Who is Addison Rae’s dad, Monty Lopez? What to know amid the Renée Ash drama

The spotlight has shifted from TikTok star Addison Rae to her dad. Monty Lopez made headlines in July 2022 when Page Six exclusively revealed his alleged five-month affair with a 25-year-old woman named Renée Ash. Addison Rae’s dad, Monty Lopez, was thrust into the spotlight after Page Six revealed his alleged affair. “Unfortunately, he misled me … he lied to me,” Ash told us, claiming Lopez had told her that his marriage to Sheri Nicole Easterling was over when it was not. “He told me that we were going to be together and have babies together,” she alleged. “He told me a story of his marriage that convinced me that they were apart and in the process of getting a divorce.” Renée Ash claimed Lopez told her he and wife Sheri Nicole Easterling were in the process of getting a divorce. Shortly after our report, Easterling — who shares daughter Rae, 21, as well as sons Enzo, 14, and Lucas, 8, with Lopez — took to Instagram to share how “challenging and overwhelming” her marital problems have been. “My biggest concern is -and always will be- my children and their fragile hearts and minds. I will always do my best to protect them,” she wrote in part. Here are five things to know about Lopez. Lopez and Easterling married twice Easterling and Lopez were on and off for years. Lopez, 46, and Easterling, 42, first tied the knot in 2004 after she gave birth to Rae in 2000. Rae took her mom’s maiden name at birth, most likely because her parents were not yet married. They divorced years later but eventually remarried in 2017. Rae told Seventeen in 2020 that her parents frequently split up throughout her childhood. He was born and raised in Louisiana Lopez spent most of his life in Lafayette, La., before moving to Los Angeles for his daughter’s career. Lopez was born and raised in Louisiana along with his brother Don. They both attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where Monty studied English language and literature/letters, per his LinkedIn. Lopez and Easterling initially raised their three children in Lafayette, La., until they all packed up and moved to Los Angeles to support Rae’s thriving TikTok career in early 2020. He worked in real estate before entertainment Lopez worked in real estate before transitioning to the entertainment industry. While he may be known as a TikTok dad now, Lopez worked as a general manager for various real estate companies beginning in 2007, according to his LinkedIn.

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