Benjamin & Akinyi: Come On Down! You're the Next Contestant on "The (Bride)Price is Right!"

[nutella fitzgerald]

On 11/11/2019 at 7:56 AM, Neurochick said:

I think it’s possible for a white man to fall in love with a black woman.  We’re not unlovable.

Nobody thought twice about Sumit’s trifling ass announcing “I always love white girls.” I wonder why.

[blubld43]

10 hours ago, nutella fitzgerald said:

Nobody thought twice about Sumit’s trifling ass announcing “I always love white girls.” I wonder why.

I definitely would have said something if I had known he made that statement. People really ought to just shut up sometimes, this is a prime example.

I agree that you like what you like, but some careful thought about your "soulmate" is never amiss.

[Christina]

Ben's ex-wife did an interview in a podcast. I did not listen to it but someone on Reddit did an summarized it. You may have to click on the post to go to Reddit if it isn't large enough to read. I don't follow this show on Reddit and only see things when they are sent to me from my cousin, so I don't know the reputation of the reviewer but it looks legitimate and thorough. I may try and find the link to the podcast in case anyone else wants to listen to it.

I found the Instagram but it isn't a link to the podcast. It's probably where all the others are, like Itunes and Stitcher. I did find a comment from his brother that I cannot screencap so I'll cut and paste. It always says my screencaps are too large even though they are not. hmmpft.

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joannalpk - What was the fallout with Bens brother?

ravensrealm89 (Ben's Brother) - @joannalpk honestly it had been kind of building for a while. We hadn't really talked much the last several years, we'd talk here and there. Then he was getting evicted from an apartment and I let him stay with me for about 3 months rent free in my living room. Then started driving him and his son home on Sundays and the driving lasted a year (never got a car, but bought a trip to Kenya). The final straw was when he said the family wasnt supportive or talking to him after his trip and then people talking crap on Instagram and him not defending us but he defends his Fiance's parents. When I confronted him, he tried to spin again that we didn't talk to him. At that point I said I could no longer help with rides and he basically cut me off saying take care and best wishes.

I'm not certain why people don't realize that the show pays for the plane tickets. Several past cast members have disclosed that information but still people, like Ben's brother, question how he got to Kenya. 

[RealReality]

I disagree with the redditer in that I think it's Ben's ex-wife's intention to talk shit.  She comes off extra parched and thirsty to me.  

Had Ben shit talked her on the show I would totally understand her getting out there to defend herself, but he barely talked about her.  

But she was pretty much a non-factor on the actual show.

Therefore the only reason for her to do all these interviews is to get attention because she is thirsty.  

Which is also fine.  But she has a son with Ben, why take a dump all over Grayson's dad just because you'd like attention?

I look at Eric's ex-wife, Brett and his ex wife and even Michael's ex-wife (so far) and those women seem legit. 

Eric's ex wife is probably the closest analgous example.  She was actually ON the show, AND Eric was in child support arrears AND leida was rude to her child (Tasha).  

With all that, she kept it classy and didn't go around trashing Eric or piling on.  And Eric got just as much attention during his season so there must have been plenty of opportunity for his ex-wife to do interviews and get attention for revealing all the shit that must have gone on during their marriage and was still going on. 

By contrast, Ben barely talked about his ex-wife, she was NOT on the show, he is not in arrears on child support and he appears to have a good relationship with Grayson.

But Ben's wife has availed herself of every and any opportunity to trash Ben in a public way.  Not classy. And really, not helpful for Grayson to see that even his mom is part of the pile on. 

ETA: her reasoning is bullshit and sounds like a cover because people are bringing up the same points I raise.  He never directly tied his current financial problems to her. 

And if they were hand to mouth prior to the divorce, the filing fees, the administrative costs alone could have been financially ruinous for him. 

Edited November 14, 2019 by RealReality

[gonecrackers]

On the show Ben has presented himself a certain way, which from reading it would feel a bit of a slap in the face to the ex-wife, particularly because it seems she was cheated on & has been the sole financial support of their son. Eric's ex went on a podcast & started talking truth about Eric as well, & I really don't blame either one of them. Eric's ex kept it a bit more dialed back by not doing the SM thing (I think), but she definitely spoke out about Eric (it was on YT somewhere & I had posted about it during their season).

