The Other Way – Who is 90 Day Fiancé Shekinah’s Ex-Boyfriend, Berto?

90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way Newcomer Shekinah Garner has a daughter and this week she revealed startling details about her relationship not only with Sophie but also with her ex-boyfriend Berto. Beautician and event co-host Shekinah is 41 and found international love when she flew to Turkey on vacation. Shekinah was on a dating app and met Sarper Güven, a 43-year-old model and personal trainer.

Shekinah and Sarper have only been together for five months and she is already planning to travel to Istanbul to marry him. Shekinah ignored the red flags about the self-confessed playboy claiming to have slept with 2,500 women. In her introductory episode, Shekinah spoke about her Amish past and how she rebelled as a child so her parents could finally give up that lifestyle. What Shekinah forgot to mention is that many years ago she was in a long-term relationship with a man named Berto, with whom she has a teenage daughter. Shekinah also mentioned that she sent her daughter to boarding school.

Shekinah’s ex-boyfriend is 27 years older than her

Before leaving for Turkey, Shekinah said there was a “really important conversation“She had to have it. She greeted Berto with the words: “You look so good‘ as they hugged. She had her first real relationship when she was 23. Berto was Italian and 27 years older than Shekinah. They were together for four years. Berto has lived in Costa Rica for nine years because he opened a hotel there. Shekinah said that by living in another country, Berto missed so many important years in her daughter Sophie’s life. His absence was a reminder of why Shekinah and Berto’s relationship wasn’t working.

Shekinah has a 15-year-old daughter with Berto

Berto and Shekinah are joint parents to their 15-year-old daughter Sophie. Berto kept coming back to Los Angeles from time to time to see Sophie. In episode 9, Berto learned that Shekinah was moving to Turkey. She told Berto that she wants Sophie to know what a healthy relationship looks like. She has an atypical mother-daughter relationship with her daughter. Sophie has seen Shekinah go through challenges in her previous relationships. Shekinah doesn’t like to sugarcoat things with her daughter. Shekinah told Berto that she would return to America every five weeks during Sophie’s boarding school holidays to meet her.

Berto does not support Shekinah’s decision to move to Turkey for Sarper

Berto revealed that he sold the hotel in Costa Rica and can spend all the time in the world with his daughter. He told the cameras Shekinah made: “Mistake” with the men she chooses because she bases her decisions on looks rather than morals and principles. Now she was looking for a man in a very different country, culture and lifestyle from when she didn’t even know Sarper that well. Berto blamed that 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way Star for not making her daughter a priority. As of now, Shekinah appears to be still in Los Angeles, so her decision to leave everything for Sarper may not have materialized after all.