Despite never having a vow renewal (the biggest curse to any Real Housewife marriage), RHOC’s Lizzie Rovsek has filed for divorce from husband Christian. Lizzie was a full-time Housewife for only one season before being demoted to friend-of for her second, but she quickly won viewer hearts with her sweet demeanor and genuine personality. Not so much Vicki Gunvalson. Ironically, Lizzie’s most recent Real Housewife of Orange County appearance was at Vicki’s Season 12 birthday party. She and eternal fame-whore Gretchen Rossi were cast as the Greek Chorus for Tamara Judge’s ex-bff’s “Eddie is gay” reveal. It wasn’t a good look. Lizzie filed a petition to end her 8 year marriage on October 19. Christian has yet to respond. The two share two sons.
Lizzie and Christian join a long list of Real Housewife divorces:
- Kelly and Michael Dodd, filed 2012, re-filed 2017 (RHOC)
- Shannon and David Beador, filed 2017 (RHOC)
- LuAnn and Tom D’Agostino, filed 2017 (RHONY)
- Charrisse Jackson and Eddie Jordan, filed 2017 (RHOP)
- Joanna Krupa and Romain Zago, filed 2017 (RHOM)
- Carlton and David Gebbia, filed 2017 (RHOBH)
- Yolanda and David Foster, filed 2016 (RHOBH)
- Cynthia Bailey and Peter Thomas, filed 2016 (RHOA)
- Jules and Michael Wainstein, filed 2016 (RHONY)
- Phaedra Parks and Apollo Nida, filed 2016 (RHOA)
- P. Creonta and A. Edward Nita, filed 2015 (RHOA)
- Ramona and Mario Singer, filed 2014 (RHONY)
- Dina and Tommy Manzo, filed 2014 (RHONJ)
- Porsha Williams and Kordell Stewart, filed 2013 (RHOA)
- Bethenny Frankel and Jason Hoppy, filed 2013 (RHONY)
- Marysol Patton and Philippe Pautesta-Herder, filed 2012 (RHOM)
- Mary and Rich Amons, filed 2012 (RHODC)
- Lynne and Frank Curtin, filed 2012 (RHOC)
- Adrienne Maloof and Paul Nassif, filed 2012 (RHOBH)
- Stacy and Jason Turner, filed 2012 (RHODC)
- Michaele and Tareq Salahi, filed 2011 (RHODC)
- Lisa Wu and Ed Hartwell, filed 2011 (RHOA)
- Taylor and Russell Armstrong, filed 2011 (RHOBH)
- Vicki and Donn Gunvalson, filed 2010 (RHOC)
- Tamra and Simon Barney, filed 2010 (RHOC)
- Camille and Kelsey Grammer, filed 2010 (RHOBH)
- Nene and Gregg Leakes, filed 2010, remarried 2013 (RHOA)
- DeShawn and Eric Snow, filed 2010 (RHOA)
- Cat and Charles Ommanney, filed 2010 (RHODC)
- LuAnn and Alex de Lesseps, filed 2009 (RHONY)
- Jeana and Matt Keough, 2007 (RHOC)
Note: list updated to include Phaedra Parks (who I blissfully forgot existed)
Luann wins this list with two appearances 😀
So… 28 divorces, 27 housewives being divorced = 27% of real housewives divorcing. Its over ten years of housewives so it doesn’t look that bad! 73% are still married! (ups forgot about Carole and other singles but it makes it too complicated :P)
That’s sad. I liked Lizzie but I had to unfollow her on twitter. All she did was argue with Shannon fans. It was ridiculous
I’m surprised. That doesn’t seem like something I would have expected her to do. Always sorry to hear about divorce, especially when there are children.
I saw that too. I think she’s not as sweet as she came off to the viewers while she was on the show. I think she and Gretchen have attached themselves to Vicki like barnacles on the bottom of a sea vessel, in hopes of winning an orange and all the fame and fortune that comes with it. May they all rot in Hell.
Yup I agree. Definitely not as sweet as she came off on the show. It wasn’t the odd tweet either, it was back to back tweets and retweet’s about Shannon, Tamra and their fans.
I never liked Lizzie. She seemed fake and bitchy to me. Wasn’t sorry to see her go. I’m not surprised. They didn’t look like they had a solid marriage. Having said that, it’s still sad. Especially when children are in the picture. Sometimes, it’s for the best in the long run. But young children won’t understand that for a long time.
