Whitney Rose has officially filed for divorce from her husband Justin Rose after nearly 17 years of marriage.
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star submitted the paperwork on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, in Utah’s Third District Court, Salt Lake Department, Page Six first reported.
The filing closes a long and public chapter for the Bravo couple, whose marriage struggles have been one of the central storylines of RHOSLC Season 7, currently airing. It also follows months of speculation, denials, and gradual public disclosure that started well before the official court papers were filed.
Whitney Rose, 40, and Justin, 58, had publicly confirmed in September that they separated at the end of May 2026. The pair had been rotating between a shared home and an apartment to keep their two teenage children’s routines stable, co-parenting the entire time and describing their approach to the marriage as “day by day.”
The divorce filing included a proposed parenting plan for daughter Bobbie, 16, and son Brooks, 13. Whitney also requested that the case be sealed. Most Utah divorce documents are private by default, which means the specific terms of any settlement are unlikely to become public unless one of the parties chooses to disclose them.
Here is the full Whitney Rose divorce timeline, the context of her marriage to Justin, the family impact, and the RHOSLC fallout.
Whitney Rose Divorce Timeline: From Marriage to Filing
The Rose marriage has been documented on Bravo since 2020, and the breakdown unfolded in several public stages across 2026.
2007: Whitney and Justin meet. Whitney is working for Justin at the time. Their relationship begins while Justin is still married to his first wife.
2009: Whitney, five months pregnant, marries Justin in November. She wears her high school prom dress to the ceremony, which she later described as being attended by “about 50 people who didn’t want us to be together.” The marriage carries an 18-year age gap. Co-star and cousin Heather Gay later alleges that the couple was excommunicated from the Mormon church as a result of their affair, a claim Whitney has denied.
2009-2020: Whitney and Justin have two children: daughter Bobbie and son Brooks. They build Wild Rose Beauty, a skincare line that becomes Whitney’s signature business.
2020: The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City premieres on Bravo in November. Whitney is part of the inaugural cast. The season one premiere features Whitney and Justin’s 10th anniversary vow renewal.
2023 (RHOSLC Season 4): Whitney’s marriage struggles become a central storyline. On the season four trailer, Whitney tells friend Angie Katsanevas, “It was our anniversary, I just asked, ‘Do you still wanna do this?’” A scene shows Justin removing his wedding ring at dinner.
2022-2024: Justin is fired from his executive job in 2022, according to TMZ reporting. The couple reportedly experiences significant financial strain. An unsuccessful skincare venture adds pressure. Whitney and Justin merge Wild Rose Beauty into a new entity in a direct-to-consumer multilevel marketing structure, a move Whitney later says she regretted.
RHOSLC Season 6 (2024-2025): Whitney admits in her confessional, “We took Wild Rose Beauty, and we merged it into a new entity. I’m fighting to get my name off of it, to remove me as an owner, and to get back my biggest asset, which is my Wild Rose Beauty name, brand, and inventory.”
February 2026: In a scene later aired on RHOSLC Season 7, Whitney tells Justin she needs “space away from Justin” and plans to move her belongings into their guest bedroom. “I don’t know if you and I can move forward in our marriage,” she tells him. She also says, “Because I love Justin and I love our family, I want to be very intentional and take my time and make sure I know what I want explicitly before I make any radical decisions.”
Late May 2026: Whitney and Justin officially separate. Neither announces it publicly at the time.
August 2026: Bravo releases the RHOSLC Season 7 trailer, which features the clip of Whitney telling Justin she doesn’t know if they can move forward in their marriage. The trailer shows three cast marriages in crisis: Whitney and Justin, Bronwyn Newport and her husband, and Angie Katsanevas and her husband.
September 2026: Whitney gives an interview to Us Weekly in which she confirms the May separation for the first time. She explains that she and Justin share two places, an apartment and their marital home, and rotate between them so the children’s routines do not change. She describes the breakdown as gradual and says Bobbie and Brooks have been “super supportive.”
September 16, 2026: RHOSLC Season 7 premieres on Bravo. Whitney’s marriage storyline is a central thread.
October 6, 2026: Whitney files for divorce in Utah’s Third District Court, Salt Lake Department. She submits a parenting plan for Bobbie and Brooks and requests the case be sealed.
October 7, 2026: Page Six first reports the divorce filing. TMZ, People, NBC News, and Us Weekly confirm the news within hours. Representatives for Whitney and Justin do not immediately comment.
