The Real Housewives of New York City is expanding. Former model and LGBTQ art curator Racquel Chevremont is joining the season 15 cast, Bravo announced June 27. The 53-year-old's addition to the reality series marks a particularly important milestone: It's the first time any Real Housewives franchise has starred two queer Housewives.
(Costar Jenna Lyons is also queer.) “My entire adult life has been about representation and using whatever platform I have to get the voices of queer folks of the diaspora out there," Chevremont, who co-founded The Josie Club, a Black, queer, women-supported social impact group, told GLAAD . "What better way to do so if not as a member of this iconic franchise.
” “In the current world climate it’s important for not only our community to see themselves represented, but also for the world to get to know a queer family in a more intimate way and show that we all have more similarities than not," the Brooklyn-born star added. "That queer women can be successful, beautiful and in loving relationships raising children too. That this world exists.
” And Chevremont is applauding the series for embracing even more diversity among its cast. "I wasn’t sure if they were going to want two queer women on a franchise that has historically been about married heterosexual women," she admitted to the LGBTQIA+ rights organization. "I think it was a bold decision and honestly a more authentic representation of NYC.
” Chevremont and Lyons will also be join.
