Loren: All around.
Alexei: Some crying, some fighting, some loving.
Loren: Not so much loving.
Alexei: Not so much loving.
Loving the babies, some babies, definitely babies.
Loren: And Alex living his best life.
Alexei: Yeah, you’re living your best life also.
Maybe some more of our parents and families and relationships that are there.
Loren: And just us.
Alexei: And us, yeah.
How did this series sort of form or come together?
Loren: Well, I got pregnant again, so there’s that.
Alexei: And she always wanted her own series.
Loren: I was born.
I literally came out of the womb saying, “Here I am, world.
I’m ready to shine.”
After there was some hating, they were like, “Oh, okay.”
[Points to her baby, Asher] He doesn’t like people hating on me.
Aw, that’s so sweet.
Loren: He’s a protector.
Yeah, he can be on [camera].
He [was] born ready.
Alexei: Are you sure?
Loren: I think I’m sure.
I love that he’s ready to be a star too.
Loren: Both my kids.
Can you say, “Hi, Preston”?
[Laughs]
Loren: Say hello.
Alexei: Oh yeah, that’s Asher.
Loren: This is Asher.
I have a nephew named Asher!
Loren: Such a great name.
It’s a beautiful name.
Alexei: We just get along, you know?
It’s just our lives.
Loren: When in quarantine, have babies, right?
You just do that.
But on the flip side, I’m more scared to do things.
So there’s pros and cons to it.
I’m terrified to go out in public with them.
Alexei: We don’t know how to do it.
Loren: Not because I don’t want to go out.
Because I don’t know how to do it.
That’s totally understandable.
What are the sort of arcs and themes that we see in the series?
Alexei: Well, we’re parenting all the time in the series.
it’s possible for you to see the balance and the
Loren: And the disagreements.
Alexei: And the disagreements and the different roles and our routines and stuff.
Like what we do, how we do.
And everybody makes mistakes.
Parenting is not easy, and we just give a shot to follow our guts, I guess.
Loren: There’s no right or wrong, honestly.
Alexei: Well, I think there is some wrong.
Loren: There’s some wrong.
Alexei: There’s some right, too, probably.
But yeah, everybody’s different, I think is what she’s trying to say.
And I’m like, “No, where’s the hand sanitizer?”
Alexei: The barefoot is a big deal.
I don’t know why they don’t like people going outside barefoot.
Loren: Because of glass maybe, and tetanus.
I don’t know, just throwing those out there.
Alexei: There is the difference, you see.
How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected how you parent?
Loren: I’m definitely more cautious.
Because I feel like I don’t lose my temper, I just have no patience.
But when it comes to kids
Alexei: What are you talking about?
Are we talking about the same thing here, or what?
Loren: When it comes to kids, I’ve learned to have patience, just overall in general.
I know you don’t believe me when I say that, but it’s true.
Alex thinks I sleep all day, so I have tons of patience.
Alexei: Yes, lots of rest.
Loren: The laundry does itself.
And that’s all you might do during the pandemic, right?
Alexei: Lots of laundry.
Alexei: A lot of testing.
A lot of testing.
Loren: We’re regulars.
They know us at the testing places.
Alexei: Scratching my big nose like there’s no tomorrow.
They think it’s bigger, got to get deeper.
Loren: They have an extra long swab for Alex’s nose.
We’re doing self-shooting too, so we feel like we’re professional.
Alexei: Oh, yeah.
Definitely lots of self-shooting too, because places have restrictions and don’t allow people there.
How long does it take to film a full season of a reality show like this?
Alexei: Well, for us we kind of developed with our
Loren: Our life.
Alexei: Yeah, things, because
Loren: I don’t know.
Alexei: More than that.
It started from Shai’s birthday.
Loren: It would’ve been longer, but somebody wanted to get here earlier.
Alexei: What do you mean months?
We started in April.
And now it’s December.
So it’s not a few months.
Loren: It’s January
Alexei: Now it’s January.
Loren: Hashtag parent life right here.
Alexei: We went through December.
Loren: There is such [a] thing as dad brain too.
There’s mom brain and pregnancy brain.
Alexei: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I meant it took from April to December basically.
Loren: There is dad brain.
I definitely believe it.
Loren: Oh, people are really excited.
We couldn’t do it without them.
Loren: You’re welcome.
Loren: I have one I remember.
I don’t even know if you know this, but this was a few years ago already.
And my friends were like, what just happened?
And I was like, sure.
That, and when we went to the sushi place and people kept stopping us left and right.
Alexei: I had one with some crackheads and cops.
I don’t know if I can talk about that.
Loren: You have to tell that story.
Alexei: I’m not sure if they were crackheads or not.
Loren: They were living their best life, -ish.
That’s something the fans don’t really know.
Loren: We’ve worked through this entire journey.
We both have 9-to-5s up until a couple months ago.
The cop’s kind of looking at me like, what is this, what’s going on?
And I was like, “Yeah, that’s me.”
“Oh cool.”
Alexei: They thought there was something going on there for a second.
That is such a funny interaction.
It was just six years.
And now you’re going to see more vulnerability from us.
So really Chateau de Brovarnik is welcoming you all.
Alexei: Yeah, we’re definitely more professional.
I would say we know how to act around cameras and how to …
I don’t mean it in like how to act, but just like
Loren: We’re comfortable.
Loren: Or if I’m angry, I can’t slam the microphone down this time around.
I have to hold onto it.
Alexei: you gotta be aware of
Loren: Yeah, mindful.
What are some challenges you faced in filming?
