Gretchen Rossi<\/a>‘s time in New Orleans on\u00a0The Real Housewives of Orange County<\/a>‘s cast trip was marked by shocking revelations\u00a0\u2014 including one from Slade Smiley<\/a>\u00a0on Season 19, Episode 7.<\/p>\n Comparatively speaking, this bombshell was much lower stakes than the one that spawned\u00a0the previous night’s drama<\/a>, but it took her by surprise, nonetheless. Before debriefing her life partner Slade via FaceTime about what went down between her, Tamra Judge<\/a>, and Katie Ginella<\/a>, Gretchen struggled to get past Slade’s new look, which you can check out in the photo below.<\/p>\n “OK, what in the serious hell monkey with this mustache?” Gretchen remarked of the bold, new facial hair he was rocking. “I’m going to kill you.”<\/p>\n Slade brushed off her critique with a, “Come on!” before moving on and asking how Gretchen was doing.<\/p>\n RELATED:\u00a0Gretchen Rossi Details Slade Smiley’s NSFW Health Scare<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “Oh my god, babe, I can’t take you seriously,” she replied, before answering that she was “freakin’ exhausted,” following the big dinner blowup.<\/p>\n That’s when she filled in Slade on how Tamra had “quit” RHOC<\/a>, after “trying to cause [her] and Katie to have a fight,” as she theorized.<\/p>\n Slade’s reaction to Tamra’s abrupt exit? “Oh, come on! Her lies and her manipulations are all catching up with her.”<\/p>\n Slade Smiley on facetime with Gretchen Rossi (not pictured) with a new mustache<\/p>\n Even before Gretchen and Tamra came face to face<\/a> for the first time in 12 years earlier in the season, Slade had already re-entered the fray, referring to his longtime adversary as “Captain Evil.”<\/a><\/p>\n During the women’s intense reunion at a group lunch, Gretchen also brought up how Tamra had apparently made disparaging comments about Slade on podcasts and other various interviews over the years.<\/p>\n Also not helping matters was the fact that Tamra showed up to Heather Dubrow<\/a>‘s birthday party with Slade’s ex<\/a>, Jo De La Rosa<\/a>, as her plus-one.<\/p>\n RELATED:\u00a0Slade Smiley Makes a Stunning Statement About Tamra Judge in RHOC Season 19 Trailer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n In an exclusive interview with The Daily Dish, however, Tamra accused Gretchen and Slade of being “stuck in the past,” whereas she wanted to “move forward” with them.<\/p>\n Gretchen Rossi and Slade Smiley post for a photo with their daughter<\/p>\n Though Gretchen and Slade’s relationship with Tamra has not shifted much over the years, there has been at least one major change for the couple of 16 years.<\/p>\n Earlier on RHOC Season 19, Gretchen updated viewers that they are now parents to a 6-year-old daughter,\u00a0Skylar Gray<\/a>.<\/p>\n One thing that’s remained the same, on the other hand, is that Gretchen and Slade are still\u00a0not legally married<\/a>,\u00a0following\u00a0their Season 8 engagement<\/a>\u00a0in 2013.<\/p>\n Related:<\/strong> Gretchen Rossi Gives an Update on Her & Slade Smiley’s Wedding Plans: “Maybe This Is the Time…”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n “But we are more in love than we were 16 years ago,” she gushed on the show, comparing their romance to that of\u00a0Hollywood’s Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell.<\/p>\n Unlike the legendary actors, marriage could still be in the cards<\/a> for Gretchen and Slade, though, as the RHOC friend revealed in a recent interview.<\/p>\n “It’s all brought back up again,” she told the\u00a0Orange County Register<\/a>. “Everyone’s asking us, so maybe this is the time to do it. Skylar is of an age where she can truly understand it\u2026 She can be our flower girl.”<\/p>\n Sign up for Bravo Insider and read behind-the-scenes features including:<\/p>\n Cynthia Bailey Unpacks the Differences Between Filming RHOA and RHOBH: “Night and Day”<\/a><\/p>\n Receipts, Proof, Timeline, Screenshots: A Complete Guide According to Bravolebs<\/a><\/p>\n Brittany Cartwright Reveals the Real Reason She Wore That Tiny Romper to a Job Interview: “Backfired”<\/a><\/p>\n Angela Oakley on the RHOA Beef She Squashed “Too Soon” & What You Didn\u2019t See at the Reunion<\/a><\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>\n
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