Gay men, who have arguably been the lifeblood of “The Real Hoewiv” fan base, will fally get a drama-filled realy TV show they n ll their own.
Contents:
- 'REAL HOEWIV,' BUT MAKE GAY(ER): MTV TRODUC 'REAL FRIENDS OF WEHO'
- A GAY VERSN OF 'REAL HOEWIV' IS ON THE WAY, AND TWTER HAS THOUGHTS
- 'REAL HOEWIV' STAR BRNWYN WDHAM-BURKE OUT AS GAY
- 'REAL HOEWIV,' BUT MAKE GAY(ER): MTV TRODUC 'REAL FRIENDS OF WEHO'
- ANDY COHEN CRICIZ THE REAL HOEWIV’ TREATMENT OF GAY MEN
- MTV LNCH ‘REAL FRIENDS OF WEHO,’ WHICH IS A GAY VERSN OF ‘REAL HOEWIV’
- MARC JABS MAY APPEAR GAY VERSN OF “REAL HOEWIV”
- IS IT TIME FOR BRAVO TO CAST ITS FIRST GAY MALE ‘REAL HOEWIFE’?
- THE GAY HOEWIV OF NEW YORK ARE REAL AND THEY'RE COMG TO GET YOU
- ‘FOR GAYS, THIS IS OUR MOON LANDG’: THE UNADULTERATED MP JOY OF REAL HOEWIV
- HEATHER GAY OF ‘REAL HOEWIV’ KNOWS SHE’S A ‘BAD MORMON’
- A COMPLETE GUI TO EVERY REAL HOEWIFE WHO’S WRTEN A BOOK: HEATHER GAY, TERA GIUDICE AND MORE
- 'RHOSLC' : JEN SHAH AND HEATHER GAY MAKE UP AS MEREDH MARKS DEFENDS HER SON BROOKS' SEXUALY
'REAL HOEWIV,' BUT MAKE GAY(ER): MTV TRODUC 'REAL FRIENDS OF WEHO'
Gay men, who have arguably been the lifeblood of “The Real Hoewiv” fan base, will fally get a drama-filled realy TV show they n ll their own. * gay version of real housewives *
The upg realy seri follows six gay iends Wt Hollywood, cludg celebry stylist Brad Gorki and sger Todrick st of "The Real Friends of WeHo, " om left: Curtis Haton, Dorión Rend, Brad Gorki, Todrick Hall, Jaym Vghan and Joey Keily / Courty of MTVJan. 5, 2023, 9:36 PM UTCGay men, who have arguably been the lifeblood of “The Real Hoewiv” fan base, will fally get a drama-filled realy TV show they n ll their own.
20 “The Real Friends of WeHo, ” which will follow six gay iends livg Los Angel' premiere gayborhood, Wt Hollywood. "I like women, I'm gay. Is the all-gay versn of The Real Hoewiv fally here?
MTV is puttg s money behd the new realy show The Real Friends of WeHo, hopg scratch the ch fans have had wantg a gay equivalent of the popular Bravo anchise The Real show follows a group of six gay iends Wt Hollywood and is scribed as an "unfiltered and hont look at a select group of iends livg, lovg, and pursug their passns the Wt Hollywood muny. 20, “The Real Friends of WeHo” is billed as “an unfiltered and hont look” at six gay iends who are “livg, lovg and pursug their passns” Wt Hollywood, where many members of Los Angel’ LGBTQ muny seri’ st members clu celebry stylist Brad Gorki, actor Curtis Haton, sger and dancer Todrick Hall, Buttah Skre CEO Dorión Rend, TV host and bs owner Jaym Vghan and digal entreprenr Joey Zzig.
A GAY VERSN OF 'REAL HOEWIV' IS ON THE WAY, AND TWTER HAS THOUGHTS
MTV's "The Real Friends of WeHo" is "what happens when you have gay people but no queer people at the work," one person wrote. * gay version of real housewives *
“Origally I was like ‘what gay guy wants to watch this’ and then remembered this sort of thg is for straight women and Real Hoewiv is for gay guys, ” one person quipped.
I'm gay. Brnwyn Wdham-Burke appeared to share a first photo wh her girliend, Kris, on Instagram Stori after g out as gay. Gay men, who have arguably been the lifeblood of “The Real Hoewiv” fan base, will fally get a drama-filled realy TV show they n ll their Thursday, MTV announced is lnchg on Jan.
"Have you ever thought about havg a gay anchise?