These guys are going on shows & acting like things are not as they were/are so I really can't blame the ex's for being all 'hey what the fuck that's not true', because what these guys are doing is very public & people tend to believe just what they see on a reality show.

I also wonder how much of whatever he makes off this show will go toward supporting Grayson... oh, but he's got some ass to buy in Africa so forget it kid.

[RealReality]

47 minutes ago, gonecrackers said:

On the show Ben has presented himself a certain way, which from reading it would feel a bit of a slap in the face to the ex-wife, particularly because it seems she was cheated on & has been the sole financial support of their son. Eric's ex went on a podcast & started talking truth about Eric as well, & I really don't blame either one of them. Eric's ex kept it a bit more dialed back by not doing the SM thing (I think), but she definitely spoke out about Eric (it was on YT somewhere & I had posted about it during their season).

These guys are going on shows & acting like things are not as they were/are so I really can't blame the ex's for being all 'hey what the fuck that's not true', because what these guys are doing is very public & people tend to believe just what they see on a reality show.

I also wonder how much of whatever he makes off this show will go toward supporting Grayson... oh, but he's got some ass to buy in Africa so forget it kid.

From what I saw, Ben presented himself as poor.  Which he is.  Even if he has part custody of Grayson, whatever pittance he makes at his job, which sounds commission based, has to go towards caring for Grayson when he has him.  

And there is nothing wrong with this.  He never said that it was his ex-wife's fault, AFAIK. 

He said that the divorce financially ruined him.  He never said it was his ex-wife's fault.  And by her own admission, they were broke as a joke prior to their split, so of course even the marginal administrative costs associated with a divorce, as well as having to buy a new bed and find a new place to live would be financially ruinous.  

He never once said it was her fault or that she bled him dry or that he was living large prior to the divorce.  

So, no, I don't think she has any cause to shit talk Ben, the father of her child, who never once.took the ample opportunities available to him , to shit talk her in front of a national audience.  

And is it worth it to air dirty laundry about being cheated on when it'll likely come back to your son? 

Especially when Ben hasn't made any statement that could even remotely be construed as blaming her for the break up of their marriage?  How was she slapped in the face on TV?  

why does she give a shit about how Ben comes off on TV when it has nothing to do with her?  Literally, nothing to do with her because no one really talked about her on TV. 

IMO, she comes off looking like thirsty trash and he comes off looking so much classier than she does because he hasn't taken his opportunity to shit talk his ex-wife when he had a far bigger and national platform.  

Edited November 14, 2019 by RealReality

[gonecrackers]

1 hour ago, RealReality said:

From what I saw, Ben presented himself as poor.  Which he is.  Even if he has part custody of Grayson, whatever pittance he makes at his job, which sounds commission based, has to go towards caring for Grayson when he has him.  

And there is nothing wrong with this.  He never said that it was his ex-wife's fault, AFAIK. 

He said that the divorce financially ruined him.  He never said it was his ex-wife's fault.  And by her own admission, they were broke as a joke prior to their split, so of course even the marginal administrative costs associated with a divorce, as well as having to buy a new bed and find a new place to live would be financially ruinous.  

He never once said it was her fault or that she bled him dry or that he was living large prior to the divorce.  

So, no, I don't think she has any cause to shit talk Ben, the father of her child, who never once.took the ample opportunities available to him , to shit talk her in front of a national audience.  

And is it worth it to air dirty laundry about being cheated on when it'll likely come back to your son? 

Especially when Ben hasn't made any statement that could even remotely be construed as blaming her for the break up of their marriage?  How was she slapped in the face on TV?  

why does she give a shit about how Ben comes off on TV when it has nothing to do with her?  Literally, nothing to do with her because no one really talked about her on TV. 

IMO, she comes off looking like thirsty trash and he comes off looking so much classier than she does because he hasn't taken his opportunity to shit talk his ex-wife when he had a far bigger and national platform.  

I think all the people who actually go on this show are thirsty trash, but that's JMO.

I don't see the ex as being thirsty, but just maybe, scorned.  We also don't know what comments or assumptions are being made toward her in life that she may be indirectly addressing. Does she need to?  Probably not. But that bothers me less than Ben wasting money on a new exotic wife & planning to bring a stranger 'step mom' home instead of putting more toward providing for & protecting his son.

