By the time the helicopter lifted off from Fountainview Mansion on October 17, 2026, Chantel Everett had waited more than 1,600 days for that ride. Sixty guests had just watched her marry Ashley Bowen — and the newlyweds were flying away from all of it. The helicopter was the ending. Here is everything that had to happen first, date by date.
May 2022: The Papers That Ended Six Years
Pedro Jimeno filed for divorce in May 2022, ending a marriage of nearly six years. The split played out across four seasons of The Family Chantel, and the divorce was finalized in 2023. Chantel walked out with her name back and nothing else settled.
2023–2025: The Quiet Rebuild Nobody Televised
While the cameras moved on, Chantel built a life outside them: she became a nurse injector in Sandy Springs, Georgia, and returned for 90 Day: The Single Life season 4. Chantel met Ashley through her brother River at a birthday party, and the two became close. Before Chantel left to film 90 Day: Hunt for Love, Ashley kissed her on a night out — and Chantel pulled away, unsure what it meant.
August 18, 2025: The Confession in Tulum
On the August 18, 2025 episode of 90 Day: Hunt for Love, Chantel admitted she had shared her first kiss with a woman — and could not stop thinking about her. In Tulum, she realized none of the men there compared to the friend waiting back home. From the resort, she FaceTimed Ashley and asked for a real shot. Ashley said yes — and the season’s biggest love story was suddenly happening off camera.
September 2025: “Clout Chaser” — and “I Would Come”
The September 2025 Tell All gave the new couple its first public test, and it came from inside the family. Chantel revealed she and Ashley were living together — then her mother Karen took the stage and accused Ashley of using her daughter. “Ashley, I do feel like you’re a clout chaser,” Karen said, saying she did not want her daughter hurt again. Chantel asked the question that mattered most: “How would you feel if it was me and Ashley getting married?” Karen did not hesitate. “I’m an extremely worried mom, but Chantel, I would come to the wedding,” she answered.
December 17, 2025: One Knee, One Song, One Castle
On December 17, 2025 — the couple’s anniversary — Ashley proposed at Uhuburg, a Renaissance-style castle in Helen, Georgia. Chantel believed they were there for a routine photo shoot. Instead, Ashley dropped to one knee, presented a sparkling ring, and performed “Duet for Juliet,” an original song she had written for the moment. Back home waited red balloons, rose petals, candles and a hot bath. They kept it private for six days, announcing it on December 23.
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That Saturday, Chantel married Ashley Bowen at Fountainview Mansion in Auburn, Alabama, in front of about 60 guests, according to PEOPLE. Chantel wore a custom TTON Couture gown; Ashley wore a bejeweled white suit with sparkling sneakers. They exchanged handwritten vows in private before Rev. Rickisa Owens, then danced their first dance to “She’s My Handsome” by 76th Street. A helicopter carried them to The St. Regis Atlanta, and the next morning Ashley revealed the secret she had planned all along — a honeymoon at Le Blanc Spa Resort in Cancun. On October 19, Chantel announced it herself: “We’re married! … It feels so good to be wives.” Days later came the clip that named the marriage: “That means we’re ChantAshley!” Four days later, Pedro reposted his Hawaii proposal to Valentina — and Chantel answered with nothing at all.
From the divorce papers to the helicopter: more than 1,600 days, six dated turning points. Karen promised on the Tell All she would come to the wedding — and 27 days after Auburn, nobody has confirmed she was there. So was her promise real, or just something a worried mother says on stage?
