Chantel Everett is married. Pedro Jimeno is engaged. But before Pedro walks down the aisle with Valentina Malagon, one person still holds a veto no wedding planner can override: his mother, Lidia.
Pedro said the quiet part out loud on 90 Day: The Single Life. He planned to take Valentina to the Dominican Republic to meet his mom and sister — then drew a line: “This is the woman I am going to marry. It’s if my mom gives me the blessing, she gives me the blessing. If not, she doesn’t like, I go my way [with Valentina].”
That sentence is the biggest unresolved question in Pedro’s second act. He proposed on a Hawaiian beach on June 6, 2026, and announced the engagement on June 23. What has not happened — publicly — is Lidia’s blessing. Fans are split: should he wait, or walk anyway?
The Blessing Ultimatum
Pedro’s ultimatum was no throwaway line. It was a declaration of independence after six years married to Chantel while two families waged war on TV. His first marriage ended in divorce in 2023; his second chapter, by his own telling, is built on peace: “With her, I learned that peace has a name, that home can live in a single look,” he wrote at the engagement announcement.
Pedro wants the blessing but will not let its absence stop him.
Nicole’s “Sponsor” Suspicion Still Hangs Over Valentina
If Lidia is the quiet question, sister Nicole Jimeno is the loud one. At the Single Life Tell All, Nicole noted Valentina is well-traveled — then asked how she could afford so many trips without a “sponsor.” Valentina shut that down on the spot, but the moment stuck.
YOU MAY LIKEKaren and Thomas Everett: The Marriage That Survived Every Chantel Storm — and the One Wedding Question LeftFor one camp, Nicole was doing what a sister does: asking the hard question before her brother marries again. For the other, it was the same old Jimeno pattern — suspicion first, welcome later — the dynamic that poisoned Pedro’s first marriage. Valentina’s first impression was not a warm embrace. It was an interrogation. And that makes Lidia’s verdict matter more: if Nicole is skeptical, will mom follow, or break ranks?
The Mirror Image: Karen Said Yes, Lidia Hasn’t — Yet
Here is the twist fans cannot stop pointing out. On the other side of this divorce, Chantel’s mother Karen Everett was asked at the Hunt for Love Tell All how she would feel if Chantel married Ashley Bowen. Karen answered: “I would come to the wedding.” Chantel married Ashley on October 17, 2026, in Auburn, Alabama — though reports say it is unconfirmed whether Karen attended.
One mother publicly promised to show up; the other has yet to bless the match at all — and fans say both families now face the same test.
What Happens If Mom Says No?
Pedro has answered that himself: he goes his way. But that comes with costs. A wedding without Lidia would be the coldest family snub of Pedro’s TV life — or the healthiest boundary he has ever set, depending on your side of the comments. Add the other fight — Valentina reportedly wants a Colombia wedding, Pedro wants the Dominican Republic — and the groom still has two family decisions to make.
The blessing question is the one thing Pedro cannot solve with a beach arch and a diamond ring — it requires his mother. So the question that will split the comments: if Lidia never gives her blessing, should Pedro marry Valentina anyway, or should a son wait? Team Blessing, or Team Pedro’s Choice? Tell us — and defend it.
