90 Day Fiance couple Chantel Everett and Pedro Jimeno are back on the rocks again after improving their relationship in the Dominican Republic as shown on Season 4 of 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?, so what's the current status of their relationship now? Are they still together and married?
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Chantel and Pedro have been together for quite some time, but their relationship has been in a downward spiral on the latest season of 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?.
Chantel met Pedro online over four years ago when she was looking to learn Spanish and a friend connected her with Pedro, who was also hoping to better his English.
Chantel and Pedro first appeared on Season 4 of TLC's 90 Day Fiance and then starred on Seasons 2 and 3 of its Happily Ever After? spinoff.
After communicating over the phone and video chat, Chantel decided to travel to the Dominican Republic so she could meet Pedro face to face.
It didn't take long for the couple to fall in love, although a friend of Pedro's family, Obed, claims Pedro meeting Chantel was a setup by his sister Nicole and mother Lidia.
After Chantel visited Pedro in the Dominican Republic a couple more times, Pedro proposed marriage and she accepted.
Pedro then moved to the United States on his K-1 visa when he was 24 years old.
The pair got engaged, but Chantel decided to downplay the significance of their relationship in fear of how her family would react or what they might think.
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Chantel, who was 25 at the time, therefore told her loved ones that Pedro was just visiting on a student visa.
RELATED LINK: '90 DAY FIANCE' COUPLES NOWChantel's family was definitely suspicious of Pedro and his motives once they finally learned she and Pedro would be getting married.
Chantel's family was concerned Pedro wanted to marry Chantel for her money and an eventual Green Card.
As a result, Chantel's parents demanded Chantel and Pedro sign a prenuptial agreement in order to protect Chantel's financial interests before their wedding.
Drama escalated when Chantel's parents subsequently hired a private investigator to research Pedro's family background and determine if he already had a wife or any children back in his native country.
They thought it was strange Pedro was constantly sending money home to his mother and sister in the Dominican Republic and wondered if he was hiding something.
Pedro hated that Chantel's family didn't trust him, and Chantel found herself in the middle of her relatives and the man she loved.
As fans may recall, Season 3 of 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After? concluded with Pedro getting into a blowout fight with Chantel's family at the dinner table.
When a conversation at the table got heated, Pedro apparently told someone to be quiet and then River yelled at Pedro for being disrespectful.
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Pedro then ran across the table and seemingly tried to hit River, which resulted in a broken light and food scattered about. 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 and family tension.
Chantel couldn't imagine welcoming kids with a man her family didn't respect and basically couldn't stand -- and vice versa.
Chantel believed Pedro was out of line, regardless of who had started the fight, and she was angry he refused to apologize to her family and take some responsibility. Pedro, however, was waiting for Chantel's brother to say sorry.
Pedro also wanted Chantel to fix her relationship with his sister and mother.
As shown on the new season of 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?, family ties continue to strain Chantel and Pedro's relationship.
Pedro and Chantel even considered moving to Savannah, GA -- which would require Chantel to transfer to another school to continue her education -- to separate Pedro and her family with greater distance. (But plans fell through).
At one point, the couple 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.
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The immigration attorney revealed if Pedro ends up receiving his 10-year Green Card renewal, he and Chantel could get divorced and he'd still be able to stay in America.
But Chantel would be on the hook financially for Pedro in that case, even though the couple had signed a prenup -- unless Chantel could prove Pedro never entered the marriage in good faith.
"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 to cameras.
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"If I feel really good, I'll come back to [Chantel]. But right now, I am tired and have no fight," Pedro said in an interview.
Chantel -- who worried her marriage was "doomed" when she dropped Pedro off at the airport -- then told the cameras, "Right now, I feel like my marriage could be lost."
Chantel feared Pedro's trip home would become a permanent one, and she had every reason to be concerned, as Pedro's family and friends later attempted to convince him to leave his wife.
One of Nicole's friends was also interested in Pedro romantically and attempted to pursue him.
But Chantel ended up crashing Pedro's vacation in the Dominican Republic, a move Pedro had considered "selfish" since he wanted quality family time.
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Chantel later had awkward and heated meetings with both Pedro's mother and sister.
Chantel tried to be "cordial" so she could have "a new beginning" with Pedro's family for her husband's sake, but she never felt supported by Pedro. Chantel wanted to be Pedro's priority.
And once again, neither side apologized or took fault for their years worth of problems.
"You're the cause of all of this. You don't deserve Pedro," Nicole told Chantel.
Chantel vented her "marriage [was] over" and "it's done." She accused Pedro of acting like "a little b-tch" around his family.
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Pedro said he felt stuck in the middle of Chantel and his loved ones, but then Chantel noted she felt the same exact way in Atlanta, GA.
Chantel then met up with her friend Obed, whom she had met when she first came to the Dominican Republic, for lunch. The last time she spoke with him, Obed insisted he didn't trust Pedro's sister and mother, and so Chantel thought he had some information for her.
Obed shared with Chantel, "If you came here to fix your marriage. You should know the whole history. I feel that it was a setup; [Pedro's family] arranged Pedro to meet you and for you to fall in love with him."
Obed added, "I heard they were finding an American for him to marry... Any American. I don't think [Pedro] knew about it."
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Ironically, Chantel's mother previously accused Lidia of running an operation to help women from the Dominican Republic find American men -- a financial venture Pedro had denied.
Chantel was upset because she thought her relationship with Pedro had been a fairy tale.
"The reason I feel like his family doesn't like you is because you guys fell in love for real," Obed said.
"So you think Pedro was only a means for them to move up in the social status here?" Chantel asked. "And that he fell in love with me, and because I'm the woman in his life now, they're jealous of me or something?"
