{"id":5229,"date":"2026-06-09T15:53:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/andy-cohen-is-all-for-casting-a-transgender-real-housewife-on-bravo-under-one-condition\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T15:53:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:53:23","slug":"andy-cohen-is-all-for-casting-a-transgender-real-housewife-on-bravo-under-one-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/andy-cohen-is-all-for-casting-a-transgender-real-housewife-on-bravo-under-one-condition\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Cohen is all for casting a transgender &#8216;Real Housewife&#8217; on Bravo \u2014 under one condition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F130358009.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Andy Cohen is all for casting a transgender \u201cReal Housewife\u201d \u2014 as long as she is friends with other women on the cast. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think if there was a trans \u2018Housewife\u2019 who was friends with other \u2018Housewives\u2019 that would be the way,\u201d the Bravo exec explained during an appearance at the Newport Beach TV Fest, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/tvshowbiz\/article-15884089\/andy-cohen-trans-woman-real-housewives.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per the Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou wouldn\u2019t want it to be stunt. You know, you wouldn\u2019t want it to be like, \u2018Let\u2019s cast into this.\u2019 If someone was friends with that person, then that would be great.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Andy Cohen is all for casting a transgender \u201cReal Housewife\u201d \u2014 as long as she is friends with other women on the cast. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Newport Beach TV FEST<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI think if there was a trans \u2018Housewife\u2019 who was friends with other \u2018Housewives\u2019 that would be the way,\u201d the Bravo exec explained during an appearance the Newport Beach TV Fest, as seen above. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Newport Beach TV FEST<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>However, Cohen admitted though that he has \u201cno idea what franchise that would be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cWatch What Happens Live\u201d host, 58, also revealed that during the early seasons of \u201cReal Housewives of New Jersey,\u201d production had \u201cflirted with the idea\u201d of casting Jaime Laurita, a gay man who is Caroline and Dina Manzo\u2019s brother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, look, I think that in terms of casting a gay guy on the show \u2014 this is a show about women and celebrating women. So I\u2019d think we\u2019d leave it there,\u201d Cohen, who is also gay, concluded.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Cohen (pictured last month with several \u201cReal Housewives\u201d stars) explained that he wouldn\u2019t want the casting \u201cto be stunt.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Heidi Gutman\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cIf someone was friends with that person, then that would be great,\u201d he said, admitting that he has \u201cno idea what franchise that would be.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Idris Solomon\/Bravo via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since the \u201cReal Housewives\u201d franchise premiered in 2006, several full-time cast members who are openly part of the LGBTQIA+ community have been featured.<\/p>\n<p>Braunwyn Windham-Burke of the \u201cReal Housewives of Orange County\u201d was the <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/02\/28\/braunwyn-windham-burke-on-homophobia-she-experienced-on-rhoc\/\">first openly gay woman<\/a> on the franchise. <\/p>\n<p>She <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2020\/12\/02\/rhoc-star-braunwyn-windham-burke-says-shes-a-lesbian\/\">publicly came out as a lesbian<\/a> in December 2020 after already starring on the show.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Since the \u201cReal Housewives\u201d franchise premiered in 2006, there have been several castmembers who are openly part of the LGBTQIA+ community. <span class=\"credit\">Noam Galai\/Bravo via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Braunwyn Windham-Burke (pictured left with her girlfriend Jennifer Spinner) was the first openly gay woman on the franchise after coming out in December 2020. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for GLAAD<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>However, the \u201cReal Housewives of Orang County\u201d alum exclusively told Page Six that she experienced \u201chomophobia\u201d from her co-stars. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for GLAAD<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMaking off-color jokes about me being intimate with a woman, that\u2019s not OK. Those are microaggressions,\u201d she told us in February 2022, following her <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/06\/18\/braunwyn-reveals-where-she-was-when-she-got-fired-from-rhoc\/\">firing from the reality TV show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter I came out, having to prove that I was gay, that should never have been tolerated. That is a microagression. That is homophobia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReal Housewives of Miami\u201d star Julia Lemigova made history as the first out lesbian \u201cHousewife\u201d to be cast in the franchise when she joined the reboot in 2021. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cReal Housewives of Miami\u201d star Julia Lemigova (seen above at Page Six\u2019s inaugural \u201cVRT\u201d Awards) made history as the first out lesbian \u201cHousewife\u201d to be cast in the franchise. <span class=\"credit\">James Keivom<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cReal Housewives of New York\u201d reboot featured two openly lesbian castmembers, including Jenna Lyons (pictured far right). <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Vox Media<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The former model has been <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/12\/28\/parents\/julia-lemigova-not-closing-the-door-on-adoption-plans-with-martina-navratilova\/\">married to tennis legend Martina Navratilova <\/a>since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Bravo cast another openly gay woman when former J.Crew creative director Jenna Lyons <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/10\/29\/jenna-lyons-reveals-why-shes-joining-real-housewives-of-ny\/\">joined the \u201cReal Housewives of New York City\u201d<\/a> for its Season 14 reboot in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Racquel Chevremont, who openly identifies as lesbian, was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/06\/27\/entertainment\/meet-racquel-chevremont-new-rhony-cast-member-joins-jenna-lyons-brynn-whitfield\/\">cast on \u201cRHONY\u201d for Season 15<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/09\/entertainment\/andy-cohen-is-all-for-casting-a-transgender-real-housewife-on-bravo-under-one-condition\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Cohen is all for casting a transgender \u201cReal Housewife\u201d \u2014 as long as she<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/130358009.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}