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The new season of The Real Housewives of Orange County kicked off this week.

In a pair of interviews, Gretchen Rossi gave fans a glimpse of what's to come on his Bravo hit. We'll let the spoiled, awful woman take it from here...

On feuding with Tamra Barney: "There might be some resolution but ultimately, I just say what needs to be said and I finally stand up for what's right. I'm back and better this season and I'm not taking any more punches."

On Slade Smiley: "Slade is a part of my life right now and I'm so grateful to have him in my life. I truly feel like [late fiance Jeff] sent me Slade."

On her new castmate: "[Alexis Bellino] seems like a real, true, genuine person. I've really enjoyed having her as part of the cast, and her and I have become really good friends. There's always drama when you put all of girls together, and Alexis brings some spice to the group."

Gretchen Rossi claims she started The Gretchen Project to find help others find "alternative ways to maintain everlasting beauty without having to go under the knife."

The Real Housewife of Orange County also says she has never undergone plastic surgery herself, an assertion ex-boyfriend Jay Photoglou scoffs at.

The bitter ex dated Rossi for over a year and revealed to RadarOnline.com that she regularly had Botox injections in her forehead. He was there for most of them, Photoglou says.

"Gretchen went at least every six weeks to get Botox injection while I dated her," he said. "She also had photofacials done every two months to help get rid of her wrinkles."

Added Photoglou: "Gretchen Rossi is a lot of things, but a role model isn't something that immediately comes to mind when I think of her."

To prove his point, Jay sent the website the photo of his ex-girlfriend above, clad in lingerie as she bowls. We think it speaks for itself.

We're overloaded with possibility ways to describe this photo of Gretchen Rossi and Slade Smiley.

It's not like we ever doubted how much Rossi loved to take a mouthful of meat, but it's nice to have visual evidence of it.

Really, you can just insert your own caption...

Gretchen Rossi and Slade Smiley are still going strong.

Almost two months after first appearing together as a couple, The Real Housewives of Orange County star and Smiley are clearly still smitten about one another.

They enjoyed another PDA-filled beach outing in Santa Monica this week:

Rossi and Smiley continue to flaunt their romance, just months after Rossi's fiance passed away. Is this wrong? Or really, really wrong?

Gretchen Rossi is known for having a fast love life.

The Real Housewives of Orange County star didn't waste much time getting back into the dating game after her fiance passed away.

But Rossi is seen below preparing for charitable life in the fast lane: she's scrubbing the customized car she'll race in a 3,000-mile trek, which begins May 8, to raise money for her "Rossi Racing for the Cure" charity.

Gotta give her props for that.

Finally, an issue on which we can agree with Gretchen Rossi.

We can't take the reality TV star's side when it comes to hooking up with Slade Smiley, nor when she whines about photos of herself on the toilet being leaked (pun... intended!).

But the Real Housewife of Orange County was recently asked about Carrie Prejean - the Miss USA contestant that caused a stir last week when she came out against gay marriage during the pageant - and said:

“I have a lot of dear friends within the community, and I think they’re wonderful, great people. They’re the most talented, friendly, outgoing friends to have, so I think everybody should be OK with everybody having the same rights.”

We never thought we'd say this, but: Amen, Gretchen!

Gretchen Rossi is full of $hit.... figuratively and literally!

The Real Housewives of Orange County star wants photos of her sitting on the toilet - yes, sitting on the toilet - taken off website TheDirty.com.

According to TMZ, Rossi's lawyers have sent a cease and desist letter to the site, demanding the pics be removed. Makes one wonder why she clearly gave permission for them to be taken in the first place.

In the letter, Rossi lies says the shots were stolen from her and posted without authorization.

Follow this article's jump to take a look at them.

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Talk about a match made in reality TV heaven.

During a recent conversation with E! News, Gretchen Rossi said she is tight with NeNe Leakes.

"I'm really good friends with NeNe," the Real Housewife of Orange County said of The Real Housewife of Atlanta. "NeNe is one of my favorite people ever. She is so cool."

The pair met on a commercial shoot for Bravo.

"She is one of the most confident women I have ever met and I love that about her," Rossi said. "She would sit there and go, 'I'd watch me too if I were watching the show.' She's so all about herself... I'm a strong, confident woman, but just in a very different demeanor."

Speaking of relationships, Gretchen - who still wears the engagement ring of late fiance Jeff Beitzel - made no secret about her feelings for Slade Smiley.

"Slade is one of the best men I've come across in my life besides Jeff," Rossi said. "And I know he's a secure enough man that whether or not I'm wearing this ring would not matter to him at all."

Gretchen Rossi might have denied an affair with photographer Jay Photoglou, but we'll be curious to hear what she says about the following photograph of her and Slade Smiley.

The Real Housewife of Orange County star and Smiley have been spotted looking mighty cozy together on the beach. The two were snapped earlier this week on a boat in Newport Beach, applying suntan lotion on each other and swapping serious spit.

As loyal reality TV fans know, Smiley is the former fiance of past Housewife Jo De La Rosa. Oh, and of course:

Rossi's fiance passed away in September.

Gretchen Rossi and Slade Smiley: New couple alert!

On last night's reunion between The Real Housewives of Orange County, major fireworks took place between Tamra Barney and Gretchen Rossi.

The former accused the latter of having an affair with Jay Photoglou behind the back of her late fiance, Jeff.

"I don’t know why you have the strange intent to ruin people’s reputations,” Gretchen said in her defense. “Do you really hate me that much that you need to say the most ludicrous thing I’ve ever heard?”

Watch the video of this exchange below:

Meanwhile, we have no idea if Gretchen had an affair with Photoglou or not. But we have tracked down this attention-seeker's MySpace page. Here's the main (revealing?) photo on it: