Ronnie Ortiz-Magro

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Ronnie Ortiz-Magro
Born
Ronald J. Ortiz-Magro Jr.

(1985-12-04) December 4, 1985 (age 38)
New York City, U.S.
Years active2009–present
Known for Jersey Shore
Jersey Shore: Family Vacation
Partner(s) Sammi Giancola (2009–2016)
Jen Harley (2017–2019)
Saffire Matos (2020–2022)
Children1

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]

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