Renee Graziano
{{short description|American novelist}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2017}}
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|caption = Graziano in 2016
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|othername = Renee Graziano-Pagan
|birth_date = {{Birth_date and age|1969|7|12}}[https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3ARenee~%20%2Bsurname%3AGraziano~%20%2Bresidence_place%3A%22Staten%20Island%2C%20NY%22~ Birth reference results taken from FamilySearch.org]
|birth_place = Brooklyn, New York,https://www.audacy.com/1010wins/news/local/borough-hopping-on-staten-island-mob-wives-renee-graziano U.S.
|occupation = Television personality, author
|years_active = 2010–present
|relatives = Anthony Graziano (father)
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|children = 1
|spouse = Hector Pagan, Jr. (divorced)
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Renee Graziano (born July 12, 1969) is an American reality television personality and author. She is known for being the daughter of Anthony Graziano, a former consigliere of the Bonanno crime family and her roles in two reality television shows, Mob Wives and Celebrity Big Brother.{{cite web|last=Walker |first=Danny |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/live-celebrity-big-brother-launch-8515281 |title=Celebrity Big Brother 2016 launch RECAP as reality stars, X Factor rejects and a Playboy Bunny enter the house – Mirror Online |publisher=Mirror.co.uk |date= July 28, 2016|accessdate=2016-08-04}} In 2016, Renee came third on Celebrity Big Brother 18.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/fashion/with-mob-wives-silent-partners-no-longer.html|title=Silent Partners No Longer|date=March 29, 2012|work=The New York Times|accessdate=August 4, 2016}}
Family
Graziano lives in Staten Island, New York City. Her former husband, Hector Pagan, Jr., was a mobster who became a DEA informant, and gave evidence against her father, Anthony Graziano.{{cite news | url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/mob-wives-courtroom-drama-exposes-rat-but-protects-jury | title='Mob Wives' Courtroom Drama Exposes Rat, but Protects Jury | newspaper=The Daily Beast | date=March 12, 2014 | last1=Daly | first1=Michael }} They have one son, AJ.
Career
Graziano has appeared as a prominent figure in all six seasons of Mob Wives, between 2011 and 2016. The show was conceived, and is executive-produced, by Graziano's sister, Jenn. In 2016, she appeared in Celebrity Big Brother 18 where she reached the finale, placing third, with 14.66% of the total vote. She was the last-standing female and last remaining American in the house.{{cite web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2016/07/31/celebrity-big-brother-2016-viewers-shocked-as-renee-graziano-whips-out-her-surgically-enhanced-bum-6039911/ |title=Celebrity Big Brother 2016: Renee Graziano shows surgically enhanced bum and shocks viewers | Metro News |publisher=Metro.co.uk |date=July 31, 2016 |accessdate=2016-08-04}} In January 2017, Graziano and her partner, Joey Gambino, were featured on the ninth season of Marriage Boot Camp.{{cite web|last1=Shorey|first1=Eric|title='Bad Girls Club' Alum Gabi Victor To Appear On 'Marriage Bootcamp'|url=http://www.oxygen.com/very-real/bad-girls-club-alum-gabi-victor-to-appear-on-marriage-bootcamp|website=Oxygen|accessdate=December 15, 2016|date=December 2, 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Cimonetti|first1=Kristin|title=Marriage Boot Camp Season 7 Cast Announced|url=http://www.wetv.com/feature/we-tell-all/breaking-news-marriage-boot-camp-season-7-cast-announced|website=WETV|accessdate=December 15, 2016|date=December 1, 2016}} In December 2022, she starred in the VH1 movie Fuhgeddabout Christmas alongside Justina Valentine, Vinny Guadagnino, and Teresa Giudice. {{cite web|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/teresa-giudice-to-star-in-fuhgeddabout-christmas-tv-movie/?fbclid=IwAR1v4gykbUY4gNKr3CjHxnQsM8BgDH-RY1hokAw-BdOJW7l6GtjScfR7NkY |title=RHONJ's Teresa Giudice Announces Christmas Movie With Mob Wives' Renee Graziano: 'I Had a Blast' |publisher=usmagazine.com |date=October 28, 2022}}
In late 2024, Graziano began hosting her own podcast and YouTube channel called The CRYsis Queen Podcast,{{Cite web |last=Graziano |first=Renee |date=25 September 2024 |title=The CRYsis Queen Podcast |website=YouTube |url=https://youtube.com/@TheCrysisQueenPodcast }} featuring various celebrity guest interviews and discussions on a range of topics. The channel's official description states: "Renee Graziano's CRYsis Queen is a thunderous declaration of the truth beneath the flashbulbs and fame. Media and industry headline stories that are whispered about in the shadows will be given a stage. Renee and her guests are doing more than sharing their stories—they will be digging deep and revealing the often painful humanity that unites us all. CRYsis Queen is more than a podcast; it's a raw, pulsating heart, beating out rhythms of resilience, defiance, and undeniable truth."
Graziano has released two books: a semi-autobiographical novel, Playing With Fire, and a cookbook, How to Use a Meat Cleaver: Secrets and Recipes from a Mob Family's Kitchen (2014).{{cite web|author=Brooke Sassman |url=http://www.today.com/food/mob-wives-sisters-share-recipe-new-cookbook-2D12125428 |title='Mob Wives' sisters share recipe from new cookbook |publisher=TODAY.com |date=February 18, 2014 |accessdate=2016-08-04}}
DUI Arrest
Graziano was arrested on charges of operating a motor vehicle while impaired after she crashed her car into a parked car in Staten Island, New York on January 4, 2022. Graziano was driving a 2020 Nissan Murano when she allegedly lost control and collided with an unoccupied 2020 Jeep Wrangler at the intersection of Arden Avenue and Arthur Kill Road.{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/mob-wives-star-renee-graziano-charged-operating-under-influence-staten-island-car-crash |title=Mob Wives star Renee Graziano charged with operating under the influence following Staten Island car crash |publisher=FoxNews.com |date=January 5, 2022 |accessdate=2022-01-05}}
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Category:Writers from Staten Island
Category:Novelists from New York City
Category:American cookbook writers
Category:American women novelists
Category:21st-century American non-fiction writers
Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:21st-century American women writers