[MajorNelson]

Most of that stuff above was from Ben's brother...about the cheating.  The other details from Ben's ex seems not thirsty to me.  She has posted on SM during the tv series, and is generally pretty right lipped.

Ben seemed pathetic before, and even more now.

[Joan of Argh]

1 hour ago, gonecrackers said:

But that bothers me less than Ben wasting money on a new exotic wife & planning to bring a stranger 'step mom' home instead of putting more toward providing for & protecting his son.

This is what annoys me.

Ben is not in the position to be chasing after a foreign bride.

I think it would have been better for all involved if the ex had insisted on some support for the child, it might have clipped Ben's wings and kept him close to home while he looks for a new wife..... Or better yet maybe he'd concentrate on getting his own place before he starts adding more people to the equation.

He can hardly support himself and now his extremely limited finances will have to stretch even further.... Who knows how many years he'll be paying the Bride Price mafia before they say he's hit the magic number.  🙄

Ben gets away with a lot because he's this shy, awkward, sympathetic idiot.... but bottom line he has a child who he's chosen not to support so he can spend that money chasing a woman who seems barely able to conceal her loathing.

Ben is Grayson's dad and I really don't care that the ex accepts the lack of support.... If Grayson is his number 1 priority like he says then he should want to help financially and do so.

[Mrs. Hanson]

1 hour ago, Joan of Argh said:

This is what annoys me.

Ben is not in the position to be chasing after a foreign bride.

I think it would have been better for all involved if the ex had insisted on some support for the child, it might have clipped Ben's wings and kept him close to home while he looks for a new wife..... Or better yet maybe he'd concentrate on getting his own place before he starts adding more people to the equation.

He can hardly support himself and now his extremely limited finances will have to stretch even further.... Who knows how many years he'll be paying the Bride Price mafia before they say he's hit the magic number.  🙄

Ben gets away with a lot because he's this shy, awkward, sympathetic idiot.... but bottom line he has a child who he's chosen not to support so he can spend that money chasing a woman who seems barely able to conceal her loathing.

Ben is Grayson's dad and I really don't care that the ex accepts the lack of support.... If Grayson is his number 1 priority like he says then he should want to help financially and do so.

Word to the whole reply, @Joan of Argh!  If you are meeting all your obligations with bills, debts, etc, and living like a normal person (having your own place, sharing a place with roommates, etc, NOT renting a room from your pastor) and you have some bucks in the bank, then go do your thing in Kenya.  (Still do not know why he did not stay domestic.)  I can apply to myself:  Hub and I make a decent two income living but guess what?  We still budget, we do not have high flying expensive dreams as we are supporting two kids in college, and let me tell you:  The day will NEVER come that I can't cough up $$ to help them with tuition.  Never.  Now that I am done patting myself on the back, it just it so ODD to me that Ben can't see this!!!  He talks and TALKS about Grayson yet he puts him behind Akini and came home "married" when he was going to maybe get engaged.

[Teri313]

Does anybody know if Ben and Akini's "marriage" is legally binding in the U.S.? Is he actually considered married to her here?

Edited November 14, 2019 by Teri313
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[RealReality]

I would agree that Ben does himself no favors by being on this show.....which I assume he did for money, a free plane ticket, some degree of protection and to make a good public impression for his future career.  

In the end, her actions, meant to take a dump on Ben  are going to hurt her son.  I would have hoped, for any parent, that the need for vengeance and to stick it to your ex would come second to doing whatever you can not to add on. 

ben is responsible for the fall out from his actions (which have not included taking a public dump on his ex-wife)....and his ex wife is responsible for the fall out from her actions.  

Edited November 14, 2019 by RealReality

[nutella fitzgerald]

15 hours ago, Christina said:

I'm not certain why people don't realize that the show pays for the plane tickets. Several past cast members have disclosed that information but still people, like Ben's brother, question how he got to Kenya. 

I didn’t know this. Does the show also pay for lodging, lawyers, visa filing fees, bride prices, or any other costs? I may retract a tiny bit of my judgment for Ben, depending on how his TLC paychecks and actual expenditures balance out, but I reserve the right to feel nausea at his use of the phrase “dark chocolate”.

