Daniele Gates showed her full eccentricity during the 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way season 4 premiere and viewers are now curious about her faith.
Daniele Gates and Yohan Geronimo are making a splash in their 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way season 4 premiere. Daniele agreed to move to the US with Yohan once his papers were approved, but she decided to permanently relocate to his home country of the Dominican Republic without consulting him on the major decision. One of the biggest differences between Daniele and Yohan is their outlook on life, including Daniele’s Ifa religion.
The Love in Paradise: The Caribbean, A 90 Day Story couple has already tied the knot, but their many differences could threaten their union. 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way’s Daniele did not impress fans with her attitude during the season premiere, and she has already stirred up some controversy. Daniele told her friends that she would quit her job and manifest a new future. She then told Yohan that his dreams would be crushed.
Daniele is unique in the franchise, as she follows the Ifa religion. Ifa is a Yoruba religion, which is a West African ethnic group that mainly encompasses Nigeria, Togo, and Benin. The Ifa religion appears to predate both Christianity and Islam in West Africa. It is based on the belief that the environment is a reflection of the universe. The Yoruba people believe the same forces that create the stars and galaxies created everything on earth. The religion that Daniele follows on The Other Way has its own divination system, including many texts and mathematical formulas. It also relies on signs that a diviner interprets to aid with important group decision-making.
Daniel and Yohan have already touched upon their religious differences on The Other Way. As an evangelical Christian, Yohan shared that his first impression of Daniele’s religious practices was that she engaged in a type of witchcraft. This could complicate things with Yohan depending on how devoted he is to Christianity, as he believes in a singular god, and she believes in many. Meanwhile, Daniele has a lot of spiritual practices, such as burning incense, that Yohan appeared to be worried about. Meanwhile, Daniele has concerned viewers, since she believes she can manifest a life for herself rather than make calculated moves and work hard to achieve it.
While many viewers took to social media to express their concern about 90 Day Fiancé newcomer Daniele and her magical thinking, it isn’t limited to her faith. The idea of manifesting a different life has been met with heavy skepticism from viewers, though Daniele is also being called out for lying to Yohan about wanting to live with him in the US when she then decided to move to the Dominican Republic. Such choices have caused 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way fans to be wary of Daniele, and it remains to be seen if she will take responsibility for her controversial actions.