‘RHOSLC’ star Whitney Rose files for divorce from husband Justin after 16 years of marriage https://t.co/dXJgg4sHFw https://t.co/N5HiVYgMFv
— Page Six (@PageSix) October 7, 2026
How Whitney and Justin Rose Met
Whitney and Justin met in 2007, when Whitney went to work for Justin. The circumstances were complicated: Justin was married to his first wife at the time, and he had three sons from that marriage. His first marriage ended in divorce in 2007.
The relationship between Whitney and Justin began during this period and generated significant backlash from both families. Whitney has described their wedding in 2009 as being attended by “about 50 people who didn’t want us to be together.”
The age gap between the two was 18 years. Whitney was pregnant at the time of the wedding and wore her high school prom dress to the ceremony.
Her co-star and cousin Heather Gay later alleged on RHOSLC that the circumstances of the marriage led to both Whitney and Justin being excommunicated from the Mormon church. Whitney has publicly denied the excommunication claim.
The complicated beginning of the relationship became a recurring theme on RHOSLC, as Whitney reflected on the pressures she and Justin had navigated from the start.
The Business Collapse That Shaped the Breakdown
The breakdown of Whitney and Justin’s marriage has been closely tied to their joint business ventures, particularly Wild Rose Beauty.
Wild Rose Beauty was Whitney’s skincare line. According to Whitney’s own account on RHOSLC, she had been making progress on a plan to sell the brand in major retailers when Justin convinced her to pivot into a direct-to-consumer multilevel marketing (MLM) model instead. The brand was merged into a new entity under that MLM structure.
The pivot did not work. Whitney later spoke about trying to get her name removed from the merged entity and to recover her brand, inventory, and intellectual property.
She told Bravo in a 2026 interview, “The loss of the business really took a toll on our relationship.”
The financial pressure compounded other stresses. Justin had been fired from his executive job in 2022, according to TMZ. The couple’s household income took a significant hit. Whitney later described trying not to resent Justin, and Justin admitted on camera that he could “feel the resentment” from her.
By 2026, Whitney had regained control of Wild Rose Beauty and told Us Weekly the couple was selling it. “For the business, Wild Rose Beauty, we got it back, we’re selling. And Justin very much helped me do that.” She has teased a major business announcement for the end of 2026.
Justin is currently the president of Awakend, a wellness company.
The Children: Bobbie and Brooks
Whitney and Justin’s two shared children, Bobbie (16) and Brooks (13), have been a core focus throughout the separation.
Whitney has spoken repeatedly about prioritizing the children’s routines and wellbeing. The rotating arrangement between a marital home and an apartment was designed, she said, specifically so Bobbie and Brooks would not experience disruption during the separation.
“The kids stay in our primary home, so their routine doesn’t change, their life doesn’t change,” she said in a 2026 interview.
She has also described Bobbie and Brooks as “super supportive” throughout the process.
Justin has three additional sons from his first marriage, who are now adults. One of Justin’s sons has made Whitney a step-grandmother at the age of 34, which became a notable storyline when Whitney first joined RHOSLC in 2020.
The parenting plan Whitney filed with the divorce court will cover Bobbie and Brooks. The specifics have not been released, as Whitney requested the case be sealed and most Utah divorce documents are private by default.
The RHOSLC Fallout
The divorce is unfolding mid-season for RHOSLC, creating a storyline Bravo could not have scripted.
Season 7 of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City premiered on September 16, 2026. The season was already set up to feature Whitney’s marriage struggles as a major narrative, with the August trailer teasing three different cast marriages in crisis.
Episode 2 of Season 7 features a tearful conversation in which Whitney tells Justin she needs space and plans to move into their guest bedroom. The scene was filmed in February 2026, months before the May separation and nearly eight months before the divorce filing.
Because Season 7 was filmed earlier in the year and finished production before the divorce filing, the court filing itself will not appear in current episodes. The storyline is likely to continue into Season 8, which would begin filming after the current season airs.
The RHOSLC cast line-up for Season 7 includes Lisa Barlow, Heather Gay (Whitney’s cousin), Meredith Marks, Whitney Rose, Angie Katsanevas, and Bronwyn Newport, among others. Mary Cosby had been part of the cast but production was briefly suspended in February 2026 following the death of her son Robert Cosby Jr.
Whitney has been one of the show’s six original cast members, having joined for the Season 1 premiere in November 2020. She is one of only four of the original six still on the show.
What Whitney Has Said About the Separation
Whitney has been candid in interviews over the past month, though she has stopped short of blaming any single cause.
On the question of what triggered the breakdown: “It’s hard to articulate. The loss of the business really took a toll on our relationship.”
On needing space: “If I answer it wrong, he’s mad at me. If he insinuates something, I’m mad at him. And there’s no resolution. So, as scary as it is, space away from Justin is what I need.”
