90 Day Fiance star Fernanda Flores has revealed she has a new boyfriend following her nasty public split from Jonathan Rivera.
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Fernanda, however, said she's trying to keep her relationship under wraps for now, and that is apparent given she has yet to reveal her boyfriend's identity.
Fernanda, who starred on Season 6 of 90 Day Fiance with her soon-to-be ex-husband Jonathan, has also not posted any photos with a new man recently on her Instagram account.
"Since the show aired, I have tried to maintain my privacy about the events that have given rise to the pending divorce in Chicago where my lawyers are representing me," Fernanda explained to AfterBuzz TV.
"They are helping me try to settle the divorce as quickly as possible so I can move on with my life."
Jonathan and Fernanda's relationship began when they met at a club while Jonathan was on vacation in Mexico with his best friend. The real estate broker fell hard and fast for Fernanda, saying the world stopped when he first saw her.
Despite their age difference, Jonathan, 32 at the time, proposed marriage to Fernanda, who was 19, after dating for only three months.
Fernanda's K-1 visa was subsequently approved, and 90 Day Fiance's sixth season showed Fernanda and Jonathan planning their wedding in the United States.
Fernanda arrived in America on her K-1 visa in late February 2018 and the couple got married in a courthouse wedding in May that Jonathan's mother revealed in a Facebook posting.
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"A couple of weeks ago, my son, Jon (Jonathan) and his beautiful fiance Fernanda decided to get hitched -- pronto! On May 5, they became husband & wife," she wrote in the posting, which also included a collection of photos of the courthouse ceremony.
RELATED LINK: '90 DAY FIANCE' COUPLES NOWFernanda and Jonathan were pretty open that they were still together in their social media postings throughout Fall 2018, and Fernanda had even confirmed their marriage status.
In early December of that year, Fernanda had even posted a slideshow of wedding photos from a Christmas-themed photo shoot the couple had participated in together.
However, the couple suddenly split shortly before Christmas.
After being asked by Instagram followers why he and Fernanda were not celebrating New Year's Eve 2019 together, Jonathan confirmed the couple had separated and Fernanda was currently staying with friends and family in Houston, TX.
Fernanda then told her followers she was aware of her husband's postings but didn't want to comment on them.
"I don't want to talk anything about Jonathan again. Please don't ask questions about him," Fernanda said live Instagram chat with her followers on New Year's Day.
"He's talking a lot; he can say whatever he wants. I'm not going to talk about it until I'm ready. And today and right now is not the moment. So, let's enjoy the rest of this day."
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"He is the one with no intentions of fix[ing] our marriage," she replied in an Instagram comment to one of her followers.
Later that night, she also posted a tweet in which she said she was "done" trying to convince Jonathan to give their marriage another chance.
"Estoy cansada de quedarme callada, sumisa, pacifica, estupida, esperanzada a reparar lo irreparable. Is he done? Guess what I'm done too," the 90 Day Fiance star wrote on Twitter.
Translated to English, the Spanish portion of her tweet reads, "I'm tired of being quiet, submissive, pacifying, stupid, hopeful to repair the irreparable."
In March, Jonathan posted an Instagram message boasting that he had canceled the I-184 affidavit of support form he had previously filed to support Fernanda's U.S. residency application.
On April 15, TLC released Season 3 of 90 Day Fiance: What Now?, its online digital series that is available for streaming on tlc.com and the network's TLC GO app. The 21-episode season included three episodes focused on Jonathan and Fernanda.
The 90 Day Fiance: What Now? episodes revealed shocking new details about the events that led up to Jonathan and Fernanda's break-up and confirmed Jonathan had filed for divorce.
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The major point of contention in the former couple's marriage was living in Lumberton, NC, where Jonathan worked as a real estate agent, according to 90 Day Fiance: What Now?.
Fernanda, a self-declared "big city girl," felt lonely, bored and "trapped" in her home and desired a move to Chicago so she could pursue modeling and take acting classes.
Fernanda insisted Jonathan had promised her they would move before she decided to leave her home in Mexico to be with him.
In May, Jonathan went Instagram official with his new girlfriend, and then one month later, Fernanda finally revealed her side of the story when it comes to her breakup with Jonathan.
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Fernanda made her allegations in a lengthy 44-minute video titled "My Truth" after being fairly silent for six months.
"I was concentrating on myself and now I'm in such a better place to let you know the truth. I didn't want to sell my part of the story to any network because I'm not looking for attention [nor] money," she said in the video.
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According to Fernanda, the couple's problems traced back to an agreement they made before Fernanda she even agreed to come to America: that they would only live in Lumberton, NC for a year and then move to Chicago, where Jonathan's family lives and where the sister and parents of her father, an American citizen who currently lives in Houston, also reside.
Fernanda also claimed it was Jonathan's idea that they appear on 90 Day Fiance, and that she was unsure whether it would be a wise decision to have cameras chronicling their relationship but Jonathan convinced her it would be good for them -- and especially his real-estate agent business.
More recently, Jonathan has denied ever having abused Fernanda in any way, but she continues to stand by her claims she was a victim in their marriage and Jonathan was controlling.
"[Jonathan] has taken steps to destroy my reputation and impede me financially as he withdrew his affidavit of support. Now that he can no longer control me, he is trying to control the way other people view me," Fernanda told AfterBuzz TV.
"Moving forward my life is 100 percent focused on me and following my dreams and does not have anything to do with him. I wish him the best but he needs to do him and I am doing me."
Fernanda now speaks on behalf of women empowerment, sharing her story of being an alleged abuse survivor.
"I want to share my story; my childhood and growing up in Mexico with my family -- how my move to the states was a culture shock and affected my physical and mental health with all of the hurdles I had to overcome," Fernanda explained.
"I want my story to empower women and let women know that we're not alone and staying true to yourself can get you as far as you want."
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