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Ree Drummond, alias The Pioneer Woman, has shockingly got a divorce scandal like no other.
She has served for life’s stay by taking viewers inside her home and her life in rural Oklahoma via a wildly popular reality show.
Now?
We have learned some new information about Drummond’s life, and in the interest in creative segments it is pretty crazy!
Pioneer Woman Divorce Update: Affair News ChoCkering Fans
Before we get too deep, let’s just be clear: Rae Drummond doesn’t get a divorce. Or rather, she has not announced that she is getting a divorce. But we will talk more about it in a moment.
What causes all divorce talk is a shocking report on the extended family. According to Radar online, which got the amazing divorce documents, Drummond’s parents – Gerre and William Smith – were legally divided in 1997 after 33 years of marriage.
Ok, people stand out all the time. Why be interested in something that happened so long ago? Well…
A source confirmed to this same outlets that the spouses filed divorce because Drummond’s mother allegedly had an affair – With the Church of the Family Rector!
“It was in St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Bartlesville, ”the insider told Radar online.
The rector’s name is Doug Schwert; He also got married when he started sleeping with Drummond’s mother.
Shortly after the adultery was postponed, the insider confirmed to Radar online This Gerre divorced Smith and moved out of the state to marry Schwert.
Drummond -affair: What happened to Ree’s parents?
The couple is still married today and currently lives in Signal Mountain, Tennessee.
As you might imagine, this anonymous insider continued, the illegal relationship became a huge topic of scandal and gossip around Drummond’s hometown of Bartlesville.
“Oh, they were a big family,” said the source of Smiths in the 1990s. “Ree’s father was a surgeon-I think he is still-and gerre was very well-liked and active in society.”
Drummond was 28 years old and recently married when this affair took place.
As per the court documents, Drummond’s father did not want out of marriage.
“The defendant wants to continue living in a loving and supportive marriage to the plaintiff,” said William Smith’s response through the papers, which Radar Online has published.
In the end, the divorce was completed on March 7, 1997.
Ree Drummond’s marriage: Is she still with Ladd?
Is the pioneer woman on her way to a divorce like her parents? Fans fear just as much considering her story, and every time her guy, Ladd Drummond, is missing from her show or social media feed for any real period of time.
But the truth of the case is that the romance between the Food Network star and her rancher husband seems to be going strong. In September 2023, the couple celebrated their 27th wedding anniversary.
Ree even shared the secret of their long marriage in her festive post on Instagram. Sharing a photo from a dinner date she wrote:
“I ordered a burger with onion rings and thought I would also have a few lads french fries. Then the Ladd ordered a burger with onion rings because he really wanted onion rings. Then I changed my order to french fries because I wanted both fries and onion rings. Ladd said, let’s both get french fries and divide a side of onion rings. And that is why we have been married 27 years. “
Jepp, food is the key to long -lasting love!