The Truth About Gretchen Rossi And Slade Smiley's Relationship

Gretchen Rossi eventually left Real Housewives of Orange County at the end of Season 8, after a full four years of defending her love life to her castmates and viewers. Gretchen's exit culminated with a new phase in her relationship with Slade Smiley: their engagement. Against all odds, Slade convinced Gretchen to marry him. Previously, Gretchen had refused to say "I do" unless he eliminated his debt, but it seems love won in the end.

Gretchen never returned to Bravo, but she did finally settle into being a housewife...well, kind of. For a few years, Gretchen focused on growing her handbag line, but she eventually put that to the side to follow her dream of becoming a mother. For Gretchen and Slade, the road to parenthood was long and arduous; Gretchen underwent several failed IVF rounds before finally becoming pregnant. "It was a very, very difficult process for me. A lot harder than I had anticipated," she told Us Weekly in February 2018. "The first time that we did it, we actually had 14 embryos that six hours before we were going to implant them, or one of them in me, we lost all of them."

In July 2019, Gretchen and Slade finally welcomed their first child Skylar Gray to the world, per People. All's well that ends well, with or without Bravo. 

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