Four years after Pedro Jimeno filed for divorce, Chantel Everett is a married woman again — and Pedro is engaged to someone else. So here is the question fans cannot stop re-litigating: now that both of them have moved on, who do fans actually blame for the divorce?
In 2022, the Verdict Was Brutal — and It Was Not Close
Pedro filed for divorce in May 2022 after nearly six years of marriage, saying he had fallen out of love and wanted to focus on his career. Fans came down hard on him. Chantel accused Pedro of cheating and using her, and viewers took that anger to his business page, according to reports at the time, leaving negative reviews for the real estate agent they had once rooted for.
The charge that stuck was not just that Pedro ended the marriage — it was how he ended it. Fans said he went distant, stopped communicating, and asked for a divorce without giving Chantel a real chance to fix things. ScreenRant’s later coverage put it bluntly: Pedro gave up without warning, then blamed Chantel for being lazy and uninspired instead of working on the trust issues at home.
The Case Against Chantel Fans Whispered, Then Said Out Loud
But time has been kinder to Pedro’s side than anyone expected in 2022, because fans re-examined how the marriage began. Chantel hid Pedro from her family and told them about the wedding just six days before it happened, according to the show’s own history. Her family then accused Pedro of fraud — an accusation fans now say poisoned the marriage before it had a chance.
Then there is the trust question. Pedro said he needed space to build his career. Chantel, convinced he was cheating, kept pushing to reunite even after he had made his decision clear. His defenders say that is not fighting for love — that is refusing to hear the word no. His career record since the split has become Exhibit A for fans who say he meant it about wanting to work.
The Case Against Pedro That Never Really Went Away
None of that has erased the other case. Pedro let his mother Lidia and his sister Nicole steer him, critics say, listening to their advice to leave instead of fighting for the marriage. He resented Chantel for making him look bad in her family’s eyes, yet never took charge himself, then blamed Chantel for the mess that followed.
YOU MAY LIKEKaren and Thomas Everett: The Marriage That Survived Every Chantel Storm — and the One Wedding Question LeftAnd the cheating accusations were never proven, but never really answered either, at least not to fans’ satisfaction. Pedro denied them, but the distance and the late nights gave viewers all the material they needed. For Team Chantel, that is the whole story: a man who checked out while his wife was still trying.
What Flipped the Scale: Two Weddings, Two Very Different Verdicts
What changed the argument is what happened next. Chantel married musician Ashley Bowen on October 17, 2026, at Fountainview Mansion in Auburn, Alabama, according to PEOPLE. Pedro proposed to Valentina Malagon on a beach in Oahu, Hawaii, on June 6, 2026, according to reports. As of late October 2026, no wedding date for Pedro and Valentina has been publicly confirmed.
Suddenly there is no single villain. Team Chantel says the fairy-tale wedding proves she always deserved better. Team Pedro says his quiet rebuild proves he was never the fraud her family claimed. And a growing third camp blames neither — only the two families who turned every dinner into a war zone. So tell us straight: Team Pedro, Team Chantel, Team Both Messed Up, or Team Blame the Families?
