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Bronwyn Newport is being called out by her former husband, Brodie Stringer, in a new interview.
Months after the 40-year-old Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star described their one-year marriage as “ill-advised” after images of the two of them surfaced on social media, Brodie has described the fashionista as a “social climber” with a “fake persona” who will “do anything” to remain in the spotlight. He also revealed that he’s “not in the least bit surprised” that she pursued her role on the Bravo reality series.
“That’s just how she’s always been,” Brodie said of Bronwyn in a September 18 interview with The U.S. Sun. “And good for her. She got what she wanted, and she’s halfway there, I guess. I mean, that’s exactly who she is. And I guess you can’t fault her for it. You can’t be mad at her for it. It’s just what she’s wanted. She got it. And I think she, in her mind, would do anything necessary to get that, if it has to be good or bad.”
According to Brodie, Bronwyn was a “social climber” and put on a front for certain people.
Bronwyn Newport’s Ex-Husband Brodie Stringer. Credit: The Sun
“She has this kind of fake persona that she puts on in front of people, in front of the limelight. Like watching that, it’s kind of she always has some sort of like, I don’t know how to put like, a dark, behind-the-scenes. It doesn’t surprise me that whatever drama is going on in her life, I’m just not surprised,” he explained. “She puts on this act and then, you know, behind the scenes it’s just a whole different person.”
Brodie’s description of Bronwyn echoes claims made by her co-star, Lisa Barlow, 50, who previously described her as “fake” and “concerned with climbing the social ladder,” and accused her of “constantly lying” and “being a different person” on camera.
On the premiere episode of RHOSLC season six, one of Bronwyn’s lies was at the forefront as she admitted that her husband, Todd Bradley, 66, who she married in 2016, didn’t actually buy her a $4 million necklace, which she claimed on season five.
Bronwyn “doesn’t seem genuine, that’s for sure,” Brodie noted. “It’s not like she changed herself. She hasn’t. She’s, you know, grown up. She just seems, maybe, a little more calculated in how she’s manipulating people. She had kind of this little bit of a dark side of how her personality was. And, you know, I bet she’s not happy.”
“The other gals in the show, you know, start the drama. And she’s just one of those girls that just looks for the drama. She loves the drama. As long as she’s in the limelight, she’s fine with it. So I guess, you know, that’s what people, I guess, in reality TV want. Especially those Housewives shows that I’ve seen, man, it’s exhausting,” Brodie continued. “The small little clip that I saw, it’s like, woof. If I was Todd, I would stay far away from that show.”
As RHOSLC fans may have seen, Bronwyn spoke of Brodie and reached out to him earlier this year after photos of them, along with her daughter, Gwen, surfaced online.
“My ill-advised, brief marriage (which I have always referenced in my public Q&As and never hidden) to this man does not make him Gwen’s father,” she wrote on her Instagram Story. “She called him by his first name. He was never a father figure to her.”
While Brodie said he wishes “nothing but the best” for Bronwyn and is “happy” to see her get what she wanted,” he suspected her desire to be famous would continue.
“She’s just gonna keep looking for the next best thing and more and more and more fame or this,” he added.
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City season six airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on Bravo.