Grayson Smiley came to the limelight just because of her celebrity parents. He is the son of Slade Smiley and his ex-partner, Michelle Arroyo. Slade is a reality show star from Real Housewives of Orange County.

Grayson Smiley Personal Life

Born on May 16, 2000, Grayson Smiley is the youngest child of Slade Smiley and Michelle Arroyo. He has a sibling Gavin Smiley. Gray’s mother, Michelle, never remarried or had any other kids. However, his father, Slade, moved on with Jo De La Rosa in 2007.

Doctors found a huge mass in Slade Smiley's brain during CT scan.
Slade Smiley, brain cancer survivor.
Source: Slade

Gray was absolutely fine and healthy at the time of birth. Nevertheless, he contacted with acute brain cancer at the very young age of four. Sadly, things kind of took a turbulent turn when he was in kindergarten. Gray’s vision deteriorated suddenly.

In May 2006, Baby Gray’s health got worse day by day; he began to sleep talk and frequently vomited when he was fed. His mom Michelle thought her son might have stomach flu. Thus, she decided to take him to the hospital so that Grayson could feel better.

When Michelle took him to the doctor, they immediately decided to take a CT scan and found a mass in his brain. It was reported that Grayson had a massive tumor growing inside his head at age six.

Grayson Smiley is battling brain cancer since 2009.
Grayson Smiley under diagnosis.
Source: Instagram

A month later, he was diagnosed with Diffuse Fibrillary Astrocytoma, a rare brain tumor that developed from astrocytoma cells. Little Grayson underwent a number of chemotherapies and radiation at the time of enjoying childhood.

Grayson Smiley Brain Cancer

Grayson Smiley’s tumor could not be surgically removed. So the doctors decided to go for chemotherapy. Even at age 20, Gray is still battling in and out of hospitals. In addition to that, Grayson’s mother has a current gofundme page to help with some of the medical expenses which blow her mind. Michelle Arroyo has a gofundme page for only $25,000 and it’s only at $7,000.

Michelle is left having to beg for $25,000 when we have these semi celebs who could probably get that funded in less than a few hours. This is because, Mr. Slade, the father of Grayson has refused to pay child support for his son. Grayson’s insurance barely covers the minimum. It has been reported, Slade owed $138,850 in unpaid child support.

Grayson Smiley Net Worth

Slade Smiley is still a student and he’s not yet engaged in professional work yet. But, his father Slade Smiley makes a reasonable amount from his career as a reality television personality. He appeared on Sacha Baron Cohen‘s prank show “Who Is America” in 2018. In 2014, Slade starred on Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars.

Slade Smiley is loving son of his mother.
Grayson’s dad Slade organized fundraiser.
Source: GFM

Needless to say, Slade rose to fame for his appearance on the Bravo hit series Real Housewives of Orange County, where Meghan O’Toole King starred. He is worth $500,000 as of 2022. As per some genuine sources, Slade is marrying Keeping It Reality cast Gretchen Rossi for her money. Before Rossi, he was romantically linked to Jo de la Rosa.

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