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After serving six months in prison related to a 2024 DUI case, Karen Huger returns in the midseason trailer looking reflective, raw, and ready to reclaim her throne.

Bravo teased a heartfelt sit-down with Andy Cohen where Huger reveals a more vulnerable, stripped-back side of herself.

As the Real Housewives brand expanded to different cities, we saw no shortage of gay sidekicks, such as Lisa Vanderpump’s slightly sinister “houseguest” Cedric Martinez or Nene Leakes’s one-time bestie Dwight Eubanks. It follows a tight-knit Persian friend group balancing marriages, careers, culture, and… well… rage texting.

Dolores Catania joins as a friend of the group because every franchise needs a voice of reason who can also flip a table if necessary.

Karen Huger Returns to Potomac — And She’s Not Holding Back

The Grande Dame is back, baby. “Things that happen to us get pushed away like it’s not a big deal,” Goode said, forcing both Booko and the audience to consider that he probably would have behaved differently if she were in a relationship with a man.

Think of it as the gayest road trip in television history: cross-country drama, shifting alliances, and the kind of confessionals that will have Twitter (X? And while there were some queer story lines in the 2010s, they were typically short-lived and often framed as salacious, like the alleged affair between Brandi Glanville and Denise Richards or Ariana Madix and Lala Kent hooking up on RHOBH spin-off Vanderpump Rules. In general, before Orange County Housewife Braunwyn Windham-Burke came out as a lesbian in 2020, LGBTQ+ people were notably less prominent on Bravo.

But this year was different.

In a tearful sit-down with Booko, she explained that queer women can often be the target of unwanted advances by men who don’t take their relationships seriously and feel entitled to sexualize them.

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The Real Housewives: Ultimate Road Trip

To celebrate 20 years of Housewives mayhem, Andy announced The Real Housewives: Ultimate Road Trip, coming in 2026.

Venus Binkley, a long-haired gay SUR-ver from Texas, has the potential to either become the show’s Greek chorus, or its biggest villain — and remember, real equality is queer people getting to be just as awful as straight people.

Below Deck used to be similarly defined by the heterosexual chaos of its crew, to the point where it sometimes felt like a (very unsuccessful) dating show for yachties who all happen to look like models.

Next Gen NYC, a new show that follows a bunch of 20-something nepo babies and Housewives offspring in Manhattan, became the network’s biggest debut in years. This year, queer Bravolebs were giving Main Character Energy.

LGBTQ+ talent and audiences have been central to Bravo’s story for decades. But there was one genre of drama that took up even more space than ever before: the queer kind.

Featuring everything from OG cast members coming out, to the most-talked-about relationship drama between LGBTQ+ “Bravolebrities,” to even genuinely heartwarming educational moments, 2025 has been Bravo’s queerest year yet.

When the basic dynamics are relatable — “Will they, won’t they?” “Do they like me back?” “How could they do that?!” — it still cuts through, regardless of sexuality.

Relationship drama is fun, but really, Bravo’s most important shift has been giving LGBTQ+ reality stars the space to tell their stories in a meaningful way — and even educate their audience.

And on The Rachel Zoe Project, bespectacled twink Brad Goreski provided witty commentary as the eponymous fashion mogul — and the newest Real Housewife of Beverly Hills — built her empire.

Since it debuted in 2006, the Real Housewives franchise has overwhelmingly centered on straight women. Refreshingly, D’Spain’s identity was treated as no big deal, with no fanfare around it.

And across the country on The Valley — the Vanderpump Rules spin-off featuring a group of (unhinged) L.A.

couples — Jasmine Goode was on the receiving end of inappropriate drunken behavior by co-star Danny Booko. Still pretending we call it that?) melting down daily.

Bravo is calling the show a “love letter” to the women who turned wine-throwing into performance art. She kept things calm and classy, thanking fans and reminding everyone that the charges are still allegations.

Translation in Housewife-speak: stay tuned, I’ll talk when my lawyer lets me.

Below Deck: New Destinations, New Demands, New Gay Screaming

Bravo renewed both Below Deck and Below Deck Mediterranean, sending the yachts to Thailand and Croatia.

At the start of 2025, in the second season of the embattled RHONY reboot, there were two lesbian Housewives on the same cast for the first time ever: fashion mogul Jenna Lyons and art collector Racquel Chevremont. Honestly?