Mary and Branden DeNuccio are asking fans for help after Mary was reportedly diagnosed with colon cancer this week.
The couple— who fans first met on 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way Season 5— took to social media on Saturday to announce Mary’s diagnosis and to share a fundraiser they have set up to help Mary pay for treatment.
On the fundraiser’s page, Mary states that she found out she had colon cancer on February 17. She wrote that she has been experiencing problems with her colon since high school, and that the issues recently started again. According to Mary, her doctor told her she will need surgery.
“The doctor said [it] needs to be removed before it’s too late,” Mary wrote.
She added that she is the only person in her household working currently so she doesn’t have enough money to pay for the surgery.
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“I don’t have financial support. I’m the only one working in the family and supporting my family,” Mary wrote. “I hope you will help me, any amount will help me a lot. Please don’t judge me I don’t want to die. I want to spend my whole life with my daughter.”
Branden shared the fundraiser on Instagram, and asked that fans don’t judge him and his wife.
“I humble asking for your financial help for Mary’s surgery to remove her colon cancer,” Branden wrote. “We need help, not judgements. Any amount will help Mary a lot and save her life.”
Mary also posted about the diagnosis to her Instagram Stories.
“This is the most scary moment in my life finding out I have colon cancer!” Mary wrote. “Please God guide me. I don’t wanna die. I want to spend my life with [my daughter] Midnight.”
As of press time, Mary— who lives with Branden in the Philippines— has raised $200 with her fundraiser.
After announcing that she had colon cancer, Mary’s existing Instagram photos had a flurry of comments from fans who were skeptical that the “90 Day Fiance” stars were being honest about the diagnosis.
“I’m confused,” one person wrote in the comment section of a photo of Mary eating at a restaurant on Valentine’s Day. “Someone in those pictures doesn’t look that sick. [Colon cancer] is a serious illness. Don’t be messing around with this if this is not the real story!”
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“I want to see the pathology report. Doubtful she has colon cancer,” another person wrote.
You can donate to Mary’s fundraiser by clicking here.
UPDATE! Just two days after Branden and Mary posted online that Mary had been diagnosed with colon cancer, the “90 Day Fiance” couple appears to be backtracking.
The couple received a wave of backlash from fans who were skeptical that Mary had, indeed, been diagnosed with colon cancer.
Click here to read the latest update, which includes Brandan’s admission that Mary self-diagnosed herself with colon cancer after watching TikTok videos about the illness.
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What in the?! This is ridiculous… You NEVER self-diagnose, but to say based off what you’ve heard on TikTok… um, what did you expect people to say/think?! How ridiculous! Shott, if I self-diagnosed my symptoms, I’d have all kinds of diseases/conditions LOL. Why TF can’t he get a job anyway? This was in beyond foul taste to put out there… especially since it’s not even true. SMH. How incredibly insulting to those that are battling actual cancer that has been diagnosed as such. I’d like to sit at home all day and play video games, or just be a stay-at-home mom but I can’t. You need money to live and so I have a job and I work. That is what you do when you are an adult…
DISGUSTING. SCAMMERS.
hopefully karma gets them ~ #sorrynotsorry.
The fundraiser has been stopped and the comments are VERY interesting. Sounds scammy!
Where did you read that?
Please share the link..
If you click on the link at the end of the article it has a big “Campaign Stopped” sign under the amount raised.
Can’t post links here.
Thank you
Proof please! They have already scammed people before. Here’s an idea… get a job brandon
Not gonna lie, I wonder if this is even true
Yeah they’ve been asking for money forever. He moved over there of his own free will.Thinking her family was going to support them. He doesn’t even try to find a job, their in the process of building this huge fancy house & she twerks online for money. It’s all out there. Then on top of that they go & have a kid. She has jealousy & anger issues & he spends all day playing video games! REAL MATURE! YOU BETCHA! Then their asking people for money. NOPE He needs to man up & get a job! ANY JOB. We all have to work hard for what we have, illness or no illness! Not only that but they have free Healthcare over there, so what do they need us to donate to? Not me. Charity begins @ home!
With fundraising scams seeming to be the norm, it’s kind of sad that the default is skepticism. Even if healthcare is free over there, she’ll have to take time off work for the surgery and recovery. And even if he was working, he’d have to take time off as well to care for her and their kid. So I can understand having a fundraiser for that.
What I don’t understand is the whole “she doesn’t look sick” thing. People with cancer don’t always look like the crypt keeper. My grandpa had cancer and the chemo made him look sick because he was always throwing up and lost weight because of it.
If true, it’s incredibly sad. If fake, it’s incredibly sad in a different way.
People are skeptical because he is a total loser who doesn’t work and they are always asking people for money. Just because someone has cancer, that’s no excuse to go begging on line for money. You man up and get a job. You get two jobs! Millions of people do it without begging! And she twerks on-line for money which makes her a total loser of a mom. These two don’t deserve a damn dime from anyone! I doubt she’s even sick.
Do you realize her so called job is twerking? And he has no job other than playing video games all day. They live with her grandparents who I am sure are pretty sick of the 2 of them being useless. Got news for you, people with cancer do look sick. Brandan and Mary are scammers and I read that the fund drive has been shut down and TLC has fired them.
Curios. Philippines healthcare system is not like US. This would be covered. So what is the money going to be used for?
You have to be a disgusting, sick person to even think…let alone lie about an illness.
If anyone is going to do something so despicable it’s these 2.
They got kicked off the show & have since tried everything to get money from people (everything but actually earn it)
I’m sorry to hear this, but in a situation, where times are hard for all right now, why should others fund this? Sorry but many are struggling financially.
Why should others fund this? Because her life is at stake and many people donating even a few dollars could make a difference. It could happen to you too. Where did you get such an individualistic way of thinking?
I don’t think her life is at stake at all Mick!!! She’s another Jenelle, although not quite as bad because NO ONE is as bad as that bitch!
She twerks on-line for money, like Jenelle. She’s always crying wolf about some disaster that ends up being bullshit, like Jenelle. Her husband is lazy good for nothing, like David, who doesn’t work, but try to come up with schemes to get money instead of getting off his ass. She deserves nothing. There is nothing decent about these two.
Because they like to go on vacations & getting a job is just to difficult.
Americans don’t know what it’s like to be poor or homeless as we are all multimillionaires.
Yes the ignorant fool actually said that Americans don’t know struggle or what it’s like to be poor
Even if healthcare is free she may need some meds or something they don’t provide her (that’s the case in my country). But if this isn’t true they need to be permanently cancelled
Excuse me it’s a scam and they admitted it! Calm down!!!
Medical care in the Philippines is free. I hope it is not true that Mary has colon cancer but Brandan and Mary are not the most trust worthy couple. Both are extremely immature and Brandan needs to shut down the video games and be a real husband and father. The 2 of them had no business bringing a child into their crazy lives.
This is such a scam. The photo of Mary with IV in is from when she gave birth (hair color is different). Also, healthcare is free in the Philippines.
I came here to say this, even her face is fuller.
Exactly! Can’t believe I had to scroll down this many posts to find someone who gets it. LOL!
I don’t believe either of them…
Wasn’t she pregnant with baby # 2?
And he STILL doesn’t have a job?
Might want to put down the gaming controller and start applying.