Lots of 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days fans suspect that Mahogany Roca is an actress planted by producers, but viewers from her home country of Peru are disagreeing. Mahogany connected with 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days season 5 cast member Ben Rathbun online. The 52-year-old Michigan man said he felt an intense connection with the Peruvian woman, whom he believes is 24 years old. However, Mahogany would never video chat with Ben because she was "shy," causing many viewers to assume that she was a catfish.
Despite never having video chatted with Mahogany, Ben bought a ticket to Peru to meet her. When he was in the airport and about to board the plane, Mahogany told him not to come after all. She said her father doubted his intentions. Despite this, Ben flew to Lima, Peru, but Mahogany didn't show up at their meeting spot or text him back. Ben traveled to her city of San Bartolo and invited her to meet him at a restaurant. When Mahogany showed up at the restaurant, fans were shocked that she wasn't a catfish, but they still had their doubts that she was who she claimed to be.
Fans noted that Mahogany looked different in person than she did in the pictures that she had been sending Ben. Aside from noting that her social media photos may have been “doctored," Ben seemed unphased. He even told Mahogany that he loved her several times upon seeing her face to face, although she did not reciprocate this sentiment. She seemed quite uncomfortable during the meeting, which made fans raise their eyebrows. In addition to thinking that she was an actress because of the way she talked, many viewers also suspected that she was not even Peruvian. However, Peruvian fans on Reddit are now chiming in to confirm that Mahogany "talks" and "acts like a Peruvian," concluding that she is in fact, "100% Peruvian."
While speaking about Mahogany's accent, Reddit user cpgalvez stated in a comment on the thread that just because Mahogany has a "great accent and speaks slowly" does not indicate that she is not from Peru. User originaltemplate agreed and pointed out that Peru is a big country, with people who have many different accents, just like Americans who have verying accents depending on which part of the U.S. they are from. Other Redditors said Mahogany's "bad acting" was proof that she was simply not interested in Ben, and she did not want to be there in the restaurant with him. One user made the point that most people are "bad actors" when talking to people they are not interested in, but trying to be polite.
Fans may be mistaken about the fact that Mahogany isn't from Peru, but there is still something not entirely right about this storyline. For starters, Mahogany claims that she is 22 years old in posts she made on the Internet, although Ben thinks she is 24. Ben also claimed that he was approached to appear on the show, and sleuthing fans found proof that he used to be an actor. This made 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days fans question if their relationship was real at all. Some viewers are pointing out that so far, the storyline is very similar to the plotline with cast members from previous seasons, such as David Murphey and Lana. With only a few episodes left, it will be interesting to see what happens next.
Sources: cpgalvez/Reddit, originaltemplate/Reddit