{"id":434293,"date":"2026-01-28T06:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T06:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/434293\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T06:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T06:56:09","slug":"bronwyn-on-separation-traitors-and-new-fashion-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/434293\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronwyn on Separation, Traitors and New Fashion Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWith the conclusion of season six<\/a> of The Real Housewives<\/a> of Salt Lake City, Bronwyn Newport is walking into a new era of her life \u2014 literally.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tNewport is gearing up to debut her brand-new digital series called WALK-IN this spring, which will see her go inside the closets of iconic guests to explore their most treasured fashion<\/a> pieces, The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively announce. With a slate of guests including Laverne Cox, Christian Siriano<\/a> and Betsey Johnson, she tells THR the project is \u201csomething I\u2019ve been dreaming up for a really long time\u201d that marries her personal knowledge of fashion with her witty, shining personality\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cEach episode takes place in someone\u2019s closet, literally. But it\u2019s not just about their clothes,\u201d she says. \u201cI think that a closet tells you everything about who a person is, where they\u2019ve come from, who they are, what they\u2019re becoming.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alongside the arrival of WALK-IN, Newport is embracing several \u201cnew beginning[s]\u201d of her own. The fashion historian shared the news of her separation from husband Todd Bradley during the third part of Bravo<\/a>\u2018s RHOSLC reunion, which aired Tuesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSince she joined the cast in season five, Newport hasn\u2019t shied away from discussing details of her personal life. This season, she also opened up about navigating her father\u2019s Alzheimer\u2019s disease and dementia, and a shifting relationship with her mother. That candid willingness hasn\u2019t slowed down as her separation became public.<\/p>\n

\n\tBelow, Newport opens up about her emotional journey on RHOSLC season six, the most rewarding part of working on her new Substack<\/a> series, her reaction to Emma Stone praising her fashion sense<\/a> and the treacherous reality show she\u2019s \u201cabsolutely dying\u201d to appear on.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tYou opened up about some deeply personal topics this season on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. As you look back on the entirety of season six, is there a standout moment?<\/p>\n

\n\tWe saw a quick clip of my mom, dad and me together on his birthday. It almost felt like a flashback where you got to see my dad at home with me. It was, at the time, a really pivotal moment for me. My dad had been sick with Alzheimer\u2019s and dementia for over a decade. A lot of care and thought was put into wanting to share that aspect of my life that is a caregiver for my parents, and what it feels like to live with a family member who has a degenerative disease. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe show is about friendships and relationships, but what shows up in our friendships and our relationships is what\u2019s going on in our homes, right? So much of my dynamic is with my family. And then right after filming ended, my dad passed, which I was not expecting. So to have that footage of him on his birthday, and me and my mom and him all together, means even more now. <\/p>\n

\n\tI know everyone probably thinks it was my other relationships on camera this season that were so important. But when I was going through it with my dad and his Alzheimer\u2019s and dementia, I didn\u2019t see a lot of that represented in different media; what it feels like to have that guilt of wanting to be there for him all the time, but having to have my own life and how you process losing somebody so slowly over an extended period of time. It\u2019s something I was proud of sharing with the cameras, and I kind of wish you\u2019d see more of how my family rallied around him those last couple months.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the third part of the reunion, you talked about how the prominence of social media has impacted your relationship with your mother and also your marriage. As you are being open about your separation, what would you ask of people when they share opinions on your personal life?<\/p>\n

\n\tIt is difficult. I never want to bring up the negative, but I do reference in the reunion how difficult it is \u2014 even when I\u2019m at odds with someone, just because I have a tough conversation doesn\u2019t make it easy to see people speak negatively about them online. My mom and Todd have both taken a significant amount of negative feedback and commentary. That\u2019s awful to watch someone you care about go through. I think it is so wonderful to watch somebody be honest. I try to be very authentic about sharing my real life. But it is my real life, and it is hard to hear all of the opinions everyone has. <\/p>\n

\n\tWhen you watch the show, you can appreciate somebody being vulnerable and not exploit that by making them feel worse. Also, this is a year out on some of the stuff we filmed. It is so interesting and difficult for it to re-air and get re-brought up, and then have new opinions come into play.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tBronwyn Newport and Andy Cohen at the RHOSLC season six reunion.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJocelyn Prescod\/Bravo<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter the reunion was filmed, news<\/a> of your separation got out to the public. Were you expecting this news to be revealed ahead of the reunion airing?<\/p>\n

\n\tMy intention was to share at the reunion so that it could be me speaking for myself in the place I felt like I needed to. These women were friends with me as I was processing this culmination of my marriage, so I felt they were owed an explanation of some of the rationale of why I was who I was when we were filming, and what was going on in my life, my mind and my home. <\/p>\n

