
Jen Shah with husband Sharrieff Shah. Courtesy of Jen Shah/Instagram
The Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis star Jen Shah’s milestone fiftieth birthday fell in the midst of her jail sentence — and her husband, Sharrieff Shah, made certain she was celebrated.
“At the moment Jen Shah turned 50 years previous and I can say truthfully that we aren’t the place I assumed we’d be when my spouse turned 50, however I can even sit in entrance of you and say with full conviction that we’re precisely the place God meant us to be,” Sharrieff, 52, mentioned in a Thursday, October 5, Instagram video. “So, for that, I’m humbled and regularly grateful.”
The soccer coach pressed that incarcerated people — like spouse Jen, who started her sentence in February — “really want” reassurance that their family members “on the surface” haven’t forgotten them. So, Sharrieff put collectively a particular birthday shock.
“For my spouse’s fiftieth birthday, I contacted 50 of her relations and closest associates and requested them to jot down a birthday textual content or message to me, and I’d give it to her. Properly, she acquired them immediately,” Sharrieff mentioned within the social media video. “It was greater than I may ever think about.”
After Jen acquired the heartfelt letters, she was in a position to communicate with Sharrieff throughout a 10-minute cellphone name.
“My spouse cried and cried tears of pleasure and appreciation for a minimum of 6 and a half minutes. And all I stored saying was, ‘See, child, we love you greater than you suppose. You’ve not been forgotten,’” he gushed, earlier than studying aloud passages from a number of of the notes.

Jen Shah with husband Sharrieff Shah. Courtesy of Jen Shah/Instagram
Jen’s sister, Jessica, had even suggested the Bravo star to “regulate [her] crown, queen” and “carry on urgent on no matter these obstacles and hurdles that stand in [her] manner.”
Jessica additionally wrote: “You bought this, and I bought you for all times. I really like you, and I’m so pleased with you. Can’t wait to have the most important birthday bash while you come dwelling.”
Sharrieff — who shares sons Sharrieff Jr., 28, and Omar, 19, with Jen — liked that his spouse was “showered with love” and “comforted” on her big day.
Jen and her assistant Stuart Smith had been arrested in March 2021 for his or her alleged roles in a telemarketing scheme that defrauded tons of of victims, a lot of whom had been older than 55. Whereas they initially each pleaded not responsible, the Shah Lashes founder modified her plea in July 2022.
Us Weekly confirmed in January that Jen was sentenced to 6 and a half years in jail with 5 years of supervised launch. Her sentence has since been decreased by one yr, with the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ inmate database now itemizing her new launch date as August 30, 2028.
As Jen serves out her sentence on the Federal Jail Camp, Bryan (FPC Bryan) in Texas, she’s stayed busy by placing on a faux Actual Housewives play and educating exercise lessons.
“She holds [her ‘Shah-Mazing Abs’] lessons on Thursdays and Fridays. It’s an hour-long class and it’s utterly full each time,” her good friend Murilo Bueno completely informed Us in Could. “Some folks actually simply watch from the sidelines. However she’s been having between 60 to 80 ladies in every class.”
Bueno added: “She’s actually making an attempt to remain busy and I believe that this not solely [worked] as a result of it sounded nice for her, however it additionally sounded good for them in there to assist folks keep lively.”



