Chrishell Stause Plans to Adopt a Child: ‘Please Stop Asking’


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Loud and clear Selling SunsetStar Chrishell StauseClarified that she still wants children and said she plans to adopt a child.

After taking a photo of you holding hands with your significant other, click here G FlipThe Under Construction author, 41, reposted a reply via her Instagram Story on Sunday, September 18: “You didn’t want to have children?”

After her relationship with another Netflix star, Stause began dating G Flip, a nonbinary, for several month. Jason OppenheimDue to their differing views about having children, the meeting ended. Since the Days of Our Lives alum and the Australia native, 27, can’t both be one baby’s biological parents, some fans have incorrectly assumed Stause’s desire to be a mom has changed — but there are many different ways to start a family.

Selling Sunset's Chrishell Stause Still Wants to Have a Baby, Plans to Adopt a Child: 'Please Stop Asking'
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“Please stop asking me this,” the Netflix reality star replied to the Instagram user. “At least this one didn’t include hate, I refuse to give a voice to by reposting. I plan on adopting.”

She added, “I understand being on Selling SunsetPeople can ask me questions and I can tell them about my life. But I am tired of this question … I fell in love with a person. It’s not that scandalous.”

Stause said in another slide that her split with Oppenheim, 45 was entirely about her desire for a family. The couple dated from July 2021 until December 2021. In a statement at the time of their breakup, the University of California, Berkeley alum said that he and the former soap star “have different wants regarding a family” but still share “the utmost respect” for each other.

“I was looking to make a family with someone that wanted one as well,” the Kentucky native wrote in another slide via her Instagram Story on Sunday. “And if someone doesn’t know if they will ever even want to have a child and is not open to adoption, then those are two things that don’t align for me. My last relationship was a love affair. I am now going to continue posting about my day. If you don’t understand after this answer then that’s OK. You don’t need to. Just know I am very happy and so is everyone involved.”

Selling Sunset's Chrishell Stause Still Wants to Have a Baby, Plans to Adopt a Child: 'Please Stop Asking'
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G Flip has made it clear that he wants to be a parent one day. “I definitely see children in my future,” the performer said during a May episode of the “PEOPLE Every Day” podcast. “Right now, me and Chrishell know where we are in the stages of our lives. And we’re very transparent about that.”

They continued: “I love children. I was a teacher of music for many years before becoming a session drummer and then a solo musician. So I was like, ‘I’ve always loved kids and, yeah, definitely one day that’ll be in the future.’”

In Netflix’s Selling SunsetSeason 5 reunion earlier this summer, Stause confirmed earlier in the year that she had left Oppenheim. “I recently have been spending a lot of time with someone that’s very important to me. Their name is G Flip. They’re nonbinary, so they go by they/them [pronouns],” the Kentucky native told host Tan FranceDuring the special. “And they are an extremely talented musician.”

Selling Sunset's Chrishell Stause Still Wants to Have a Baby, Plans to Adopt a Child: 'Please Stop Asking'

G Flip and Chrishell Stause.
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The reunion was followed by the Dancing With the Stars alum acknowledged that her outlook on gender and sexuality being fluid could be “confusing” for some, but she asked her fans to see it as an “act of love” to try and understand where she’s coming from.

“I’m the same person that you’ve been following this whole time,” Stause told fans in the spring. “I hope if this is all confusing to you, stick around and keep an open mind. If you don’t, I understand that too. But I’m happy and I hope that you all are as well.”