\n\tI agreed to open my life up to the cameras and Bravo fandom, so in my mind, it was the right thing to do to talk about this there first. It also gave me a platform to speak for myself about how I feel about my separation. My intention was for that to air as we filmed it, which would have been in this last part of the reunion. I\u2019m always disappointed when I don\u2019t get to speak for myself. But I think it would be very naive of me to say I was shocked this came out. I wish it had not, though, of course.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen you talked about your separation in the third part of the reunion, you were very vocal about your love and concern for Todd and how he was navigating this change. But Bronwyn, how are you doing?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s always tricky. Things don\u2019t end easily or cleanly or overnight. I do have a lot of love and respect for Todd. We\u2019ve had a long, beautiful relationship in so many ways, more ways than not. I\u2019m really focused on not going back and rewriting history. Just because we\u2019re not going forward together doesn\u2019t mean those times weren\u2019t meaningful and important to me. <\/p>\n

\n\tBut at the same time, I can hold the grief of what I hoped would happen between the two of us with the excitement of what I know is coming for me in my future. I want to be careful I don\u2019t sound cold \u2014 I\u2019m not excited; this wasn\u2019t easy. It\u2019s not easy to stay in these decisions. It would be easier to try to figure it out with Todd. But of course, a new beginning is scary and anxious and all those things, but also optimistic. I believe that you move forward and run towards what you want, and run away from what you don\u2019t want. There are a lot of things I\u2019m excited about on the horizon. I don\u2019t think I could be talking about how hard this was if I hadn\u2019t somehow gotten through it, or if I was in the midst of getting through it. That\u2019s enough of a reminder that I\u2019m going to be okay and I\u2019ll figure it out. Whatever comes next, I can handle, so I should be excited.<\/p>\n

\n\tYou mentioned you have some exciting things on the horizon, and I know you have an announcement to share.<\/p>\n

\n\tI\u2019m launching my new digital series WALK-IN this year. It\u2019s going to be on my Substack<\/a>, and it\u2019s something I\u2019m incredibly excited about. It\u2019s something I\u2019ve been dreaming up for a really long time. Each episode takes place in someone\u2019s closet, literally. But it\u2019s not just about their clothes. Of course, always, the clothes and fashion is so important to me, but I think a closet tells you everything about who a person is \u2014 where they\u2019ve come from, who they are, what they\u2019re becoming. It\u2019s been so fun for me to go and talk to [each guest] about where fashion intersects in their life and their personality and history. It\u2019s people that you know \u2014 Christian Siriano, Laverne Cox, Betsey Johnson \u2014 so many other people. They each have such a public persona, but I wanted stories you haven\u2019t heard from their home, from their closet \u2014 sitting with me walking through this half-memory lane, half-where do we go from here?<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile working on WALK-IN, what has been the most rewarding part of the process?<\/p>\n

\n\tLooking through other people\u2019s closets. I do be nosy. (Laughs.) My favorite thing is watching somebody talk about something they\u2019re passionate about, the way they light up and get so excited. Giving people a place to talk about something so personal, like putting their whole selves into a design or the first outfit they wore to a major award show \u2014 getting people into a space where they can talk about something so passionately and share something is beautiful to watch. As a historian and a lover of all the stories of the houses of fashion and how we\u2019ve gotten here in this day and age, I love it. It\u2019s really vulnerable to let somebody into your closet and explain how we are either expressing ourselves or putting out this outer facade of what we dress.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tBronwyn Newport.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHarol Baez<\/p>\n

\n\tIs this the pathway you see yourself evolving in the fashion industry? Do you want to do more hosting, like you\u2019re doing with this series?<\/p>\n

\n\tI love Substack. I also have my little love letters to each of the designers and the houses, and they cover all the awards shows and recap my fashion on the show. I\u2019m happy for the show to be on Substack, which is such a fun home for me to get to kind of talk about all things fashion. Last year I got to host the red carpet for [People magazine at] the SAG and the Emmy Awards. That is something that 5-year-old Bronwyn has always wanted to do. <\/p>\n

\n\tWhat people choose to put on their body on the red carpet is like someone picking your dress as their wedding dress, and that\u2019s so incredibly touching. Getting to host and talk to people, there\u2019s also a narrative and storyline and craft behind what actors are wearing through their press tours \u2014 when they show up at these award shows and how that positions them for a new movie, and the way that all intertwines. I went back during COVID and did an art history degree with an emphasis in museum curation, so for me, it\u2019s not just about what clothing looks like, it\u2019s about the history and what it means to somebody and what feelings it invokes. The red carpet is the culmination of all those things.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAn Oscar winner recently praised you in the press. What was your reaction when you saw that Emma Stone said she loves your fashion sense on the show?<\/p>\n

\n\tEven you saying it again sent a little shiver up my spine. It is so surreal to think that Emma Stone is watching me get on Below Deck in an inflatable Moschino life preserver hat. I bought that five years ago. I\u2019ve worn it once on a trip before, but when they said we were going on Below Deck, everyone else was [thinking about] vacation or flights. I was like, \u201cThe Moschino\u2019s coming out.\u201d The second you tell me we\u2019re going to XYZ restaurant, I think Ooh, I have the perfect dress for that. If I was Emma Stone and someone was interviewing me about my lead up to the Oscars<\/a>, I probably wouldn\u2019t be talking about Bronwyn Newport\u2019s clothes on Salt Lake City Housewives. It blows my mind that\u2019s what she wanted to talk about, and it was very gratifying (laughs) that she was so impressed. <\/p>\n

