The Cuban Bryan Zaballa posted a video on TikTok yesterday, where he initiates a debate regarding the behavior of Cuban women in Miami and the United States, using the infidelity his acquaintance experienced after a ten-year relationship as a starting point.
Zaballa recounts that a friend "who looks good" discovered compromising messages on his partner's phone, which led him to reflect aloud: "What a shame on my part that I don't know what's going on here with the women, either they're all after money or, well, most of them, or the others are looking for their Prince Charming."
The content creator divides Cuban women in Miami into two groups: those who seek wealthy men and those who pursue a romantic ideal that, in his view, does not exist.
To illustrate his point, Zaballa refers to Disney stories and declares that "the prince charming is the biggest scam" that those films have sold, arguing that fantasy ends where the reality of cohabitation begins.
His final warning is straightforward: "Keep looking for guys with money, and in the end, they will fall on their own. Men are no longer up for that."
The video arrives amid a series of posts that have been igniting debate among Cubans in the diaspora for weeks. On May 7, the creator Madame Lewis (@soraylewisguilart) referred to Cuban men as "princesos" and claimed that "Cuban men are no longer useful," accusing them of not contributing either economically or domestically, and concluded with the phrase: "We're going to have to order men from Amazon."
On May 13, Cuban Yaniris González exploded against the 50/50 model in romantic relationships, generating overwhelming support among women in the comments.
Days later, a Cuban woman recounted three negative experiences of friends with Cuban men in Miami, including the case of a man with a Corvette who accused the women of being "gold diggers" when they asked to change the destination.
Zaballa's video represents, in that context, the male response to that string of criticisms, although its tone is not without controversy.
The debate is not new: since January 2025, creator Javiko La Doble C reflected on the "Miami girls" and the dynamics of economic validation in relationships. The topic even made its way to radio podcasts such as the Enrique Santos Podcast, which titled an episode “Love or Interest? The Cuban in Miami That Ignited the Debate.”
The clash between romantic and economic expectations within the Cuban community in Miami reflects a deeper tension: the intersection of relationship values brought from Cuba and the reality of a city with one of the highest costs of living in the United States, where gender roles are undergoing significant redefinition.
Zaballa closed his video with a warning for the few men who still cover all the expenses: "There are still just two or three guys out there paying for everything, paying rent, paying for the car, but well, those people, once they get their pass, they’re gone, they won't put up with it anymore, stop the nonsense, they're going to end up alone."
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