{"id":37662,"date":"2025-11-11T04:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T04:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=37662"},"modified":"2025-11-10T17:29:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T17:29:14","slug":"real-housewives-of-vancouvers-ronnie-was-left-decimated-after-the-sudden-death-of-her-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/11\/11\/real-housewives-of-vancouvers-ronnie-was-left-decimated-after-the-sudden-death-of-her-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Housewives of Vancouver&#8217;s Ronnie was left &#8216;decimated&#8217; after the sudden death of her son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s one of the most heartbreaking stories to come out of the <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/11\/07\/ranking-the-super-boujee-real-housewives-of-orange-county-by-their-insane-net-worths\/\">Real Housewives<\/a> world.<\/p>\n<p>Ronnie Stevenson, best known for her time on The Real Housewives of Vancouver, has spoken openly about the unbearable grief she\u2019s faced following the sudden death of her 27-year-old son, Houston.<\/p>\n<p>The tragedy, which struck in July 2022, left the former reality-TV star &#8220;decimated&#8221; and forever changed.<\/p>\n<p>Behind the polished image viewers once saw on screen, Ronnie\u2019s life took a devastating turn, and her journey through loss has revealed a raw, deeply human side of someone many only knew for glamour and confidence.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"885\" data-end=\"919\">Real Housewives of Vancouver&#8217;s Ronnie lost her son<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cfr5xHDvG4t\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; 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border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cfr5xHDvG4t\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by \ud835\udc79\ud835\udc90\ud835\udc8f\ud835\udc8f\ud835\udc8a\ud835\udc86 \ud835\udc6f\ud835\udc90\ud835\udc8d\ud835\udc8d\ud835\udc9a (@ronniestevenson)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"920\" data-end=\"1740\">In the summer of 2022, Ronnie\u2019s family announced they were dealing with &#8220;unimaginable shock, grief and sadness&#8221; following the death of her beloved son, Houston.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"920\" data-end=\"1740\">Reports confirmed Houston died unexpectedly at age 27, an event that left Ronnie publicly devastated and privately shattered, per <a href=\"https:\/\/entertainmentnow.com\/real-housewives\/ronnie-stevenson-son-funeral\/\">Entertainment Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"920\" data-end=\"1740\">In her own words, she described herself as &#8220;decimated&#8221; by the loss. He sadly passed away by suicide, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\/2024\/09\/13\/real-housewives-of-vancouver-where-cast-now\/\">Reality Tea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"920\" data-end=\"1740\">Friends, family, and former castmates flooded her social media pages with messages of support as she withdrew from the spotlight to process what had happened.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1747\" data-end=\"1802\">Ronnie spoke out after Houston&#8217;s death<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Navigating the loss of a child: Mary Zilba and Ronnie Stevenson speak on grief with Jim Skinner\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-EUdVhz_Lyw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1803\" data-end=\"2482\">Since Houston\u2019s passing, Ronnie has slowly begun opening up about how her life has changed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1803\" data-end=\"2482\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cfz29sOvUH2\/\">family statement<\/a> posted in 2022, she asked for privacy while thanking those who had offered compassion and respect during such an unimaginable time.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1803\" data-end=\"2482\">She later shared that daily routines, ambitions, and even her sense of identity have all been reshaped by grief.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1803\" data-end=\"2482\">Appearing on A Very Mary Commentary With Mary Zilba in 2024, she and her therapist, Jim Skinner, talked about how she&#8217;s still processing the loss, and touched on how Houston&#8217;s passing resulted in &#8220;complex grief.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1803\" data-end=\"2482\">She said: &#8220;My relationship with Houston was&#8230; we were two peas in a pod&#8230; we were most alike and we spent a lot of time together. Losing Houston has been paramount, it&#8217;s huge, and it&#8217;s something I struggle with every single day. Some days I have a handle on it&#8230; some days I just think of him and I start balling my eyes out, so grief is not linear&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2484\" data-end=\"2818\">Now, Ronnie\u2019s journey is no longer about red carpets or reality TV moments, it\u2019s about healing, remembering her son, and finding strength in vulnerability. 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