Sharise Ruddell was a mud wrestler before her relationship with the American musician and songwriter, Vince Neil who was the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Motley Crue.
She became famous due to her union with Neil whom she met at a party. After Ruddell and Neil divorced, the former completely disappeared from the public eyes and nothing has been heard of her ever since.
Instead of going to college after high school, Sharise Ruddell chose to follow her passion for the fashion industry and started working as a model.
She became quite successful as a fashion designer after she left her work as a mud wrestler. Ruddell designed stage jackets for high-profile magazine covers such as Rolling Stone.
How Sharise Ruddell and Vince Neil Became An Item
Vince Neil was known for throwing random parties and this particular one, he invited female mud wrestlers to entertain his guests and Ruddell was among the mud wrestlers. The two met and in no time, they started dating.
The pair dated for two years before tying the knot on April 30, 1988, at the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles. The couple announced that they were expecting a baby in 1990. They welcomed their daughter Skylar Lyanne the following year.
Two years after the birth of Skylar in 1993, Ruddell decided she has had enough and could no longer handle the burden of Neil’s antics so the couple separated in February and their divorce was finalized in June 1993.
Prior to that time, Neil was accused and convicted of vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence of alcohol. Nicholas ‘Razzle’ Dingley a drummer with Hanoi Rocks who was with him at the time was killed in the crash and he was made to serve 30 days in jail and five years’ probation.
Sharise Ruddell was Vince Neil’s third wife.
Vince Neil’s Past Relationship
Neil dated Tami Jones and had a son Neil Jason Wharton. He married his first wife beth Lynn in 1981 and they had a daughter Elizabeth Ashley Wharton on October 29, 1983. They divorced in 1985.
After he divorced Sharise Ruddell, he started dating Heidi Mark in early 1993. They married in 2000 after dating for some time. The marriage ended in 2001.
Vince Neil’s fourth wife was Lia Gerardini whom he married in January 2005. In 2010 they separated. he dated Rain Andreani in 2011 and also Alicia Jacobs.
According to his social media handle, he is currently dating Rain Hannah.
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Interesting Facts ABout Sharise Ruddell
1. Sharise Ruddell was brought up with three siblings
Sharise Ruddell was born in Huntington Beach, California on October 27, 1964, to Gary Ruddell and Shirley Ruddell.
She has three other siblings: Gary Lee Ruddell, Greg Ruddell, and Shanae Ruddell whom she spent most of her early life with.
Ruddell attended the Whittier Christian High School, La Habra, California and after she graduated, she made the switch from Orange County to Los Angeles.
2. A mud wrestler and then a fashion designer
She got her first job as a ring girl and mud wrestler at the Hollywood Tropicana club. She met Vince as a result of her work as a mud wrestler and with his help, she started her work as a fashion designer working with high-profile magazines.
Aside from designing stage jackets, she also designed original pieces for fashionable and high-class boutiques on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.
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3. She had her own company
She later came up with the idea of starting a new designing company called NA-NA even though it was short-lived, it produced some successful designs like the Pink Polka Dot Kandy and Wrappers bikinis.
4. The former mud wrestler lost her daughter
Two years after she divorced her husband, Ruddell’s daughter Skylar was diagnosed with stomach cancer and she, unfortunately, died on August 15, 1995, after six operations.
Neil founded the Skylar Neil Memorial Fund Golf Tournaments in his late daughter’s honor to benefit child cancer research with the T.J Martell and Neil Bogart Foundations.
The foundation has raised awareness and funding for children with different kinds of illnesses. Aside from giving millions of dollars donated to the T.J Martell Foundation, the Skylar Neil memorial fund sponsors an annual golf tournament to raise money for children living with cancer.
5. Break from work
Shortly after the demise of her daughter, the former model decided to take a break from designing. She came back after some years as one of Hollywood’s premier club promoters but never performed in the same capacity.
6. Sharise Ruddell had a relationship with Kirk Seigel
However, she moved on with her life after her divorce by having a relationship with Kirk Seigel. The couple had their son Colt Seigel on November 3, 2002. Later on, the relationship ended as things did not work out well for them.
It was rumored that since then, she has had other relationships but she has kept everything private even though she shared a snap with her supposedly new boyfriend Steve Kinninger in 2016.
Nothing has been heard about their relationship since then and Sharise Ruddell has continued to use her ex-husband’s name on Instagram (Sharise Neil) which implies she might still be single.
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7. Sharise Ruddell has dated other famous people in the past including 2Pac
Vince Neil and Kirk Seigel were not the only famous people that Sharise Ruddel was linked to in the past. She was said to have also dated big names including hip-hop legend, 2Pac Shakur, although it is not known if this was really true.
She was in possession of his California Love Hat (the hat he wore during the shooting of his California Love music video). According to Sharise Neil, he gave her the cap after the video with his signature and number written on it.
She was also linked to the lead singer of Faster Pussycat, Taime Downe, American actor Judd Nelson, and Kelly Nickels among others.