'REAL HOEWIV' STAR BRNWYN WDHAM-BURKE OUT AS GAY
"Real Hoewiv of Orange County" star Brnwyn Wdham-Burke me out as gay and appeared to share a first photo wh her girliend. * gay version of real housewives *
""I thk when you start stg gay men, jt, 's ultimately a show about women, which is why the guys have always been the background, like the hbands have typilly been more the background, " he even revealed that they almost st a gay man as the first gay hoewife back the late 2000s. We almost st a guy on [Real Hoewiv of New Jersey] who was Da Manzo's brother and Carole's brother as the first gay Hoewife, " he said. But there was a break his chumms last night, as Cohen psed his show to liver a monologue about the Real Hoewiv anchise’s treatment of gay men.
'REAL HOEWIV,' BUT MAKE GAY(ER): MTV TRODUC 'REAL FRIENDS OF WEHO'
* gay version of real housewives *
” The precedg episo of Beverly Hills had featured a party thrown orr to troduce what seri star Kyle Richards lled “my gays” to other people’s gays; the “gays, ” across all Real Hoewiv anchis, generally seem to lie somewhere between employe (hairdrsers, party planners) and iends, or at least nfsors. The gays, even those who get speakg rol, exist on the show orr to observe drama and ment upon — wh sass, if possible. It’s not so much the role that the gay men play on Real Hoewiv episos that Cohen objected to; after all, he’s been a major supporter of Fashn Queens, a spoff of The Real Hoewiv of Atlanta which two of that anchise’s “gay bt iends” wryly crique celebry outfs.
ANDY COHEN CRICIZ THE REAL HOEWIV’ TREATMENT OF GAY MEN
Andy Cohen Criciz Real Hoewiv' Treatment of Gay Men * gay version of real housewives *
But the “my gays” rhetoric seems to have phed him to ment. Before cricizg the women ’s his job to promote, he aired a vio cuttg together many, many utteranc of “my gays. And a 2011 cint, Millnaire Matchmaker star Patti Stanger ed Cohen’s talk show to state her opns that gay men are pable of monogamy and that Jewish men are mendac.
MTV LNCH ‘REAL FRIENDS OF WEHO,’ WHICH IS A GAY VERSN OF ‘REAL HOEWIV’
Gay men, who have arguably been the lifeblood of “The Real Hoewiv” fan base, will fally get a drama-filled realy TV show they n ll their own. * gay version of real housewives *
The “my gays” party was, ed, unfortunate, but not more unfortunate than the show’s treatment of gays throughout s n; the difference is that havg a terie of gay men you don’t allow to speak is implicly dismissive of gay people, while referrg to them as your property is explic. Gay men have been the lifeblood behd “The Real Hoewiv, ” and now they will be able to ll their own drama-filled realy TV program.
It will be followg six gay iends who live Los Angel’ premier gayborhood, Wt Hollywood. If you live for msy gay drama, then ’s time to mark your lendars.
On Thursday, MTV announced s newt seri, The Real Friends of WeHo, a show chroniclg the liv of six gay men livg Wt Hollywood, California. In a tweet posted the same day as the trailer, actor Chris Salvatore claimed that some gays om a “certa realy show” refed to film wh him bee he had an OnlyFans. Bravo’s “Real Hoewiv of Miami” will make history this month when troduc Julia Lemia, the anchise’s first openly gay ma st member.
MARC JABS MAY APPEAR GAY VERSN OF “REAL HOEWIV”
If you’ve ever wanted to see a gay versn of the Real Hoewiv, here’s your chance. * gay version of real housewives *
There are other hoewiv who have e out durg their time on the show, but Lemia is the first to intify as openly gay om the outset.
The “Hoewiv” anchise has been cricized over s lack of LGBTQ+ diversy the past, and executive producer Andy Cohen said a recent terview that Bravo had recently nsired addg a gay man to the ma st. Bravo’s “Real Hoewiv of Miami” is returng after an eight-year hiat and will make history beg the anchise’s first seri to feature an openly gay woman s ma st. I’m gay.
He also said the work had toyed around wh the ia of stg a gay man as s first gay hoewife on “Real Hoewiv of New Jersey” the early 2000s.
IS IT TIME FOR BRAVO TO CAST ITS FIRST GAY MALE ‘REAL HOEWIFE’?
Photo Illtratn by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty/NBC UniversalEvery queer viewer nodd unison when Real Hoewiv of Beverly Hills' newbie Diana Jenks, meetg her stmat on mera for the first time the Season 12 premiere, nfsed that she is a gay man trapped si a woman's body. And on a show that clus veterans Lisa Rna and Eryka Jayne, Jenks is hardly the only one at the table whose personaly channels bold queerns or whose style might dabble * gay version of real housewives *
Today, the Daily News reports Jabs is mored to have signed on to participate a realy show that gay work Logo reportedly has the works and is like a gay versn of The Real Hoewiv, created by the team who mak Real Hoewiv.
