Ree Drummond, aka The Pioneer Woman, has suffered a surprising divorce scandal.
He has earned a living by taking viewers inside his home and his life in rural Oklahoma through a wildly popular reality show.
However, now?
We’ve learned some new information about Drummond’s life and, in the interest of constructive arguments, it’s pretty wild!
Pioneer Woman Divorce Update: The Affair News Shocks Fans
Before we get too deep, let’s be clear: Rae Drummond is not getting a divorce. Or rather, she has not made any official announcement that she is getting a divorce. But we’ll talk more about that in a minute.
The reason for all the divorce talk is a shocking report about the extended family. according to radar online, In what followed surprise divorce papers, Drummond’s parents – Gerre and William Smith – legally separated in 1997 after 33 years of marriage.
Well, people get divorced all the time. Why care about something that happened long ago? Well…
A source confirmed to the same outlet that the couple have filed for divorce because Drummond’s mother was allegedly having an affair – with the family church rector,
“It was at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Bartlesville,” the insider revealed. Radar Online.
The rector’s name is Doug Schwert; When he started sleeping with Drummond’s mother, she was also married.
Soon after the infidelity was exposed, the insider confirmed radar online Gere divorced Smith and moved out of the state to marry Schwert.
Drummond case: what happened to Ree’s parents?
The couple is still married and currently resides in Signal Mountain, Tennessee.
As you can imagine, this anonymous insider escalated further, with the illicit affair becoming a huge topic of scandal and gossip around Drummond’s hometown of Bartlesville.
“Oh, they were a big family,” the source said of the Smith family in the 1990s. “Ree’s father was a surgeon – I believe he still is – and was very popular and active in the Gerre community.”
Drummond was 28 years old and newly married when this incident occurred.
Drummond’s father, meanwhile, did not want to leave the marriage, according to court documents.
“The defendant wishes to continue to live in a loving and supportive marriage with the plaintiff,” William Smith’s response read via papers made public by Radar Online.
However, the divorce was eventually finalized on March 7, 1997.
Ree Drummond’s Marriage: Is She Still With Ladd?
Is the Pioneer Woman headed for divorce like her parents? Fans are just as scared given her history, and whenever her guy, Ladd Drummond, is missing from her show or social media feed for any real length of time.
But the truth of the matter 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 also shared the secret of her long marriage in her celebratory post on Instagram. Sharing a picture from the dinner date, he wrote:
“I ordered a burger with onion rings thinking I would also get some lads fries. Then Ladd ordered a burger with onion rings because he really wanted onion rings. Then I changed my order to fries because I wanted both fries and onion rings. The lad said let’s fry both of us and separate the onion rings from one side. And that’s why we’ve been married for 27 years.”
Yes, food is the key to long lasting love!