Brynn Whitfield hasnt been on a date in months.
Shes trying not to care about finding love, but shes curious about how Im doing it.
Why are you talking to someone who skateboards?
Interior NYC coat. Theory sweater.
she asks, bemused.
I want to date every punch in of boy there is, I say.
You don’t need to dothattype, she deadpans.
Interior NYC coat. Theory sweater. Philip Lim dress. Fossil ring. Mejuri ring. Stone and Strand ring. Pandora ring. Tory Burch heels.
Whitfields eyes light up when I ask her to point me in the right direction.
Hinge is adorable but a touch too cutesy with the writing prompts.
Back in the day, she liked The League.
Interior NYC coat. Theory sweater. Philip Lim dress. Fossil ring. Mejuri ring. Stone and Strand ring. Pandora ring. Tory Burch heels.
I don’t need a creative in the music industry or a photographer.
Shes tried hitting on guys at Whole Foods.
I blame the lighting.
Shes infiltrated Goldman Sachs outdoor happy hours.
She wasnt above, at one time, chasing attractive men down the street.
If you saw a $100 bill on the ground, would you just let it go?
The newest version of Ariana Madix?
Stronger, freer, andyesricher.
Brynn Whitfield is a woman who knows to strike when the irons hot.
Theory sweater. Philip Lim dress. Fossil ring. Mejuri ring. Stone and Strand ring. Pandora ring.
Stone and Strand ring.
Im catching Whitfield on the break between the end of one season and the beginning of taping for another.
In other words, women who better represent the modern New York It girl.
Interior NYC coat. Theory sweater. Philip Lim dress. Fossil ring. Mejuri ring. Stone and Strand ring. Pandora ring. Tory Burch heels.
PhotoshopHannah Bronfmaninto this lineup and youd have my fantasy football draft for the shows next season.
Watch the reboot closely, though, and youll see ghosts of Housewives past.
But Whitfield has a razzle-dazzle all her own.
What makes the act so endearing is that you’re able to see shes working for it.
Reddit trolls dunked on her for this very thingtrying too hard.
TheSummer Housestar and self-described introvert never expected to spend seven years on reality television.
This is Whitfields life now: constantly up for debate, analysis, endless riffing.
Her strength is her ability to maintain a sense of levity amid the scrutiny.
It’s a very easy gig for me, she says.
The only stressful part was waiting and hoping that I didnt say somethingsostupid or flash my vagina or something.
But everything else was just nice and fun.
Under Whitfields effervescence there is a conscientiousness you might miss.
Like the rom-com heroine she is, Whitfield simply hopped out of the shoes and did the interview barefoot.
Even if I’m hammered, I’m prepared, she says.
Like, I’m prepared to be drunk this weekend and I’m going to get drunk.
Stone and Strand ring.
Were fighting about fucking cheese.
Were also changing peoples lives.
Antics abound on the reboot.
I think the reboot’s different in that regard, right?
It’s got a touch of Oprah or something in it.
We’re fighting about fucking cheese.
We’re also changing people’s lives, she says before pausing to giggle at the melodrama.
No, but it’s a real thing.
And it’s helping people.
And that’s the only thing that I ever wanted from any of it.
Appearing on the show wouldve been a nightmare otherwise, she says.
For some more than others, it can be hard to swallow what filming reveals.
There’s no edit, Whitfield says.
It’s a mirror…. And it’s really hard to watch when you like yourself.
You’re like, My voice is annoying.
Why did I wear that?
Or like me, I was like, How many dick jokes can you make, Brynn?
I was like, Oh God, my nieces are going to see this.
But no, that’s me.
But the punch line is quickly followed by a more honest admission.
I’m so scared.
But I did the ultrasound again and thank God there’s still plenty of follicles.
And then if I have to do a second cycle, I guess I will.
For a few minutes, it felt like she was suffocating.
I had this weird realization: I dont care anymore about dating.
To me, it was always such a scary thought, she says.
I wouldn’t even let myself think thoughts like, What if I don’t get married?
That was my anxious thought that I ideally have to squash and be secure or whatever.
What if that’s my story?
And I had this weird realization: I don’t care anymore about dating.
I cared for so long and where did that get me?
She throws in a nervous caveat just in case.
Again, I still want it, she adds.
And at the rate her star is rising, it must be.
I suppose even God watchesHousewives.
Photographer: Andrew GowenStyling: Kat ThomasMakeup: Sophia VallejosHair: Hayley SmithPhoto location:Rosecrans Cafe & Florist
