The Definitive Chrishell Stause and G Flip Relationship Timeline

Chrishell Stause and G Flip’s relationship has occupied much of my limited attention for nearly two years. Ever since the Selling Sunset star and the nonbinary Australian drummer announced their relationship in May 2022, it’s hard to focus on anything else. Movies? Too long! Books? Who has the time? But a TikTok video of Chrishell and G Flip dressing up as Ross Lynch and Troye Sivan from the “One of Your Girls” video? Sign me up! I love very few things earnestly, so I’m sure some people think my obsession fandom is a bit. So allow me to use this timeline of Chrishell and G Flip’s relationship to explain why I am totally, earnestly 100% gay for G-Shell (or is it C-Flip?).

Like several million Netflix subscribers, I was a fan of Chrishell Stause before I ever detected any inklings of queerness from her. When the luxury real estate reality show Selling Sunset first started airing, Stause was going through a heartbreaking divorce with This is Us star Justin Hartley. Then she started dating Jason Oppenheim, president of the O Group brokerage at the center of Selling Sunset, only to end up at a crossroads over whether the couple wanted children. I just wanted this woman to catch a break, honestly. I had no idea she would find healing and true love in the form of a nonbinary musician with a letter for a first name.

Like many Americans, I had no idea who G Flip was until Stause revealed she was dating them on the season 5 reunion episode of Selling Sunset. But let me assure you, they are quite well-known in Australia and they certainly deserve the wider fame they are now accruing. A drummer with a powerful singing voice, G Flip may have first inspired a reaction of “Who?” But if you listen to their music, or go to one of their shows, you will see why Stause appears to be completely obsessed with them: they are a breath of fresh air with an Australian accent, good-humored but also deeply thoughtful. Simply put, no matter what the more queerphobic Selling Sunsets believe, it seemed to me like Chrishell had finally found someone worthy of the intensity of her love.

So, with complete honesty — but also the occasional joke — allow me to guide you through Chrishell Stause and G Flip’s love story, beginning, of course, in 1927.

September 1927: Philo Taylor Farnsworth Invents the Modern Television

A Mormon teenager from Beaver, Utah spent seven years working on the concept for an all-electric television, only to unveil his success at age 21. His invention would become the medium through which we watch Selling Sunset, without which Chrishell Stause and G Flip might never have met. (It’s also responsible for All My Children, the soap on which Stause starred for 541 episodes!)

July 1981: Chrishell Stause Is Born

Chrishell Stause is a Cancer, which makes all kinds of sense given the gamut of emotions we see from her on Selling Sunset. She was born in 1981 in Kentucky to what she described in a tribute post to her late father as “an unconventional family.” Stause’s family story is genuinely moving. For the purpose of this relationship timeline, I would like to note one beautifully serendipitous detail: her dad was a drummer, or “the heartbeat of music,” as she beautifully phrased it.

September 1994: G Flip Is Born

Somewhere in the wilds of Australia, G Flip was born a Virgo with a drumstick in their hand. “I just want to play, mate!" they announced, to the astonishment of all the kangaroos. Someone put a kit in front of them and they performed the entire drum solo from Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight.” Is it any wonder that they would go on to become an award-winning musician who released an album called Drummer?

October 2021: Chrishell Stause and G Flip Connect at a Halloween Party

According to an interview the couple gave to Vogue Australia, Chrishell Stause was G Flip’s realtor for a planned move to Los Angeles, but they had “only met in passing” until one fateful night in October 2021. When did Chrishell and G Flip first truly connect? Why, no less gay an occasion than Halloween! G Flip invited Chrishell to a Tones and I show that the drummer was playing, and they unwittingly wore matching outfits.

“I was a very DIY, thrift-store skeleton,” G Flip told Vogue Australia. “My costume would’ve cost me all but $15. And Chrishell looked like a million-dollar skeleton.”

What a shock that these two skeletons would end up … boning. (I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m trying to delete it.)

December 2021: Chrishell Stause and Jason Oppenheim Announce Their Breakup

I’m addressing this blurb to any homophobic Selling Sunset fans who stumble across this relationship timeline: Chrishell Stause and Jason Oppenheim broke up in December 2021 for the same kind of boring deal-breaker reasons many couples do: She wanted kids, he did not. Chrishell moved on to G Flip, and they’re all friends now. Be mad about it. You can’t rewrite a beautiful queer love story, no matter how many hateful comments you post.

Late 2021 - May 2022: The Dark Ages

For a certain subset of hyper-online Angeleno lesbians who heralded the arrival of G Flip to their fair city, this period is full of all sorts of micro-milestones, including “Chrishell left a comment on G Flip’s post” and “G Flip hearted Chrishell’s selfie.” Suffice it to say, this is a period when Instagram provides our most reliable public window into the couple’s nascent relationship. From interviews, however, we do know that this period was — if you’ll excuse the editorializing — very cute.

After their first kiss, for example, Chrishell reportedly said, “I apologize for being straight.” And in January 2022, when Chrishell was helping G Flip look for homes, she had a physical response to her client’s whole vibe. “I had a reaction in my body that felt the same way as if a man walked up to me that I had a crush on — that I would get a little flustered,” Stause later told Them. Hopefully one day, they will hire a queer novelist (hello!) to adapt their early love story as a rom-com.

