In Part 1 of the Slade Smiley story, I left off where Tamra Barney outted Gretchen Rossi's relationship with Jay Photoglou at the Season 4 reunion. Well, needless to say, that relationship did not end well.
Gretchen Gets Restraining Order Against Jay Photoglou
Two weeks after the Season 4 reunion aired, Jay went to Gretchen's house to remove his belongings. He was refused admittance, but Slade's car was there. ( Gretchen works fast) Jay called the Costa Mesa Police Department to have them assist him in obtaining entrance to Gretchen's home. The police ran Slade's license plate and bingo! Not only was he driving illegally, but he owed so much in child support that he was arrested immediately!
None of this stopped Slade's determination to return to the show! After the reunion, Tamra and Gretchen went to war, and Jay brought defamation lawsuit after lawsuit against Gretchen.
So who shows up for Season 5 playing Gretchen Rossi's new love? You guessed it. I don't know if this is because of Scott Dunlop, the executive producer of RHOC, his old friend from his Coto de Caza days, or because Gretchen needed a storyline. Whatever the reason, ol' slimey Slade has been a regular ever since.
Until recently, he acted mostly as Gretchen's pimp manager, following her around to personal appearances etc., Now he has a one day a week job as some sort of radio personality at a Los Angeles station. Hopefully, he's paying some of the child support owed to his terminally ill son Grayson's mother, Michelle Arroyo.
He's become an anachronism in his own lifetime, with even Bravo TV dubbing him an "honorary housewife".
Of course, he and Gretchen will have the same old tired storyline, about marriage and babies, ignoring the fact that he had a vasectomy years ago. That perhaps being the smartest thing he ever did.
It's hard out here for a pimp, correct?
Read the entire Gretchen/Slade/Jay/Jeff saga at More Absurdities
The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 8 premieres on Monday, April 1, 2013.
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