"Yeah," Obed said.
Chantel wanted to believe she and Pedro genuinely fell in love despite the "conniving, evil, malicious" beginnings of everything.
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Obed and Chantel later met Pedro's friends for drinks, and Nicole ended up showing Chantel a video of her friend Coraima grinding on and dancing with Pedro.
Chantel stormed out of the bar. And while Pedro felt disrespected by his sister, he didn't exactly run off to comfort Chantel.
"I feel betrayed by Pedro and feel he doesn't value our relationship and he doesn't respect me. He needs to come clean and tell me the truth about everything. I cannot be subjected to this type of behavior from my husband," Chantel said in a confessional.
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Later on, however, Pedro apologized to Chantel for the video, and both individuals said, "I love you" to each other.
The couple then spent some time alone and worked on their romance. They communicated well and didn't speak of drama, so their relationship seemed to improve.
Pedro also denied Obed's claims about his mother and sister setting up his relationship with Chantel. Pedro asked Chantel to believe that he wasn't involved and new nothing about this alleged scheme.
"You need to believe me... I am going to do everything to make you happy... Nobody loves you the way that I love you," Pedro told his wife.
Chantel seemed to buy what Pedro was selling, but she still didn't trust Nicole and Lidia.
"Now that Pedro has his Green Card and the fact Pedro can stay in the United States, that means Pedro's mom and sister don't need me anymore and so they're trying to get rid of me," Chantel said in a confessional.
Chantel then asked Pedro to come home with her to the United States, and he said he would to make her happy. Pedro admitted in that moment his wife came before family and he was out to prove she was more important to him than anyone else.
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Lidia opened up about things that unsettled her, saying Chantel didn't support Pedro in front of her family and she worried about Pedro being alone in the United States with her "hostile" family members.
Lidia also thought Pedro needed to be in control of his relationship, but Chantel disagreed, arguing she's "a liberated woman."
Chantel pointed out that just because Lidia has an opinion, it doesn't mean she should express it. The dinner clearly didn't go well, and Chantel accused Nicole of trying to ruin her marriage.
"I don't know why I expected this dinner to be any different," Chantel told the cameras.
It quickly became apparent Chantel's problems with Pedro's family weren't going to be solved overnight.
Before leaving for the United States, Chantel refused to say goodbye to Pedro's family, which really disappointed and upset him.
The Season 4 finale of 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After? showed Chantel and Pedro returning home to Atlanta.
After a few days, Chantel realized Pedro had resorted back to his old ways. She accused him of playing video games constantly and not being present in their relationship.
Chantel even said Pedro didn't say "hi" to her once she got home from work.
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Chantel wanted to trust Pedro was in their marriage for the right reasons, but she questioned his intentions because he was allegedly treating her poorly.
Chantel then flat out asked Pedro whether he had married her for love or money, and Pedro said he was tired because she brought up the same things all the time.
Pedro wanted Chantel to believe that he loved her, but Chantel yelled at him that he wasn't acting like he loved her. Chantel had no proof of Pedro's love and struggled with insecurity.
Pedro said he missed out on a holiday with his family to return to the United States with her and if she wasn't happy with him, she should just go find another man. Pedro clearly felt like there was nothing else he could do to prove himself, so he demanded Chantel fix her attitude.
Chantel screamed at Pedro for talking to her like a dog, and then Pedro accused Chantel of causing drama.
"Sometimes I want this thing over, you know? Damn!" Pedro vented, as Chantel cried alone in their bedroom.
So what happened to Chantel and Pedro's relationship after their argument? Are they still together?
It appears Chantel and Pedro are still together and married.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.
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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.
TLC just revealed in late June that The Family Chantel will premiere on Monday, July 22 at 10PM ET/PT, a week after 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?'s Season 4 finale airs on Sunday, July 14. (Happily Ever After?'s two-part Tell-All reunion will then air on July 21 and 28.)
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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 in April.
"This is an awesome moment for TLC, as we create a family show based on one of our most popular 90 Day couples," TLC executive Howard Lee added.
The Family Chantel will star Pedro, Chantel and their lively in-laws -- Chantel's parents Karen and Thomas as well as Pedro's mother -- and their siblings.
According to TLC, The Family Chantel will pick up exactly where Season 4 of 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After? leaves off, with Chantel and Pedro trying to work through their issues and attempt to create a happy life together in Atlanta, GA.
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However, the transition back home won't be an easy one "after Chantel reveals all of the explosive information she learned on her trip to the Dominican Republic to her family," according to the network.
Chantel's family will race to confront Pedro in search of some answers. And Chantel's brother River and Pedro will come face-to-face for the first time since their brawl at the dining room table.
"And secrets are revealed as the family is forced to open up. Will the divide between Pedro and Chantel's family grow even more, or will they be able to get over their differences and become closer than ever?" the network teases.
Meanwhile, Chantel's sister Winter will be shown struggling in her own relationship with her boyfriend Jah.
Chantel and Winter's parents, Karen and Thomas, feel like they know nothing about Jah, despite their five-year relationship.
Karen and Thomas will therefore enlist a private investigator to uncover "some shocking secrets," according to TLC, which is what they had previously done to Pedro.
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"As relationships are tested and apologies demanded, will this face-to-face meeting end in happiness or total destruction?" says TLC.
The Family Chantel is being produced by Sharp Entertainment, the same production company that produces TLC's other 90 Day Fiance programs.
If Chantel and Pedro weren't together anymore, it's very unlikely TLC would continue their story via The Family Chantel.
However, rumors recently swirled 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.
Chantel also posted a cryptic message last month on Instagram in which she wrote, "When the storm has passed, put your energy into rebuilding your life, don't waste time looking back."
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