'Real Hoewiv,' but make gay(er): MTV troduc 'Real Friends of WeHo'

Contents:

• NENE AND HER GAY BOYIEND
• ‘RHOA’ REP: DREW’S ASSISTANT ALLEGEDLY SPREADS GAY MOR ABOUT HER HBAND
• 'REAL HOEWIV,' BUT MAKE GAY(ER): MTV TRODUC 'REAL FRIENDS OF WEHO'
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• THE REAL HOEWIV OF ATLANTA'S KENYA MOORE JT ALLEGED THAT KIM FIELDS' HBAND IS GAY AND IT'S NOT OK
• ‘REAL HOEWIV’ MARLO HAMPTON CLEARS THE AIR ON FIGHTS, HER MONEY, AND THE GAY SLUR
• GAY VOB AND DICTNARY OM ATLANTA
• BLACK GAY UPLE VH1’S ‘LOVE & HIP HOP: HOLLYWOOD’ BREAKS NEW GROUND
• IS KIM FIELDS' HBAND GAY? KANDI BURSS WEIGHS IN
• MISS LAWRENCE LEAV 'RHOA', SAYS HE WAS TOKEN GAY GUY
• KIM FIELDS' HBAND HAS STRONG WORDS FOR KENYA MOORE AFTER REAL HOEWIV OF ATLANTA GAY ALLEGATNS

NENE AND HER GAY BOYIEND

NeNe And Her Gay BoyiendPreviewNeNe updat her gay boyiend on "what's gog on wh the bch. Drew Sidora’s assistant Anthony allegedly spread a mor that her hband, Ralph Ptman, is gay on Sunday night’s episo of “The Real Hoewiv of Atlanta.

‘RHOA’ REP: DREW’S ASSISTANT ALLEGEDLY SPREADS GAY MOR ABOUT HER HBAND

After Whfield, 52, vehemently nied the allegatn, her pal Fatum stepped to ask, “Isn’t [Anthony] the same guy who told you her hband is gay? “She didn’t want to hire [Anthony] bee he’s talkg about you and he said that your hband his gay and all of that, ” Fatum said, which censed Sidora.

"I like women, I'm gay. 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. Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual.

'REAL HOEWIV,' BUT MAKE GAY(ER): MTV TRODUC 'REAL FRIENDS OF WEHO'

Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021. Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league.

Most of the women ckled and lghed at Kenya's suatns, jog on the jokg about Chris' personaly, mentg on his past as a Broadway sger and dancer, as if that is a emasculatg reer choice for only the flamg gay and fellas on the down low. The women, who have all parad their gay BFFs around seasons past as if they're an accsory no fabulo women should be whout, mtn't have that much actual rpect for gay men bee their tastels gossip illumated an ia that beg gay is the most embarrassg thg a man uld be.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

At any rate, she ed que a stir on the Bravo show wh the hoewiv and spoke to THR about what went down cludg her on-air fights, her money, and her ntroversial e of a gay slur durg her argument wh Sheree Whfield. The gay men love me, men love me, and strong-md women love me, who have high self-teem. You mentned gay men tend to be ol wh you.

How did you expla your e of the gay slur durg the fight wh Sheree?

I lled home to Daniel, my assistant who’s gay.

THE REAL HOEWIV OF ATLANTA'S KENYA MOORE JT ALLEGED THAT KIM FIELDS' HBAND IS GAY AND IT'S NOT OK

Daniel’s gay, my sister’s gay, you know, my whole circle is.

It’s like, wow, but the only thg about , when I talked to Lawrence about , he told me a “faggot” was a gay msy male. And I did know that guy was beg msy, but he’s like “Marlo, you nnot say that, though, you’re not gay. ” But really did hurt me, and I did apologize, my iends love me and they know I was jt talkg, and I’m jt tryg to build that relatnship back wh the gay muny, bee, I mean that was awful, I really feel bad about that.

‘REAL HOEWIV’ MARLO HAMPTON CLEARS THE AIR ON FIGHTS, HER MONEY, AND THE GAY SLUR

But this realy show seems to nsistently bmirch the cy’s priste reputatn wh the way paras s ma male st member, Dwight, and all of his flamboyance along wh other male “assistants” who also happen to be homosexual.

