interview with GLAAD’s Anthony Ramos, Windham-Burke, 43, revealed her identity publicly for the first time.“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,” Windham-Burke said. “To be able to be comfortable in my own skin after so long is just so nice.”The reality show star credits her recent sobriety with allowing her to begin accepting her sexual orientation. “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,” she said.