From friends to social media foes, the best friendship between Selling Sunset co-stars Chrishell Stause and Emma Hernan looks well and truly over. Season nine exposed some of the uglier details of what we already knew: the pair have fallen over Emma’s new boyfriend Blake Davis.
While fans were hoping they’d patch things up as the season progressed, sadly that is not what happened. Emma and Blake did briefly break up, which Chrishell was over the moon about, but now they are back together and things between the two women are back to square one. Chrishell has even reportedly left Selling Sunset.
The season might have ended, but the feud very much continues off screen. After accusing Emma’s boyfriend of making repeated offensive and derogatory comments, including that pronouns are ‘dumb’, Chrishell has shared alleged receipts on her Instagram story.
The move came after Emma was interviewed by Us Weekly and said: ‘He did not say that pronouns were dumb. He would never say that.’ She claims Blake ‘accidentally’ called Chrishell’s spouse G-Flip her ‘wife’, but previously used the pronoun ‘they’ as he was ‘trying to be good’ because it was his first time using non-binary pronouns.
Sharing the interview on her story, Chrishell wrote: ‘This is NOT what was said. But good job Emma in flaming the hate for my partner and their preferred pronoun use. I have never gotten mad if someone politely got G’s pronouns wrong. It happens all the time and I gently correct and we move on. I will wait to see what airs on the reunion before fully responding. But since filming the reunion his own very hateful posts on his IG story against LGBTQ community speak volumes on who to believe here.’
Chrishell Stause and G Flip in 2024. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Netflix)
Chrishell then shared a series of screenshots of posts allegedly shared on Blake’s old Instagram account, which are misogynistic, hateful, ableist, homophobic and fat phobic. Grazia has chosen not to repeat the statements.
Blake has responded to Chrishell’s accusations in the past, claiming that they have ‘never discussed political views’ and he ‘does not use derogatory language about anyone’. However, he did admit to using the wrong pronouns when he met G-Flip. ‘The only time we had a real conversation was when I met Ms Stause at her house with Emma. I regretfully referred to G Flip as Ms Stause’s wife. Ms Stause corrected me that they were partners and that G-Flip goes by the pronoun them. Since, I have respectfully used the preferred pronouns.’
All this drama will no doubt drive more viewers to the reunion episode, which is now available to watch on Netflix. As for whether the former friends can ever repair their friendship, we certainly hope so, but it doesn’t look likely for now.
Nikki Peach is a senior writer at Grazia, working across news, entertainment, features. She has also written for the i, i-D and the New Statesman Media Group and covers all things pop culture for Grazia (treating high and lowbrow with equal respect).
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