Shep Rose

Shep Rose
Rose in 2024
Born
William Shepard Rose III

(1979-09-27) September 27, 1979 (age 45)
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Other namesShepard "Shep" Rose[1]
Education
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Television personality
  • businessman
Years active2014–present
Television
Parents
Relatives
Family
Signature

William Shepard "Shep" Rose III (born September 27, 1979) is an American television personality and businessman. He is best known as a main cast member on the Bravo reality television series Southern Charm and the spin-off RelationShep.[source?]

Early life

William Shepard Rose III was born in Cincinnati, Ohio[2][better source needed]

on September 27, 1979,[3] as the second of three children to William Shepard "Rip" Rose Jr., a lawyer of the United States Department of Justice,[4] and Frances John Rose.[5][better source needed]

He has an elder sister, Katherine Cummings Trotter,[6] a younger brother, Whitaker Boykin Rose.[7][better source needed]

His family moved to Sea Pines, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina in 1981, when he was two years old.[8][better source needed]

Education

Rose went to Hilton Head Preparatory School,[9] a private school, and episcopal High School, a private college-preparatory boarding school in Alexandria, Virginia.[10][better source needed]

Rose graduated from the University of Georgia with his undergraduate degree in business in the year 2002.[11] He was a member of the Chi Phi (ΧΦ) fraternity.[12] He graduated from Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management with his Master of Business Administration degree in the major of finance in 2009.[13][better source needed]

Career

Rose started his career in his early twenties, working as a real estate agent when he was living in Dubai.[14] He was forced to quit in 2008, during the Great Recession.[15][better source needed]

Television

Rose started his television work on the Bravo reality television series Southern Charm as a main cast member from the first season.[16] The first season started on March 3, 2014.[17]

His first appearance was with his Southern Charm co-stars Cameran Eubanks and Thomas Ravenel, and went on tv on April 7, 2014.[18][better source needed]

Rose appeared on the web series Shepic Fail. The series is about Rose, his Southern Charm co-star Craig Conover and Hunter Gardner. The series started on November 23, 2014.[19][better source needed] The third spin-off from Southern Charm, RelationShep, is also about Rose.[source?]

Businesses

Rose is the owner of The Commodore, a bar and grill in Charleston, South Carolina.[20] The restaurant opened on April 27, 2016.[21][better source needed]

He is also a co-owner of two establishments: The Palace Hotel[22] and The Alley,[23] both in Charleston.[24]

Rose and his friends Jason Benjamin and Claude Pope started the coastal wear line, Shep Gear,[25] on June 30, 2016.[26] He started a line of t-shirts inspired by some of his Southern Charm co-stars.[27][better source needed]

Acting

Rose started acting with the role of Paramedic #2 in the action-thriller film Reprisal, starring Bruce Willis and Olivia Culpo.[28] The film was released on August 30, 2018.[29][better source needed]

Other ventures

Rose started a podcast, Enough About Me with Shep Rose, on June 1, 2019.[30] The podcast stopped on October 9, 2019.[31][better source needed]

Rose started a blog, Charleston GRIT.[32][better source needed] Rose became a stand-up comedian on April 23, 2018.[33][better source needed]

Rose wrote a book about himself: Average Expectations: Lessons in Lowering the Bar. Simon & Schuster published the book on March 16, 2021.[34][better source needed]

Personal life

Rose lives in Isle of Palms, South Carolina.[35]

Rose was the announcer for the Charleston RiverDogs at a baseball game on May 1, 2018.[36]

Rose is a member of the Union Club of the City of New York's Jupiter Island Club, a private social club in Jupiter Island, Florida.[37]

Relationships

Rose was in a short relationship with Danni Baird, before their castings on Southern Charm.[38][39][40] He was linked to Chelsea Meissner in 2016.[41][42][43]

Rose was in a relationship with orthodontics assistant Taylor Ann Green between March 2020 and July 2022.[44][45][46][47][48]

Politics

Rose endorsed Republican candidate John McCain in the 2008 United States presidential election.[49] He endorsed Libertarian candidate Governor Gary Johnson in the 2016 United States presidential election.[50] He endorsed Democratic candidate Joe Biden and South Carolina Democratic candidate Jaime Harrison in the 2020 United States presidential election.[51]

