90 Day Fiance couple Chantel Everett and Pedro Jimeno are one of the six couples starring on Season 4 of 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After? and they've been shown discussing divorce, so are they still together?
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Chantel and Pedro's relationship has been a rollercoaster ever since they got together and began starring on the TLC franchise.
Prior to their stint on the new season of 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?, the couple also starred on Season 4 of the original TLC series 90 Day Fiance as well as Seasons 2 and 3 of 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?.
Season 4 of 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After? just premiered in April 2019, and before we get into how Chantel and Pedro's romance seems to be in shambles as of recently, let's go back to the beginning.
Chantel and Pedro met online over four years ago, when Chantel was looking to learn Spanish and a friend connected her with Pedro.
What began as a relationship for educational purposes quickly blossomed into a mutual crush.
Chantel decided to pursue her feelings for Pedro by traveling to the Dominican Republic to visit him, and it only took a couple more visits for Pedro to propose marriage to the brunette beauty.
Chantel was a 25-year-old from Atlanta, GA, and Pedro was 24 years old when he first arrived in America on a K-1 visa.
Despite arriving on his K-1 marriage visa, Chantel downplayed the significance of their relationship to her family by lying and saying he was just visiting the United States on a student visa.
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The lie quickly spiraled out of control, and Chantel and Pedro faced more issues as time elapsed.
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Chantel's family grew concerned Pedro was only interested in marrying Chantel to be able to live in the United States permanently and benefit financially from their marriage so he could support his family back home.
However, Chantel and Pedro still opted to get married and make their love official before Pedro's K-1 visa expired.
Pedro was able to stay in the United States as a result, but he and Chantel never settled into a happy, calm life together. There always seemed to be stress or troubles looming.
For example, Chantel's family forced Chantel and Pedro to sign a prenuptial agreement in order to protect Chantel's financial interests before their wedding.
Not only did Chantel's family attend her wedding with hesitation, but her parents also subsequently hired a private investigator to research Pedro's family background and determine if he already had a wife back in his native country.
Chantel's parents also wanted to find out whether Pedro had any children or other unknown secrets back in the Dominican.
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After River tried to shut Pedro down from telling Chantel and her loved ones to be quiet, Pedro ran across the table and attempted to hit him.
Tempers flared, weaves were pulled off, and the scene culminated into Chantel crying in a chair.
Chantel revealed on the season's subsequent Tell-All special she was not ready to try for a baby and expand their family due to all the chaos.
Chantel was still angry with Pedro and said she couldn't imagine welcoming children with a man her family didn't respect and basically couldn't stand -- and vice versa.
As shown on the new season of 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?, Chantel has been waiting for Pedro to apologize to her family for his actions -- but he sincerely seems to believe he is the victim.
Chantel therefore felt stuck in the middle between her husband and maintaining deep bonds with her beloved family.
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The situation became so tense that Season 4 of 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After? began with the couple considering a move to Savannah, GA -- which would require Chantel to transfer to another school to continue her education -- just to keep her family at a farther distance away.
Not only did Pedro decide not to attend Thanksgiving at Chantel's parents home because he simply didn't feel like he was a part of his wife's family, but Chantel also admitted to her husband she didn't want to have a baby with him until his issues with her family got resolved.
In the latest episode, Pedro was shown planning a trip back to the Dominican Republic to "escape" for a while from all the drama and see his family, but Chantel was worried the move would be permanent.
The couple then met with an immigration attorney to discuss the renewal of Pedro's U.S. green card, and Pedro mentioned potentially opening a business in his home country while continuing to live in the United States.
The immigration attorney revealed if Pedro obtains his 10-year green card renewal, he and Chantel could get divorced and he'd be able to stay in America. Chantel, however, would still be financially responsible for him, regardless of whether they had signed a prenuptial agreement.
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"Was this your plan all along? To come here and marry me just for a green card so you can leave me, use me and start your business?" Chantel vented in a confessional.
So did Chantel and Pedro survive all the drama? Are they still together and married?!
It appears Chantel and Pedro are, in fact, still together and remain husband and wife.Chantel and Pedro are secretive about their relationship and largely refrain from posting photos and updates of themselves together on social media -- presumably due to their contracts with TLC -- but it seems pretty clear their relationship hasn't ended.
The apparent evidence is the fact Chantel and Pedro's time on reality TV won't end with Season 4 of the Happily Ever After? series.
In April, TLC announced Chantel and Pedro will star in a new 90 Day Fiance spinoff called The Family Chantel that will air on Monday nights beginning in July 2019.
The Family Chantel will star Pedro, Chantel and their lively in-laws -- Chantel's parents Karen and Thomas as well as Pedro's mother Lidia -- and their siblings.
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"Viewers will follow this unique modern family as they try to move past their differences and come together as an extended family, but as Chantel's parents Karen and Thomas try to protect their brood, will they push their children too far?" TLC teased in a press release announcing the new show.
"This is an awesome moment for TLC, as we create a family show based on one of our most popular 90 Day couples, and on a whole new night," TLC executive Howard Lee added.
TLC added that fans can't get enough of Pedro, Chantel and their "larger-than-life families."
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If Chantel and Pedro weren't together anymore, it's very unlikely TLC would continue their story via The Family Chantel.
However, rumors have been swirling Chantel and Pedro may have split, and Chantel posted a May 4 comment on Instagram that prompted speculation her relationship is in trouble after all.
When a fan speculated Chantel and Pedro have split, Chantel just replied, "Seriously."
It's unclear however whether she meant "seriously" as a question out of disbelief or as a statement confirming it's true.
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