90 Day Fiancé’s Luke criticized for controversial age-gap with Madelein

Luke from 90 Day Fiancé: Love In Paradise Season 4 has been under scrutiny for his large age gap with Madelein on the show.

Luke is hoping to move to Colombia with his 19-year-old girlfriend Madelein on 90 Day Fiancé: Love In Paradise Season 4, but he’s not financially able to leave the US yet.

The 90 Day Fiancé star spoils Madelein by funding her lavish lifestyle, which includes paying for her apartment and buying a dog.

However, fans on Reddit are concerned about the age gap between the 90 Day Fiancé: Love In Paradise couple.

“Madeline is 19 and Luke admits he’s known her for a year and a half. A few of us already guessed that he met her as a minor and now we have confirmation,” the original poster wrote.

Another fan speculated that Madelein could’ve been newly 18 when Luke met her and is about to turn 20 soon.

A third fan agreed and said that she could currently be 20 years old if she had a birthday after filming 90 Day Fiancé: Love In Paradise, meaning that she wasn’t a minor when her relationship with Luke started.

According to FactTit, Madelein was born in 2005, confirming that she was 18 when the show was filming and is 19 years old in 2024. Luke and Madelein haven’t spoken out about their age gap, but they could address the controversy at the Tell-All.

Although the 90 Day Fiancé franchise has many age-gap relationships, none of them have involved an actual minor before.

It’s possible that the show isn’t allowed to include any cast members who are younger than 18, and Luke and Madelein were still allowed to film, even if they could’ve met when she was only 17 years old. In due time, 90 Day fans will be able to find out the truth.

90 Day Fiancé: Love In Paradise airs Mondays at 8:00 p.m. ET on TLC.