Mob Wives cast: Where are they now?
The ensemble of Mob Wives, who portrayed their lives as married and connected to convicted mobsters, used to control Staten Island.
VH1’s reality show, which ran from 2011 to 2016, drew viewers in every week.
The show ended after mobster Salvatore Lombardi’s niece, Angela “Big Ang” Raiola, passed away from lung cancer.
Before she married movie producer Neil Murphy, Ang, who was a member of the Genovese crime family, dated gangsters and lived a wealthy lifestyle.
The finale of the show and Ang’s passing forced the other Mob Wives to pursue new careers.
The rest of the cast has been up to this point.
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Karen Gravano
In addition to starting her own podcast, the daughter of Sammy “The Bull” Gravano, who rose to become an under boss in the Gambino crime family, has continued to amuse audiences.
Karen and her then-boyfriend Giovan (also known as Storm) appeared on WEtv’s Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars following the conclusion of Mob Wives.
However, when they split up, Karen allegedly began dating her buddy Xavier Williams, who is currently serving a life sentence for narcotics possession.
She proceeded to make money off of her connections to mobsters by showing up on MTV’s Families of the Mafia alongside her father Sammy, who was released from prison in 2017, and daughter Karina.
Karen presents the crimehistory podcast, The Sitdown, and is recognized as an executive producer of the show.
The former Mob Wives star, who never rests on her laurels, is also a co-owner of Pizza Nostra, an Italian restaurant and pizza in New Jersey with a gangster motif.
She is also the author of Mob Daughter: The Mafia, Sammy ‘The Bull’ Gravano, and Me, a New York Times bestseller.
Carla Facciolo
Louis Facciolo’s daughter, a member of the Gambino criminal family’s mob, has started a few business endeavors.
In addition to her own Prosecco and health and beauty products, Carla has started her own soap company, Carla Faccio Soap.
Although there doesn’t appear to be anything in the works at this time, the single mother of two has expressed her wish to create an Italian cookbook.
She is still active on social media, sharing details about her personal life with her followers.
Drita D’Avanzo
Since the conclusion of Mob Wives, Drita, the spouse of Lee D’Avanzo, a prominent figure in the Colombo crime family, has been back on screen and has encountered legal issues.
The year after Mob Wives was canceled, the feisty Albanian who was sure to add drama participated in VH1’s Scared Famous to raise money for charity.
She then decided to pursue music in 2018, releasing the tune “Slap a B****” under the moniker Lady Boss.
She also appeared in JoJo Pellegrino’s tribute to Big Ang, the song Big ANGel.
However, Drita was in hot trouble at the end of 2019 after she and her husband were arrested and charged with drug and gun possession.
Although Drita’s accusations were withdrawn, her husband admitted guilt and was given a 64-month prison sentence in 2020.
She told The U.S. Sun in March 2024 that she and Lee had been apart “for a long time” and were attempting to get a divorce.
With her own beauty shop, Lady Boss, Drita is still working as a makeup artist.
Although she hasn’t made an official statement, TMZ reported last year that she is working on a scripted series on her life.
Natalie Guerico
Natalie has started her own cosmetics brand, Natalie Elise Beauty, and says she is the cousin of Joseph Salvatore Merlino, a former boss of the Philadelphia criminal syndicate.
The company’s primary goal is to manufacture cruelty-free goods.
In 2020, she made her acting debut by appearing in the Amazon Prime series Gravesend.
When not pursuing these two professional choices, Natalie works as a mixologist and a top VIP host at Miami’s E11even nightclub.
She was last known to be dating LondonRene, who was fortunate to be alive after being stabbed and slashed in a nightclub attack in 2014.
Renee Graziano
Since the conclusion of the VH1 show, Renee, the star of Mob Wives, has been occupied. She is the daughter of Anthony Graziano, a former member of the Bonanno criminal family mafia.
Renee participated in the 18th season of the UK’s Celebrity Big Brother and placed third, just months after the conclusion of the reality show.
Viewers may recall that in season three of Florida, Renee checked herself into a rehab center due to her growing struggles with depression and substance misuse.
After the show concluded, she returned to rehab as well.
She became a grandmother in 2017 and claimed that having her grandson taught her to be “appreciative” and to find “peace” with her history.
She has now had three more grandkids and starred in the film FuhgeddaboutChristmas alongside Teresa Giudice, star of Real Housewives.
She crashed her car into a parked car in Staten Island in 2022, which led to her arrest on DUI charges.
In March 2024, she verified that she had been sober for nine months following a string of relapses.
Natalie DiDonato
Natalie, a model, actress, and fitness influencer, made an appearance in the fifth season of the show.
Her worried family has reported her missing as of January 22, 2025, after she missed two different flights from Philadelphia back to Florida.
The 44-year-old looked “distressed” when she last spoke to her mother via FaceTime on January 14 and missed her first trip scheduled for January 5.
Ben, Natalie’s buddy, has purportedly stated that she is in Las Vegas and that she phoned him on January 17 to request money so that she could get a fresh ticket home.
He is said to be the final individual to have interacted with the star.
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On social media, other Mob Wives cast members have made a desperate appeal to locate Natalie.
She is the cousin of Frankie “Flowers” D’Alfonso, a deceased mobster who belonged to the Bruno-Scarfo crime family, often known as the Philadelphia crime family.