‘Real Housewives’ once again trots out a “shocking” gay rumor storyline & what year is this again???
Real Housewives franchise sure does love propagating homophobic tropes.The denizens of the Andy Cohen Universe have once again trotted out the tried and true “shocking” gay rumor storyline and are accusing yet another one of the husbands of, wait for it, sleeping with men!Over the years, Housewives like OC’s Tamra Judge, Atlanta’s Porsha Williams and Kim Fields, and New York’s Alex McCord have all had their husbands tasked with defending their heterosexuality as allegations of being a Friend of Dorothy were hurled their way.
Usually these accusations arise simply because the dudes in question are deemed too physically fit or too fashion conscious to fall into the strict societal norms of what is acceptable for a cis het man to be.
Yawn!This time it’s the good Christian women of Salt Lake City doing the queer finger-pointing.On this week’s episode of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, new full-time cast member Angie Katsanevas learned some of her best Judys were trading wine-soaked whispers that her husband, Shawn Trujillo, was hooking up with the fellas behind her back.For the record, Shawn is extremely buff and a successful hairdresser who owns a chain of Lunatic Fringe salons.
So, of course, in certain circles of Housewives-land he might as well be rocking a pink tutu front row at a Gaga concert. Now that there’s anything wrong with that!A post shared by Lunatic Fringe Salon (@lunaticfringesalon)The ticking gay bomb storyline was detonated after Angie was informed by fellow cast members Whitney Rose and Monica Garcia that HBIC Meredith Marks was spreading rumors about her husband’s alleged sexual proclivities.“The rumor is that your Shawn likes to f*** other men,” Monica said eloquently.“Are you f***ing kidding me?” Angie responded, before retaliating. “I’ve been with my husband for 27 years.
