A chance romance! 90 Day Fiance star Daniele Gates met the 6’7’ hunky fitness instructor, Yohan Geronimo, while walking through the lobby of her hotel in the Dominican Republic — but are they still together? Keep reading to find out everything we know about Yohan and Daniele’s current relationship status.
How Did ‘90 Day Fiance’ Stars Yohan and Daniele Meet?
After a series of failed relationships, Daniele took a five-year break from dating to focus on herself. As the mother of an adult son who “was living his own life,” she took the opportunity to travel and repeatedly visited the Dominican Republic after falling in love with the Caribbean paradise.
During the season 2 debut, which premiered on Discovery+ in June 2022, she detailed that on her last trip five months ago, her “life changed forever” after seeing the “most beautiful man she had ever seen” walking through her hotel.
“When I met Yohan, I felt an instant connection with him,” the yoga teacher told producers. “But it was immediately clear that our relationship would face a lot of challenges.”
One month later, Daniele returned to the D.R. and he proposed.
Yohan and Daniele Faced Communication Issues
While Daniele and Yohan knew their language barrier would be an issue, she decided to look past it as she felt their “spiritual connection” was strong. However, as they began to plan their future together — questions began to rise.
“Before this week, we’ve always talked about me moving to the Dominican Republic,” the New York native confessed as their nuptials approached. “But as we get closer, and closer to the wedding, it seems like he’s more and more adamant about him moving to New York City, which makes me really suspicious.” Yohan later revealed to Daniele that he had hoped to move to the U.S. to work and send money back to his family in the D.R.
Are 90 Day Fiance’s Yohan and Daniele Still Together?
Despite the ups and downs, the pair made it down the aisle and are still together today.
The couple tied the knot in November 2021 and recently celebrated their first year of marriage in November 2022.
“One year of marriage, a lifetime’s worth of learning,” Daniele wrote via Instagram alongside a compilation of memories from their first year together. “Blessed to be able to do this together.”
On social media, the TLC couple continues to show off their adventures together while living on the Caribbean island.
“We really do live in paradise, but that doesn’t mean we don’t need to escape real life — none of this is easy,” Daniele captioned a March 2023 Instagram post, documenting a trip to nearby Punta Cana. “Thanks for having us, we will def be back!”
Where Do Daniele and Yohan Live?
It seems Yohan and Daniele were able to make a compromise, as the couple appears to be based in the Dominican Republic as Daniele moved from NYC to the Caribbean island in June 2022.
“I’m terrible at goodbyes, especially when I know they’re forever…” she captioned an Instagram Reel featuring her favorite spots in NYC.
However after the couple returned for season 4 of 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way in January 2023, it’s clear their differences surrounding where they want to live have only continued. During the spinoff, cameras captured Daniele leaving New York, however, Yohan still believed the couple would “have more opportunities” in the United States.
Meanwhile, Daniele’s friends were equally opposed to her leaving her life in the states for her relationship in the D.R. and accused her new husband of being a “sanky panky” — meaning “a man who works at a resort and is looking for tourists to come and provide them with money, and goods and visas, and take care of them and their families.”
Do Daniele and Yohan Have Kids?
While Daniele and Yohan have no children together, she is the mother of an adult son from a previous relationship.
During the spinoff, Daniele’s friend Sophy visited the couple in the Dominican Republic and asked Yohan if his parents expected grandchildren. While the TLC personality assured her that his parents do expect his wife to produce children, Sophy reminded Yohan that his wife is 42 years old and getting Pregnant was more complicated.
“I really want to have a family with Yohan, but we’ve been trying to get pregnant since we got engaged a year ago and we haven’t been successful,” the New York native said during the March 5, 2023, episode. “We visited a fertility specialist and they said the chance of me getting pregnant naturally was five percent, but Yohan thinks we have much better chances.”
During the same conversation, Daniele was shocked to find out that Yohan had gotten a woman pregnant before, who then got an abortion.
