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- IS IT TIME FOR BRAVO TO CAST ITS FIRST GAY MALE ‘REAL HOEWIFE’?
- A NEW GAY REALY SHOW – “THE REAL FRIENDS OF WE HO”
- BRAVO: FIRST STRAIGHT. THEN GAY. NOW ROCKED BY A REALY SUICI. WHAT’S NEW? HOW MANY? WHO’S PRODUCG?
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 * new gay show on bravo *
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. 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.
A NEW GAY REALY SHOW – “THE REAL FRIENDS OF WE HO”
Move on over Hoewiv, the gays are takg over! HA! MTV is puttg the spotlight on 6 hot succsful gay gu... * new gay show on bravo *
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.
There’s a way to balance the origal missn of empowerg and upliftg gentrified women and ensurg you clu gay people.
BRAVO: FIRST STRAIGHT. THEN GAY. NOW ROCKED BY A REALY SUICI. WHAT’S NEW? HOW MANY? WHO’S PRODUCG?
Amr and his fiancé, Nicholas, gear up to tie the knot the first elaborate Indian gay weddg their muny, but they nont the difficulti of planng an terracial same-sex marriage. Anisha has found Mr. Right, but her foc on him has put a stra on the relatnship wh her circle of iends. She returns to Miami hop of makg amends, but not everyone is on board. * new gay show on bravo *
”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.