RHOC alum Jo De La Rosa says ex Slade Smiley 'bought' their spot on the Bravo hit's first season

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Real Housewives Of Orange County alum Jo De La Rosa has just revealed the shocking story of how ex Slade Smiley helped finagle their way onto the series.The former Bravo star, who was on season one of the original Housewives series, admitted the couple basically paid to get cast during the latest episode of Behind The Velvet Rope With David Yontef.On the podcast, De La Rosa, 40, says she found out years later that Slade, 47, bought a pricey ticket to a swanky charity gala to secure their spot on the show.'Like he bought our way into being a part of a cast basically!' she said.

Pay to play: Real Housewives Of Orange County alum Jo De La Rosa says that ex boyfriend Slade Smiley paid for someone's ticket to a charity gala to secure their spot.