But Bronwyn Newport can.
Everyone has called me all kinds of names, she tells me.
Ive been called a whore, Ive been called weird.
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Everybody hates my fashion.
Ive been called all kinds of things.
When [my husband] Todd and I got together, the gold digger commentary started.
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Finally, I was like, theres nothing else anybody can say thats mean about me.
So I might as well just be a hundred percent myself.
For the past several years, Newport has made a name by doing just that: being herself.
dogs; her charity work; her passion for social justice; and her adventures.
They said to me, what do you want out of this?
she says with a laugh.
I said, I really want to be a guest judge onRuPauls Drag Race.
Im trying to get on RuPauls radar.
I have hired all of his girls to perform events and parties of mine.
I follow him on Twitter.
I talk about every episode.
Notice me, RuPaul!
Thats all Im asking for at this point.
Newport, Ill note, is totally serious.
ButHousewivesalso came up for her at an interesting chapter of her life.
Now, after making it through that tough period, Newport felt she had nothing to lose.
I dont know if I could have doneHousewivesbefore that last barrier dropped.
Its really my own life now, she says of her thought process about joining the show.
I have the time and the resources and the money to do whatever Id like to do.
So, what is it that Id like to do?
But Newport is certainly not a Garcia stand-in, or trying to do an impression of any other Housewife.
Its a scene thats emblematic of Newports stated ability to be nothing but herself.
Whats tricky is that it is really me on camera, she says.
There are some people who maybe are careful about what they show.
Im very much myself on or off camera.
Its going to be a ride for sure, she says.
I cant say its the same ride theyve had in any other season….
This season stands separate from all the others, I think.
