90 Day Fiance alum Jonathan Rivera and his fiancee, Janelle Miller, have announced they are expecting their first child together.
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"We've been keeping a little secret... We will be welcoming our first child, our son, in August!" Jonathan wrote alongside the photo, according to a screenshot obtained by 90 Day Fiance Instagrammer John Yates.
"We love him so much already, we couldn't be more excited."
The 34-year-old real estate agent announced his engagement to Janelle on Instagram in June 2020, just three months after his divorce from 90 Day Fiance co-star Fernanda Flores was finalized.
"Easiest decision I've ever made," Jonathan captioned his post at the time.
Not long before sharing the news he popped the question, Jonathan had gushed about how "there was never a doubt" Janelle is the woman for him.
Jonathan and Janelle, a sports talent marketing agent from Chicago, will be celebrating their two-year anniversary of dating on April 27, 2021.
"I don't care what we do, I just love doing life with you. One down, zillion more to go! #happyanniversary #theperfectnight," Jonathan wrote on Instagram in celebration of the couple's first anniversary last year.
Janelle and Jonathan went Instagram official in Spring 2019 when Jonathan posted a picture of the pair on a cruise together.
Jonathan starred on Season 6 of 90 Day Fiance with his now ex-wife Fernanda, whom he married in May 2018 and currently appears on The Single Life, a 90 Day Fiance spinoff available on Discovery's new discovery+ streaming service.
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RELATED LINK: '90 DAY FIANCE' COUPLES NOWDuring a January episode of 90 Day Diaries on discovery+, Fernanda -- whose divorce from Jonathan was finalized in March 2020 -- admitted to her friend Edwin she had heard about Jonathan and Janelle's engagement.
When asked how she felt about it, Fernanda explained, "A lot of things that he did, it hurt me more because it's like he didn't want to move to Chicago for the sake of our relationship and our marriage, for the sake of his wife."
Fernanda elaborated, "It did hurt me when I knew that he was moving to Chicago for another girl and he was putting it all [in] my face, you know, social media and everywhere, just being like, 'Oh I would never imagine doing this with anyone else than you.'"
"It's like, okay bro, like why do you do that?"
Fernanda added, "I feel like I got to a point where I'm just like good for him, do you, and I'm doing me."
Fernanda said she loves doing whatever she wants but she hasn't been "too lucky" when it comes to dating.
"Guys in the States though, they're so stupid! So f-cking dumb!" Fernanda lamented to Edwin in their 90 Day Diaries conversation.
"Guys suck, like, I don't get it. They don't want to work for it, they don't want to, like, be gentlemen. They're not gentlemen and they're not nice... I don't get guys in the United States. They just want to, like, hang out, get it fast, just have sex."
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She concluded, "So I feel like I'm going to be single for a long time."
Fernanda appeared on a 2020 episode of 90 Day Fiance: Self-Quarantined and disclosed she was virtually dating The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise alum Clay Harbor, a former professional football player, at the time.
However, Fernanda and Clay had yet to go out on a real date and were just starting to get to know each other. That romance clearly fizzled out.
The major point of contention in Fernanda and Jonathan's marriage was living in Lumberton, NC, where Jonathan worked as a real estate agent at the time.
Fernanda, a self-declared "big city girl," apparently felt lonely, bored and "trapped" in the small town and desired a move to Chicago so she could pursue modeling, take acting classes and be closer to her father's parents.
Fernanda claimed in a "My Truth" video she posted on social media in June 2019 that before she relocated to America, Jonathan had initially agreed to live in Lumberton for one year and then move to Chicago -- but he essentially changed his mind or delayed the move.
Fernanda, originally from Mexico, and Jonathan got engaged when Fernanda was only 19 years old and Jonathan was 32 years old after just three months of dating.
After Fernanda left her life in Mexico and moved to the United States for Jonathan on a K-1 visa in February 2018, the former couple got married three months later in May 2018.
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Jonathan confirmed in a 90 Day Fiance: What Now? Season 3 episode that was released online in April 2019 that he had filed for divorce from Fernanda after the couple suddenly split before Christmas 2018.
Jonathan had also disclosed around that same time on Instagram he had canceled the I-184 affidavit of support form he had previously filed to support Fernanda's U.S. residency application.
Jonathan revealed in January 2019 he and Fernanda had separated because "things changed" and she allegedly had a change of heart about their relationship.
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Fernanda finally broke her silence about a week later.
"He is the one with no intentions of fix[ing] our marriage," she replied in an Instagram comment to one of her followers.
Later that night, she also posted a tweet in which she said she was "done" trying to convince Jonathan to give their marriage another chance.
In a Spanish tweet translated to English, Fernanda wrote, "I'm tired of being quiet, submissive, pacifying, stupid, hopeful to repair the irreparable. Is he done? Guess what I'm done too."
In June 2019, one month after Jonathan and Janelle went Instagram official, Fernanda finally revealed her side of the story about her breakup with Jonathan.
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Fernanda made several jaw-dropping allegations against Jonathan at the time -- including claims that he was mentally, verbally and physically abusive to her during their marriage, and that he also cheated on her.
Jonathan subsequently denied ever having abused Fernanda in any way, but she continued to stand by her claims she was a victim in their marriage and Jonathan was controlling.
"[Jonathan] has taken steps to destroy my reputation and impede me financially as he withdrew his affidavit of support. Now that he can no longer control me, he is trying to control the way other people view me," Fernanda told AfterBuzz TV.
"Moving forward my life is 100 percent focused on me and following my dreams and does not have anything to do with him. I wish him the best but he needs to do him and I am doing me."
Fernanda went on to speak on behalf of women empowerment, sharing her story of being an alleged abuse survivor.
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"I want my story to empower women and let women know that we're not alone and staying true to yourself can get you as far as you want."
In October 2019, Fernanda announced she had a new boyfriend -- without revealing his identity in order to maintain privacy -- and told AfterBuzz TV she was "very happy" with how the romance was evolving; however, she hinted two months later she was single again.
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