The Silva sisters dish on what to expect when their 90 Day Fiance spin-off returns, and more.
Get ready for some twin peaks!
We caught up with the spirited sisters, 46, ahead of the July 19 season premiere.
Darcey Silva and Stacey Silva.TLC
How’s married life?
STACEY SILVA:Florian and I are really enjoying married life.
It’s been a whirlwind.
We got married in quarantine obviously it wasn’t our dream wedding.
I take that seriously, and so does Florian.
Time’s kind of ticking when it comes to that because of my age.
I’m a mother of two amazing teenage boys, and he’s a great stepdad.
Obviously it’d be great to have a biological child of our own.
You’ll see that journey and how Florian processes everything.
This season you’ll get to see the Florian that I know and love and always have.
He’s a good guy.
In the premiere episode, we see you standing up for yourself a lot with him.
Is that a shift in your relationship?
STACEY:Honestly, yes.
And for him it was overkill, it was over the top.
DARCEY SILVA:But you do stand up for yourself.
STACEY:I do stand up for myself.
And he knows now he can’t speak to me like that.
You have to put up your boundaries and ensure that line doesn’t get crossed.
Darcey, that leads me to want to talk to you about Georgi.
How are things going with you two?
We’re engaged to be married.
I was being very patient during that whole divorce proceedings, and all the courts were closed.
I was his rock, and I needed him to be my rock.
I needed transparency, and there was a lack of that.
Going to Turkey was one of the best things I did for myself.
And leading up to it, he wasn’t treating me very nice either.
You say you love me one minute, but you’re not giving me the respect that I deserve.
I felt free, I still do.
STACEY:We both did.
DARCEY:We freed ourselves.
STACEY:We freed the boobs.
DARCEY:Out with the old, in with the new.
We felt it was the right thing for us to do at that time.
DARCEY:I was happy for me in that moment.
I cut the cord on the past.
Whatever didn’t serve me anymore, I was okay with letting it go.
You’ll see a lot of emotions, a lot of tears, tears that people can relate to.
STACEY:A release.
You’ll see all that, and I think a lot of women and men can relate to that.
STACEY:A lot of wow moments, a lot of chills moments.
It sounds like you really went on parallel journeys.
I set boundaries now.
I forgave myself for all that stuff.
The love starts from within.
I’m happy, my kids are happy, family is first and foremost.
We’re focused on staying strong and a lot of amazing things.
I’ve still got a big heart.
STACEY:I think you guys will really love to see the bond between Darcey and Florian this season.
That’s interesting, because we haven’t really seen that before.
DARCEY:Yeah, we really bonded.
STACEY:Florian’s been in my life for six years, before any TV show.
But I need to do it for myself.
And you’ll see where Georgi and I end up.
Whether we’re together or not, it doesn’t matter.
It starts from within.
I just wanted to be the strongest person I can for myself and my daughters.
That’s where it starts.
That’s such a universal thing.
The fact that we get to see you going through that really vulnerably is a gift.
And your daughters seem like really strong, wonderful young women with their heads on straight.
DARCEY:I’m so proud of them.
You guys get to see their growth as teenagers.
They’re such an inspiration, and I’m so proud of them.
They’re busy and they choose to stay private, off camera, and I respect that.
We’re a loving family, on TV and off TV.
What is your sons' relationship like with Florian?
He’s a stepdad and they’ve created a bond.
They’ve known Florian for as long as I have.
Even though our relationship was long-distance in the beginning, they knew about him, I talked about him.
And they’re older now.
They’re 17 and 16.
DARCEY:He’s like a doting dad.
He’s very much a family man, and now I see that side.
That’s really nice, because your dad seems like a tough customer.
STACEY:Our dad tells it like it is.
He loves us and wants the best for us.
And our mom too.
I would love to talk a little bit about your fertility journey.
DARCEY:It was a wake-up call, for me as well.
STACEY:For Darcey too, because we’re twins.
DARCEY:He has faith, he lives by faith.
STACEY:He’s a Catholic and believes in miracles.
STACEY:I’m running out of time.
I had to figure out what to do, regardless of faith.
DARCEY:And for her health, she has to monitor the cyst.
I’ve decided to get checked out as well, because the same thing can happen to me.
We have the same DNA, the same genetic makeup, so I’m going to be proactive.
STACEY:I am blessed with my sons.
DARCEY:And there are alternatives, like adoption.
STACEY:Whatever happens, you guys will get to see the journey.
And are you okay?
Is everything okay with the cyst?
STACEY:I’ve got to keep an eye on it.
I feel good and I feel healthy.
I’m happy living in the moment.
I feel like that’s what this past year has taught us more than anything.
Just appreciate everything you have right now.
Okay, I want to talk about the twinsformation that’s teased in the preview.
DARCEY:Stacey and I first decided to go to Turkey spur of the moment last year.
We both said the same thing, I swear to God.
STACEY:Same night.
We wanted to go on this inward-outward journey together, just us.
Obviously we took our precautions.
STACEY:Yeah, it didn’t happen on a whim.
DARCEY:When we got there, we felt like we were in total care.
They took care of us round the clock.
STACEY:It was like five-star service, like a vacation.
We were healing in a villa.
DARCEY:We felt very safe.
We had nurses around the clock.
We did multiple surgeries at once.
We’ve had multiple surgeries before.
This time we just wanted to lift everything up.
We knew it was going to be our last time around.
Did you guys do all the exact same procedures?
STACEY:You’ll see something that’s a little different.
This time around, it was a little different.
DARCEY:Just a little.
Stacey, in the preview you mention wanting a breast reduction.
And you know, for the nose too…
DARCEY:We breathe better.
More air into our brain, maybe now I can think straight with these men.
STACEY:Wow, what a little surgery can do to ya!
DARCEY:And it didn’t hurt.
The lipo, you know…
STACEY:You’re a little bruised.
DARCEY:You’re a little bruised, but that goes away.
We were in good hands.
STACEY:We flew back when we were healed.
We didn’t rush it.
Your body, your choices.
That’s my motto for everything.
Am I wrong about that?
It’s not like that.
Our life has always happened in tandem.
When she got married, it just so happened that two years later I got married.
It didn’t happen right away.
STACEY:Same with having kids.
DARCEY:Same with having kids.
She had the two boys, I had the girls.
They’re around the same age, so they grew up together.
STACEY:Same with divorces.
DARCEY:We got divorced on the same day.
DARCEY:On the same day.
That was a little fluke.
The judge was like, “Is this a reality show?”
STACEY:Yeah, the judge foresaw it.
STACEY:But we do push each other to be the best.
DARCEY:We’ve had years apart, like when we had our kids.
But we’re meant to do a lot of things together.
But separate as well.
I just wanted to know how it came to be and how you felt about it.
But what I first felt was a low blow.
It was a slap in the face.
How about your ex Tom Brooks?
Do you ever hear from Tom these days?
I wish him well, but that’s the past.
I cut the cord.
