Summary
South African man Ronald Smith was last seen as a part of Tiffany Franco’s storyline on90 Day: The Single Lifeseason 3, but controversies have followed him even when he’s off camera.Tiffany and Ronald’s storylinebegan on90 Day Fiancé: The Other Wayafter she met him while on vacation in his country. Tiffany and Ronald had clicked instantly and had a long-distance romance. Six months later, they got engaged in South Africa, and she moved there with her son Daniel to marry him onTOWseason 1.Ronald had a troubled past– he was dealing with a gambling addiction.
Tiffany and Ronald welcomed babyCarly Rose soon after but struggled with Ronald’s visa application. As time went by, Ronald started showing a lack of interest in moving to America. He didn’t provide for the family and couldn’t pitch in to pay for things like diapers and groceries. Tiffany and Ronald split multiple times in the process, and she decided to find love again on The Single Life. Unfortunately, Ronald was back in her life as soonas she met Dan MacFarland. Things didn’t work out between Ronald and Dan and Tiffany is now dating an Irish man named Ronnie.
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Tiffany Revealed Ronald Was Cheating On Her On The Tell All
Tiffany Accused Ronald Of Two-Timing
Ronald first announced his relationship with Lauren Fraser in November 2021. He had called her a “true pillar” and a “joy and a pleasure.”However, Lauren and Ronald split sometime in late 2021 or early 2022, after which Ronald and Tiffany got back together as seen on90 Day: The Single Lifeseason 3. Tiffany flew to South Africa following her reconciliation with Ronald in January 2022. By November 2022, the couple had split up. During the Tell All, Tiffany revealed that while she was in South Africa,she found out Ronald was still talking to his ex.
Tiffany claimed that Ronald was also getting money from his ex-girlfriend. Tiffany decided she was going to divorce Ronald. She announced her decision on set, butRonald accused Tiffany of refusing to sign their divorce papers.He toldInTouch, he had served Tiffany with a “legit divorce agreement” but she didn’t agree with him, not wanting to pay child support every month as he wanted to make a “trust fund bank account” for Carley and Daniel. Ronald accused Tiffany of wanting the money for herself and hence delaying the process.
Ronald Makes Relationship With New Girlfriend Instagram Official
Ronald Showed Off His New Girlfriend On Social Media
Ronaldconfirmed he was back together with Lauren in January 2023. Ronald said Tiffany had asked him to choose between him and Lauren, and he chose to be with his new love. However, Ronald accused Tiffany of forcing him to leave Lauren by telling him that if he didn’t leave Lauren, he wouldn’t be able to see the kids again. As per Ronald, he was back with Lauren in February 2022, but Tiffany had asked him to break up with her.“Y’all don’t know half the s*** that went down,”he told a fanin his Instagram comments.
Ronald Screams He’s Not The Real Villain Of Their Story
Ronald Wants Fans To Know The Dark Truth About Tiffany
In his interview withScreenLegionin April 2023, Ronald declared Tiffany was keeping some deep, dark secrets. He claimed he wasn’t the real villain of their story. He accused Tiffany of begging him for money on WhatsApp. Ronald had screenshots thatshowed Tiffany asking him to send “$100” for the kids.Ronald had asked Tiffany to show him proof of the money being used for the children’s purchases, but she never did. He added that he had not been able to speak to Daniel since August 2022 and said that Tiffany was not allowing it to happen since he wasn’t sending her the cash.
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Ronald Accused Of Running Delivery Scam In South Africa
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In August 2023, Ronald was making headlines again for allegedly scamming people in his home country.Monsters&Criticsreported that a few people had contacted them and claimed that Ronald had sold them inverters via social media. However,when it was time for him to deliver his goods, they didn’t show up.The inverters were used to provide energy to homes during South Africa’s infamous load-shedding energy blackouts which happened a couple of times a day for the conservation of power. The inverters also helped keep food refrigerated and fresh.
One man who contacted the publication had tried to meet Ronald 14 times before he finally gave up. The man hadallegedly paid Ronald US $900.A different person who filed a report with local police had allegedly been scammed of US $2000 by Ronald. She allegedly had a letter from Ronald where he asked her to drop the charges so she could get a refund. Meanwhile, a third complainant had been able to recover a part of the money they paid Ronald and were hoping to recover the rest soon. Ronald had not responded to the accusations.
Ronald Threw Shade At Makeup Expert Tiffany
Ronald Is Proving Lauren Is Better Than His Ex
It’s a known fact that Tiffany is an entrepreneur and owns Addy Rose cosmetics brand. She’s often seen on social media giving makeup advice to her followers as she does her makeup live. However, Ronalddoesn’t seem to be a fan of Tiffany’s makeup skills.He likes things au naturel just the way his new girlfriend Lauren likes to keep them. Ronald has shaded Tiffany in the past quite a few times, especially with the captions he uses in his pictures with Lauren on Instagram. He did the same thing in November 2023 and disabled the post’s comments.
Ronaldshared a video he made using a selfie that Lauren had taken of them both. He captioned it, “truth be told” and proceeded to throw shade at Tiffany using the video. Ronald wrote that the “truth” is thathis “biggest flex” is how his girlfriend’s beauty doesn’t wash off in the shower.He added a winking emoji and continued that“no doubt”even without makeup, his girlfriend is still a 10. Interestingly, it looks like Lauren is not just Ronald’s girlfriend anymore in 2024.
Ronald Hints At Engagement With Lauren
Ronald Has Moved On From Tiffany In 2024
In January 2024,Ronaldreposted a video that Lauren seems to have originally posted on her own social media. It was a compilation of various moments from their relationship. There were clips of Lauren hugging Ronald, them going on a drive, visiting an animal sanctuary, and Lauren posing with a bouquet. However, one of the clips showed Lauren’s left hand.It focused on the sparkly diamond ring on her finger, and it looked like Lauren had announced to the world that she was now engaged to the90 Day: The Single Lifestar.
90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever Afterairs Sundays at 8 p.m. EDT on TLC.
90 Day: The Single Life
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90 Day: The Single Lifeis one of TLC’s many spinoffs of90 Day Fiancé. In this companion show, singles are pulled back into the dating world after their previous relationships ended in disaster.The Single Lifefollows couples as they start relationships with new people but struggle to move on from past romantic partners completely.
