Shep Rose

**William Shepard "Shep" Rose III** (born September 27, 1979) is an American television personality and businessman. He is best known as a main cast member on the Bravo reality television series _Southern Charm_ and the spin-off _RelationShep_.

## Early life

William Shepard Rose III was born September 27, 1979, although most sources incorrectly report 1980. He was the second to be born out of three children, to his parents to William Shepard "Rip" Rose Jr., a lawyer of the United States Department of Justice, and Frances John Rose.

He has an elder sister, Katherine Cummings Trotter, a younger brother, Whitaker Boykin Rose.

His family moved to Sea Pines, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina in 1981, when he was two years old.

## Education

Rose went to Hilton Head Preparatory School, a private school, and Episcopal High School, a private college-preparatory boarding school in Alexandria, Virginia.

Rose graduated from the University of Georgia with his undergraduate degree in business in the year 2002. He was a member of the Chi Phi (ΧΦ) fraternity. He graduated from Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management with his Master of Business Administration degree in the major of finance in 2009.

## Career

Rose started his career in his early twenties, working as a real estate agent when he was living in Dubai. He was forced to quit in 2008, during the Great Recession.

### Television

Rose started his television work on the Bravo reality television series _Southern Charm_ as a main cast member from the first season. The first season started on March 3, 2014.

His first appearance was with his _Southern Charm_ co-stars Cameran Eubanks and Thomas Ravenel, and went on TV on April 7, 2014.

Rose appeared on the web series _Shepic Fail_. The series is about Rose, his _Southern Charm_ co-star Craig Conover and Hunter Gardner. The series started on November 23, 2014. The third spin-off from _Southern Charm_, _RelationShep,_ is also about Rose.

### Businesses

Rose is the owner of The Commodore, a bar and grill in Charleston, South Carolina. The restaurant opened on April 27, 2016.

He is also a co-owner of two establishments: The Palace Hotel and The Alley, both in Charleston.

Rose and his friends Jason Benjamin and Claude Pope started the coastal wear line, Shep Gear, on June 30, 2016. He started a line of t-shirts inspired by some of his _Southern Charm_ co-stars.

### Acting

Rose started acting with the role of Paramedic #2 in the action-thriller film _Reprisal_, starring Bruce Willis and Olivia Culpo. The film was released on August 30, 2018.

### Other ventures

Rose started a podcast, _Enough About Me with Shep Rose_, on June 1, 2019. The podcast stopped on October 9, 2019.

Rose started a blog, Charleston GRIT. Rose became a stand-up comedian on April 23, 2018.

Rose wrote a book about himself: _Average Expectations: Lessons in Lowering the Bar_. Simon & Schuster published the book on March 16, 2021.

## Personal life

Rose lives in Isle of Palms, South Carolina.

Rose was the announcer for the Charleston RiverDogs at a baseball game on May 1, 2018.

Rose is a member of the Union Club of the City of New York's Jupiter Island Club, a private social club in Jupiter Island, Florida.

### Relationships

Rose was in a short relationship with Danni Baird, before their castings on _Southern Charm_. He was linked to Chelsea Meissner in 2016.

Rose was in a relationship with orthodontics assistant Taylor Ann Green between March 2020 and July 2022.

### Politics

Rose endorsed Republican candidate John McCain in the 2008 United States presidential election. He endorsed Libertarian candidate Governor Gary Johnson in the 2016 United States presidential election. He endorsed Democratic candidate Joe Biden and South Carolina Democratic candidate Jaime Harrison in the 2020 United States presidential election.

Rose shut down the 19th Treasurer of South Carolina and his former _Southern Charm_ co-star Thomas Ravenel via Twitter in October 2020, after Ravenel's public support of the 45th President of the United States Donald Trump. He has called Trump supporters "rats [who] stayed on the ship".

## Philanthropy

Rose is the founder of a charitable trust. He donates to numerous charities every December.

Rose supported the David M. Carmines Memorial Foundation in 2017. The organization was started in memory of his childhood best friend Andrew Carmines' brother who died by cancer in 2001.

Rose raised  for the people of the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian in 2019.

## Controversies

Rose was arrested over 10 times.

Rose faced criticism in August 2019, after he posted a video to his Instagram Stories in which he could be heard mocking a homeless woman who was collecting cans on the street in East Village, Manhattan. At first, he did not want to say sorry, but he did four days later. He also deactivated his Twitter account and took a break from the social media platform.

### As himself

|Year|Title|Notes|Ref.|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2014–present|_Southern Charm_|130 episodes||
|2014–2018; 2021–2023|_Watch What Happens Live! with Andy Cohen_|15 episodes||
|2014|_Shepic Fail_|4 episodes||
|2017|_Then and Now with Andy Cohen_|1 episode||
|2017–2018|_RelationShep_|6 episodes||
|2018|_Pickler & Ben_|1 episode||
|2019|_Enough About Me with Shep Rose_|Host; 10 episodes||
|2020|_Vanderpump Rules_|1 episode||
|2020|_Summer House_|2 episodes||
|2021|_Good Morning America_|1 episode||
|2021|_Home & Family_|1 episode||
|2023|_Southern Hospitality_|1 episode||
|2023|_New York Live_|1 episode||
|2023|_BravoCon Live with Andy Cohen_|2 episodes||

### As an actor

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|Ref.|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2018|_Reprisal_|Mike Williams (Paramedic #2)|||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Shep Rose
- **image**: Rose_in_2024.jpg
- **caption**: Rose in 2024
- **other names**: Shepard "Shep" Rose
- **birth name**: William Shepard Rose III
- **birth place**: Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
- **years active**: 2014–present
- **signature**: Shep_Rose's_signature.jpg