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Exclusive OC Reunion Clip: Gretchen Rossi on Slade's Fake Rock Proposal
"I was sad for him," she says of the scene of him in the jewelry store.
Slade Smiley asking a ritzy Orange County jeweler if it'd be possible to plop a fake diamond into an engagement ring until he could afford a real one was painful for everyone to see -- especially the person who would have been on the receiving end of that ring: Gretchen Rossi.
In an exclusive clip of the Real Housewives of Orange County reunion finale, a fan asks Gretchen about what it was like seeing the scene play out, prompting a quick "Oh dear" from Heather Dubrow, who accompanied Slade on said shopping trip. Gretchen thought about her words carefully, and said: "It was hard for me to see him do that, not because I care, I was sad for him."
While Slade's pride might have been swallowed at the moment, Gretchen thinks it was a pretty impressive move.
"I know that was probably a difficult thing for a man to have to say -- to realize he can't get me the type of ring he wants to get me -- it was hard," she says. "At the same time, I think it takes a real man to say something like that. I think it really shows he's a stand-up guy and he's not trying to be anybody he's not."
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