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Ronnie Ortiz-Magro

Ronnie Ortiz-Magro

American reality television personality (born 1985)


Ronald J. Ortiz-Magro Jr. (born December 4, 1985)[1] is an American television personality, best known as one of the eight main cast members of the MTV reality series Jersey Shore.

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Early life

Ortiz-Magro was born in the Bronx in New York City.[1][2] He is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent.[3]

Career

Ortiz-Magro worked in real estate for his father[4] before becoming part of MTV's reality show Jersey Shore in August 2009. The show premiered on December 4, 2009, and ran for six seasons before ending in 2012.[5]

Ortiz-Magro made an appearance at TNA Wrestling's Impact Wrestling on October 26, 2011, in Macon, Georgia. The first episode, which aired November 3 of that year, saw Ortiz-Magro and Eric Young get beaten down by Robbie E and Rob Terry, which built to a tag team match the following week, where Ortiz-Magro pinned Robbie E for the win.[6][7]

Ortiz-Magro and his Jersey Shore co-stars appeared in the 2012 film The Three Stooges.[8][9] He has also appeared in Xenadrine ads.[10]

In 2017, Ortiz-Magro appeared in the second season of the E! reality series Famously Single.[11]

In 2018, he became part of the main cast in the MTV reality television series Jersey Shore: Family Vacation. On May 13, 2021, Ortiz-Magro announced that he was stepping back from the show to focus on his mental health.[12]

On April 11, 2018, he appeared in the seventh episode of the third season of Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry.[13]

Ortiz-Magro also participated in Celebrity Fear Factor in 2018.[14]

Personal life

Ortiz-Magro was in an on-off relationship with his Jersey Shore co-star Sammi Giancola from 2009 to 2016.[15][16] The couple split up in May 2016.[17]

On December 26, 2017, he announced that he and his girlfriend, Jen Harley, were expecting a baby girl.[18] Their daughter, Ariana Sky Magro, was born in April 2018.[19][20] In late April 2018, it was reported Ortiz-Magro and Harley had ended their relationship.[21] In January 2019, he entered a month-long rehabilitation program for alcohol and depression.[22][23] In June 2018 and May 2019, Harley, who has made a career as realtor and also appeared on Jersey Shore when she was romantically involved with Ortiz-Magro,[24][25] would be arrested following physical altercations she had with Ortiz-Magro when he visited her in Las Vegas.[25] In February 2019, Ortiz-Magro and Harley had developed what Us Weekly characterized as an "on-off" relationship.[26] However, it was later revealed that Ortiz-Magro had filed a police report alleging Harley had given him physical injuries after domestically assaulting him in January 2019, a few days after a reported altercation at a New Year's Eve Party.[25] On October 4, 2019, Ortiz-Magro was arrested in Los Angeles and charged with felony domestic violence after a physical altercation with Harley.[27]

In November 2020, it was revealed that Ortiz-Magro had started a new relationship with Saffire Matos, whom he met in February.[28] On April 22, 2021, Ortiz-Magro was arrested in Los Angeles, on new felony domestic violence charges. At the time of this arrest, Ortiz-Magro was on probation due to his October 2019 domestic violence incident.[29] In June 2021, Ortiz-Magro and Matos became engaged.[30][31][32] Around June of 2022, Ortiz-Magro called off his engagement with Saffire but continues to focus on his mental health and his daughter.[33]

According to an episode of Jersey Shore: Family Vacation, Ronnie has won full custody of his daughter and moved to Miami to start a sneaker business.[34]


References

  1. "Ronnie Magro". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on March 20, 2016.
  2. Smith, Aaron (October 15, 2012). "Jersey Shore stars' new reality: Unemployment". CNNMoney.
  3. Brett, Jennifer (July 18, 2011). "Fist pump! The Jersey Shore kids are here". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
  4. Brett, Jennifer (July 20, 2011). "J-Lo/Cameron Diaz movie starts filming, "Three Stooges" winds down". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on January 6, 2012. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
  5. Dena Ross, Ronnie's Ridiculous Xenadrine Ad, wetpaint.com, January 4, 2011
  6. "Episode 63:Rumor Mill". Just Sayin' Podcast (Podcast). December 28, 2016. Event occurs at 26:00. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  7. "Jersey Shore's Ronnie Ortiz-Magro's Girlfriend Jen Harley Is Pregnant". Us Weekly. December 24, 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  8. Carnes, Wilder (May 21, 2021). "Jersey Shore: Everything to Know About Jen Harley's Real Estate Career". Screen Rant. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  9. Crabtree, Erin (May 16, 2019). "Jen Harley Arrested for Domestic Battery 5 Months After Ronnie Ortiz-Magro". Us Weekly. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  10. Longeretta, Emily (February 12, 2019). "Exclusive: Jersey Shore's Ronnie Ortiz-Magro Reveals He Went to Rehab: 'I Hit Rock-Bottom'". Us Weekly. Retrieved February 12, 2019.

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