[Joan of Argh]

15 minutes ago, nutella fitzgerald said:

I reserve the right to feel nausea at his use of the phrase “dark chocolate”.

I reserve the right to *barf* at his use of the phrase "cookie jar" 😲

[Gobi]

15 minutes ago, Joan of Argh said:

I reserve the right to *barf* at his use of the phrase "cookie jar" 😲

Akinyi was the one who coined the phrase “cookie jar”.

[RealReality]

2 hours ago, Gobi said:

Akinyi was the one who coined the phrase “cookie jar”.

Yeah, but his whole "was the cookie jar pleased" brought the cringey barfiness to a whole new level.

3 hours ago, nutella fitzgerald said:

I didn’t know this. Does the show also pay for lodging, lawyers, visa filing fees, bride prices, or any other costs? I may retract a tiny bit of my judgment for Ben, depending on how his TLC paychecks and actual expenditures balance out, but I reserve the right to feel nausea at his use of the phrase “dark chocolate”.

*Shudder*

[Mrs. Hanson]

On 11/14/2019 at 3:23 PM, Teri313 said:

Does anybody know if Ben and Akini's "marriage" is legally binding in the U.S.? Is he actually considered married to her here?

My guess is no.  Their ceremony was a ceremony with no legal, as far as we can tell, legal standing.  I just looked up "Legal marriage in Kenya" and holy moly there are tons of options and none of them, as far we were shown, applied to these two.  No going before a magistrate, no paperwork filed.   As far as I can tell, there is no paperwork proof that Ben has to verify his "marriage" to Akini.  Praise God as I would cut all ties and block her asap.  But that is my cold black heart.

Edited November 16, 2019 by Mrs. Hanson

[Teri313]

44 minutes ago, Mrs. Hanson said:

My guess is no.  Their ceremony was a ceremony with no legal, as far as we can tell, legal standing.  I just looked up "Legal marriage in Kenya" and holy moly there are tons of options and none of them, as far we were shown, applied to these two.  No going before a magistrate, no paperwork filed.   As far as I can tell, there is no paperwork proof that BEn has to verify his "marriage" to Akini.  Praise God as I would cut all ties and block her asap.  But that is my cold black heart.

Thank you Mrs. Hanson. And I agree 100%!

[Mrs. Hanson]

40 minutes ago, Teri313 said:

Thank you Mrs. Hanson. And I agree 100%!

Thank you!  I just know, as many of us here do, that as a person that has been married, unmarried and married again, you NEED A PAPER TRAIL that is gov't or state issued.  PERIOD.  We never saw them apply in a gov't office.  I do not know how he intends to get her here without any papers.  I ask this all the time......but why do I care?  Oh wait, I DO know!  Because I am a special ed teacher and I am the one who will listen to little Grayson* talk about his "new mommy" all the time and think, "What?  What just happened??"

* = not implying Grayson needs services.  I just interact with a lot of neurotypical kids, too,  Grayson's dad needs some social stories and social cues, lol!!

[Joan of Argh]

15 hours ago, Gobi said:

Akinyi was the one who coined the phrase “cookie jar”.

Yes but it was Ben's use of it that brought the barf... 

Him inquiring about her "cookie jar being pleased" was so gross I wanted to plug my ears, close my eyes and scream to block it out! 😲 

[Mrs. Hanson]

1 hour ago, Joan of Argh said:

Yes but it was Ben's use of it that brought the barf... 

Him inquiring about her "cookie jar being pleased" was so gross I wanted to plug my ears, close my eyes and scream to block it out! 😲 

Me too.  And I have tried.......and tried.  It did not good.  I mean, when you have to ask.......

Edited to add:  I, too, think Ben did this not so much for fame but to secure a pastoral job.  No cookie jar before marriage, talk of a strong faith, having a strong church family.....those are all well and good and I think having those attributes advertised on tv would help his chances.

Edited November 15, 2019 by Mrs. Hanson

[blubld43]

On 11/14/2019 at 5:40 PM, Joan of Argh said:

I reserve the right to *barf* at his use of the phrase "cookie jar" 😲

That scene must have been set up by production, I cannot imagine this shy, bumbling kind of guy wanting to discuss his performance for posterity. 

