Gretchen Rossi and her fiancé are back for The Real Housewives of Orange County. See how they’re shaking things up in Season 19.

Gretchen Rossi and her longtime fiancé, Slade Smiley, are back on The Real Housewives of Orange County. Gretchen will appear as a friend on RHOC Season 19, and she and Slade are shaking things up.

The couple will reunite with their longtime frenemy, Tamra Judge, during RHOC Season 19 when it premieres on Thursday, July 10. In the trailer for the new season, we’re getting a sneak peek at the dynamic as Slade even calls her as “Captain Evil” during one conversation in the trailer.

Gretchen and Tamra also got into it during the RHOC Season 19 trailer. “12 years you’ve been going after me,” Tamra told Gretchen during the trailer. “It’s not the same thing,” Gretchen replied.

(Check out the trailer at the top of the post to see more of their drama.)

Details on Slade Smiley and Tamra Judge’s feud

Tamra and Slade’s history goes back to Tamra’s tense relationship with Gretchen, as they experienced their differences when Gretchen joined the cast of RHOC Season 4. Both Tamra and Slade have exchanged words throughout the years in various comments.

In a 2011 interview with E! Online (per TODAY), Slade responded to rumors that Tamra had allegedly been spreading about him. “I can let everything Tamra says roll off my back for the most part, because she doesn’t have the credibility,” he said at the time.

Tamra Judge opens up about her relationship with Gretchen Rossi

During a July 2024 episode of her podcast, Two T’s in a Pod, Tamra said that she wouldn’t mind being “stuck on an island” with Gretchen. “I just feel like I have not seen her in 11 years or something like that, and she had a lot to say when she left and I’d like to confront her,” she said at the time.

She even admitted to them possibly reconciling. “I forgive very easily,” she said. “Just move on.”

When it was announced that Gretchen would be back to hang with the RHOC group in the new season, back in January, Tamra shared her take on it on Instagram. “I guess it’s time to dust off those friendship bracelets… my bestie’s back,” she captioned the post earlier this year.

What’s in store for Gretchen Rossi’s friendships on RHOC Season 19?
Per her cast bio for the season: “After a 12-year hiatus, Gretchen Rossi makes her return to the group through new friends, Jennifer and Katie, but she finds herself stuck dealing with the same old issues with Tamra. Their problems get amplified when a new story from an unlikely source causes a chain reaction forever shifting the dynamics of the friend group.”