May 2022: The Selling Sunset Reunion Episode Heard ’Round the World

For my particular circle of queer friends, this was a real “where were you when?” moment. I was minding my own business on the couch when suddenly I received no fewer than five DMs informing me that Chrishell had gone public with her relationship with G Flip in a Selling Sunset season five reunion episode hosted by Queer Eye’s Tan France. I immediately pressed play. From the shocked reactions of Stause’s castmates to her ex-boyfriend Jason Oppenheim’s endearingly awkward attempt to conjugate a verb correctly (“they seems like a badass”), so many details from this episode are forever etched in my memory.

“I recently have been spending a lot of time with someone that’s very important to me,” Stause shared. “Their name is G Flip. They’re nonbinary so they go by they/them. And they are an extremely talented musician.”

The reveal sparked a wave of tabloid headlines, including some that described G Flip as a “nonbinary rapper,” along with a flurry of internet interest, prompting Chrishell to do some LGBTQ+ 101 on her Instagram.

Also May 2022: Chrishell Gives G Flip a Freehand Tattoo

If you weren’t gay before you saw this image, you are now. Congratulations!

Also Also May 2022: The “Get Me Outta Here” Music Video Drops

Selling Sunset Star Chrishell Stause Is Jaw-Dropping in G Flip’s New Music Video

“Get Me Outta Here” makes convenience stores sexy.

“Get Me Outta Here”? More like get me into this music video! This sexy, sultry accompaniment to G Flip’s pulse-pounding song features the couple making out all over the place, most notably a convenience store – and it dropped almost immediately after the relationship reveal. I’m going to take this opportunity to emphasize a fact that sometimes gets lost in the coverage of Chrishell and G Flip’s relationship: G Flip’s music is really good. Check out “The Worst Person Alive” if you need an entry point.

June 2022: Chrishell and G Flip Kiss at the MTV Movie & TV Awards: UNSCRIPTED

How do you celebrate Pride Month? I like to commemorate it by kissing my partner, winning an award for best reality star, and then going home to my mansion in the Hollywood Hills. Oh, wait! That’s how Chrishell celebrates Pride. (I celebrate it by sitting on my couch and reading People articles about what Chrishell and G Flip are up to.) At the MTV Movie & TV Awards, Stause thanked fans for supporting her even after learning that she was down bad for a nonbinary Aussie.

“I knew about this nomination before I had said anything about my sexuality,” Stause said. “I’m not trying to get really deep with you guys, but the fact that this was voted on after means so much to me because I wasn't sure how that was gonna go.”

October 2022: Chrishell and G Flip Dress Up as Each Other For Halloween

Chrishell and G Flip love Halloween. (Just wait until you get to the October 2023 entry in this timeline!) One year after their initial connection at a spooky season shindig, the newly official pair pulled off a classic couples costume: dressing as each other. When straight couples do this, I typically have a lot of questions: Is one of you an “egg” (i.e. a closeted trans person)? Are you just having innocent fun — or are you trying to get some borderline transphobic laughs from your friends? But when Chrishell and G Flip pull off the classic Halloween swap, I have no notes: It’s a master class in gender exploration. G Flip, a nonbinary person whose wardrobe appears to mostly be comprised of tank tops and bandanas, recreated several of Stause’s high-femme looks. Meanwhile, Stause went a whole lot butcher than she’s used to for her portrayal of her partner. But again, this was all just a prelude for their true Halloween masterpiece. Keep reading.

December 2022: Chrishell Unleashes Her Righteous Fury on the People’s Choice Awards for Not Being Able to Bring G Flip

Chrishell Stause Called Out the People's Choice Awards for Not Allowing Her to Bring Partner G Flip

Chrishell Stause was “on the sauce” when she criticized the award show's attendance policy. 

Here’s a free etiquette lesson: Never, ever, ever tell queer people they can’t bring a partner as a plus-one. In a Twitter (R.I.P.) storm Stause posted about the 2022 People’s Choice Awards, she admitted she was “on the sauce” and would “prob regret this later,” but unloaded on the ceremony for allegedly only allowing her to bring a plus-one from the cast of Selling Sunset. Chrishell, you have nothing to regret. In truth, Stause has always been outspoken, but her relationship with G Flip appears to have unlocked new levels of name-taking. We love to see queer people refusing to put up with nonsense.

Also December 2022: Christmas in Australia

Look, even if you live in Los Angeles, you have to be committed to date someone from Australia. That’s a 15-hour flight. You could watch two whole seasons of Selling Sunset and still have time to kill. That’s why it was so telling that Stause spent her first Christmas with G Flip in the Land Down Under. (Side note: one of the benefits of following both G Flip and Stause on Instagram is hearing them try to do each other’s accents in the occasional Story. I highly recommend it.)

