Season 9 of the Netflix hit Selling Sunset has officially finished filming, and star Chrishell Stause tells UsWeekly that when it airs, it’ll be as dramatic and nuts as ever.
“I haven’t seen it yet, so I never know what they’re including,” she says. “But it got really crazy this season, and I do think that what you will see is that lines are really drawn. Once you see it, you’ll understand. It’s a very entertaining season.”
Entertaining for Sunset fans but “emotionally taxing” for its star, says Stause’s spouse, G Flip. “I’m proud of Chrishell, how she navigates her work life and has gotten through so many seasons. It’s like the Wild Wild West! How she handles all that toxic behavior and still comes home with a smile on her face. If your relationship is super strong and you have really good communication, you can really bear any storm.”
Stause and G Flip sat down with Us for this week’s cover story, celebrating Pride.
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Says G, “Real love can defy gender and sexuality. You can fall in love with a person and their heart and who they are. All the preconceived ideas of what that person was meant to be can go out the window. But you’ve got to allow yourself to do that.”
Adds Stause, “That’s such a beautiful place to love from because your love is standing on so much more than categories and things that you would fill out in a dating app or get in an algorithm. It’s built on who they are as a human being, regardless of all the other things, because all the other things are going to change. The best thing I wish people understood about queer relationships is how beautiful they can be. I just feel like it’s limitless.”
Though Stause has worked as a real estate agent on Selling Sunset since 2019, she credits the couple’s relationship for helping her realize who her real family is. “I finally have a strong sense of who I am and what’s important to me,” she says. “Work is not the family. My family is here with G. I’ve bucked up against the idea that you have to take bad behavior because it’s your family, when it’s really just your colleagues. G is great at helping me pull apart that yarn. When I’d think I’d dropped the ball or let someone down, G was the first person to be like, ‘No, you haven’t.’”
So, would she ever consider a Selling Sydney spin-off, based in G Flip’s hometown? “The real estate market is different there — it’s super expensive. But I’d be open to it because I think there’s something there,” says Stause. “Listen, it could be in the works. You never know!”
Today, the All My Children alum is excited about several upcoming side projects, including acting in a scripted series and producing a show she helped create. “G and I want to both kick butt in our different lanes,” she says. The musician is keeping busy as well: G just released their latest single, “Disco Cowgirl” (with an album to follow later this year), and this summer, Stause will tag along as G heads to Europe on their first headlining tour.
