The Real Housewives of New York City has added a new well-known personality to its cast of Season 15.
The news of the art curator Racquel Chevremont joining the currently-filming Bravo series for season 15 was announced on Thursday.
Chevremont has advised businesses, collectors, and artists for more than 20 years while working with institutions.
She has had the chance to curate artists such as Dawoud Bey, Natia Lemay, Glenn Ligon, Julie Mehretu, Gordon Parks, Deborah Roberts and also several collections for films and television series that got nominated for awards, including Severance, Empire, Law & Order: Organized Crime, and And Just Like That.
Chevremont also has modelling credits under her name, from ad campaigns for Benetton, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Fila, L'Oréal, Nivea, along with International Elle magazine covers after being discovered by photographer and model scout Steve Landis for Elite models in 1993.
“I honestly didn't think they would be interested in me in the end because they already had a queer woman,” Chevremont shared with GLAAD in an interview announcing her casting.
“I wasn't sure if they were going to want two queer women on a franchise that has historically been about married heterosexual women. I think it was a bold decision and honestly a more authentic representation of NYC.”
“My entire adult life has been about representation and using whatever platform I have to get the voices of queer folks of the diaspora out there. What better way to do so if not as a member of this iconic franchise,” she added.
“I'm hoping to bring it all, show people a loving fun family along with our chosen family. It's extremely important to me, [because] this show reaches millions of people,” Chevremont told the outlet.
“In the current world climate it's important for not only our community to see themselves represented but also for the world to get to know a queer family in a more intimate way and show that we all have more similarities than not; That queer women can be successful, beautiful and in loving relationships raising children too; That this world exists,” she added.
