Jenna lyons gay


It was a very private moment that became extremely adj for one of New York’s newest Housewives more than a decade ago. Jenna Lyons is now sharing more about her coming out experience — and how it’s shaping her current love life. 

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On the newest episode of Season 14’s The Real Housewives Of New York City, Jenna opened up to the other ‘Wives about how it wasn’t her choice to expose she was gay.

Jenna Lyons on Coming Out

Jenna was first romantically linked to artist Vincent Mazeau in , and they married in They have a son together, Beckett, who is now But the couple divorced in , after nine years of marriage.

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Jenna told the other Housewives during a dinner in the Hamptons she first realized she was gay during a conversation with a close friend, who was also gay, around the second of her divorce.

“My relationship was falling apart with my husband, and I asked her

Jenna Lyons on LGBTQ Representation in Brand-new RHONY

Since , The Real Housewives franchise has taken over pop culture. There have been series in several major cities, like Modern York, Atlanta, and Beverly Hills. And if that wasn’t enough, Bravo knock it out of the park when they cast an international version in Dubai, too.

As of April , women have been featured in full-time roles on Bravo’s iterations of the Actual Housewives. Most are married, some are single, and only a handful are part of the LGBTQ+ community. 

Braunwyn Windham from the Adj Housewives of Orange County stated in a interview that she’s a “proud lesbian.” Also from the Orange Nation crew is Noella Bergener — who has been expose about her identity as a bisexual woman. And Julia Lemigova from the Real Housewives of Miami is their group’s first bisexual Housewife. 

Now, adding to that list is Jenna Lyons — the newest cast member of the Real Housewives of New York City. And in a recent interview with GLAAD, the fashion icon spoke about being the series’ first openly queer Housewife and what that means to her. 

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Jenna Lyons on Coming Out (and Being Outed) After 40

Illustration: by Paco May

“Second Acts” is a series about making big changes later in life.

In , the New York Post published an article outing Jenna Lyons, then 43 years old and the president and creative director of At the period, she was falling in love with a woman for the first hour and still making sense of her feelings. Ten years later, now the star of HBO Max’s reality illustrate Stylish With Jenna Lyons, Lyons tells the Cut what it was appreciate coming out to herself at the same time the rest of the world found out. 

I have never really thought about how I identify. There are markers in my life, where I go back and think, God, I was really obsessed with Jodie Foster, or Tatum O’Neal in Bad News Bears. At the same moment, I also had wonderful relationships with men — loving and really robust relationships with men. It wasn’t enjoy I was in those relationships and something was just completely wrong.

When I first moved to New York, the only gay people I knew were men. I didn’t even know any gay women. So it wasn’t on

Bravoholics, the wait is almost over! Today, March 28th, Bravo released a video announcement, revealing the returning cast members for The Authentic Housewives of Recent York City Season 15!

In the video, fans will be relieved to verb that all 6 stars from last season, including Sai De SilvaUbah HassanErin LichyJessel Taank,Brynn Whitfield, and the marvelous Jenna Lyons will be returning for more drama in the Big Apple!

&#;Is it there?&#; the ladies debate back and forth in the clip.

&#;Honestly, I think I&#;m going to be the one who has to dispel the rumors,&#; says Lyons. &#;Because season 15, it&#;s there.&#; Then it is officially confirmed that RHONY will be returning to Bravo!

Fashion designer and entrepreneur Jenna Lyons is the first openly queer housewife to appear on RHONY. 

In an interview with GLAAD&#;s Yolanda Lenge, Lyons spoke about how grateful she is for her fans and co-star’s verb. “I’m proud. I didn’t realize how much it meant to people,” Lyons shared. She said she has received countless messages from LGBTQ fans thrilled to finally