Slade Smiley’s Ex Says He and Gretchen Rossi Had ‘Virtually Nonexistent’ Relationship With Late Son Grayson

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 Called out. Slade Smiley’s ex Michelle Arroyo is alleging that the Real Housewives of Orange County alum misrepresented his relationship with their late son, Grayson Smiley-Arroyo, after his death.Speaking to TMZ on Sunday, February 19, Arroyo claimed that Smiley, 49, and his fiancée, Gretchen Rossi — with whom he shares daughter Skylar, 3 — “grossly misrepresented the true nature of their relationship with Grayson, which was virtually nonexistent.”The grieving mother’s allegations came after Rossi, 44, posted social media tributes to Grayson, who died earlier this month.

He was 22.In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies“Gretchen has posted video after video, including on Valentine’s Day, presenting a flagrantly false image of a loving stepmother to my child when the reality is she has not made the effort to nor seen him in over 10 years, which is why he is 12 years old in every picture she posts,” Arroyo claimed in a Thursday, February 23, statement to People, accusing the Bravolebrities of using Grayson’s death to “capitalize off of a shameless PR campaign to bolster their public image and garner attention.”She continued: “In the [10] years Gretchen has been engaged to Slade she has only seen Gray a handful of times, mostly in passing, including when Gray was hospitalized in New York and she insisted that Slade leave him and fly home with her, which he did, leaving me alone at a time after a surgery when we thought he would not survive.” In the Instagram tribute that first sparked controversy between her and Arroyo, Rossi referred to her fiancé’s late son as “an incredible warrior” and “a true beacon of hope.”The reality TV personality added: “We are forever grateful for the many lessons learned from