Rose shut down the 19th Treasurer of South Carolina and his former Southern Charm co-star Thomas Ravenel via Twitter in October 2020, after Ravenel's public support of the 45th President of the United States Donald Trump.[52] He has called Trump supporters "rats [who] stayed on the ship".[53]

Philanthropy

Rose is the founder of a charitable trust. He donates to numerous charities every December.[54]

Rose supported the David M. Carmines Memorial Foundation in 2017. The organization was started in memory of his childhood best friend Andrew Carmines' brother who died by cancer in 2001.[55]

Rose raised 25000 $ for the people of the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian in 2019.[56][57][58]

Controversies

Rose was arrested over 10 times.[59][60]

Rose faced criticism in August 2019, after he posted a video to his Instagram Stories in which he could be heard mocking a homeless woman who was collecting cans on the street in East Village, Manhattan. At first, he did not want to say sorry,[61] but he did four days later.[62] He also deactivated his Twitter account and took a break from the social media platform.[63][64]

Filmography

As himself

Year Title Notes Ref.
2014–present Southern Charm 130 episodes [65][66][67]
2014–2018; 2021–2023 Watch What Happens Live! with Andy Cohen 15 episodes [68][69][70][71]
2014 Shepic Fail 4 episodes [72]
2017 Then and Now with Andy Cohen 1 episode [73]
2017–2018 RelationShep 6 episodes [74][75][76][77]
2018 Pickler & Ben 1 episode [78]
2019 Enough About Me with Shep Rose Host; 10 episodes [79][80][81]
2020 Vanderpump Rules 1 episode [82][83]
2020 Summer House 2 episodes [84][85]
2021 Good Morning America 1 episode [86]
2021 Home & Family 1 episode [87]
2023 Southern Hospitality 1 episode [88][89]
2023 New York Live 1 episode [90]
2023 BravoCon Live with Andy Cohen 2 episodes [91][92][93]

As an actor

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2018 Reprisal Mike Williams (Paramedic #2) [94][95][96]

References

  1. ↑ Weigle, Lauren (April 21, 2015). "Shepard Rose, aka Shep from 'Southern Charm'". Heavy. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  2. ↑ Kiesewetter, John (August 10, 2017). "'Reprisal' Stars Talk About Bruce Willis, Our Friendly City And Maybe More Movies Here". WVXU. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  3. ↑ Rose, Shep (September 27, 2019). "Thanks for all the birthday wishes today. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. This picture is from a birthday cruise a few years ago. @camwimberly1 started the cake fight if i remember correctly. I told my British friend @cameronlawther i was 40 And his response was: "Bloody hell mate, well done for making it this far!" Hadn't thought of it that way. I like it. Count your blessings etc". Instagram. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  4. ↑ McGuinness, Devan (December 24, 2020). "Shep Rose Is Writing a Memoir – Is It About His Family History?". Distractify. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  5. ↑ Vena, Jocelyn (April 19, 2016). "Is Shep Rose's Real Mom Anything Like Patricia Altschul?". Bravo TV Official Site. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  6. ↑ Fusaro, Hannah (June 4, 2019). "Shep Rose Reveals His Gorgeous Sister — and You'll Never Believe What She Does for a Living". Bravo TV Official Site. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  7. ↑ Fortson, Olivia (August 22, 2017). "A Q&A WITH SHEP ROSE". The O Report. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  8. ↑ Ferguson, Lana (April 23, 2019). "Why Shep Rose brought his 'Southern Charm' buddies to Hilton Head where "nothing's changed"". The Island Packet. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  9. ↑ Copp, Melinda (January 27, 2021). "Life of the party". Hilton Head Monthly. Archived from the original on November 28, 2023. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  10. ↑ "EHS Magazine Fall 2009 by Episcopal High School". Issuu. January 22, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  11. ↑ Rose, Sarah (March 11, 2015). "Alumnus Spotlight: William Shepard Rose III". UGA Alumni. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
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  94. ↑ Rose, Shep (August 9, 2017). "I've been asked to be in a film starring Bruce Willis (seriously). I play an ambulance driver with an attitude. Born for this role (except the empathy and life saving skills). Anyhoo, this is @oliviaculpo the heroine (the female lead, not the drug) she is the very definition of unattainable; But so nice it's kind of confusing. Movie is called Reprisal. Love me some revenge. Stay tuned for more posts as events unfold". Instagram. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
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