Real Housewives Jo De La Rosa Wants To Set The Record Straight on Slade
By Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith
Jun 16, 2008
If there's one thing Jo De La Rosa of Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Orange County" wants to make known, it's that former fiance Slade Smiley is not her manager, as has been reported. "He's not anything to do with business. I don't know why people thought he was my manager, but he's not," she tells us. "If anything, Slade's been my guide for the last couple of years," she adds. "If I had any question on contracts or decisions I've had to make, I would go to him. He's also been there if I ever needed a little push or whenever I had some self-doubt."
Real Housewives Jo De La Rosa Wants To Set The Record Straight on Slade (Image: Wenn)
The status of the two will certainly become clear when her "Date My Ex" reality show premieres on Bravo July 21. Besides serving as her supportive friend as she works on recording an album, he'll be seen acting as her guide in a much more personal sense as he sizes up her prospective boyfriends.
De La Rosa acknowledges that their relationship continues to be a big topic for most fans. "I went through a lot of hard stuff with Slade on the 'Housewives' show. We broke off our engagement on that show, which was hard to do in front of America. Every day I feel like I have someone coming up to me telling me what I should have done or not to be so hard on Slade. They're either Team Jo or Team Slade."
THE NAKED TRUTH: Burlesque icon Dita Von Teese, who is most known for her "martini glass striptease," tells us she has no intention of keeping her skills to herself. In fact, she hopes to open up her world to whole new crop of women. "I'd like to be on the producing end of burlesque, where I can make my own shows and bring other exciting characters to the stage and create the same kind of thing that I did for myself for other performers," says Von Teese. "I have a knack for looking at someone and seeing what's beautiful for them." However, don't expect these ladies to be in their very own martini glass. "I don't want a bunch of clones of me. I feel like there can be so many kinds of facets to burlesque that people really haven't tapped into."
TUNED IN: Former "Saturday Night Live" star Tim Meadows says that although he's glad not to be on the late night comedy show anymore, he's still a fan. "I still watch it. I like it," claims Meadows, who is now a series regular on "The Bill Engvall Show." "I think they're all seasoned enough now that the audience is used to seeing them and trusts them. I think they're more comfortable in their own skin and performing as a group. It's a really funny cast."
With reports by Stephanie DuBois and Emily Feimster.
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