January 2023: Chrishell and G Flip Make a Cameo on The L Word: Generation Q

In her acting career, Chrishell Stause has been a staple on multiple soap operas, appeared on several TV series, and recently starred in two Lifetime original movies. But the role she was born to play may have been herself on The L Word: Generation Q. She and G Flip made a cameo on the now-canceled Showtime series in January 2023. The show may be gone too soon, but at least it christened Chrishell and G Flip as queer royalty before it went off the air.

March 2023: G Flip Writes a Song About Chrishell

To mark their one-year anniversary with Chrishell Stause, G Flip played her a song they had written about her: “Be Your Man,” an emotional ballad that explores the nuances of queer and nonbinary love. In a video posted to G Flip’s TikTok, Stause is moved to tears by the song — and who can blame her? “You are more than a moment to work through,” G Flip sings in the track. “And I am no one-night lover, I want you.” After words like that, the next item on this timeline should come as no surprise…

May 2023: Chrishell and G Flip Are Married 🚨

A Toast to Chrishell Stause and G Flip, On the Occasion of Their Marriage

The Selling Sunset star and the nonbinary Australian musician have officially tied the knot.

One year after publicly revealing their relationship, Chrishell Stause made another bombshell announcement: she and G Flip had gotten married. “Love doesn’t always go as planned,” Stause wrote in the caption to an Instagram reel featuring a shot of the ceremony. “Sometimes it’s immeasurably better.” The soundtrack to the reel was, fittingly, “Be Your Man.” But honestly, if you didn't hear wedding bells going off in your mind back when we all saw the “Get Me Outta Here” music video, that’s on you.

Also May 2023: Chrishell and G Flip Get Their Charts Read

Astrology queers ate well the day Netflix dropped a 15-minute-long (!) couples chart reading of Chrishell and G Flip. We’ve already established the couple’s sun signs — Cancer and Virgo, respectively — but in this Important Text, astrologer Chani Nicholas dives into all the finer details of the couple’s compatibility. Most importantly, Nicholas gave us access to both of their Big Threes. Stause is a Cancer sun, Sagittarius rising, and Pisces moon, while G Flip is a Virgo sun, Libra rising, and Sagittarius moon. “When you put the two of you together, it’s kind of like water in a vase,” Nicholas said, saying that “the earth” of G Flip’s sun holds the “caring and the emotion” of Chrishell’s sun. Poetry!

Also Also May 2023: The Chrishell and G Flip Baking Video Drops

You may have noticed that there are a lot of May entries on this relationship timeline. That’s because new seasons of Selling Sunset typically drop in May, and then again in the fall. And although Chrishell and G Flip appeared in season 6 of the reality show together, the cruel editors at Netflix decided to leave this scene of them making vegan birthday cupcakes on the cutting room floor.

I love watching rich people in Los Angeles try to use their own kitchens. I love it even more when I get to hear G Flip say, “Sprinkles, dahling!” in an Australian accent. But the deleted scene also contained an important declaration of love from Stause: “When I started dating G, I don’t think either one of us foresaw where this would end up,” she said. “But we are very committed now and I really feel like this is the person I will be with for the rest of my life.” How sweet, pun intended.

October 2023: Chrishell and G Flip Recreate Troye Sivan’s “One of Your Girls” Video

Chrishell and G Flip Recreated a Troye Sivan Video for Halloween, and It's a Masterpiece

We all deserve someone who looks at us like G-Flip-as-Troye-Sivan-as-a-pop-diva looks at Chrishell-Stause-as-a-chiseled-man.

I have never felt the rush except for one time: When I first laid eyes on Chrishell and G Flip’s 2023 Halloween photo shoot. The couple one-upped their gender-bending 2022 costume with a frankly jaw-dropping homage to pop icon Troye Sivan’s “One of Your Girls” video, with Stause donning a silicone chest and G Flip appearing in black. “We haven’t stopped laughing since 😆 How’d we do? 😅” Stause wrote in the caption to the Instagram post revealing the stunning look. I’m still laughing, but mostly I’m in absolute awe.

November 2023: Chrishell Defends G Flip at the Selling Sunset Season 7 Reunion

Chrishell Stause Defends G Flip at the Selling Sunset Reunion: “Don’t Go After My Partner. Ever.”

In a tense hot seat segment, the reality star stuck up for her marriage to the nonbinary artist.

The seventh season of Selling Sunset found Chrishell Stause dealing with an onslaught of pettiness from all sides. Between whispers that she had “changed,” inappropriate questions about whether she was completely over Jason Oppenheim, and a lunch where castmate Marie-Lou Nurk misgendered G Flip, it was impossible not to detect the ways that queerphobia has impacted her place in the show’s tight-knit social circle. That all came to a head at the reunion episode in November 2023 when host Tan France asked castmate Nicole Young about favorably replying to an Instagram comment that insulted Stause, prompting Young to claim that she didn't realize referring to someone as “the lesbian chick” was homophobic.

“First of all, say whatever you want about me, I’m a tough bitch,” Stause told Young in the ensuing argument. ”But don’t go after my partner. Ever.”

I wish she didn’t have to defend herself from homophobia, but I’m glad she’s out here proving that we don’t have to suffer fools gladly.

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