interview
The reality star realtor opens up to Millie Payne about the good, the bad, and the ugly of life…
Calling from her luxurious Californian home and looking sun-kissed and refreshed from a break in Mexico, Chrishell Stause proves to be every bit as fabulous as she is on Selling Sunset. It’s 9am on her side of the pond, 4pm on ours, and despite being in a poorly household (both she and her partner, Australian musician G Flip, have the lurgy), she exudes the same well-put togetherness and warmth that’s won her millions of reality TV fans.
Illness aside, we couldn’t have chatted to the American actress-turned-real estate agent at a better time. Chrishell, 42, is weeks away from bringing her charm to the London Palladium with her one-off Up Close & Personal show, and her face lights up when she envisions the bonding and selfie-taking she’ll be doing with her UK fans – so many of whom have followed her Selling Sunset journey since 2019. She anticipates they’ll have lots of questions for her about series eight, which she’s just wrapped filming, and which – she tells us with a glint in her eye – is the fieriest season yet. Basically, you won’t want to miss it…
How much can you tell us about series eight?
Oh my gosh! So, we just finished filming. It is, I have to say, probably the most dramatic season. I really focus on the real estate this season – I have so many amazing things that I’m proud of in the real estate space. But wow – huge, big things happen this season.
How have you changed since you first joined the show?
I think I found myself. I didn’t realise I was in need of doing that when I started. I thought I was just in need of finding my path on a new career. Turns out I needed to find my path in life. I just found my confidence. That being said, I’m sure anyone who’s struggled with this – when you’ve been a people pleaser your whole life, and you struggled to find your confidence and to find your voice – then you have to find the pendulum and have it swing back the other way. You don’t want to overuse it. It’s like, “OK, now I can find that quiet confidence to pick my battles and speak up when I need to.” It has been a journey of having to figure all of that out. It’s been crazy to have had a show cover those poignant moments of my life.
You’ve been on quite the journey…
I know that sometimes we are edited, but that really is who I am. After this many seasons, you couldn’t completely fake who somebody is. You really do get a sense of the good, bad and ugly, to be honest. I’ve had all of those moments on the show. To have fans come with me through that journey and have a little forgiveness through trying to find my path and my way there… It’s a stressfu