An open stg ll will take place New York a few weeks, acrdg to the News, to fd other "high-powered (openly gay) playboys" to star. Marc Jabs signs on to jo openly gay men new 'Real Hoewiv'-spired realy show, 'Kept' [NYDN]. Every queer viewer nodd unison when Real Hoewiv of Beverly Hills' newbie Diana Jenks, meetg her stmat on mera for the first time the Season 12 premiere, nfsed that she is a gay man trapped si a woman's body.
And on a show that clus veterans Lisa Rna and Eryka Jayne, Jenks is hardly the only one at the table whose personaly channels bold queerns or whose style might dabble fact, what gay man hasn’t seen themself one of the eccentric, fearlsly bedazzled women that have brought ternatnal acclaim (and cricism) to the Bravo anchise? One uld argue there has been more visibily of gay culture among the Hoewiv themselv than the glimps of gay men tokenized sporadic episos, like the next mt-have accsory. Although many Hoewiv rely on the emotnal support and style wisdom of their gay iends or assistants, those men never grow out of that limed has never been a gay “Real Hoewife” the ma st of the anchise, which might not sound surprisg nsirg has always been centered around women.
THE GAY HOEWIV OF NEW YORK ARE REAL AND THEY'RE COMG TO GET YOU
We heard mors that the team behd the Real Hoewiv of Atlanta were workg on an all-gay versn of the anchise. It's really gog to happen. This is the bt thg to happen to gay people sce poppers! * gay version of real housewives *
Andy’s Girls’ podst creator and host Sarah Galli tells the Daily Beast that she don’t thk should be a qutn of whether a gay man uld be featured as a st member, but should they. ”Cohen himself revealed past terviews that the anchise me close to this gay tone the late 2000s. We almost st a guy on [Real Hoewiv of New Jersey] who was Da Manzo’s brother and Carole’s brother as the first gay Hoewife.
Wendy Osefo Pl Morigi/BravoBut the gay ias never materialized. OkCupid’s Communitns Director (and Hoewiv superfan) Michael Kaye tells The Daily Beast he would give up his first-born child to be featured as the first gay man the anchise. He thks there’s a role for any queer person any Bravo show, pecially nsirg a substantial portn of their dience is female or gay.
‘FOR GAYS, THIS IS OUR MOON LANDG’: THE UNADULTERATED MP JOY OF REAL HOEWIV
There’s a way to balance the origal missn of empowerg and upliftg gentrified women and ensurg you clu gay people.
HEATHER GAY OF ‘REAL HOEWIV’ KNOWS SHE’S A ‘BAD MORMON’
”Speakg om the perspective of a person who helps lead a proment matchmaker app, he thks New York would be the most suable cy to tegrate a gay man to the existg ensemble—though recent st chang might plite thgs. It’s weird to say ‘typested’ a nversatn about realy shows, but is how you see gay men the programs. ”“When I saw gay men on TV [growg up], they didn’t reprent how I acted, ” he adds.
The pattern tablished on Bravo so far seems to perpetuate that, which might be an argument agast stg a gay man on Hoewiv.
“After feelg so different om my straight peers, now I felt different om my gay muny as well.
A COMPLETE GUI TO EVERY REAL HOEWIFE WHO’S WRTEN A BOOK: HEATHER GAY, TERA GIUDICE AND MORE
”77 Real Hoewiv and Nowhere to Hi: Insi Bravo’s First-Ever BravoConReal Hoewiv of Salt Lake Cy's Meredh Marks tells the Daily Beast that she's thought about what would be like for a gay man to be on her show. Havg a gay man on there would be fantastic. Would a gay “hoewife” be held to a higher standard of behavr than the st members whose outrageo actns we’ve e to celebrate?
There are plenty of gay men who act as the lone male warrr their troop of fabulo women. A gay man, Marks thks, uld be a weled reprieve om the chaos.
Acrdg to Marks, the foc should be ls on whether ’s a gay man, a trans woman, or a lbian but on analyzg what dividual would be the bt addn to the group qutn. A gay man won’t make or break any of the seri, but they might help awaken a revival. We heard mors that the team behd the Real Hoewiv of Atlanta were workg on an all-gay versn of the anchise.
'RHOSLC' : JEN SHAH AND HEATHER GAY MAKE UP AS MEREDH MARKS DEFENDS HER SON BROOKS' SEXUALY
This is the bt thg to happen to gay people sce poppers! The show, tentatively tled Kept will air on all-gay, all-day channel Logo.