Slade Smiley Bio, Family, Career, Wife, Net Worth, Measurements

Slade Smiley is an American businessman and reality TV host. He rose to prominence for his appearance on Bravo TV’s reality show ‘The Real Housewives of Orange County’. Also, for her appearance on the TV show ‘Date My Ex: Jo and Slade’ with her ex-fiancé De La Rosa. The couple were engaged during the show, however, they called it off in 2007.

Prior to his entertainment career, he was an avid cyclist and trained with the United States National Cycling Team. Then he moved to California and led him to join the modeling career appearing in a big brand like Volkswagen and Adidas. As of now, he is famous for his relationship with reality TV star Gretchen Rossi and has been engaged for a long time. Scroll below to learn more about its details.

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 no information on his father. He also did not provide any information about his siblings. Regarding his education, he completed high school in his hometown and became interested in music from the age of 13. Additionally, he joined a local choir in Anchorage and participated in local musical productions.

Additionally, he attended the University of Alaska, as well as California State University, and graduated from college. During his college years, he had a passion for cycling which led him to train with the United States National Cycling Team. Furthermore, he competed professionally and also had the opportunity to attend the Tour de France in 2003 during his participation in the decade.

Later he moved to California where he started his modeling career. Afterwards, he worked in a bunch of popular commercials, including Volkswagen, Adidas, and Milk. In addition, he had also started a radio show “Radio Slade” in 2012 on the 92.7 FM playlist in Southern California. However, he came into the spotlight for his appearance on the Bravo TV series ‘The Real Housewives of Orange County’ with his ex-girlfriend Jo De La Rosa.

SLADE SMILEY: PERSONAL LIFE AND WIFE

Smiley is currently not single and not yet married. He is currently engaged to his longtime girlfriend Gretchen Rossi. Rossi is also a famous reality TV star who started dating Slade in February 2009. However, this is not the couple’s first relationship. Previously, Gretchen was married to her ex-husband who died months before she started dating the reality TV star.

Additionally, the couple made headlines for their struggle with IVF for years. Slade even reversed his vasectomy in 2015 but had developed numerous complications. Despite this, they welcomed their first daughter Skylar Gray in May 2019. On the other hand, he has two sons: Grayson and Gavin from his ex-girlfriend Michelle Arroyo. He was also implicated in the alimony negligence charge.

In 2012, his ex-girlfriend Michelle accused him of failing to pay child support. Additionally, in a video, he claims to have a debt collector over $160,000 and ignore his sick son. According to sources, the police arrested him on an outstanding warrant for civil contempt and may have fallen 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 it off after a while.

SLADE SMILEY: NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

The reality TV personality has made a lot of money from her career. Hence, he has an estimated net worth of around $500,000. Additionally, his partner Gretchen has an estimated net worth of $4 million from his former real estate agent and a reality TV 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.

SLADE SMILEY: BODY MEASUREMENTS

The famous person has an athletic body structure that reaches a height of around 6 feet 2 inches or 1.87 meters. His body weighs around 80 kg with unknown measurements. Additionally, he has brown hair and green eyes.