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It was an acute case of the pot calling the kettle black on Real Housewives of Orange County Season 7, Episode 3, when Gretchen Rossi and boyfriend Slade Smiley discovered that his number one nemesis, insurance saleswoman Vicki Gunvalson, was dating a man accused of not paying child support. That’s continually been Vicki’s main complaint about Slade. But who is really in the wrong here, Slade, Brooks, or both?RELATED: Gretchen Rossi: Vicki Gunvalson Needs a Makeover!
Let’s take a look at the facts: Vicki’s right that Slade hasn’t exactly been keeping up with his bills. Radar Online previously reported that Gretchen’s boy toy owes a cool $138,857.64 in back child support. Vicki’s made many a comment about the situation, and Gretchen tried to clear things up on her blog last May: “Slade pays as much child support as he can every month, but to keep up with his original order of $4,000 a month on top of medical bills [ed. note: Slade’s son Grayson is battling a brain tumor] would be difficult for anyone in these harder economic times.” In an interview with The National Enquirer, Slade’s ex Michelle Arroyo said, “My son’s father, Slade Smiley, is a deadbeat dad.”
Still, while Vicki holds Gretchen’s love muffin to a high standard, it seems she doesn’t expect the same from her own man. Another Radar Online story claims Vicki’s beloved Brooks Ayers has his own issues with the courts, and he may be even worse off than Slade.
Brooks was arrested twice by Alabama and Mississippi police for not paying over $40,000 in child support. To make matters worse, Brooks owes money to two baby mamas: estranged wife Kim and ex-girlfriend Nicolette. People might lie, but numbers don’t.
I think what people don't get is that Slade is disliked because he is a serial housewife dater. Vicki knows him from seasons ago, not just because of Gretchen. They have a relationship other than him just being a significant other to a castmember. The women actually know him, so they have more of a right to call him out. I don't think it is so much about child support as it is about him using housewives to remain on the show. He is rude and abnoxious and in too much of the housewife scenes, almost like the male housewife.
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You people don't even get that sometimes child support needs to be modified (lowered) when a man doesn't make the same amount of money he used to. My husband and I have his ex constantly coming after him for money and he took a major salary cut last year. I feel that's the same in Slades case. It doesn't take 4k a month to raise a child. That's obscene! And the truth is, my husbands ex doesn't use all the money for his daughter, she just doesn't want to lose her lavish lifestyle. It's such bullshit.
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