The paperwork said “irretrievably broken.” That was May 2022, when Pedro Jimeno filed for divorce from Chantel Everett after nearly six years of marriage — and those three words turned out to be the first date on a four-year road nobody saw coming.
Four years later, he is engaged to a Colombian psychologist he met through an Instagram DM. Between those two dates sits a whole second life: a settled divorce, a quiet rebuild in Georgia, a dating-show return, a beach in Hawaii, and a rose arch. Here is Pedro’s road from the filing to Valentina — dated, step by step.
May 2022: “Irretrievably Broken”
Pedro filed for divorce in May 2022, weeks after the couple separated that April. The marriage that had carried an entire spinoff, The Family Chantel, for five seasons was over — and the ending was as public as the wedding had been. Mutual restraining orders followed that summer, and the final season showed the pair untangling their shared life, including the sale of their Georgia home. By 2023, the divorce was settled, according to multiple reports, and the show closed the book on television that December.
November 2023: “The Damage Is Done Already”
As the final season premiered in November 2023, Pedro told The Associated Press: “The damage is done already. It’s not going to be any reconciliation in the future.” Then the line that set the tone for everything after: “I’m at peace with the marriage… I wish the best for Chantel.” He threw himself into real estate in Georgia and — according to reports — became an American citizen in 2023. No new spinoff, no weekly storyline. While Chantel stayed on television, Pedro rebuilt off camera.
Early 2025: A DM From Colombia
The rebuild stayed quiet until Pedro returned for 90 Day: The Single Life season 5 — and the Tell All delivered the twist. Viewers met Valentina Malagon, a psychologist from Colombia, who joined by video call and told the story herself: she had spotted an Instagram Story showing Pedro was in Colombia, took a chance, and messaged him. “I took my chances and sent him a message through Instagram,” she said. “And since then, we haven’t stopped talking.” The two met up in Tulum, and around the turn of the year Pedro started sharing videos of her — the first time he had let anyone into his romantic life since the divorce.
June 6, 2026: The Rose Arch in Oahu
On June 6, 2026, Pedro knelt on a beach in Oahu, Hawaii, under a heart-shaped arch of red roses, beside an illuminated sign reading “Will You Marry Me?” He gave Valentina a bouquet of red roses and a pear-shaped diamond ring handcrafted by Diamondboi Designs. The couple announced the engagement he announced in June on June 23, and Pedro told PEOPLE that with Valentina, he had learned “peace has a name.” In the announcement video, he added: “We want to plan the wedding very soon.” Then came the catch he admitted himself: she wants the wedding in Colombia, he wants it in the Dominican Republic.
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Early October brought the couple’s next milestone: Pedro and Valentina were baptized together, sharing their faith as a couple before any wedding. Then the timeline swerved. On October 17, Chantel married Ashley Bowen in Alabama — and four days later, TV Season & Spoilers reported that Pedro had reposted his Hawaii proposal. Pedro never said the repost was about Chantel, so any jealousy theory is fan speculation only. As of November 12, 2026, the next date on Pedro’s timeline is still blank: no wedding date, no venue agreement — and one obstacle has outlived the marriage itself, Lidia’s blessing, though Pedro says he will marry Valentina with or without Lidia’s blessing.
Four years, five dates, one ring. Where each of them stands now, Chantel is married and Pedro is engaged, and the race fans have tracked since 2022 is down to a single blank line on a calendar. So here is the question the timeline leaves open: Pedro told PEOPLE that with Valentina, he learned “peace has a name” — but peace still doesn’t have a date. If the arch was June and the baptism was October, what is Pedro waiting for: Lidia’s blessing, the right venue, or the cameras? And if you were picking the date for Pedro and Valentina, would it be Colombia, the Dominican Republic, or Georgia?
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