90 Day Fiancé cast member Ben Rathbun shared how he ended up getting a droopy eye and whether or not he wants to fix it with plastic surgery. 52-year-old Ben and his forbidden romance with 24-year-old Mahogany Roca has stirred up a fair bit of controversy for the former pastor. Ben leaving his four kids behind to chase a girl old enough to be his daughter has been called out by fans all season. Moreover, neither Ben nor fans were sure whether Mahogany was even real until she showed up on 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days episode 10. And now that the mystery about Mahogany has finally been solved, the next big question is what's going on with Ben's eye.
Mahogany became a thing of curiosity to 90 Day Fiancé viewers as soon as Ben spoke of their relationship on the show. Ben showed heavily filtered photos that belonged to the Peruvian native Mahogany while admitting that she was too shy to do video calls. Mahogany insisted that Ben shouldn’t visit her as soon as he reached the airport, and fans saw that as a major red flag. As was Mahogany completely ghosting Ben when he reached her hometown. Upon seeing Ben for the first time, Mahogany, a catfish herself, claimed that he didn’t look as big and muscular in person as he did in his shirtless modeling photographs. Fans suspected Ben’s wonky eye may also have been photoshopped in the professionally edited shots.
Fraser resident Ben decided to end the rumors about his eye once and for all after admitting that photographers do hide his wonky eye. Ben also seems to sometimes be trying to hide it in shadow, but he also seems to not mind it at all. Still, fans have questions and recently Ben revealed that about ten years ago, he started noticing a difference in the way he blinked with the eye. “One eyelid blinked slower than the other, and I started noticing a size difference as well,” he wrote in an Instagram caption. While admitting that his story isn’t as dramatic as fans may have expected it to be, he also mentioned that it’s not wonky due to “seizures, coma, stroke, or eye disease.”
Ben thinks he should get it checked by a professional. “Maybe one day, but I like my wonky eye. So no plastic surgery,” he clarified. However, the director at Michigan Lupus Foundation revealed that the real reason he made the post was to thank his fans for giving him “hope in humanity again” by posting positive comments on his Instagram. “It’s been a rough couple months not gonna lie,” shared Ben, so the kindness that fans showed him certainly helped. “We CAN make this into a beautiful world and you all proved it,” wrote Ben as he asked his supporters to “keep spreading that positivity” and pour it on anyone who they think is deserving enough.
Ben has been receiving criticism for his relationship with Mahogany on 90 Day Fiancé. However, a fan recently saw Ben at a Lima mall walking hand in hand with Mahogany. Ben being smaller than she expected or having an ophthalmic issue may not have mattered to Mahogany in the end. But Ben speaking of going through a hard time in life suggests he and Mahogany may have bigger problems to deal with than find differences in each other’s online and offline personas.
Source: Ben Rathbun/Instagram
Comments
Post a Comment