Since his 2009 debut on Jersey Shore, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro has earned a reputation as the most drama-prone roommate — a challenging feat among a throw infamous because of its beachside antics.
Included in this”RSVP” crew with Mike”The Situation” Sorrentino, Vinny Guadagnino and Paul”DJ Pauly D” DelVecchio, the Bronx native began his Shore career for a partier, inventing the beverage”Ron-Ron Juice” and dance all night at Karma and Bamboo. He settled down after he started dating fellow cast member Sammi”Sweetheart” Giancola, but their off-and-on relationship quickly became among the show’s most significant sources of play.
In season 3, matters reached a breaking point when Ortiz-Magro destroyed Giancola’s possessions during a blow-out fight and tried to throw a mattress outside while she was still on it. From the time the show ended in December 2012, the pair had reconciled after several on-camera splits and were moving together.
Over two decades after, the couple broke up for great . “Me and Sammi are not together anymore,” the reality star told Us Weekly at August 2014. “We just grew our separate ways. She’s still a fantastic person. I really like her as a person and that I care about her but we went our different ways. That’s it.”
Ortiz-Magro returned to the spotlight in summer 2017 as a cast member on season two Famously Single, where he met Malika Haqq, however the pair dated for two weeks and split before the show even premiered.
Soon before Jersey Shore: Family Vacation began airing in April 2018, Ortiz-Magro fulfilled Jen Harley, who he dated off and on through October 2019. The group have one kid, Ariana, also born in April 2018.
Like his previous girlfriends, the MTV personality had a tumultuous relationship with Harley. The group had several fights on the series associated with Ortiz-Magro’s alleged infidelities, as well as off-camera conflicts that included with the police.
In January 2019, he entered a one-month treatment plan for depression and alcohol dependence. “I made a decision to go to treatment because I wished to be a better person, a better father for my daughter,” he informed Us in February of the year. “Finally, all of the bad decisions I was making were going to direct me to places that I did not want to be. I wished to be directed to the place that I am now — that is joyful, healthy and also the best role model for my daughter”
Things seemed to be going smoothly for Ortiz-Magro for a couple of months, however in October 2019, he was arrested for domestic violence after an altercation with Harley in which their child was current. After pleading not guilty to all charges that the following month, he had been put on probation for 36 weeks.
In 2020, the reality star appeared to get back on the ideal path, reuniting with Ariana and fulfilling new girlfriend Saffire Matos. Nonetheless, in April 2021, he was arrested again for domestic violence and later published on bond.
