Pedro Jimeno has a wedding to plan, a fiancée he calls a blessing, and one shadow he cannot seem to outrun: his mother’s opinion. That is the line at the center of the debate fans cannot drop — Pedro has said he will marry Valentina Malagon with or without his mother Lidia’s blessing. For a man whose first marriage was fought over, in part, in his mother’s living room, that sentence lands like a declaration of independence. Or, depending on which side of the fandom you ask, like history about to repeat itself.
Here is what is confirmed, and what is not. Pedro and Valentina are engaged. They were baptized together. No wedding date has been publicly confirmed. Everything else — the venue, the guest list, and whether Lidia will be there smiling or not there at all — is exactly what fans are fighting about. So let us lay out the facts, then let the group decide: is Pedro finally free, or is he walking into the same storm with a new bride?
The Hawaii Proposal That Changed Everything
On June 23, 2026, Pedro announced his engagement to Valentina Malagon, whom he introduced to viewers during Season 5 of 90 Day: The Single Life. According to PEOPLE, the proposal itself took place on June 6 on the island of Oahu in Hawaii: a heart-shaped arch made entirely of red roses on the beach, an illuminated sign reading Will You Marry Me, candles, and a pear-shaped diamond ring. In a video message to TLC viewers, Pedro said simply: Me and Valentina, we got a big, big announcement to tell you because we are engaged! And we are going to get married.
Valentina, a Colombian psychologist, first reached out to Pedro after spotting him on Instagram, and the two met in Tulum before debuting together on The Single Life. In his engagement message, Pedro wrote that Valentina came into my life as an answer, a blessing that God placed on my path to show me that true love is not something you search for — it is something you recognize. He added that she wants the wedding in Colombia, while he wants it in the Dominican Republic. The United States, he admitted, is always an option too. Even the venue is a debate — and fans have opinions about all three.
The Baptism, and the Blessing Question
Then came the milestone that made fans take the engagement even more seriously. In early October, Pedro and Valentina were baptized together, sharing their faith as a couple before any wedding. For supporters, it was proof this is not a rebound storyline: a couple choosing a shared spiritual life, in public, before they choose a venue. For skeptics, it raised the stakes of the question nobody can answer yet — where does Lidia fit in?
Lidia Jimeno’s shadow over Pedro’s love life is long, and fans know every inch of it. She fought Chantel for years, called her ungrateful, and warned that Pedro would never find another woman like her son deserved — and her disapproval followed Pedro from his first marriage all the way to this engagement. That is why the with or without line matters so much. It is not just about a wedding invitation. It is about whether a grown man, engaged for the second time, still needs his mother’s permission to be happy.
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Team Free at Last says this time is different, and the evidence is the engagement itself. Pedro chose Valentina, proposed in Hawaii, got baptized beside her, and said the blessing question out loud instead of letting it fester. He is not hiding the tension; he is naming it. If Lidia comes around, wonderful. If she does not, the wedding happens anyway. That, supporters say, is what growing up looks like.
Team Repeating History says the opposite: the fact that Pedro is still publicly negotiating his mother’s blessing in 2026 proves nothing has changed. A wedding planned around one woman’s approval — even defiant approval — is still a wedding planned around her. And with a Colombia-versus-Dominican Republic venue fight already brewing, skeptics warn the family drama has simply found a new stage.
So here is the question for the comments, and it is the one Pedro himself has forced: should a wedding wait for a mother’s blessing, or should love stop asking permission? Drop your side below: Team With the Blessing, who say Lidia’s presence matters more than pride — or Team Without, who say Pedro has waited long enough. And while you are at it: Colombia, the Dominican Republic, or the United States — where should Pedro and Valentina say I do?
