’90 Day Fiance’: Stephanie Matto Reveals Dark Secret from Her Past – ‘Before the 90 Days’

90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 DaysStephanie Matto opened up to fans about a dark secret from her past. The TLC star is very body-positive. And, she often updates with sexy selfies online. But, recently, things got serious when she shared a story from her past. What did she reveal?

90 Day Fiance: Stephanie Matto Opens Up About Her Past as an Exotic Dancer

In a candid post to her 90 Day Fiance followers, Stephanie Matto talked about her past working in a gentleman’s club in Los Angeles. The 90 Day Fiance celeb said at one point she moved to LA with $10,000 and the dream of becoming an actress. She was like a lot of young people looking to make it big in Hollywood. But, she ended up in a completely different scenario according to what she recently revealed.

Turns out, she took her clothes off for money within six months of living in Tinseltown. And, she said that experience as a stripper “scarred” her in ways she still deals with today. In addition, she said she hit “rock bottom”. But, that those early experiences led her to write her first book.

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90 Day Fiance: Stephanie Turns Things Around

In her words, Stephanie Matto has always been a “risk taker”. And, she always lives life “on the edge”. She said her illness slows her down now – especially over the last few years. But, she said she still has some of that “spontaneity” in her that led her to make some of those huge life decisions.

Perhaps it’s that same risk-taking spirit that landed her on the current season of 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days with Australian love interest Erika Owens. Either way, it’s clear she found a way to turn those early traumatic experiences into a career as a YouTube content creator – in addition to a 90 Day Fiance star.

Stephanie Matto Finds Success – Does She Make it with Erika?

Stephanie Matto really turned things around since those early days in California. Along with looking for love on 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days, Stephanie Matto is a successful YouTuber. She talks about her illness (Aplastic Anemia) in-depth. And, she even talks about selling pics – along with some of the modeling she does.

Stephanie Matto currently has over 350,000 subscribers. And, she increased her followers since the current season of the TLC spinoff started. Meanwhile, she celebrates her body on her terms now.

On top of that, she deals with a serious condition. So, despite her early struggles, it’s clear she really turned her dark moments into a success story. And, many 90 Day Fiance fans appreciate how open and honest she is with them about things she deals with.

Stephanie Matto faces a lot of issues on Before the 90 Days. She hasn’t come out to her family yet. And, she just landed in Australia and met Erika Owens in person for the first time. Many followers want to know if the pair are still together. But, in the meantime, it’s clear Stephanie Matto deals with a lot in her life. And, navigating a relationship may be easy given what she’s already been through.

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