And if I were on a committee searching for a new pastor for my church, that scene would probably be a deal breaker. An intimate conversation with a woman he is not legally married to, on tv. No.

[gingerella]

On 11/15/2019 at 5:28 AM, Mrs. Hanson said:

My guess is no.  Their ceremony was a ceremony with no legal, as far as we can tell, legal standing.  I just looked up "Legal marriage in Kenya" and holy moly there are tons of options and none of them, as far we were shown, applied to these two.  No going before a magistrate, no paperwork filed.   As far as I can tell, there is no paperwork proof that Ben has to verify his "marriage" to Akini.  Praise God as I would cut all ties and block her asap.  But that is my cold black heart.

They’re not legally married. What they did was a traditional village marriage thing and in Kenya you have to do a courthouse type marriage with official govt of Kenya paperwork, not this “I gave her parents a case of Orange Squash and toilet pape so we’re legally married now” bullshit. Ben is a moron and deserves to be taken for everything’s he’s worth. Trouble is, he aint worth shit.

[Joan of Argh]

Interesting....

[Arynm]

3 minutes ago, Joan of Argh said:

Interesting....

Girl can not hold her booze! It's not a good look for anyone. Ben however is a dick and she is right that he is controlling.

[Christina]

On 11/14/2019 at 6:21 PM, nutella fitzgerald said:

I didn’t know this. Does the show also pay for lodging, lawyers, visa filing fees, bride prices, or any other costs? I may retract a tiny bit of my judgment for Ben, depending on how his TLC paychecks and actual expenditures balance out, but I reserve the right to feel nausea at his use of the phrase “dark chocolate”.

Sorry for such a late reply; I haven't been getting notice of quotes and likes. I turned something off, I think. Also, there are like a dozen couples with new responses I haven't read and about 30 pages of new posts in the episode threads, no joke. This show is practically a full-time job and I'm lazy.

The show pays for lodging like Angela's flea motel in Nigeria, but when they want to stay in better hotels they have to pay themselves. Season 3's Jason of Jason/Cassia said that he had negotiated a newlywed suite at one of the strip hotels in Vegas but the show made them stay in the small motel off the strip. Someone here said to get that room they probably had to pay full price for some other rooms and later a "production insider" told a blogger that they could not afford to rent the additional rooms necessary, just like the PTVer said, and that they needed to be able to block areas for filming and that is hard to do in places like the strip hotels when they can even get the actual permits and permission from the hotels. 

They pay for the people to have the dinners like with Robert and Anny where she was saying she wanted a dinner like that for their wedding and he was saying he couldn't afford it. The show was paying because they were filming. As part of the filming agreement, the couples have to film certain scenes like that and therefore, the show pays. 

There have been so many people who have not been selected for the show who have released so much information about their experience with the casting people; almost none of it is positive. Most people who have no real interest in reality tv fame do not sign on because they make it pretty clear that they will manipulate their story how ever they want to and you have to go along with it or you don't get your pay. People who need the help with the plane tickets or to meet the other person face-to-face for purposes of the K1 application weigh the options. Steven of Steven/Olga gave an interview after he received the Tell Nothing check because he said he didn't have anything for them to go after (actually Jason did the same thing) and in it he said he needed them to pay for the ticket to Russia and back home. He then was able to use the income earned from the show as part of his financial paperwork to get the visa. 

I have never read that they help with the visa fees and have actually seen where several have said that they do not, other than the income they earn from the show. Many of the people get co-signers and there have been a few people from Visa Journey(?) who have assisted people like Danielle with Mohamed; it was a stranger that helped a few people who were coming from the Middle East. There is a rumor that the show is helping Ronald of Tiffany/Ronald get a visa to the US but I don't believe it. If they are, it is possibly helping with the visa fees. I just don't think it's true; they would have done it for Larissa who was already here, although that one producer said she wouldn't work with Larissa again, so maybe that's not a good comparison. Actually, it's Las Vegas, there are probably several producers available to be hired so it is still a good comparison.

