The timing felt off to fans, because the show was actively pushing a storyline of Pedro exploring a connection with fellow cast member Sophie Sierra. By publicly posting new footage with Karen right as the season premiered, Pedro not only appeared to break the spirit of his NDA, but he also made the on‑screen storyline with Sophie feel pointless. Viewers already knew he wasn’t going to end up with her, because he was openly showing off a new relationship in real time.

The situation felt even stranger because the posts came across like Pedro was trying to prove something—to his ex‑wife Chantel and to Sophie—by showing he could quickly move on with another attractive woman. But then the narrative flipped again. Pedro suddenly deleted every photo of Karen from his social media, and Karen herself vanished from the internet. Her Instagram account under the handle *karenmalagont757* no longer exists, and there is no trace of her on Pedro’s pages or anywhere else online. The disappearance raised even more questions than the relationship reveal itself.

Two explanations make sense. Either Pedro and Karen quietly broke up, and she chose to protect her privacy by deleting her account and starting fresh under a different name, or Pedro realized he needed to honor his NDA and keep viewers invested in his storyline with Sophie until the season and tell‑all finish airing. Given that Karen wasn’t American and didn’t live in the U.S., the simpler possibility is that long‑distance wasn’t sustainable and they ended things privately. The truth will likely stay unclear until after the tell‑all airs, but the sudden wipe of their online presence strongly suggests the relationship didn’t last.