Slade Smiley is an American reality TV show host, businessman, and host. He was notable for his appearance on the Bravo TV reality show ‘The Real Housewives of Orange County’. Also, for his appearance on the television show ‘Date My Ex: Jo and Slade’ with her ex-boyfriend De La Rosa. The couple got engaged during the show, however, they called it off in 2007.
Before his career in entertainment, he was a passionate cyclist and had trained with the US National Cycling Team. He then moved to California and led him to join the modeling career by appearing in one of the major brands. such as Volkswagen and Adidas. As of now, he is famous for his relationship with reality star Gretchen Rossi and has been engaged for a long time. Scroll down to know more of the details of it.
Subtitle: Reality TV personality Slade with his wife Gretchen Rossi.
Source: Instagram
Slade Smiley: biography, family, career
Rossi’s fiancé was born on September 29, 1973, in Oakland, California, but grew up in Alaska. He is the son of his mother Elizabeth Larson-Smiley but there is no information about his father. He has also not provided any information about his siblings. As for his education, he completed high school in his hometown and was interested in music since he was 13 years old. Additionally, he joined a local choir in Anchorage and has participated in local musical productions.
Additionally, he attended the University of Alaska, as well as California State University, graduating from college. During his college days he had a passion for cycling that led him to train with the United States National Cycling Team. In addition, he competed professionally and also had the opportunity to attend the Tour de France in 2003 on his participation in the decade.
Later, she settled in California where she began her modeling career. From then on, she worked on several popular commercials including Volkswagon, Adidas, and Milk. Furthermore, she had also launched a radio show ‘Radio Slade’ in 2012 on the Southern California 92.7 FM playlist. However, she was notable for her appearance on the Bravo television series ‘The Real Housewives of Orange County’ along with her ex-girlfriend Jo De La Rosa.
Slade Smiley: personal life and wife
Smiley is not single right now and he is not married yet either. He is currently engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Gretchen Rossi. Rossi is also a famous reality star who started dating Slade in February 2009. However, this is not the first relationship for both of them. Gretchen was previously married to her ex-husband, who died months before she began dating the reality star.
Also, the couple was in the news for their struggle with IVF for years. Slade even reversed his vasectomy in 2015, but he had developed many complications. Despite that, they welcomed their first daughter Skylar Gray in May 2019. On the other hand, she has two sons: Grayson and Gavin from ex-girlfriend Michelle Arroyo. He was also involved in the charge of neglecting child support.
In 2012, his ex-partner Michelle accused him of not paying child support. Also, in a video, he claims to have a debt collector over $160,000 and ignore her sick son. According to the sources, police arrested him with an outstanding warrant for civil contempt and allegedly behind on his child support payments. He was later released on $10,000 bond. He was also engaged to RHOC star De La Rosa, but broke up after a while.
Subtitle: Slade Smiley and wife Gretchen Rossi
Source: Bravo TV
Slade Smiley: Net Worth and Social Media Profiles
The reality TV personality has been making a good amount of money from her career. Therefore, she has an estimated net worth of around $500k. Also, her partner Gretchen has an estimated net worth of $4 million from her former real estate agent and reality star.
He is very active on different social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. On Instagram, he goes by the verified handle @sladesmileyofficial with over 35.1k followers. He has a verified Twitter account @SladeSmiley with 49.5k followers.
