I was late to the program when it comes to 90 Day fiancé and really only started getting into it with 90 Day The Other Way. One of the couples on that show was Tiffany Franco and Ronald Smith. Ronald is from South Africa. He had just gotten out of rehab for a gambling addiction and I think also had some criminal background issues. So I am not sure how they ever thought he would get a spousal visa to come to the US. The two got married in South Africa. Tiffany also brought her young son, Daniel with her. He became very close to Ronald and they referred to each other as Dad and son.
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Then Tiffany decided that South Africa wasn’t a safe place for Daniel. Plus she was very pregnant and wanted to go back to the US to have the baby. So she took Daniel and went home. From there, I am not sure what happened. I don’t see anything about Ronald coming to the US but there is a photo of them in robes and face masks. I don’t think he came to the US. Their baby was born about six months ago and he was Skyped in. Just two weeks ago, they were sweet talking each other on social media. And then this happened on Instagram.
Tiffany posted On Instagram About The Spilt
“Unfortunately I have to announce that Ronald and I will be separating. I wanted to be the first to let you know rather than hiding it and putting on a facade for social media. Thank you guys for following our story we really love each other but some things are just irreparable.We both deserve much better than what we can offer at the moment. Lots of love from us.”
Well that sounded like a conscious uncoupling, which is unusual for 90 Day Fiancé, Until Ronald posted this:
“Thank you for following our story but unfortunately it just didn’t work for me. I’ll be filing for divorce since in since she isn’t even registered in USA as married. Talk about adultery.”
It sound like Ronald found out that Tiffany was seeing someone? Is that what he is saying? Then of course Tiffany had to respond.
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“When a toxic person can no longer manipulate you they will try to manipulate the way others see you. Truer words have never been spoken. I wish nothing but good things for Ronald. But, I won’t waste one more second being taken for granted and being unhappy. I never cheated that is what I am assuming is an attempt at trying to make me seem like the cause of the separation.
I want you all to know I really don’t like putting all of this on social media but obviously I know our relationship is very public and I owe this to all of you. But that is all I will share for now. He can continue to lash out and say all the negative things he wants about me all I did was love him too much and try hard to make things work.”
Oh and check out that second photo! She’s lost a TON of weight since appearing on 90 Day Fiancé! What do you think happened to this relationship?
I feel so sad for little Daniel. He was the best part of this story. I know that when you first begin recovery they say not to begin a romantic relationship for at least a year. I know everyone is different but recovering is difficult and messy and ever changing. I know from experience. All that to say, I’m not surprised. I do wish Tiffany and her children the best and i hope Ronald is still on the path of healing.
Not surprised at all by this one. Still, very sad for Daniel.
Agree that this is very sad for Daniel who really seemed to become attached to Ronald. Also. now there is another child who will miss growing up with her father. What were these two thinking?
I think Tiffany thought she would be in the South Africa you see in some movies and that wasn’t reality. She also didn’t seem to be able to trust him with money due to his gambling addiction, understandable but if your going to get involved with an addict you have to also get help yourself in dealing with them and growing trust. I think she thought they would get married over there, have a baby and the USA would just let him in no problem and it doesn’t work that way. I think it just got too hard for her.
As viewers we always knew this wasnt gonna work, but its so sad for Daniel and Carly. Daniel just lost his 2nd “dad and who knows when Carly will even meet her Dad because it would require Tiffany taking her to South Africa.
I was so sorry to hear about this. I hoped for the best for them but didn’t see how he’d ever get into the US and South Africa was no place to raise a family. My heart is broken for Daniel. It’s one thing to screw up your own life. It’s something else to drag a child into a situation that has such huge obstacles. I could tell Tiffany was going to have problems trusting Ronald but she couldn’t continue to try to control everything forever. And to develop trust in a long distance is hard enough, even without addiction issues. I don’t know how this will turn out, whether or not there’s any hope for reconciliation, but I hope Tiffany will think twice and make more mature choices for the sake of her children as she goes forward. Like not getting pregnant again right away with some guy she doesn’t really know.
This situation was doomed from the start. There were enough red flags upfront that should have been a hard no for Tiffany. Putting Daniel in this situation and telling him Ronald was his new daddy was a horrible thing to do to him. My heart really hurts for the kids.
I’m really sad for them, especially Daniel. I loved how Ronald called him “my boy”. Daniel was so desperate for a father. I don’t blame Tiffany for not staying, it was a rough area they were living in and a mum should be able to take her son to the local park without worrying about personal safety and unsafe equipment.
The timing for them was not good with him being so soon out of treatment, but they seemed to have a real connection and they seemed like nice people.
Shame on her for putting Daniel in that situation. I think most of the viewers didn’t see this working out.
For all those saying South Africa is no place to raise a child are complete idiots. It is a true indication of how some of you think the USA is the holy grail yet there are young black children being gunned by OFFICERS of the LAW in broad daylight. South Africa is still a very young country in terms of democracy and the trauma of apartheid is very apparent and will be for quite some time but South Africa has come a very long way.
