“90 Day'”s Chantel Officially Comes Out After Catching Feelings for Her Female Friend: 'It Feels Great' (Exclusive)

NEED TO KNOW

• In PEOPLE’s exclusive first look at the Aug. 18 episode of 90 Day: Hunt for Love, Chantel Everett comes out as she reveals she has feelings for her female friend

• "I am officially public about my sexuality and it feels great," Chantel admits

• Chantel was previously married Pedro Jimeno before the pair divorced in 2022
  

Chantel Everett is sharing her truth.

In PEOPLE’s exclusive sneak peek of the Aug. 18 episode at 90 Day: Hunt for Love, Chantel, 34, comes out after a kiss with a female friend left her questioning her sexuality.

“Oh my God, I feel like I've lost all my words now,” she tells her costars at the singles-only retreat. “I feel like being able to experience all of the guys here really made it clear to me that I have something else that is for me back in Atlanta, that I have somebody at home.”

The TLC star admits that she was ready to explore her connection with her friend, saying, “So before coming here, a friend of mine who is also a woman, reached out to me and actually told me that they had feelings for me.”

“And since being here and dating everybody and experiencing everyone, I realized that I really care for her,” she continues. “So I've decided that I want to explore that relationship a little further.”

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Her speech is met with cheers and applause as her costars have nothing but praise for her.

"Judging by y'all's kiss, I am not surprised,” her castmate Rocky Russo says, referring to her smooch with costar Jeniffer Tarazona during a kissing challenge on the show.

“I'm so proud of you, baby,” Jeniffer chimes in and their costar Tim Malcolm adds, “It's hard. I'm proud of you.”

Chantel admits in a confessional that she is “proud of myself and the growth that I've done going through this experience.”

“And now, finally, I am officially public about my sexuality and it feels great,” she adds.

On an earlier episode of 90 Day: Hunt for Love, Chantel opened up about what she has learned about herself since her divorce from Pedro Jimeno in 2022.

“Eight years ago, when I got married to Pedro, I hung up my dating skills and I never thought I would need them again,” she shared.

However, she admitted she is now ready to explore her sexuality.

“Right before I came to the resort, something did happen with one of my friends,” she revealed. “I was hanging out with my friend Ashley and we were drinking wine and she explains to me that she has feelings for me that are actually romantic. Well, one thing led to another, and Ashley kisses me. I almost fainted, I was so shocked, and I really liked it.”

“It felt like my first kiss ever,” she recalled. “But at the same time, I was so overwhelmed at what it all meant because I have not ever thought about dating a woman.”

“What would that mean? What would that mean for me, my dating life, and my sexuality? Does this mean that I'm a lesbian? Just like that? I don't know.”

Chantel’s relationship with Pedro was documented for five seasons of The Family Chantel.

The series concluded in December 2023 and offered a glimpse into the dramatic conclusion of the former couple’s journey together.

Fans were first introduced to the pair on 90 Day Fiancé season 4, when Chantel went to the Dominican Republic and got secretly engaged to Pedro. He later joined her and lived in Atlanta, Ga. on a K-1 visa. Their relationship was later documented on 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? from 2017 through 2019 and 90 Day Fiancé: Self-Quarantined in 2020.

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90 Day: Hunt For Love airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on TLC.

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