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Braunwyn Windham-Burke‘s son Jacob is enjoying the world of drag, even in quarantine. The “Real Housewives of Orange County” star, 42, said that her 14-year-old has kept the family entertained by performing drag shows on a stage in their home, with his sights set on an upcoming “pageant for younger drag queens” in Denver — …
Braunwyn Windham-Burke‘s son Jacob is enjoying the world of drag, even in quarantine.
The “Real Housewives of Orange County” star, 42, said that her 14-year-old has kept the family entertained by performing drag shows on a stage in their home, with his sights set on an upcoming “pageant for younger drag queens” in Denver — if it doesn’t get canceled.
“He has all the wigs and the clothes and makeup, and he’s been doing online tutorials,” Windham-Burke told Bravo’s “The Daily Dish” podcast.
And it seems the rest of the family is getting involved as well. Windham-Burke and husband Sean’s 6-year-old son Caden “loves it too,” she said. They are also the parents of daughters Bella, 19, Rowan, 17, Koa, 4, and Hazel, 1, and Caden’s twin brother, Curren.
Bella’s boyfriend, who is staying with the family in quarantine, also participates in the shows, Windham-Burke said.
Jacob’s expressed interest in drag began around the holidays. Windham-Burke said her son “asked for heels for Christmas, and I said, ‘OK,’ and that sort of started it. I have found out there’s an entire community of teenagers that are in the drag community that I didn’t know about, and I’ve reached out to a lot of their moms.”
“He was kind of in a funk for a while, he was kind of depressed and just sad,” she added. “This has taken him out of that. He’s just activated and alive.”
Jacob’s in-home drag shows may even make an appearance on the upcoming season of “RHOC,” as Windham-Burke started to self-shoot some scenes with her co-stars earlier this month.
Braunwyn first revealed that Jacob wanted to “give the world of drag a try” in January, and she attended a charity event for the San Diego LGBT Community Center the following month with Jacob and her husband.
Sean wore red heels to the event in support for Jacob and other children interested in drag, prompting some backlash on social media. Windham-Burke unequivocally defended her husband, saying: “All the hate that my husband’s getting for a pair of shoes sort of goes to show why this is so important. So, as long as a pair of shoes can be so pulverizing and divisive, it means we still have a lot of work to do because people aren’t understanding, people are judging.”
