90 Day Fiancé star Sumit Singh is asking for the public’s financial support as his wife, Jenny Slatten, continues to battle ALS.
“Jenny wants to give her health updates and wants to thank everyone [for] coming forward to support,” Sumit, 38, wrote via Instagram on Monday, June 22. “If you wanna support this journey, you can book a cameo or donate or if you want me to do something for you in exchange of money, let me know. LINK IS IN BIO 🔗.”
Soon after, the TLC reality star explained why he was asking strangers for money as his wife continues to experience symptoms of ALS.
“I’m trying to make her life as easy as possible,” he explained via an Instagram video. “Jenny can’t travel by herself and it’s not easy to travel for that long. It’s also not easy for me to get a Visa. I’m not at that point where I could choose whether I want to travel or not.”
Jenny — who has three daughters with ex-husband Ralph Edwards — interjected and reminded fans and followers that she doesn’t have insurance in India.
The couple said they don’t want to commit to traveling from India to the United States unless “a better solution” is guaranteed.
“It’s going to take a lot of money to travel there,” Sumit explained. “I’m here to make sure Jenny is doing well or whenever she needs me, I try to be available. … Whatever she needs, I want to do it.”
When asked to explain why Jenny, 68, isn’t staying with her daughters, Sumit claimed that her children “have their own family and their own lives.”
Jenny added, “I don’t want to be a burden.”
In the comments section, one of Jenny’s daughters wrote, “Mom, please know you are never a burden. I would love to have you here and that’s what us children are for but I know you won’t be happy and you want to be with your husband, I get it 100% but I just wanted you to know don’t ever think you would be a burden in my life.”
Last month, Jenny revealed her ALS diagnosis for the first time via social media. At the time, the reality star told fans that she was “open to any kind of help,” including “treatments, clinical trials, lifestyle changes or anything that could help treat this disease or slow down its progression.”
According to the Mayo Clinic, ALS is a nervous system disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. The disease leads to muscle weakness and other symptoms that could get worse over time. Although there is no cure for the disease, research into new therapies is ongoing.
“Money will not heal, but it will support and make life easier,” Sumit shared in his latest Instagram video. “We never asked for money. We’ve struggled a lot many times but we’ve never asked and we need it now. That’s why we’re asking.”
Fans met Jenny and Sumit when they first appeared on 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way in 2019. The couple currently reside in India and are starring in a new season of 90 Day: The Last Resort.
“Negativity is very bad for Jenny because it’s not good,” he said. “Don’t say anything wrong and mean.”
90 Day: The Last Resort airs on TLC Mondays at 8 p.m. ET.
