90 Day Fiance couple Tiffany Franco and Ronald Smith are looking to get married on 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way, so did they ever go through with it? Are they still together and what's the latest?!
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Tiffany is a 27-year-old from Frederick, MD, and Ronald is a 29-year-old from South Africa.
Instead of following Americans and their foreign partners dating in the United States and attempting to marry within 90 days like the original 90 Day Fiance series, 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way will follow American citizens moving across the globe and living in foreign countries for the sake of love and their future spouses.
90 Day Fiance: The Other Way's Americans will also have to wed within 90 days in order to stay in their new countries.
While on a trip to South Africa with a friend, Tiffany met and fell in love with Ronald, who quickly proposed marriage.
Tiffany said yes and the couple got engaged, but Ronald decided not to tell Tiffany about his gambling addiction and criminal record.
After Ronald entered a rehab program and came clean, Tiffany had to decide whether she should uproot her eight-year-old son Daniel and move across the world for him, in spite of her hunch that she still didn't know everything about his dark past.
Tiffany later flew to South Africa with her son Daniel, but she wasn't convinced her trip would become a permanent one.
Regardless, Daniel said he was so excited to meet Ronald -- whom Daniel called "Dad" -- in person, and Ronald couldn't wait to be a father figure in Daniel's life.
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Although Daniel was happy about potentially moving to South Africa long-term for Ronald, he wished his best friend Malique could be in his life forever. Daniel knew he was going to miss his friends, and that made things difficult.
RELATED LINK: '90 DAY FIANCE' COUPLES NOWOnce Tiffany arrived in South Africa, she planned to get married in eight days. Ronald, however, was fresh out of rehab and hadn't gambled in six months.
"I don't know what the future holds, and that is scary, but I am one thousand percent committed to Ronald," Tiffany told the cameras.
She later added, "Unfortunately, the only Ronald I know is the Ronald that loves me but also the Ronald that put me through hell and hurt me and lied to me."
Tiffany hoped Ronald wouldn't relapse and disappoint her family again. She also needed to make sure Daniel would love his life in South Africa and feel comfortable.
"If Daniel hates it, I cannot force it just because it's something I want," Tiffany said.
Tiffany's Tourist Visa was only good for 90 days, so she had three months basically to determine whether Ronald truly was a changed man and she could marry him and spend the rest of her life with him.
"It is so important for Ronald to not mess up again, because I can forgive Ronald if he hurts me, but I will never forgive him if he hurts Daniel," Tiffany told the cameras.
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But things took a turn and the mood changed when Ronald celebrated his bachelor party with a lot of booze and a stripper.
Tiffany had begged Ronald not to drink or flirt with women, and he ended up doing both of those things. In fact, Ronald admitted to getting "a little bit tipsy."
"If Ronald can't prove to me that I can trust him, there won't be a wedding," she said in a confessional.
Tiffany therefore felt betrayed and lied to, and she was clearly angry.
Tiffany was worried because one addiction can easily transform into another. For example, a person addicted to gambling may turn his or her sights on alcohol instead.
Tiffany called Ronald's behavior "a slap" in her face, especially since trust was already a problem that existed in their relationship and they were working to rebuild it.
Ronald admitted he was "wrong" but the bash was a one-time thing. It still bothered Tiffany, however, because he had a history of breaking promises and making bad decisions.
"I went through a lot because of that, and I don't want to go through it anymore," Tiffany told him, adding that she worried about him lying to her again.
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In the latest episode, Tiffany and Ronald said they were supposed to get married in five days, but she still feared Ronald relapsing.
Tiffany also said she couldn't move her son to South Africa permanently unless she trusted Ronald 100 percent.
"I won't let it happen again. You and Daniel are my life," Ronald told Tiffany, before telling the cameras, "If I lose Tiffany, I'll lose everything that I have... my life and my mind."
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So did Ronald end up throwing their love away? Are Tiffany and Ronald still together?
Tiffany and Ronald are still an item.In mid-July, Tiffany posted a photo of Ronald and Daniel and captioned it "My Loves" on her joint Instagram account with Ronald. She also posted a selfie of the couple sleeping together on the site.
And according to Starcasm, Tiffany and Ronald are married!
Tiffany and Ronald reportedly wed on October 20, 2018 in South Africa.
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Social media suggests the pair are currently living in Ronald's native country and Tiffany is now going by the name of Tiffany Smith.
Tiffany and Ronald apparently conceived a baby back in early September 2018, which appears to have been more than a month before their wedding day.
Starcasm reports that Tiffany announced to her family that she was expecting a baby with Ronald in early January 2019. And by late May 2019, Tiffany was reportedly more than eight months pregnant.
A video reportedly surfaced online of Tiffany and Ronald sharing their pregnancy news with Daniel, who cried tears of joy at the idea of becoming a big brother.
And the latest news is that Tiffany and Ronald have welcomed their baby!
Tiffany gave birth to a daughter whom the couple named Carley Rose Smith on July 3, People reported.
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"Carley's arrival into this world was a mother's biggest sacrifice, the giving-birth part," Tiffany, 27, told People. "But she was worth every contraction, every cry, all of it!"
Tiffany and Ronald shared sweet family photos with People, showing that Carley was born with a full head of hair. The photos made it seem like Tiffany and Ronald are still a happy couple, and even Tiffany's little four-year-old sister, Emily, made an appearance in one photo.
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"When they put my baby on me, all of my pain was gone and all I felt was her warmth and the love and support of my family," Tiffany told the magazine.
"I feel so much love and joy inside. Everything was perfect."
Tiffany said Ronald was not physically present for the birth -- although he was on video call, along with Ronald's mother at times -- but her own mother was there, so it appears as though Tiffany returned to America prior to the baby's birth.
In addition, the photographer Tiffany credited with taking a set of baby photos she released on Instagram is also based in the Maryland area.
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