Jen Shah hit a milestone late last week: on October 4, she turned 50 years old. But the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City alum couldn’t celebrate the big day like she normally would have wanted.
Of course, that’s because she’s behind bars right now at Federal Prison Camp Bryan in the city of Bryan, Texas, destined to serve some serious time for her role in a nationwide telemarketing scheme that targeted the elderly.
So, instead of having a birthday celebration in person with all her pals, they came to her — kind of. Related: Jen Shah Has Become ‘Friends’ With Elizabeth Holmes In Prison?! Late last week, Jen’s husband Sharrieff Shah took to her Instagram page to reveal in a new video how he’d asked dozens of his wife’s closest friends to share birthday messages with him before the big day.
Then, he sent all the messages to the RHOSLC alum so she could read them in prison: Per Sharrieff, Jen’s reaction to the onslaught of positive messages was “more than I could have ever imagined.” While it’s not clear whether any of her RHOSLC co-stars were in on the message-sharing move, the cascade of positive words from longtime pals clearly meant a lot to Jen.
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