As ScreenRant points out, viewers first learned of Amanza Smith's complicated relationship with ex Ralph Brown during Season 2 of "Selling Sunset." The former athlete played college football at the University of Nebraska and was the 140th overall pick in the 2000 NFL draft. He went on to play for the New York Giants from 2000-2004, and spent a few seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, the Cleveland Browns, and the Arizona Cardinals before retiring in 2009 (the same year daughter Noah was born), via ScreenRant. He wed Smith in 2010, and the pair welcomed Braker the following year before splitting in 2012.
Afterward, ScreenRant reported that Brown would go missing for short bouts of time, but he always returned — until August 2019. Smith told E! News that she and her children last saw him after he dropped Noah and Braker off at school. Per ScreenRant, the one-time athlete had career-related injuries, as well as money issues. In Season 4, Smith hired a private investigator to find Brown, only to discover that he'd signed over his parental rights as his body had "broken down." Smith put her children into therapy to cope with the devastation of losing their father and vowed to be there for them no matter what.
