Real Housewives Of Orange County: Braunwyn Windham-Burke Announces She Is A Lesbian

Real Housewives of Orange County star Braunwyn Windham-Burke announced that she is a lesbian, is currently dating a woman, and plans on staying married to her husband.

In an interview with GLAAD the Bravo reality show star stated, “I’m finally comfortable enough to say: “I like women. I’m gay. I’m a member of the LGBTQIA+ community. I’m a lesbian. And it has taken me 42 years to say that, but I’m so proud of where I am right now and I’m so happy where I am. To be able to be comfortable in my own skin after so long is just so nice.”

Real Housewives Of Orange County –  Braunwyn Windham-Burke Announced She Is A Lesbian

She went on to say that she’s, “still getting used to,” the lesbian label but, “This isn’t something that’s new. I’ve always known it, but it took me, personally, 42 years to be comfortable enough in my own skin to say that.”

This season of the Bravo show has seen Windham-Burke be open about her sobriety journey, and she now says that there is a connection between getting sober and her self-acceptance of her sexuality. She also said that she began thinking more about her sexuality after a highly publicized RHOC make out sesh with former costar Tamra Judge.

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Real Housewives of Orange County star Braunwyn Windham-Burke made an important announcement today
She said, “I know that when you get sober and you start doing the work that goes into that, you start realizing a lot of the reasons you drank had to do with who you were on the inside … this sort of became something that I didn’t want to hide anymore and I didn’t want to keep a secret anymore.”

“I wanna be able to go out to dinner with whoever I want without judgment. As long as my husband’s okay and the person I was dating’s okay and knows everything, I didn’t wanna have to hide this anymore.”

She added, “I’m seeing someone right now and after the first few times I was with her, I was like, there’s not a doubt in my head this is where I belong.”

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Braunwyn is still married to husband Burke, with whom she shares seven children ranging in age from two to 20. They still live together and, despite Windham-Burke’s coming out and her relationship with a woman, they don’t plan on divorcing.

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