Gretchen Rossi is friends and enemies with some of ‘The Real Housewives of Orange County’ cast members slated to film season 19

Gretchen Rossi is returning to The Real Housewives of Orange County as a friend for Season 19. The news was made official when the complete cast for the new season was announced on January 29. Gretchen joins returning cast members Tamra Judge,

However, in the show’s eighth season Rossi — her final one as a series regular, as it would turn out — delivered an elaborate proposal to Smiley, and he said yes. Rossi and Smiley are still together, recently celebrated their 16th anniversary, and have a daughter, Skylar Gray Smiley, who was born in July 2019. They never did get married.