At least that’s what Gretchen Rossi of the Real Housewives of Orange County and boyfriend Slade Smiley are hoping. Banking on, in fact.
Gretchen Rossi has been using the money she received from the Jeff Beitzel estate to finance a life without actually going to work. She was a real estate agent in Orange County when she met Jeff, dumped her husband Chris Rossi and became a rich man’s whatever. In the meantime she was also seeing Jay Photoglou, who recently won a $22,000 judgment against her. Slade Smiley is not without his legal problems, reportedly owing money to Michelle Arroyo, baby mama number two, in back child support for his terminally ill son, Grayson. He’s also been without a job since his short- lived “Date My Ex” with ex-girlfriend Jo de la Rosa. Whew. And if that ain’t all, folks, Gretchen Rossi had ShedMedia, the paycheck company for Bravo, hide his wages for his appearances in last seasons’ Real Housewives so he could hide money from Michelle.
This pair, who will attend the “opening of a door”, to paraphrase Bethenny Frankel, have been on a publicity streak this week that would rival Jill Zarin hawking that book of hers. The media outlet has been twitter, mostly, dining with some of the Real Housewives of New Jersey, not to mention Patti Stanger and Jill Zarin
Gretchen will be on shopNBC this evening….hoping to walk away with satchels of gold.
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Kim Zolciak of the Real Housewives of Atlanta never lets the grass grow under her feet when it comes to relationships. during Seasons 1 and 2, Kim had the mysterious Big Papa (Lee Najjar) paying her bills. Then, she engaged in a brief lesbian affair with DJ Tracy Young.

Kroy Biermann
Now she’s involved with Kroy Biermann, 24, of the Atlanta Falcons. According to sources in Atlanta, the fifth round draft pick did very well last season, but receives little publicity.
At new Atlanta housewife Cynthia Bailey’s wedding last weekend, they got into a tiff because she caught him looking at an attractive redhead. Such jealousy from a woman who really gets around.
The relationship works for both of them. Now he’ll get publicity, and her? Well the bills have to be paid, don’t they?
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