Varya Malina recently visited her boyfriend, former 90 Day Fiancé cast member Geoffrey Paschel, in prison for the first time. The disgraced TLC star is currently in prison for aggravated kidnapping, domestic violence and interference with an emergency call. In a series of Instagram stories, Varya described seeing Geoffrey behind bars as “the hardest thing I’ve ever seen in my life.”
“I was supposed to life his spirits up but he was the one who cheered me up,” Varya continued. “The hardest thing I’ve ever seen in my life is my beloved one, who is like an animal in a cage. And I can’t do anything to help him right at the moment. It feels miserable, the lowest low and I’m so emotionally exhausted.”
She continued to describe the visit in detail, stating, “The first visitation was so emotionally exhausting, but it was worth every minute nonetheless. We both had that same feeling as at the airport in Russia, when we met for the first time. I jumped and cried as he smiled and joked about hugging me like my father. I planned to go live [on Instagram] right after the visitation but couldn’t find any energy to share it with you. I felt that the best thing for my mental health was to hide to some invisible place where no one can see or hear me and vice versa.”
She also wrote that she will be going back to see Geoffrey on Saturday. She wrote, “Ultimately after a good sleep and nice talk with the family and my close friends, I feel fresh, recovered and ready for the second day of visitation.”
Varya is still standing by Geoffrey even after his 18-year sentence began in October. The charges transpired from a domestic dispute that occurred in 2019 between Geoffrey and an ex-girlfriend. Varya occasionally posts updates regarding Geoffrey’s appeal, most recently stating, “The motion for the new trial was delayed for a variety of reasons, which nobody had time to explain to us, and I doubt that cared. It was delayed for a date. Nobody knows which date. It’s all such a stupid circus.”
Since his arrest, TLC has removed any mention of Geoffrey and Varya.