Who Is 'The Challenge' Star Tony Raines' Fiance? They Met in High School!
'The Challenge' star Tony Raines and his fiancée are getting inked on MTV's 'How Far Is Tattoo Far?'
On the June 6 episode of How Far Is Tattoo Far?, MTV lovers will see a familiar face in the studio. The Challenge’s Tony Raines and his fiancée, Alyssa Giacone, are hanging their relationship to the test by means of choosing new tattoos for every other — which gained’t be printed until they’re absolutely completed.
A description for the episode reads that Tony has "a life changing question for his fiancée," which provides little or no away in terms of what he needs to have inked on Alyssa. Scroll down to learn extra concerning the adventurous duo, together with how they met.
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Tony and Alyssa were given engaged in October 2018.
The couple was once high college sweethearts however had an on-again, off-again relationship all the way through the next decade. They rekindled their romance in early 2016 and welcomed a baby lady named Isla Rose that November.
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Tony popped the query two years later. "Fiancé[e] has a nice 💍to it! We’re ENGAGED yall!!!!" Alyssa wrote next to a photo of the couple kissing.
The pair has been thru their fair proportion of ups and downs, together with the birth of Tony’s first child just nine months before Isla’s arrival.
Tony has a second daughter with ex-girlfriend Madison Channing Walls.
The Louisiana native met Madison when they each gave the impression on Real World: Skeletons, and a couple of months later, the twosome introduced that they have been expecting their first kid.
The duo ended up calling it quits in September 2015 while Madison was still pregnant. She gave beginning to a child lady named Harper London in February 2016.
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Starting in July 2018, Tony battled Madison’s parents for custody of Harper after his ex printed that she used to be going via some "issues." During her fact TV stint, Madison explained that she used to be a recuperating heroin addict.
"I went MIA for a little while because I needed to get my headspace right again," the 28-year-old shared after fanatics asked if she had relapsed. "I really wanted to focus on redirecting my life in a way… I wanted to move forward. I was super depressed, I wasn’t the healthiest I’ve ever been. I needed to regroup. I went to therapy and went to AA meetings. I was doing some soul searching."
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In December, a pass judgement on sealed the custody case, so it remains unknown whether the previous couple settled their dispute.
Tony was caught dishonest on both of his baby mamas.
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While competing on The Challenge: Battle of the Bloodlines, Tony used to be observed going right into a room with fellow contestant Christina LeBlanc. Though the display implied that the pair attached, Tony claimed that they best kissed for 3 seconds.
"We were drinking all throughout the night. Innocent flirting turned into, 'Let’s get away from the cameras.' That’s never a good idea," Tony explained to OK! Magazine in 2016. "They filmed the door and had a caption that said, 'belt unbuckling.' None of that happened!"
Tony additionally insisted that his cut up from Madison had not anything to do with Christina. "It was other circumstances going on. It was a mutual thing," he instructed the publication.
The 31-year-old found himself in the center of any other dishonest scandal on The Challenge XXX: Dirty 30. Tony was stuck making out with contestant Camila Nakagawa while Alyssa was again home taking good care of their daughter.
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After the episode aired, the father-of-two issued a public apology. "I’m beyond upset at myself and regardless of how it comes across on air I blame no one but myself. Maybe I’ve apologized too many times or not enough about all the mistakes I’ve made but I am very aware of my issues and everyday I’m growing up and maturing. My focus now is working to keep my family together…"
We hope for the sake of each Isla and Harper that Tony and Alyssa’s engagement sticks.
Watch the duo’s How Far Is Tattoo Far? episode on June 6 at 9:30 p.m. ET on MTV.
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