Is Thomas Dintino Actually the Good Guy? His Ex Just Blew Up Everything Fans Thought

Thomas Dintino spent his entire 90 Day Fiancé season getting dragged as the cheap, controlling villain — and fans were not about to change their minds. Until this week, when a woman from his past showed up on TikTok and said something nobody saw coming: he was, in her words, “a very good guy.”

Cue the internet doing a full 180 — sort of. Because while some fans are now wondering if Thomas was misunderstood all along, others are holding the line: one kind ex doesn’t erase a season of red flags. Let’s get into the mess.

The Villain Edit: Why Fans Turned on Thomas

Let’s rewind. Thomas Dintino, the California engineer from 90 Day Fiancé Season 12, tried to bring his Brazilian fiancée Paula Barbosa to America — and spent most of his screen time looking like the worst guy in the cast. Viewers watched him pinch pennies, complain about Paula wearing perfume and deodorant, and famously offer her one single drawer for all of her belongings.

The bickering was constant, the optics were worse, and by the tell-all he was widely cast as the bad guy of the season. A lot of people genuinely wondered why Paula even married him.

Enter Gabby Fé: “He Was a Very Good Guy”

Then Gabby Fé happened. A plus-size model, singer, songwriter, and actress, Gabby posted a TikTok revealing she dated Thomas before he ever appeared on television — and her version of events sounds like a completely different man.

Gabby said she only discovered Thomas scrolling through social media, and she was “shooketh” when he ended up on TV — because as far as she knew, he was just an engineer. As a boyfriend, she said, he was very supportive of her and her career, and he treated her well until the end of their relationship.

Here’s the classy part: she never bashed him, never explained exactly what went wrong, and even wished him well. Fans immediately respected that — but they also noticed she stopped just short of giving the full story, which has everyone begging for a part two.

The Perfume Detail: Was It Never About Control?

This is the detail that’s quietly rewriting the whole season. Gabby confirmed that Thomas is genuinely very sensitive to smells — she had to promise never to bring any scents into his home or even around him.

Now replay the infamous perfume and deodorant fights with Paula in your head. Were those moments proof of a controlling husband-to-be — or a sensory issue the show never bothered to explain? Fans are split down the middle on this one, and honestly, it’s the first time anyone’s offered an alternate reading that actually fits the footage.

“He Pulls Baddies”: The Internet’s Other Obsession

While half the fandom is debating Thomas’s character, the other half is fixated on something else entirely: how does this man keep dating absolute stunners? With Paula and now Gabby in the picture, the comments went wild:

“Soooo he just pulls baddies. got it”

“Dude is batting way above his league”

“How does he keep pulling baddies?????”

And because Gabby allegedly has pictures and video of the two of them together, the demand for more tea is officially through the roof.

So — Redemption Arc or Classy Ex?

This is where the fanbase splits into two camps, and both have a point.

Team Redemption says the edit did him dirty: a sensory sensitivity got framed as controlling behavior, and a supportive ex who has zero reason to lie just confirmed he’s not the monster TV made him out to be.

Team Red Flag says pump the brakes: being a decent boyfriend to Gabby doesn’t explain away the drawer incident, the constant penny-pinching, or the tell-all performance. An ex staying classy isn’t the same thing as an ex clearing his name.

One thing both sides agree on: Gabby kept it classy, and now they need her to post part two immediately.

So tell us: was Thomas Dintino misunderstood all along — or is he still a red flag with good PR? Drop your verdict in the comments, because this fandom is officially at war.