\n\tThat\u2019s the beauty of the show for me. Yes, there are moments in my life that have been very difficult to share, but the fans resonate with it. There is a community and a love there. And then the silliness and joy in my life that I get to share, having that be also something that resonates with people. I\u2019ve been dressing in this way my whole life, and for it to be on Bravo and be appreciated by Emma Stone is not where middle school me who was awkward and dressed different than everyone else thought I was going.<\/p>\n

\n\tDo you have a favorite look you\u2019ve worn on the show so far?<\/p>\n

\n\tEveryone knows me for the YSL heart coat. But my favorite was the Moschino life preserver, just because it was so apropos for the boat ride. I needed the extra flotation materials going into that potentially sinking ship where we were all not getting along. It\u2019s underrated, but during my first season, Angie [Katsanevas] had a mafia themed anniversary party, and I put a lot of thought into that look.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tBronwyn Newport in Moschino on the RHOSLC-Below Deck Down Under crossover.<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy<\/p>\n

\n\tSomething I admire about you is your advocacy for the queer community. I read in your British Vogue<\/a> profile that RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race is your favorite reality TV<\/a> show. Is this true?<\/p>\n

\n\tIt is. I always say RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race<\/a> is my favorite show, and I\u2019m not taking it back. Traitors is worming its way in there. Traitors is a solid, not even No. 2 \u2014 let\u2019s say 1.5. It gets better every season. But yes, I love RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race. I\u2019ve seen every spinoff, every episode, every RuGirl on tour across the US. I love the RuGirls, I live for them. So naturally, I love when the RuGirls show up on Traitors. I\u2019m a big fan of Mon\u00e9t [X Change] this season<\/a>, of course.<\/p>\n

\n\tIf asked, would you appear as a guest judge on RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race?<\/p>\n

\n\tIf they asked me, I would start running. I wouldn\u2019t even have time to text them, \u201cYes,\u201d I would just be on my way. Like, outfit is ready. Schedule is clear. Put me in coach! I\u2019m ready to do it.<\/p>\n

\n\tSince you brought up Traitors, would you do that show as well?<\/p>\n

\n\tI am absolutely dying to do Traitors. I think the roundtable would be my specialty. I don\u2019t feel like I lose many arguments. I feel like I would be just fine in a roundtable setting, and there would be nothing to make me happier than getting to put together 87 suitcases of outfits to take to that castle. (Laughs.) There\u2019s some good fashion on Traitors, but I\u2019d like to think I would elevate it in my own way.<\/p>\n

\n\tIf you went on Traitors, which Housewives would you want to see on the show?<\/p>\n

\n\tI\u2019m dying for [Lisa] Rinna this season and Candiace [Dillard Bassett]. But frankly, I\u2019m glad they\u2019re there now. They\u2019re formidable. I love getting to work with the Housewives from other cities, because everybody there is a sisterhood of understanding what it feels like to put your life on camera. But [I\u2019d like] a little bit of space, because I don\u2019t actually film with the [Housewives from other franchises] and have these really intense moments that I do with my castmates in Salt Lake. I would love to be with any of them not from Salt Lake (laughs.) As lovingly as possible, I would like to see my Salt Lake girls only in Salt Lake for now, not in Traitors. But if I had a dream housewife, I think I\u2019d be great with one of the Miami girls<\/a>, Alexia [Nepola] or Marysol [Patton]. Bring me Rachel Zoe<\/a>. We have very different fashion. I\u2019d love a little who wore it best, Rachel Zoe and Bronwyn in the Traitors castle.<\/p>\n

\n\tYou have been open about everything from your marriage to your upbringing in Mormonism, love of fashion, queer advocacy, etc. When you meet people, what connects with them most?<\/p>\n

\n\tSo many people come up to me and are grateful for the support that I have for the queer community, especially for my trans brothers and sisters. It\u2019s really meaningful to see somebody speaking love and support and acceptance. We\u2019re in such a divisive and, frankly, very scary era of this administration right now. That is always something I\u2019ll continue to do more of. People have reached out to both me and my daughter about the idea of a non-traditional family or not growing up with both parents, and it\u2019s been so beautiful for her and I both to hear how other people have navigated this and what it meant for them to see us share a little bit about that. I really wanted to share my story, but of course it\u2019s intertwined with hers. She was very brave and very generous to put some of her life on camera also to explain that story. I think that\u2019s really, really resonated with so many people who\u2019ve watched.<\/p>\n

\n\t***\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe final part of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City<\/a> season six reunion aired on Bravo Tuesday. Season six is fully available to stream on Peacock Wednesday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the conclusion of season six of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Bronwyn Newport is walking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[603,39899,88,3976,879,604,5033,19725,77120,92],"class_list":["post-434293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-bravo","tag-christian-siriano","tag-entertainment","tag-fashion","tag-real-housewives","tag-reality-tv","tag-style","tag-substack","tag-the-real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}