Katie Rost is best known for her role as a member of the cast of “The Real Housewives of Potomac.” She is an original member of the series which makes her a very special celebrity reality star because fans have had a longer period of time to get to know her. Although these reality series often give viewers a great deal of information about the cast, there are many things which don’t come up or get discussed so for Katie Rost fans, here are 10 things about her that you probably didn’t know.
1. She was a model before joining the show
Prior to Katie Rost joining “The Real Housewives of Potomac,” she had a successful career as a model. She has a long history with QVC. Not everyone is aware of her past career, so it’s important to mention so you can get a fully rounded idea of who she really is and some of her major accomplishments in life.
2. Katie is educated
There is still somewhat of a stereotype associated with being in the role of housewife. One of them is that the little lady stays home, cooks, cleans, tends the children and volunteers for charities in spare time. While these are things that housewives do, Katie does this and more. She not only is a model, but she is also an educated woman. Prior to becoming famous, she enrolled in the journalism program at Boston University. She graduated with an undergraduate degree in broadcast journalism.
3. She is a Maryland socialite
Katie Rost is a native of the state of Maryland. She had an amazing childhood, growing up in the elite circles in her community. Her family is biracial and they are also affluent as well as philanthropic. Katie has been raised with values that give her a generous spirit when it comes to donating to worthy causes and helping other people who are in need of assistance.
4. Katie established a foundation
Rost founded a charity called the Ronald F. Rost Charitable Foundation. The foundation was started in 2006. She named it after her father, who taught her that giving to others is very important and she hasn’t forgotten that advice.
5. Rost is bisexual
Katie’s sexual orientation is bisexual. She married her sweetheart from college, but the marriage didn’t last very long and the couple split up. She has three children from the marriage including a son, James Rocco and twin girls, Renee and Kathryn. She continued as a single mom until meeting Andrew, whom she dated for a year, but the relationship didn’t work out. She married Dr. James Orsini but the marriage ended in divorce. We didn’t see any information listed for girlfriends she may or may not have been involved with.
6. She’s currently engaged again
Katie Rost has a new fiancee named Jesse. He asked her to marry him and presented her with an heirloom ring. She accepted his proposal. Perhaps she’ll find happiness in her new relationship. Although she’s ecstatic about her new engagement, they don’t plan to wed until later because she is currently dealing with a custody battle and this would detract from their happy day. Jesse works as an IT professional and he has never been married before and he has no children, so he’s going to be marrying into an instant family.
7. Her parents intended for her to be a lawyer or doctor
We also learned that Katie’s career choice was not what her parents had hoped for. They had groomed her to go after a prestigious and stable career either in medicine or law. She had a mind of her own and instead of following the advice of her parents, she moved to New York City where she experienced success in the modeling. profession. Sometimes you need to just follow your own dreams and pursue your passions because nobody else can choose your life path for you, no matter how good their intentions are.
8. Katie and Orsini are having a battle royale
We learned that Katie is involved with a big sticky legal situation with her ex, James Orsini. The two have been through a lot of court dealings. This has been a long and slow process for her and it’s taken a toll on her in terms of frustration and emotional drain, but she’s got a lot of other things in her life that is going well, so it’s not all bad.
9. Net Worth is $3 Million
Katie Rost isn’t the richest reality television star on the network, but she isn’t hurting financially either. We discovered that as of August of 2019, she has a net worth of an estimated $3 million. This should be enough to allow her to continue to live a comfortable lifestyle with her three children, and she’s still a working mom, so Katie has all of the bases covered when it comes to maintaining her affluent lifestyle and doing so with a touch of class.
10. She’s working on a new film
Katie has done a lot of different things in her life, including reality television, but she’s getting ready to do something a little different. She and Jesse, her finance are working on a new film title. This is an autobiographically inspired film about the struggles that she has been through. The name of the film is “Bergen.” Rost wrote the screenplay for the film and her fiancee is the executive producer. There has been no mention of when it will be released to the public, but we’re all anxiously awaiting more news about that in the near future.
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