Braunwyn Windham-Burke was finally forced to answer questions from her “Real Housewives of Orange County” co-stars about her lifestyle in the explosive late Wednesday night.
Although the 43-year-old woman was happy to share her decision to return to school to become an alcohol and drug addiction therapist, she was not at all excited to share the intricate details of her love life.
“Everyone should be honest, but if I ask Braunwyn a question, she’ll, like, turn me off,” Kelly Dodd started the conversation at Emily Simpson’s beach party.
In December – after the end of filming for the season – the mother of seven children declared herself gay. She is currently in a relationship with a 29-year-old woman named Kris, but plans to remain married to her longtime husband, Sean Burke.
During the end of the season, co-star Gina Kirschenheiter asked if Windham-Burke is still in love with Sean. “I love him,” said Windham-Burke. Simpson then asked if Windham-Burke is in love with his friend Shari, who moved in with the family.
“I love you,” replied Windham-Burke. “She doesn’t sleep in my bed. We are not going to have sex if that’s what you’re referring to. “
“There’s a lot going on and I have to find out for myself and I didn’t,” she continued. “… There is a lot of confusion going on in my life and I don’t have an answer. Sean and I talked about what was going on, you know, we made a commitment that we would fight for our marriage and that was the commitment that we made and that’s what we’re doing today. “
Windham-Burke – who revealed at the beginning of the season that she is an alcoholic – said her husband had started therapy on his own, in addition to Al-Anon’s meetings. When Simpson asked if Sean was bothered by Shari living with them, Windham-Burke acknowledged that this was causing problems in his marriage, but said he “likes having her around”.
Simpson pressed her to ask if she thought it was being selfish, to which Windham-Burke said, “100 percent”.
“But I kind of need to be selfish now,” she explained.
“I think every decision Braunwyn makes in life is to improve Braunwyn,” added Simpson in a confessional. “I think that by renewing your votes you meant just keeping paying the bills, Sean, so I can live the same lifestyle, but I’m going to stay with my girlfriend now. This goes beyond putting your needs first. This is just doing what you want and you don’t care what others think. “
The couple seems to be doing very well at their open wedding, as they were spotted visiting Lovers’ sex shop together earlier this week.