Ronald J. Ortiz-Magro Jr. (born December 4, 1985) is an American television personality, best known as one of the eight main cast members of the

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reality series ''

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''.

Early life

Ortiz-Magro was born in the

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in New York City. He is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent.

Career

Ortiz-Magro worked in

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for his father before becoming part of MTV's reality show ''Jersey Shore'' in August 2009. The show premiered on December 4, 2009, and ran for six seasons before ending in 2012. Ortiz-Magro made an appearance at

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's ''

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'' on October 26, 2011, in

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. The first episode, which aired November 3 of that year, saw Ortiz-Magro and Eric Young get beaten down by

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and

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, which built to a

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match the following week, where Ortiz-Magro pinned Robbie E for the win. Ortiz-Magro and his ''Jersey Shore'' co-stars appeared in the 2012 film ''

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''. He has also appeared in Xenadrine ads. In 2017, Ortiz-Magro appeared in the second season of the E! reality series ''

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.'' In 2018, he became part of the main cast in the MTV reality television series '' Jersey Shore: Family Vacation''. On May 13, 2021, Ortiz-Magro announced that he was stepping back from the show to focus on his mental health. On April 11, 2018, he appeared in the seventh episode of the third season

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. Ortiz-Magro also participated in ''

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'' in 2018.

Personal life

Ortiz-Magro was in an on-off relationship with his ''Jersey Shore'' co-star

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from 2009 to 2016. The couple split up in May 2016. On December 26, 2017, he announced that he and his girlfriend, Jen Harley, were expecting a baby girl. Their daughter, Ariana Sky Magro, was born in April 2018. In late April 2018, it was reported Ortiz-Magro and Harley had ended their relationship. In January 2019, he entered a month long rehabilitation program for alcohol and depression. In June 2018 and May 2019, Harley, who has made a career as realtor and also appeared on ''Jersey Shore'' when she was romantically involved with Ortiz-Magro, would be arrested following physical altercations she had with Ortiz-Magro when he visited her in Las Vegas. In February 2019, Ortiz-Magro and Harley had developed what ''

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'' characterized as an "on-off" relationship. However, it was later revealed that Ortiz-Magro had filed a police report alleging Harley had given him physical injuries after domestically assaulting him in January 2019, a few days after a reported altercation at a New Year's Eve Party. On October 4, 2019, Ortiz-Magro was arrested in Los Angeles and charged with felony domestic violence after a physical altercation with Harley. In November 2020, it was revealed that Ortiz-Magro had started a new relationship with Saffire Matos whom he met in February. On April 22, 2021, Ortiz-Magro was arrested in Los Angeles, on new felony domestic violence charges. At the time of this arrest, Ortiz-Magro was on probation as a result of his October 2019 domestic violence incident. In June 2021, Ortiz-Magro and Matos became engaged. Around June of 2022, Ortiz-Magro called off his engagement with Saffire but continues to focus on his mental health and his daughter.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ortiz-Magro, Ronnie 1985 births American people of Italian descent American real estate businesspeople American people of Puerto Rican descent Living people Participants in American reality television series People from the Bronx American male professional wrestlers 21st-century American male actors