had no money left because Shekinahdidn’t want him touching women while training them. Sarper understood Shekinah’s trust issues, but he was also financing Shekinah’s trips to Los Angeles. Sarper dipped into his savings whenever Shekinah was in Turkey since she never reached into her wallet and was saving a lot of money herself.

Sarper Is Working As A Personal Trainer In Los Angeles

Sarper Has Announced A Free Boot Camp For Fans

“He’s never coming to the U.S. to be with me, and I thought he needs to always pay for my flights,” Shekinah had mentioned onTOW.

However, things changed after Sarper began living with Shekinah in California. In January 2025,Sarpershared an Instagram post, “I have just started to give one-to-one personal training coaching sessions in Los Angeles.” He added that he had 20 years of experience and would help90 Day Fiancéviewers with their diet program and workout “three, four times per week"in the gym one to one. “And the success is inevitable,” Sarper added.