When the attorney is filmed the show typically is paying for that visit. The friends and family who appear are paid a small amount because they are under the NDA contracts. Some have insisted they are not paid, like Chris's wife and brother/friend in David/Annie but everyone else who was asked say they received something. Someone like Debbie would be paid more, and I think Larissa said it was $250 per episode where Colt was paid $1000 per episode for him and Larissa until HEA where he was paid $40k for the season. It was disclosed during one of her GFM scams where she claimed she didn't get any money from the show or their Cameos but had to admit that Colt gave her half but claimed she didn't realize he deposited directly into her account ($20,000+ and she didn't realize it? Whatever Larissa). Practically everything she says is a half-truth or flat out lie but those figures sound like they are probably correct.

Ben doesn't seem to have much money and I'm guessing he needed the funds for his plane ticket and income to meet the K1 eligibility threshold. His Visa Journey has been posted here and he had filed the initial paperwork to start the process. Still, he went from his brother's couch to his pastor's home, so if he cannot afford a single bedroom apartment, he has no business trying to marry a woman who will not be able to work for several months because he cannot afford it and therefore, as far as I'm concerned, is fair game for judgment. Everyone dumb enough to appear on this show is fair game as far as I'm concerned. 

[Christina]

A behind the scenes tidbit. Ben is so boring the show couldn't even make a scene with his family interesting?

[outtahere]

Christina, I sure enjoy your posts and tidbits.

[MajorNelson]

@outtahere, why not go ahead and heart her post?  Currently has 4 reactions, but not yours.

[outtahere]

I preferred to tell her instead.

[MajorNelson]

👌

[iwasish]

Hard to believe Akinyi gets that drunk on one glass of wine or margarita. I’m sure she’s had liquor before with her previous suitors. My guess is she either had a couple on the sly or she’s faking it for some reason, maybe to get a rise out of Ben or for attention in herself. 

[Christina]

There have been several "leaks" that Akinyi recently gave birth to a daughter. I don't know where they are coming from but some mention a vaguepost on her IG, so I went there to look but don't see her addressing having a child. She does have this birthday wishes to her sister where she refers to her as a great aunt, but I don't think that can be considered a confirmation that she, Akinyi, gave birth to a child.

There were comments in an older post saying she gave birth to a daughter, but at no point does Akinyi respond yeah or nay. She gets into the fray and argues with anyone she thinks is insulting her dad and/or brother, but ignores the comments about her having a child. Since she doesn't say, "No, I didn't" people are taking it as confirmation of being true. 

On 11/30/2019 at 9:48 PM, outtahere said:

Christina, I sure enjoy your posts and tidbits.

Glad to hear it. Right before Season 6 started, my cousin needed surgery that was going to have her bedridden for a month or so. I told her about this shitshow and she insisted she didn't like reality television. I explained there was no reality to this show and she managed to watch every single episode of every iteration in about two weeks, then Season 6 when it came out. She created accounts on Twitter, Facebook, Reddit and Instagram and followed everyone. She's embarrassed by her addiction to this show and only speaks about it to me, so she gets excited with anything new and sends me the links. I scroll through probably 10 a day from her, but only a few are ever worth posting here.

There have been many times I want to apologize to her for introducing her to crack and ask her to stop inviting me over to smoke, but I guess I deserve the punishment of wading through the idiots' social media posts.

Seriously though, how is this shameful? Pointing and laughing at idiots who sign up to be pointed and laughed at in the hopes they can make enough from ads to not work is the reason the internet was created! 

[Teri313]

Are these two still together? I haven't been paying much attention to them lately. Wonder if he's the father, if the rumor is true...

[RealReality]

14 hours ago, Teri313 said:

Are these two still together? I haven't been paying much attention to them lately. Wonder if he's the father, if the rumor is true...

LOL, he can do the Paul "insta dna" test.  If the baby has back hair, it's Ben's for sure. 

[Christina]

Okay, I found the "vague post" that people say is her admitting she was pregnant (along with a shitton of info on Rebecca). It's on the second slide.

I went to Ben's IG to see if he says anything and people ask if they are still together but he doesn't answer. Two days ago he posted a photo of him with Akinyi in the nature preserve from his visit for the show, but I decided to link the one from four days ago when he took his son to the zoo for the festival of lights because it has prettier photos. 

If they are not together, he's acting like it, and neither one are answering questions about it or if she had a baby.