South Africa is as safe as the USA, England, China, etc. Obviously there are places one wouldn’t go on their own at night if they didn’t know anyone. Hello Compton, London Estates…I could go on. South Africa is a beautiful country with beautiful people, it is flawed like many other countries however let’s not act like the bitch was dodging bullets every time she stepped out of the house they were renting. I was hoping they would have made it because the story was beautiful however when she left South Africa, I knew it was a wrap. I hope they continue to wrap those 2 beautiful children in love regardless of the fuckery they have going on between them.
If you watched the show, when they looked for apartments, there were bars on all the window and the complex had high walls and gates. On top of that the rental agent said that Daniel could never play outside without strict supervision and to never let him out of their sight. The reason that Tiffany ultimately changed her mind about living there was because of the constant danger that RONALD acknowledged.
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South Africa has the continent’s highest murder rate, with an average of more than 50 people killed each day.
In addition there is raw sewage that flows in the streets causing many illnesses.
It is definitely not as safe as the US, England or China. There are beautiful parts of the country with a lot less violence. Johannesburg is NOT one of those places.
Right on!
Exhibit A: Ashton Pienaar from Below Deck is originally from Johannesburg and then lived in Cape Town before becoming a “yachti”.
Shining example of character, bruh!
Also, IIRC, Ashton’s sensitivity to his mother is because when he was young they experienced a home invasion where his mother was beaten severely. Not sure what happened to his father.
One would think that would make him less of a misogynistic prick, but apparently not.
TT I understand what you’re saying however I lived in South Africa for a number of years. Everything I read online was the complete opposite when I touched down. Ronad and Tiffany resided in the ghetto, had they been adults and saved prior to Tiffany uprooting her child then it would’ve been a different experience. I have seen better hospitals in the villages of South Africa then the obe they went to. I have many friends who are also South African and you will find that there is a vast difference in how it is described by Boer South Africans, Coloured South Africans and Black South Africans. RONALD is a Boer South African and so was the real estate agent. I actually lived in Johannesburg, Kyalami Midrand to be exact and so I speak from experience.
I’m sorry but in all of my years there, I never saw raw sewage flowing in the streets. Apartheid caused significant trauma and there is still a lot of rage, anguish and confusion. People forget that South Africa was liberated from Apartheid in 1994, 1994. Shit is far from resolved, I say all this to say that there is a reason why RONALD and all those Boers spoke the way they did. I have encouraged plenty of friends to visit Cape Town, Johannesburg, East London, Durban, Witbank, Stellenbosche, Port Elizabeth…and they came back with not a scratch on them. Everyone is entitled to their opinion however I’m simply speaking from first hand experience. When I retire, I’m moving to South Africa. The people, the food, the cultures, the history. There is a tale behind everything in South Africa.
When you retire, I will come visit you! 🙂 I see you point there are many dangerous places to live in the US as well. That said, as you pointed out, these two didn’t seem financially able to live in any of the safe areas of South Africa. So their experience differed from yours.
PS I am not sure why your comment went to moderation. Don’t yell at me! 🙂 xo
Yes TT, please do. I would expect yourself as well as Banjo to visit and I would happily welcome you with open arms. I just received the notification that you replied, apologies for my tardy response. Lol, I could never and would never yell at you TT. I am not built for the WLS, I don’t know how the many who have been banished survive ha. xo.
I just can’t put a man before my children. Never have, never will. It’s not in my DNA.
Which is difficult often with these types of shows when I think it’s reversed.
P.s. I always thought Tiffany was one of the prettiest of the cast members.
She was so busy watching Ronald screwing up and catching him, the fun and normalcy living didn’t stand a chance.
Yes – I think she’s gorgeous and a very sweet person, very loving. In spite of what a lot of people here are saying, I think she’s very good mother and a good person, as well.
I don’t think anyone is saying she’s a bad person. But she has made some bad decisions. The fact that she finally returned to the US to have her baby and raise her children shows she cares about them. Lots of women choose a man over their children to the detriment of the children, and in the final analysis she didn’t do that. I hope she’s learned from this experience and can go forward making sound decisions that will help her and her family thrive.
I think she believed she was putting both of them first. He was desperate to have a father in his life and you could see they had a really strong connection. No mum is perfect and makes the right decisions every time.
Let’s see, she picked him up out of rehab with her kid in tow in SA. Got married and pregnant, probably in the same week. Lived in SA for oh I dunno a month, left, had the baby that he has never been in the same room with unless you count facetime. So unless she decides to bring her there he will not see her with his criminal record, that hasn’t changed since the last time. Oh yes a bonus, she never filed it in US to make a k-1 actually work in time. I have nothing nice to say about this couple. Sometimes we need to know it just won’t work and don’t bring kids into the mix because we’re feeling it at the moment. Strictly my opinion people. Another one bites the dust….