Chrishell Stause (left) and G Flip at the 2025 Arias in Sydney. Photograph: Brittany Long/Publishd/Shutterstock View image in fullscreen Chrishell Stause (left) and G Flip at the 2025 Arias in Sydney. Photograph: Brittany Long/Publishd/Shutterstock Opinion Relationships G Flip and Chrishell Stause have broken up, and like many in the queer community, I’m in mourning Rebecca Shaw Love may not be dead, but it’s had a difficult morning. As much as I’d like a full investigative report, I will instead be getting on with life, as they will
I n this current bummer of a world, we often wake up to bad news. This morning, it was devastating. I picked up my phone and saw multiple texts asking me how I felt about the fact that … Chrishell Stause and G Flip have broken up.
If those names seem like some sort of gibberish to you, I won’t expect you to understand the seismic shift. While I was sleeping soundly in Australia in the knowledge that love exists, Strause, from the LA “real estate” show Selling Sunset, posted a vulnerable and deeply sad video where she revealed that she and Australian drummer G Flip have parted ways after being married for several years.
Her clear, genuine sadness, her talk of feeling like a failure – it moved me. I posted about it on Instagram and in came the flood of responses: Nooooo. Love is dead. Love isn’t real. Whose fault is this. I’m devastated. I’m in mourning. And so on and so forth. Many queer people in particular have been sliced in the heart by this news. Every group chat I’m in is talking about it (not all instigated by me).
Read more I’ve started seeing comments under posts about the breakup such as “Who?” or worse, “Who cares?” and I have to tell you that I care. We care. To me, and people like me, this relationship was a beautiful queer success story.
Chrishell comes from a poor background, and her previous marriage ended in a brutal public dumping by actor Justin Hartley. She joined Selling Sunset as a real estate agent and soon became the main character as she compellingly rebuilt her life. During the process she met and fell in love with a non-binary drummer from Australia.
Watching someone from such a hyper heterosexual world like Los Angeles real estate, from a hyper heterosexual show like Selling Sunset, begin to dip her toe into the queer world was amazing. Watching her experiencing a truly fulfilling romantic relationship and falling for someone who loved her back and encouraged her to be her true self was a balm. Bringing that queer dynamic to the world of reality TV was also deeply enjoyable.
I think everyone tuned into this public relationship was happy to see Chrishell glowing. She and G Flip travelled together, their love always seeming to become stronger and more joyous. Chrishell seemed to love Australia, and in fact became part of Australia, endearing herself by travelling to all sorts of places G Flip’s music took her, such as Wollongong. When she ordered a flat white in a Selling Sunset scene at a cafe, I felt national pride. When the show introduced wide American audiences to their relationship, and to Chrishell’s hyper femme love for the non-binary G Flip, the couple received homophobic hate. But their love endured.
Read more Of course, we don’t know what happened. We know that Chrishell seems heartbroken, posting a video because she felt she owed it to the fans of their relationship, the ones who have been so supportive. We know that she seems confused, saying it won’t be hard fo…