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Chrishell Stause claims important moments were cut from Selling Sunset season eight as producers chose to instead focus on the drama between Nicole Young and Emma Hernan.
As she also slammed Nicole, 38, for telling a “dangerous lie” about Emma, 32, supposedly sleeping with a married man and confirmed she will not return to the Netflix reality series if Nicole is brought back, Chrishell, 43, revealed that Nicole has allegedly hired a crisis management team. Plus, Chrishell also dished on her plans to start a family with partner G Flip, 30.
“Why did G not make any sort of appearance?? Other than the framed pic,” someone wondered in a comment shared to one of Chrishell’s recent Instagram posts.
“It was cut,” Chrishell replied.
And that wasn’t all that was cut from Selling Sunset season eight.
In a lengthy post shared to her Instagram account, Chrishell called out several moments that didn’t make it to air. She revealed that she shot a scene with singer Tinashe, 31, that she was “sad” was cut, and she also shared that she and G Flip filmed with Emma and Chelsea Lazkani, 31.
“Thank you for opening up and filming with me,” Chrishell wrote to G. “Was surprised where we are and where we’ve been in our family process didn’t make it. Very sweet of you to film for me even though I know you don’t love it. I love you.”
Chrishell also shared photos taken during filming of never-aired scenes with Mary Fitzgerald, 44, and Alanna Gold, 32, and stated that Emma had come forward with a new man.
“[We filmed] a scene where Emma introduced us to who she actually WAS dating. This was pretty funny [because] I didn’t like him. So maybe it’s for the best,” Chrishell noted.
Chrishell also spoke of her frustrations with production during a September 4 interview with Extra’s Billy Bush, shading them for focusing on Nicole and her efforts to spread a “damaging lie” about Emma.
“The only time she’s ever made headlines is trying to take down me and now Emma, so you know, she’s trying to do the same playbook she did before. It’s unfortunate that she was given the platform to do it again and Emma not be given the chance to defend herself, because as you will see now with the receipts that are coming out, it’s so blatantly untrue,” she noted. “Even the person that somehow started [the rumor] that Nicole, you know, names is the first person to be like, ‘Oh my God, that is not what I said, Nicole.’ You’ll see all of this proof coming out, unfortunately we have to wait until it airs to be able to post them.”
“I just wish she had been given a chance on the show to defend herself,” Chrishell added.
According to Chrishell, there were many fun moments cut from season eight to make way for Nicole’s claims against Emma to take the spotlight.
“We did a lot of things this season, you know, a lot of deals and things I’m super proud of, but unfortunately this is my best friend, so it overshadows a lot. I just think it’s a dangerous lie to tell about someone when you knew it wasn’t true and you were told in writing that it wasn’t true… It’s just unfortunate,” Chrishell shared.
Looking forward to season nine, Chrishell confirmed she will not be a part of the episodes if producers decide to bring Nicole back to the show.
“I will never work on a show with her again,” she stated. “After eight seasons and seeing someone systematically try to plot against several people… Why are we giving her more airtime? The audience doesn’t want to see this or hear this. When somebody’s just hungry for camera time and lies, the audience is over it. We’re big personalities, we’re dealing in high luxury real estate stakes. There is drama that doesn’t need to be blatant lies and just trying to, like, fight for camera time. I think that’s way more interesting.”
“I really have a moral code that just doesn’t want to be involved with something that would give her more air time,” she continued, adding that she would rather see women “lifting each other up.”
As the new season began streaming and Nicole was called out by a number of cast members, including Chelsea, Chrishell said she hired a “crisis management team.”
“She [knows] she’s caught in the biggest lie,” Chrishell explained.
Moving on to her romance with G Flip, Chrishell said the two of them are “working” on starting a family,
“We’re a same-sex couple and so there’s a lot of, you know, just obstacles that we face and it’s been a journey… We’re still working on it and I’m hopeful that yes, we will be entering a new chapter at some point soon,” she teased.
Selling Sunset season eight is currently streaming on Netflix.