[Kroliosis]

On 11/14/2019 at 9:00 AM, RealReality said:

I disagree with the redditer in that I think it's Ben's ex-wife's intention to talk shit.  She comes off extra parched and thirsty to me.    

Therefore the only reason for her to do all these interviews is to get attention because she is thirsty

To support your ‘thirsty’ claims, I believe the ex was on the podcast fraudedbytlc. Now all of a sudden it looks like they have teamed up and ex wife is uncovering other stuff about couples that were on the 90 day shows. Ex-wife is cactus juice or something on IG.  She couldn’t get any thirstier. And had joined that podcast as a regular participant. 

Edited December 14, 2019 by Kroliosis

[Christina]

Between her accent and fast speaking, my hearing is too bad for me to make out what Akinyi is saying.

This is the quote from her Instagram for this video

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akinyiobala - 

Very wicked people!!!
Direct link on my bio.
I am answering questions about the show, airbnb money, filming and some other questions I was constantly asked.
I made this video when the show was airing, I didn't want to post it then because; people
But now I can sit and laugh about it.

[judylo]

58 minutes ago, Christina said:

Between her accent and fast speaking, my hearing is too bad for me to make out what Akinyi is saying.

This is the quote from her Instagram for this video

Wow. This girl does not belong with Benjamin. (I could make out about 75 percent of what she was saying.) Unpleasant, but smart.

[gonecrackers]

1 hour ago, Christina said:

Between her accent and fast speaking, my hearing is too bad for me to make out what Akinyi is saying.

This is the quote from her Instagram for this video

Did she get into the liquor again?

[blubld43]

1 hour ago, judylo said:

Wow. This girl does not belong with Benjamin. (I could make out about 75 percent of what she was saying.) Unpleasant, but smart.

I am still predicting disaster when Akinyi gets to the U.S. and finds out how she will be living.  This woman has NO interest in being a subdued, broke, pastors wife

[Christina]

Previously, I posted the rumor that Akinyi recently had a daughter. There have been a few additional rumors that Ben was scene at an airport a few days ago and it was to catch a flight that would ultimately take him to Kenya. No photos were posted or anything, just a someone saw him comment.

Yesterday or today he posted the following photo of the two of them together. He has been posting photos here and there that were taken when he was there previously, but people are saying this one is proof of him being there currently. I'll post two photos below, one recent and one before, and you can see that he does look more like the recent photo in his hair cut and weight in his face. 

Posted today

A couple of weeks ago, and he has the same haircut and face weight as one with his son looking at Christmas lights, but this one shows his face better.

Posted recently but from his trip when he met her

 

I can't quite decide. His face looks fuller but he has a beard, so, whatever. We'll eventually find out something.

[Christina]

Well, well, well. What do we have here? Akinyi holding a baby?

 

[Christina]

Yesterday was Ben's birthday. There is no mention of Akinyi or a child

 

 

[Rt66vintage]

Thanks @Christina for the birthday picture. Ben looks his usual sweaty, shiny self. I hope he's still not trifling with Akini, et al.

[Christina]

They have been reportedly seen in Phoenix, but I don't see any proof posted. In this IG Benjamin says he can't answer, like usual.

 

[Christina]

I was searching to see if anyone posted proof of her being in Phoenix and didn't, but I  found this on Reddit and it's too adorable to not share. 

 

[Christina]

This rumor was posted and confirmed false by his ex-wife before I even read it.

Someone commented that the person who posted the rumor lies more than Laura. 

[Christina]

There are constant rumors that Ben and Akinyi broke up, Akinyi had a daughter, and Akinyi is in the US. 

She started a Youtube channel showing her life in Kenya, so I think the rumor she is in Arizona can be proven false. I'll add the three videos she has so far under a spoiler tab to save room. I haven't watched them.

Spoiler

This is from her Instagram and shows her adding the braids to her hair

 

Laundry Day

Demolishing My Mom's House

My Truth (this may have already been posted to her Instagram)

 

 

[Christina]

Ben posted some photos about a church outreach where he is with African American women, and I'm posting it here because I'm guessing one of these women are who people keep seeing with Ben and think is Akinyi in Arizona. The rumors of her being here are pretty non-stop, but no one ever posts photos of the woman.