There’s nothg wrong wh the men beg homosexual, the issue is that their promence on the show pats a picture of Atlanta that may or may not be accurate.

To many people who have never vised the “Capal of the New South, ” the town mt seem like a homosexual haven where anythg go. On the ntrary, one might tell you that what you see on the show is mostly te; that most of the men the cy are eher gay or knucklehead, wannabe gangster rappers. Gay Vob and Dictnary om AtlantaLawrence and Derek J expla some mon words and terms om The Real Hoewiv of Vios.

GAY VOB AND DICTNARY OM ATLANTA

Depictns of same-sex upl and gay culture are beg more and more mon to televisn, yet documentg a relatnship between two men the historilly homophobic world of hip hop may be a Christopher and Mil Brock hope their story will help affect change a muny that’s been largely ristant to UP for the ee Indie Foc movi newsletter >>“It’s hard bee there is no prototype to follow, ” said Christopher, 29, over drks Hollywood. ”On Monday, an anticipated episo which Brock out to his ex-girliend will be followed by a special roundtable discsn regardg homophobia hip hop.

Christopher is openly gay but Brock’s fay didn’t know about his sexualy before the show premiered (some of his fay members are no longer speakg to him, he said). Last year “Empire” broke ground by featurg a black gay character for s drama that tak place the world of hip hop.

BLACK GAY UPLE VH1’S ‘LOVE & HIP HOP: HOLLYWOOD’ BREAKS NEW GROUND

Historilly, realy seri have relegated gay men to the sikick/bt-iend role; characters who orb around straight unterparts. Black gay men have been further siled, limed to stereotypil rol such as stylists or personal doceri, “Tha Life Atlanta, ” bucked the trend by showg myriad black gay men livg and lovg, but was only seen onle after multiple works passed on a show as groundbreakg as MTV’s “The Real World, ” rponsible for showg some of realy televisn’s earlit imag of queer life Ameri, experienced a shock a ago when a black man me out a season where had already st a gay roommate ( was the first time the show featured two gay men s st). Christopher and Brock’s prence on a high-profile platform such as VH1 uld help chip away at least some of the misogyny and homophobia herent rap culture.

Still, the ia of a gay male breakg mastream rap seems unheard of. “I want to do hardre rap, ” Christopher said, “but I’ve had iends say you shouldn’t bee you’re gay. A and Public Enemy ma no qualms about their disda for gay men their lyrics.

IS KIM FIELDS' HBAND GAY? KANDI BURSS WEIGHS IN

By the late ‘90s, the Beastie Boys had formally apologized for homophobic lyrics s semal 1986 but, “Licensed to Ill” (which was origally supposed to be tled “Don’t Be a Faggot”). Tyler, the Creator has repeatedly argued his age of gay slurs.

MISS LAWRENCE LEAV 'RHOA', SAYS HE WAS TOKEN GAY GUY

50 Cent once publicly nounced gay men “but women who like women, ” he said, “that’s ol. And years after famoly aligng wh Elton John at the Grammys, Emem, long cricized for his e of gay slurs, snagged a rap album Grammy for a rerd that had multiple slurs on past stallments of “Love & Hip Hop, ” viewers watched female mols Eri Mena and Cyn Santana fall and out of love, and a handful of female st members intify as lbian and bisexual.

KIM FIELDS' HBAND HAS STRONG WORDS FOR KENYA MOORE AFTER REAL HOEWIV OF ATLANTA GAY ALLEGATNS

“Moments like this don’t happen often for black gay men, even scripted televisn, ” said Drew-Shane Daniels, founr and edor chief of Med magaze, a news and culture se for black gay men. “For so long black gay characters uld not stand on their own. “It’s been abundantly clear that there’s a certa openns to the exprsn of displeasure of the gay muny.

Monday------------MORE:In their own words, on beg black and (openly) gay HollywoodHollywood appears still wary of gay black men’s marketabilyPHOTOS: Gay celebri: Who is out? One of the buzzit topics to e out of this season of The Real Hoewiv of Atlanta is Kenya Moore's suggtn that Kim Fields' hband, Christopher Man, is gay. As for her opn on the topic, well, she's takg the same stance as NeNe Leak, who prevly shared that she don't thk that Christopher is gay.