On taking it slowly: “Because I love Justin and I love our family, I want to be very intentional and take my time and make sure I know what I want explicitly before I make any radical decisions.”
On co-parenting: “Justin and I, we share two places. But Justin and I work together, we co-parent, we do everything together.”
On the children: “The kids stay in our primary home, so their routine doesn’t change, their life doesn’t change.”
On the future: “A lot of change, a lot of good change, hard change. Justin and I are recently separated and working all of that out and figuring out next steps.”
An Instagram post from Whitney in late September listed the things that bring her “the deepest sense of happiness and joy.” She mentioned “time with my family, Bobbie & Brooks, sunrises, sunsets, food, golf, friends, mountains, sunshine [and] healing.” Justin was not included.
Justin has not publicly commented on the separation or divorce.
Whitney Rose Divorce At a Glance
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Date of marriage | November 2009 |
| Length of marriage | Nearly 17 years |
| Date of separation | Late May 2026 |
| Date of divorce filing | October 6, 2026 |
| Court | Utah Third District Court, Salt Lake Department |
| Whitney’s age | 40 |
| Justin’s age | 58 |
| Age gap | 18 years |
| Children (shared) | Bobbie (16) and Brooks (13) |
| Justin’s children from prior marriage | Three adult sons |
| Case status | Sealed; parenting plan submitted |
| Reason cited | Loss of shared business, financial strain, gradual breakdown |
| Whitney’s current business | Wild Rose Beauty (regaining control, selling) |
| Justin’s current role | President of Awakend |
Who Is Whitney Rose
Whitney JoAnne Rose, 40, is one of the six original cast members of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. She joined for the Season 1 premiere on Bravo in November 2020.
She was born in 1986 and grew up in Utah. Her previous marriage ended in 2007, the same year she met Justin.
She is the founder of Wild Rose Beauty, a skincare brand. She also launched Sōl People and Prism, and hosts the Wild Rose Podcast.
Whitney is Heather Gay’s cousin, a relationship the two did not fully understand until it was explored on RHOSLC.
She became a step-grandmother at age 34 through one of Justin’s sons from his first marriage.
She has spoken publicly on the show about childhood trauma, including alleged abuse so intense she said she had suppressed years of memories.
Who Is Justin Rose
Justin Rose, 58, is Whitney’s soon-to-be ex-husband. He is 18 years older than Whitney.
He was previously married and has three adult sons from that marriage. His first marriage ended in divorce in 2007.
Justin held an executive position until he was fired in 2022, which TMZ cited as a contributing factor to the couple’s financial strain. He later worked with Whitney on Wild Rose Beauty and the merged MLM entity that Whitney later said harmed the brand.
He is currently the president of Awakend, a wellness company.
Justin has appeared regularly on RHOSLC alongside Whitney and has been part of the show’s documentation of the couple’s marriage struggles. Scenes have included his removal of his wedding ring and multiple difficult conversations with Whitney about the state of their relationship.
Frequently Asked Questions
When did Whitney Rose file for divorce?
Whitney Rose filed for divorce from Justin Rose on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, in Utah’s Third District Court, Salt Lake Department. Page Six first reported the filing on October 7, 2026.
When did Whitney and Justin Rose separate?
Whitney and Justin officially separated at the end of May 2026, Whitney confirmed in a September 2026 interview with Us Weekly. They had been rotating between a marital home and an apartment to maintain their children’s routines.
How long were Whitney and Justin Rose married?
Whitney and Justin were married for nearly 17 years. They tied the knot in November 2009 when Whitney was five months pregnant, and she wore her high school prom dress to the ceremony.
Why did Whitney and Justin Rose split?
Whitney has attributed the breakdown primarily to the loss of their shared business, Wild Rose Beauty, and the financial strain that followed Justin’s 2022 firing from his executive job. She has described the breakdown as gradual rather than caused by a single incident.
How many children do Whitney and Justin Rose have?
Whitney and Justin share two children: daughter Bobbie, 16, and son Brooks, 13. Justin also has three adult sons from his first marriage, which ended in 2007.
Will the divorce appear on RHOSLC?
Season 7 of RHOSLC, which premiered on September 16, 2026, was filmed before the October divorce filing. The season covers Whitney’s separation and marital struggles but will not include the court filing itself. The divorce is likely to be a major storyline when Season 8 begins filming.
Did Whitney Rose request the divorce case be sealed?
Yes. Whitney requested that the divorce case be sealed. Utah law makes most divorce documents private by default, so specific terms of any settlement are unlikely to become public unless one of the parties chooses to disclose them.
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