{"id":37592,"date":"2025-11-10T12:55:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T12:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=37592"},"modified":"2025-11-10T12:55:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T12:55:05","slug":"everything-chelsea-has-said-about-being-the-only-black-cast-member-on-selling-sunset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/11\/10\/everything-chelsea-has-said-about-being-the-only-black-cast-member-on-selling-sunset\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything Chelsea has said about being the only Black cast member on Selling Sunset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s be real, Chelsea Lazkani didn\u2019t just walk into <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/11\/06\/horseriding-to-football-player-dad-inside-bres-boujee-upbringing-before-selling-sunset\/\">Selling Sunset<\/a>, she owned her place within The Oppenheim Group.<\/p>\n<p>Since joining the show in season five, the British-Nigerian real estate agent has made waves for her quick wit, high-glam style, and the way she speaks openly about being one of the only Black women in luxury real estate, and on the show.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few years, she\u2019s been refreshingly honest about what that\u2019s like, from the pressure to represent to the micro-aggressions she\u2019s had to navigate while holding her own against the show\u2019s biggest personalities.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"870\" data-end=\"939\">She instantly noticed a lack of diversity<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQcOc2pj_bD\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQcOc2pj_bD\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by CHELSEA LAZKANI (@chelsealazkani)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"940\" data-end=\"1609\">When Chelsea joined Selling Sunset, she knew she was walking into a space that wasn\u2019t exactly overflowing with diversity. In her 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/selling-sunset-season-5-breakout-star-chelsea-lazkani-interview\">Vogue<\/a> interview, she said:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"940\" data-end=\"1609\">&#8220;I\u2019m British and I\u2019m Nigerian and I\u2019m working in a real-estate brokerage where there isn\u2019t anybody else who looks like me. Amanza is Black, but there isn\u2019t anybody who looks like me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"940\" data-end=\"1609\">She added that she wanted to make her presence count: &#8220;If I\u2019m going to represent, I want to represent in the best way possible, by being strong, confident, and opinionated, even when I don\u2019t feel like it, because my voice is going to be used as the voice for everybody who looks like me. I\u2019m not doing this just for myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1712\" data-end=\"1781\">She\u2019s proud to represent in an industry where diversity is rare<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">chelsea being 1 of 4 agents to close on anything this season, pushing 2 different storylines, and still saving enough time to whack Nick Cannon<\/p>\n<p>yeah, that\u2019s mother and I\u2019m gonna stick beside her! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SellingSunset?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SellingSunset<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qLqd7eH9XA\">pic.twitter.com\/qLqd7eH9XA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 A \u2728 (@realiteawh0re) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realiteawh0re\/status\/1659699669117849600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1782\" data-end=\"2161\">Chelsea\u2019s not shy about the facts: &#8220;Only five percent of realtors are Black, and an even smaller percentage are in luxury real estate,&#8221; she told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.co.uk\/arts-and-lifestyle\/article\/chelsea-lazkani-selling-sunset\">British Vogue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1782\" data-end=\"2161\">When she first started in the business, she noticed how people reacted: &#8220;It was hard to generate new leads because people weren\u2019t used to seeing Black people knocking on doors or cold calling. Familiarity is everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2163\" data-end=\"2482\">That\u2019s why being visible matters to her, she\u2019s proof that high-end real estate doesn\u2019t have a single &#8216;look&#8217;. She\u2019s also determined to help open doors for other women of colour in the industry, saying: &#8220;I\u2019d love nothing more than for people to watch the show and think, &#8216;Maybe I should get my real-estate licence too&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"2489\" data-end=\"2549\">She\u2019s called out micro-aggressions and unfair scrutiny<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cSo when Bre invites everyone it\u2019s an olive branch, but when Chelsea sends flowers it\u2019s calculated? I just don\u2019t understand the double standard.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SellingSunset?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SellingSunset<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SellingSunsetReunion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SellingSunsetReunion<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XZUnxbdIJv\">pic.twitter.com\/XZUnxbdIJv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83d\udc78\ud83c\udffeL E A\ud83d\udc78\ud83c\udffe (@_MissLeandra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_MissLeandra\/status\/1986233005405278249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2550\" data-end=\"2904\">Chelsea\u2019s no stranger to a little shade, but she\u2019s also been real about what she faces as the only Black woman in a mostly white cast.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2550\" data-end=\"2904\">She spoke about micro-aggressions and misunderstandings that come from &#8220;a lack of exposure,&#8221; in another interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/identity\/selling-sunset-chelsea-lazkani-interview-49394706\">Pop Sugar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2550\" data-end=\"2904\">As she put it: &#8220;If you don\u2019t understand what a micro-aggression is, you\u2019ll never understand when you are displaying one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2906\" data-end=\"3190\">She\u2019s also aware that people tend to pick apart her actions more harshly: &#8220;I look very different from every other cast member, so it\u2019s a lot easier for people to pinpoint the little things I do wrong, because there\u2019s only one of me. If there were 20 of me, it wouldn\u2019t be so loud.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"2906\" data-end=\"3190\">Chelsea broke down in tears over &#8216;undertones&#8217;<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DQzuMtbEVsP\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; 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flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DQzuMtbEVsP\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Reality with The King Podcast (@realitywiththeking)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2906\" data-end=\"3190\">Appearing on the Reality with the King podcast with Carlos King, Chelsea said she often felt &#8220;unseen and misheard&#8221; on Selling Sunset.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2906\" data-end=\"3190\">When asked if she found it hard being a Black girl in &#8220;these white spaces&#8221; on the show, Chelsea said: &#8220;Very much so&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2906\" data-end=\"3190\">&#8220;I struggle so much because I&#8217;m trying to be my authentic self&#8230;&#8221; and added that she felt &#8220;undertones of &#8216;Chelsea&#8217;s a bully&#8217;, or &#8216;Chelsea&#8217;s aggressive&#8217;&#8230; never in my life until coming on reality TV have I heard that,&#8221; before breaking down in tears.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2906\" data-end=\"3190\">She said: &#8220;It makes me so sad, especially sometimes from the girls&#8230; Chrishell and Emma really leaned in to get ot know me&#8230; but never in my life have I ever been called a bully or mean or aggressive&#8230; the other girls never really gave me a chance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2906\" data-end=\"3190\">&#8220;If I say something I&#8217;m &#8216;mean&#8217; or &#8216;aggressive&#8217;&#8230; if someone said the exact same thing, she&#8217;s just giving her opinion.&#8221; Chelsea said she &#8220;tries to watch her tone&#8221; on the show.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"3296\" data-end=\"3340\">She\u2019s even been trolled for her accent<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DHq7LVrvLR7\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DHq7LVrvLR7\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by CHELSEA LAZKANI (@chelsealazkani)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3341\" data-end=\"3749\">In her Vogue UK interview, Chelsea joked that she didn\u2019t even realise her accent was going to be a thing: &#8220;The first time I ever heard anything about my accent was after the show came out. 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