90 Day Fiancé star Elizabeth Castravet is paying tribute to her dad, Chuck Potthast, after his demise.
“Two weeks in the past, tragedy struck our household and it has left us fully shattered. My candy, loving, and caring dad went to heaven. We’re attempting to determine tips on how to navigate our lives and transfer ahead with out him,” Elizabeth, 34, wrote by way of Instagram on Sunday, November 23, in a joint put up with Andrei Castravet.
The message concluded, “Please respect our privateness throughout this extraordinarily tough time.”
Potthast was featured on a number of episodes of 90 Day Fiancé, the place viewers watched the ups and downs of Elizabeth and Andrei’s relationship since their season 5 debut.
The couple, who initially crossed paths on a courting app earlier than assembly in-person in Dublin, tied the knot in 2017. Elizabeth and Andrei, 39, have since welcomed daughter Eleanor and son Winston in 2019 and 2022, respectively.
Two years later, Andrei joked throughout an unique interview with Us Weekly that Elizabeth’s household is “like a cult.”
“We should always put you on an escape-a-cult-type of franchise,” Andrei quipped in 2024. “She’s doing nice! I’m very pleased to have you ever again.”
Whereas laughing, Elizabeth claimed that her household is “not that dangerous.” The pair shared that they solely converse with Chuck and her sister, Becky Potthast.
“The remainder we didn’t converse for a few years,” Andrei stated, whereas Elizabeth defined that protecting distance from her household has resulted in much less rigidity in her marriage.
“We don’t struggle as a lot, for certain,” she stated. “They did are available in between us. We’ve a lot extra peace in our residence on the whole.”
Whereas reflecting on her dynamics together with her household, Elizabeth defined what led to their rift.
“Everyone would simply get collectively and would speak about my choices. It simply obtained to a degree the place it was too poisonous,” she shared. “I’m actually solely talking with my dad and Becky, and typically my mother. Truthfully, as soon as I took a while aside, I noticed how good it was, and also you simply see life on this planet otherwise. I don’t need to return into that toxicity.”
In Andrei’s eyes, simply because they’re household doesn’t imply they’ve to remain within the “poisonous” atmosphere.
“You’re not going to sacrifice your life,” he stated. “It’s important to take into consideration your self too.”
Whereas Elizabeth ultimately realized her members of the family have been doing her a “disservice,” she famous that it’s potential “manner sooner or later” that she might reconcile together with her household. On the time, nonetheless, Elizabeth shared that she was content material with the house.
“In some unspecified time in the future, I really feel prefer it’s sure to simply come up or there’s going to be some scenario, however proper now, no,” she stated. “Are they going to alter? Do individuals change? I don’t suppose that they alter.”
Andrei, for his half, shared that he thinks her household will “by no means be modified” regardless of the time and house.
“The individuals is not going to change,” he stated. “I’m not accepting that type of toxicity in my relationship.”

