How Old Is Sharise Ruddell and Whatever Happened To Vince Neil’s Ex-wife?

Sharise Ruddell is a former model, mud wrestler, and reality TV star who is more popular as Vince Neil’s ex-wife. After her marriage to Mötley Crüe vocalist Vince Neil, former mud wrestler, model, and fashion designer Sharise Ruddell graced the news headlines for a long time. However, following their divorce and her husband’s run-in with the law which led to his prosecution and imprisonment, Vince Neil’s ex-wife seems to have dropped off the radar. Her disappearance has led to a plethora of questions from fans who wish to know what she is currently doing with her life. For this piece, we x-ray Ruddell’s early life, career progression, marriage, divorce, and life after Vince Neil.

Sharise Ruddell is a 59-year-old Californian native

Born in Huntington Beach, California, Sharise Ruddell’s date of birth is captured as the 27th of October 1964. She is the daughter of Gary and Shirley Ruddell and spent her formative years in her place of birth alongside three siblings Shanae Ruddell, Greg Ruddell, and Gary Lee Ruddell.

Her academic qualifications include graduating from the Whittier Christian High School in La Habra, California, and instead of going to further her education, she opted to join the fashion industry where she commenced work as a model. It was at this point that she relocated to Los Angeles from Orange County.

Sharise Ruddell’s career life involves wrestling and fashion

Apart from modeling, Sharise Ruddell also worked at the Hollywood Tropicana club as a ring girl and advanced to mud wrestling. She quit wrestling after her marriage to become a designer, creating high-quality stage jackets for sophisticated magazine covers like Rolling Stone. She did not only design stage jackets, but Ruddell also created the designs for original pieces meant for fashionable boutiques on Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood.

With time, Ruddell hatched the idea to launch her own design company and that was how NA-NA came into existence. Though short-lived, the business left its mark in the fashion world, producing some really successful designs, including the likes of Wrappers bikinis and the Pink Polka Dot Kandy.

Marriage to Vince Neil

Sharise, Neil, and their daughter – image source

It was during her stint at the Hollywood Tropicana club that the mud wrestler’s path crossed with Mötley Crüe’s lead vocalist Vince Neil. According to reports, Vince does not just love throwing parties, he also loves to spice things up by inviting mud wrestlers to perform at his parties. Sharise Ruddell’s team was invited on one occasion and they just hit it off.

The couple commenced dating immediately which lasted a while before they took things a notch higher by tying the nuptials on the 30th of April in 1988. A couple of years later, in 1990, Ruddell announced that they were about to become parents and in 1991, their daughter Skylar Lyanne joined the family. Unfortunately, their little girl died at age four as a result of complications from stomach cancer.

Their divorce followed after a few years together

It is quite unfortunate that Vince and Sharise’s marriage was short-lived. According to the mother of one, her husband lived a life besmirched with hard substances and alcohol. This was what probably resulted in his prosecution and imprisonment after he got involved in a vehicular manslaughter case that claimed the life of Razzle – drummer for Hanoi Rocks.

Unable to deal with the burden of her husband’s antics, Sharise Ruddell took the decision to end their union by promptly filing for divorce in 1993. Her daughter died a year later following which she took a long hiatus from designing.

Life after Vince Neil

After her divorce from Vince Neil became official, Ruddell wasted no time in moving on with her life. She once pitched her tent with Kirk Seigel who became the father of her only surviving child. Their son Colt Sigel was born on the 3rd of November 2002 and is already an adult.

From the look of things, Sharise Ruddell appears to be unlucky in love as her relationship with Kirk also fizzled out within a short while. Even with her record of failed relationships, the mother of one was not deterred from trying to find love.

She went on to date other famous guys like the legendary hip-hop superstar 2Pac Shakur. Though at that time, fans doubted Ruddell’s relationship with Shakur but the California Love Hat worn by the rap artist while shooting the video for his California Love music was found in her possession. According to Sharise, the cap was given to her by 2Pac after he finished shooting the video and he wrote both his number and signature on it.

From what is obvious, the former wife of Vince Neil is only attracted to the rich and famous. Her name has been linked to other stars like Taime Downe – the lead vocalist of Faster Pussycat, Judd Nelson – famous American actor, Kelly Nickels, Steve Kinninger, and many more. She also had several other relationships which according to reports were kept low-key.

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Sharise Ruddell talks about her marriage to Vince

After the wrap-up of the union in 1993, Sharise Ruddell had what was referred to as a revealing chat. During the chat which was organized by Metal Sludge, the former Mrs. Neil let on a lot of shocking facts about her ex. According to Ruddell, Vince is a man with two completely different sides – there is the sweet gentlemanly side and then, there is the other side.

When Vince puts on his sweet and gentlemanly side, he would make all efforts to please Ruddell. Once, when their marriage was going well, he treated her to a sumptuous lunch at the Bel-Air Hotel, and the heavy metal star presented his wife with a car gift, and behold it was a Porsche. He once gave her several Channel handbags at the same time.

His other side reveals a drunk, substance abuser, and a wild man who becomes a terror on the road. Ruddell said people usually hand him drugs on their outings and he would proceed to the bathroom to use them and pass out after a few minutes. By the time he wakes up the next day, he wouldn’t even remember what happened. His wife who would dispose of what was remaining of his drugs will just stand and watch him looking for them.

This is what Sharise Ruddell is doing now

After she lost Skylar Lyanne and quit designing, the former mud wrestler waited a few years before surfacing in the spotlight again. This time, she seems to prefer to do things backstage as a promoter for a premier club in Hollywood. To date, Ruddell has quit performing in her former capacity as a mud wrestler and that may well be the reason many concluded that she has dropped off the radar. However, she once surfaced on a television show popularly known as Ex-Wives of Rock.