On August 3, 2026, a death notice appeared on Monty Lopez's own X and Instagram accounts. Within hours his Wikipedia page listed him as deceased and obituary aggregators had published confirmed death dates. The trouble is that none of it was true. The same accounts were posting again later that day, one clip set to a Drake song, and Addison Rae's father is still alive.
That episode is now the main reason people search his name. It also sums up his public life since 2020: a man who became famous late, through his daughter, and whose story has mostly been told in fragments, rumours and screenshots. This piece sets out what is actually known.
The Post Nobody Has Explained
The notice was written in the third person. It said he would be remembered for his larger than life personality, that he was survived by his children and loved ones, and that the family would announce a celebration of his life at an appropriate time. It read like the real thing, which is why it travelled so fast.
Two details matter. Earlier that same day, before the obituary went up, he posted that he had just made his third trip to the emergency room in two weeks. He did not say why. And in April 2026, police were called to his home for a mental health call. Neither he nor anyone close to him has explained the obituary post.
Icon Polls is not going to call it a stunt. There is no evidence either way, and treating a possible crisis as a prank is a poor bet. What we can say firmly is that the sites which filled the silence with a confirmed date of death got it wrong, and some of those pages are still live. His Wikipedia entry was briefly changed and then corrected. If anything ever changes, the announcement will come from his family, not an aggregator.
The Basics
| Real name | Manolito Juan Lopez (publicly Monty Lopez) |
|---|---|
| Born | November 24, 1975, in Carencro, Louisiana |
| Age | 50, turning 51 in November 2026 |
| Nationality | American |
| Heritage | Mexican, Cajun French and English |
| Education | University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
| Work | Real estate investor (ML Sales), social media personality, occasional actor |
| Children | Four: Addison Rae, Enzo, Lucas and Macye |
| TikTok | @montyjlopez, roughly 5.1 million followers |
| Net worth | Icon Polls estimate: $3 million to $5 million |
| Status | Alive; no death confirmed by family or representatives |
A Cajun Town, Then Los Angeles at 44
Lopez grew up in Carencro, a small city just north of Lafayette, alongside a brother named Don Lopez. He has never publicly named his parents, and no reliable record identifies them. Any page listing them confidently is guessing.
His heritage confuses people who see the surname and assume the story ends there. Carencro sits in Acadiana, the part of Louisiana settled by French speaking Acadians, where mixed Cajun and Hispanic family lines are common. The Lopez name comes from his Mexican ancestry; the Cajun French and English lines are his Louisiana roots.
He studied at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, about fifteen minutes from home, and went into property rather than entertainment. For most of his adult life he was a regional real estate businessman. Then Addison became one of TikTok's biggest accounts around 2019 and 2020, the family moved to Los Angeles, and they began posting as a unit. Becoming a public figure at 44 is unusually late. Looking back, it's hard to argue he was ready for it.
Sheri, Twice. Then a Two Week Romance
His best known relationship was with Sheri Nicole Easterling, Addison's mother. Addison was born before they married in 2004. They divorced a few years later, remarried in 2017, and split for good in 2022.
That final breakup was very public. Videos circulated that appeared to show him with young women, and a woman named Renee Ash said she had been in a relationship with him for months and had been misled about the state of his marriage. He was 46; several of the women involved were in their twenties. Easterling said only that she would be okay and that her concern was her children. Both she and Addison unfollowed him.
In October 2025 he married Kaitlyn Nicole Robins in Las Vegas. By his own account they met online, had known each other about two weeks, and he told nobody in his family, Addison included, beforehand. He filed for divorce in May 2026. So if you are asking who his wife is right now, the answer is that he doesn't have one.
The Court Record
Lafayette Parish court records document multiple arrests between 2024 and 2026. In July 2025 he was arrested over an alleged August 2024 incident and charged with felony obscenity. He pleaded not guilty, the case has not concluded, and he is presumed innocent.
On April 28, 2026, he was booked on a felony charge of possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Police had first gone to his home five days earlier on a mental health call. That case, too, is unresolved.
Money: An Honest Range
Lopez has never disclosed his finances, and no filing puts a public number on them. Icon Polls estimates his net worth at $3 million to $5 million, and that is exactly what it is: an estimate.
The upside is visible. ML Sales, his real estate investment company, predates the fame and was his main income for years. From 2020 he added influencer earnings: a WME signing alongside Addison and Sheri, a TikTok following of around 5.1 million, and paid work with large brands. He also had a brief acting run, voicing Detective Mitsu in the 2018 animated film Spy Cat and appearing in a Snapchat series built around his daughter.
The downside is just as visible. Multiple divorces, legal representation in two pending criminal cases, and brand interest that fell away sharply after 2022. Sponsors rarely stay through that kind of coverage. Anyone confidently quoting a figure above $5 million is, in our view, guessing high.
The Distance From Addison
Their relationship has been visibly strained since 2022. Addison has said he was absent for roughly her third to sixth years, and the unfollow during the scandal said plenty. The Las Vegas wedding she learned about afterwards did not help. Whatever happens privately between them, publicly the gap looks wide.
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Quick Answers
Is Monty Lopez dead?
No. The August 3, 2026 notice appeared on his own accounts, which posted again hours later. No death has been confirmed by his family or representatives.
Is he Addison Rae's biological father?
Yes. Addison was born to him and Sheri Easterling before their 2004 wedding, which is why the question keeps coming up.
How old is he?
He is 50. He was born on November 24, 1975, and turns 51 in November 2026.
