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Don’t get it twisted! 90 Day Fiancé star Ashley Martson had a feeling that her husband, Jay Smith, was cheating on her — she just couldn’t prove it. That’s why she decided to turn to the people closest to the 21-year-old in America: his friends at the GQ Barber Shop. On the 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? episode that aired on June 23, fans watched as Ashley, 31, tearfully pleaded with shop owner Kendell and his partner Michael to spill the tea about Jay’s behavior while he’s away from home. Now, Kendell is speaking out and he’s defending himself amid backlash for his decision to “rat out” Jay and the details of his third cheating scandal. Scroll through the gallery below for more details.
“Everybody talking this rat and snitching s–t! says a lot about who you are as a person,” Kendell started his rant in the comments section of the @TLCUpdates Instagram page.
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“Please let me know what [motherf–ker] don’t want to know the person they married is cheating on them?” he continued.
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“Y’all condoning this cheating s–t like it’s cool! Y’all acting like this is the first 48 and the n—a caught a case! Y’all need to shut the [f–k] up talking that rat s–t!” he added.
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Kendell went on to explain why he felt like he should tell Ashley the truth about what happened between Jay and another woman at his barbershop.
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“If it didn’t happen in my place [of] business then it’s none of my business!!! So he made it my business!!! My customers tell me whatever and that’s our business!” he explained.
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Kendell also shared his opinion on Jay and Ashley’s marriage, and he explained that he thought the reason why Jay had been cheating on Ashley was because Jay was too young to settle down.
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“Jay ain’t want to be married. If he did, he would’ve done things differently. But y’all are trying to save a marriage that he didn’t even want!” Kendell claimed.
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“They been married 90 days y’all acting like they was the [f–k] in love forever y’all need to stop!!! Jay got married when he was 19 [years old] that man ain’t trying to be married,” he continued.
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“He never been to America, all these women out here and you trying to tell me he not going [to] try to [f–k]???” Kendell asked.
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Kendell went on to say that he thinks the temptation of American women was too much for Jay to handle, and that’s why he was unfaithful to Ashley.
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“We was looking out for Ashley cause she was trying [to] marry someone who wasn’t ready to get married! Jay needed some time and more experience with being in America before he was ready to settle down!” he wrote.
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Some fans dragged Kendell because they felt that he should not have exposed Jay’s cheating scandal to Ashley, and others felt that Kendell should have taken on a big brother type of role for Jay while he was in America. But he set the record straight.
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“And for all the people saying that we should’ve looked out for him, we did!!! Gave him a chance to make money! While he was here! We also looked out for him telling his wife so she [would] stop trying [to] get that boy to be all pressured [into] spending the [rest] of his life in a relationship when all he really wanted to do was smash! SMH,” Kendell wrote.
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During a really emotional scene, Ashley begged Kendell to tell her anything he knew about Jay possibly being unfaithful. Kendell gave in, and told Ashley that Jay was at the GQ Barber Shop working out of one of his booths as a tattoo artist. He had been tattooing a female client when they stopped and went into the bathroom together and had sex while the barber shop was full of customers and children.
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Ashley was obviously heartbroken, and she immediately confronted Jay via FaceTime and he eventually admitted to the whole story.
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Do you think Kendell did the right thing by telling Ashley about Jay’s cheating? Let us know in the comments below.