Braunwyn Windham-Burke, one of the stars of Real Housewives of Orange County, has come out as lesbian. Speaking to LGBT+ non-profit GLAAD, the 43-year-old said she finally felt ‘comfortable in my own skin’.
Windham-Burke says: ‘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.
To be able to be comfortable in my own skin after so long is just so nice.’ Windham-Burke also said becoming sober helped with her journey to self-acceptance: ‘This year, I got sober, which I know there is a correlation between the two.