90 Day Fiancé: Ben Rathbun Says Show Ruined His Relationship With Mahogany

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Ben Rathbun is blaming 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days for damaging his relationship with Mahogany Roca. At 52, Ben went looking for love in 22-year-old Mahogany’s inbox and thought he had found it. Even though Mahogany never fell in love with Ben, she dreamed of having a family and kids with him. Their shared faith and these intimate conversations prompted Ben into going to Peru to meet Mahogany while she hadn’t even shown him her real face. As expected, Mahogany broke up with Ben during their 90 Day Fiancé finale. But in the Tell-All, Ben revealed that he and Mahogany got back together after he took a second trip to San Bartolo.

Mahogany was a catfish who was using filters on her Instagram and Facebook and Ben was aware of it. He still sent her a $1,000 on a loan and believed her when she said she was too shy to not do a video call with him. But the tables turned when Mahogany accused Ben of being “different” and hiding secrets about his past from her. She refused to trust the man, despite Ben ignoring Mahogany’s red flags such as her lying about her age or claiming a rented apartment was her actual home. Ben still wanted to try things out with Mahogany because he visited her again without any cameras. It seems Mahogany was scared of trusting Ben because he wanted their first meeting to be captured on 90 Day Fiancé.

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In a lengthy Instagram story defending Mahogany, Ben revealed that Mahogany was “incredibly wise” to not immediately accept unconditionally him into her life. “Yes, she wanted to meet me, and she loved me, but she rightly questioned my intentions when I came with an entire TV show to meet her for the first time,” former pastor