Gretchen, returning after a 12-year hiatus, is back as a friend this season and later stuns with a party story about her longtime partner, Slade Smiley. "I broke his penis, for real," she admits ...

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.

NEED TO KNOW. The dramatic trailer for The Real Housewives of Orange County season 19 premiered on June 5 and sees the return of Gretchen Rossi in a part-time role as a friend. Rossi comes back to ...