Infamous duo Ben Rathbun and Mahogany Roca from 90 Day Fiancé are about to get married, but many fans think that the couple should split up. A 22-year-old Mahogany was smitten by 52-year-old Ben’s shirtless modeling photos, to the extent that she sent him a friend request. However, she didn't tell him her real age or address. The Peruvian woman claimed that she was 24 years of age when she chatted with Ben for three months online, but refused to video call him because she was shy. After meeting Mahogany on a two-week trip to Peru, the father of three Ben felt that he had found his next wife.
Despite Mahogany asking Ben not to meet her, and eventually ghosting him at the Lima airport, he didn’t give up. Ben wooed Mahogany with his runaway train story, and finally saw her in person, confirming that she was a real person, not a catfish. However, Mahogany’s feelings towards him weren’t real. She refused to acknowledge Ben as her boyfriend, and insisted that he was the one hiding secrets about his past from her.
After multiple instances of giving Ben hope, and even kissing him in a moment where she said she was “confuso,” Mahogany walked away from him in the finale. The Tell-All, in turn, showed Ben going back to Peru without the 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days team, and convincing Mahogany to date him.
Ben & Mahogany Have A YouTube Channel
As fans know, Ben and Mahogany were together when the show ended. A few months later, the couple launched a YouTube channel to fill in any blanks that TLC had left in their storyline. On their Benjamin and Mahogany YouTube channel, they appeared to be very much in love, which came as a shock to those who shook their heads in disbelief whenever they saw the couple onscreen. A lot of people had already labeled Ben and Mahogany a fake couple when the channel got a new video update last week, in which Ben proposed to Mahogany. The same Mahogany that seemed to be repulsed by Ben, cringing when he touched her on the show, showed off her unmanicured hand and new ring, given to her by the former youth pastor.
Mahogany Isn't Honest With Ben
The list of things that Mahogany had kept from Ben during their “relationship” on the show was endless. This included Mahogany showing Ben an AirBnb with bunk beds and a surfboard, and claiming that it was her apartment. She had left him alone in a hotel when they went to Huacachina, as she was unsure of him. Her father was against Mahogany dating Ben too, but later appeared in the proposal video to give his blessings to the couple, which many people found strange. If fans thought that Ben and Mahogany were actors in a scripted 90 Day Fiancé storyline, they now believe that the couple has concocted an engagement to stay relevant.
While the show was still on the air, reality TV star Ben was arrested for violating probation stemming from a 2020 OUI arrest. He was fired from his director job at the Michigan Lupus Foundation due to his legal issues. Most fans think that Ben doesn’t have money, and believe that Mahogany is using him to get to the U.S. Even if they are really engaged, they are under the impression that Mahogany will unceremoniously dump him once her agenda is fulfilled. The situation does guarantee Ben and Mahogany a spot on one more 90 Day Fiancé spin-off, or more. They've supposedly been spotted filming recently, so if they aren't cast in 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days season 6, a 90 Day Diaries episode or two might be enough to give Ben and Mahogany the lasting fame that they crave.