Wow! When you see the list of names, this is so sad. In DC, it seems they are all divorced.
Yep! All filed for divorce.
OF, but important one: TT – Bruno is selling online calendar with photos of himself! 😀
No Phony Phae Phae??
I don’t believe phraudulent divorce philings are counted
But seriously, the list would become endless if you include historical divorce filings e.g. Sheree and Bob
Phaedra’s divorce was on the show, whereas Sheree’s was prior to her being on RHoA.
How could I have forgotten Phaedra? Sometimes my faulty memory is a good thing! But I guess I should update it for accuracy’s sake.
Happy New Year Lady C keep up the good work ! Warm Regards Marc
LMAO! Ok, I see you with the Phaedra shade lol; I’m here for it.
Lady, I so love that you compiled a list! Could you possibly work on a list of HW criminals? or HW foreclosures?
I’d suggest a list of the most ridiculous or vile things a housewife has ever said but I’m sure we’d all get carpel tunnel from scrolling
I bet a whole lot of women, would sacrifice anything to be a housewife. (Even returning)
Sadly, it’s usually the family.
The Phaedra update cracks me up.
I see what you did there with Phaedra’s 2 filings. You’re funny. I laughed out loud
On a serious note, it’s worse staying in a failing marriage. Lizzie girl, does she earn her own money, don’t remember. If not then the 10 year mark matters in California.
Don’t know if you can fake sweetness on camera, your real person shows through. That’s been my dislike of Vicky from when she was married to Don and how they publicly mocked people. It made her/them look small and mean which they were.
Lizzie owns a pretty successful swimsuit company. It appeared they lived somewhat modest within OC standards of course.
I don’t really remember her.
Some list. Wow.
Carlton has also called it quits this year. What a lust!!
List! 🙂
Thank you. It’s hard wrangling all of these names!
Phaedra Parks and Apollo Nida, filed 2016 (RHOA)
P. Creonta and A. Edward Nita, filed 2015 (RHOA)
i cackled. LMAO!
He seemed like a nice normal guy however I think the type of people she hangs out with most probably contributed to the break up of her marriage. She wants to be a famous reality star. The thirst is real there.
Didn’t Lizzie say something about Christian ‘lacking a boner’ right to his face? Was it her birthday party? I thought he was a cutie patootie!
He is fine!!! Your memory is correct- at her sad, guestless Birthday dinner she yelled something about him not getting boners. ??? Very classy.
And that folks took care of any future boners.
I thought he was so very cute. Reminded me of my husband. Everyone is saying such bad things about her. I don’t think she tried to be anything she wasn’t. I liked her.
I remember Lizzie being a shockingly ugly mean drunk. She went after her poor husband only because she didnt have as many guests as she wanted at the party he planned for her. Wow!. I was thinking he must dread her birthdays, and I bet they get progressivley worse each year she passes 35, and not in the full bloom of fertility. Her face looked like that nasty drunken attitude was starting to become permanently attached, at Vickie’s birthday party too.
That’s an incredible amount of projection considering we saw only a few minutes of ONE of her birthday parties. It seems very judgmental and harsh.
A person is more than the sum total of a few drunken moments.
I guess I was kinda harsh, but its what I thought at the time. It wasn’t just that scene that made me feel that way, she was kinda on her high horse alot . It’s true though, we aren’t the sum and total of our drunken moments. Hopefully, sober Lizzie is nothing like that person in the limo, who turned into a completly different charecther on a dime.
Dang, makes you wonder what came first, the marital strife or the show. THanks, LadyC, for your contributions here!
No one knows what goes on in a marriage but the two people that are in it!
As we watch these shows, we see such a small part of people’s lives. There is always more than meets the eye. Some people are adept at maintaining a “look” for television, some not so much. I like watching the occasional Housewives “secrets” shows they do during off season. There is very often a gem or two from the producers that they divulge, like when Vicki attacked one of the producers and threatened him regarding the accusation that Lauri made on the ski trip.
Then there are others that are no so good at hiding it, like Matt Keough or Simon Barney.
There are “rumors” that Vicki may not re-up next year, have you heard anything along those
lines TT???