Whether for this show, “90 Day Fiance,” or any of the other shows?
Alexei: There’s always challenges.
Loren: Alex has become a producer.
He was like, “Hey Dr. Sanchez, can you just wait to deliver this baby?
Let me get a good angle.”
Alexei: It was during April 2020; it was completely shut down.
Loren: Can you recut her again?
Alexei: Yeah, I mean there’s a lot of challenges all the time.
Like we don’t think about what other people think anymore.
We just focus on us and our family.
That is a challenge.
Alexei: I don’t know.
I don’t think so.
I don’t know.
Probably not, because we would’ve known.
Loren: I feel like we’re too old.
We’re too OG.
We’re just normal.
We’re normal people.
I don’t know what normal is.
There’s no such thing.
Whether as a couple or individuals?
I would love to compete in “Dancing with the Stars.”
You’ve been saying that.
Loren: Because it’s also a good workout.
I would also love to be on “Below Deck” for a great getaway on a boat.
Alexei: Can go as a customers?
Because you’re not going to be part of the show.
Loren: What do you mean?
Alexei: I mean for a second.
We like “Below Deck.”
Loren: And that would be a getaway.
Alexei: “Dancing with the Stars,” I cannot dance.
Loren: That’s why I want to go on it.
Alexei: To make a fool out of me?
Loren: No, I have no hand-eye coordination at all, whatsoever.
I forget what day it is half the time.
So to remember a dance move, that would be something else.
Well, what are your favorite reality shows to watch?
Loren: I love “Queer Eye.”
I love “The Real Housewives.”
I love “Selling Sunset.”
I like to binge-watch shows also.
I spoke with an accent for like a week.
Which “Real Housewives” is your favorite?
Loren: “Beverly Hills,” a million percent.
I love, love, love them.
And now I’m not ashamed or I don’t hide behind it anymore.
I’m not scared to tick or worry what somebody says.
That was a good one.
You’re not like an onion.
You don’t have to peel you back anymore.
Alexei: So I’m more open now.
Loren: You’re more open.
What are some of your favorite moments of growth as a couple?
Loren: Having babies together.
Alexei: It was like the obvious.
I didn’t want to say it, but
Loren: I said it.
Alexei: I know you did.
Loren: We’ve learned so much about each other.
We honestly, we’re so busy.
We’re asleep by like 9 o’clock every night.
Alexei: We do.
I mean we definitely grew as a couple.
Alexei: No, it’s not true.
It needs to be both ways.
Loren: It’s very, very true.
I mean, happy pregnant wife, okay.
After pregnancy, that’s it.
Loren: No discounts.
I’ve said this from the beginning and I will continue to say that commitment is key.
You have to commit to everything you’re doing as a couple.
Have some thick skin.
Loren: And just don’t get wrapped up in it.
Like live your life.
Alexei: Don’t think that you’re something because you’re something else.
I mean, that seems like good advice, right?
Also, what are some of your goals?
Both whether for career or personal?
Both individually, and as a couple?
Well, we
Loren: I don’t think we’re done with our family yet.
Alexei: Probably want to grow some more.
It doesn’t feel like it’s complete yet.
I want to have my mommy makeover by the time I’m 40, well 38.
Alexei: She wants a makeover.
I mean, we want a bigger place.
Loren: And we don’t know where we want to settle.
Whether that’s in Florida, in America, we have no idea.
Alexei: We want to see where we want to … Yeah, where we want to go.
Loren: We want to go back to Israel.
Alexei: We have a lot of things still to work on.
Loren: I would love to go back to Greece and Italy.
I want to go travel to Europe.
I want to go to the French colony.
I really want to go everywhere.
Loren: But not Maldives or stuff like that.
No, I want to do, like, a safari.
Loren: Oh my God.
Could you imagine me with like one of those safari hats.
Yeah, have fun.
I’m not much of a hiker if you’re free to’t tell.
Alexei: Of course, [I’ve] got to see America too.
I haven’t seen almost [anything] here.
We haven’t been anywhere because yeah.
Alexei: We’re stuck all the time.
Loren: We were working so hard, and then COVID happened.
Loren: So yeah, no, we have a lot of things that we want to do.
And honestly, right now I think one thing that we need to focus on is each other.
Alexei: I completely
Loren: You just came back into bed.
What are you talking about?
Alexei: I just came back into bed.
I’ve been sleeping outside because I got to wake up in the morning, go to work.
Loren: And I’m nursing.
Alexei: And he has to nurse every couple hours.
So yeah, the first couple months are tough.
You got to adjust.
Everything goes to the babies.
You guys have definitely got this.
Loren: I know we have two, but I don’t know how many more I can handle.
Alexei: I mean yes, but also yes.
Loren: They’re so unpredictable.
But it also is fun.
Like it gives you more stuff to see, I guess.
Or it’s another
Loren: We’re boring.
You and I are totally boring.
Alexei: We’re boring.
Shai is the star.
He’s taking a nap right now, but
Loren: He’s exhausted.
Alexei: It’s like another cast member.
Alexei: Everybody wants to see them, not us.
Loren: I only birthed them and carried them, and sacrificed my entire body and hormones for them.
Oh, that’s so funny.
And then I think this is my last question actually.
Who is your favorite other “90 Day” couple, and why?
Alexei: That’s a tough question.
I don’t know.
We’re equal opportunists over here.
Alexei: Equal opportunity market.
Anyways, whoever is in it for the right reasons.
We’re all for it.
That’s a very good diplomatic answer.
Loren: We hate politics too.
