Selling Sunset’s Emma Reveals if She Would Get Engaged to Blake Amid Chrishell Fallout: ‘I’m Gonna Get in Trouble’ (Exclusive)

In her six seasons on Selling Sunset, Emma Hernan has never seen the cast more divided than after the Season 9 reunion. “We can’t keep going down this route where it’s this dark,” she tells StyleCaster. “This is a show that’s supposed to uplift women. That’s one of that’s the biggest reasons why I joined. I don’t want to continue to go down this road, whether I’m on the show or not. We need to bring back some positive energy.” 

Hernan joined Selling Sunset in Season 4 and formed a close friendship with original cast member Chrishell Stause. The two remained best friends until Season 9, when they fell out over Hernan’s relationship with her boyfriend, Blake Davis, whom Stause has accused of being MAGA, using the N-word, and disrespecting her partner G Flip’s pronouns—claims that Hernan has denied.“With Chrishell and me, it’s so unfortunate what’s transpired,” says Hernan, who hasn’t spoken to Stause since filming the Season 9 reunion.

The day after the Selling Sunset Season 9 reunion aired, Hernan sat down with StyleCaster to discuss the status of her friendship with Stause, her relationship with Davis, and the future of Selling Sunset as a whole. “I don’t want beef with anyone. I don’t want beef unless it’s vegan,” she says. “I can get along with everyone. That is my goal. I know that’s not good for reality TV, but I give them other things. I give them relationships. I don’t want the drama. I don’t like arguing. I love women. I love getting along. I love making people happy. Let me do that. I’ll give you my relationships. You can’t have both.”

Was there anything you didn’t say at the reunion that you wish you did? 

It’s overwhelming when you’re sitting there on stage and you haven’t talked to your friend in quite some time, and it’s the first conversation you’re going to have with them. I didn’t necessarily think it was going to be as heated and as bad as it was. I thought maybe there could have been resolution, and there wasn’t. There are probably things I would have said, like, “XYZ. Did that happen?” and “No, I don’t need to agree with every view he has said or done. I am not him. I am a separate person. I have my own views. I am a loving, caring person.” Nothing’s ever changed, and Chrishell knows that. She knows who I am. I wish there was another beat for that.

Mary criticized Chrishell at the reunion for revealing that you called her from a bathroom crying. What was your reaction to that?

That’s an awful thing to do. She was already taking our private situation and outed it publicly on Instagram. That was the first issue. Then to film the reunion and out a private moment between two friends? What has the world come to when you can’t have a moment with your friend? When you’re best friends with somebody, you share things, you confide in them, you call them, whether it’s good, bad, whatever it may be. Those are moments—no matter what happens, you don’t ever share. It’s a common courtesy as a human being. Forget if we’re friends anymore or not, as a human being, you just don’t do that. We were best friends. There’s obviously stuff about her life I would never in a million years share. There’s nothing inside me that would ever, ever, ever, under any circumstances, share something personal she had told me, confided in me, and bring it public. She doesn’t like Blake. She wants people not to like Blake, so of course, she’s gonna say something like that. “I was worried. I was concerned.” That’s a private moment. No one knows what was going on. No one knows the conversation you and I had. This wasn’t fair.

The day before the reunion, Chrishell posted several receipts of offensive things Blake had said on her Instagram Story. How did you react when you saw those? 

It’s awful because she doesn’t realize what it’s doing, or she does realize what it’s doing, which is even worse. She wants people to come and attack me, and she knows the type of person I am. You do not like Blake. You know my views do not align with him on every single thing he’s done. You’re also pulling up posts from seven years ago. These are old posts you found on a Reddit page. These are not new, active posts, and you are trying to demonize him so people will come and attack me. I have been nothing but a loving, caring friend to her, and that’s really sad that she would do that to me. It’s really disheartening to have to wake up and not know what’s going to be posted about. You don’t know if something you shared with somebody in confidence is going to be posted. All these allegations, all these screenshots. To be honest with you, everyone on the cast is pretty horrified by her behavior. Every single person. I just want to stop being attacked. I’m trying to move forward with my life, and what she’s doing affects me, my family, my business.

One of the videos Chrishell reposted of Blake showed him grabbing your head. What was your response to that?

It’s pathetic she screen-recorded that. I don’t think that was up for more than 24 hours. I don’t know if she’s sitting watching his stuff and screenshotting everything, which is mind-blowing to begin with. I don’t think that’s right for her to go and post something like that. If you’re gonna make fun of him for doing it—which it was taken down—don’t go and post it to your 4 million viewers, just to make me feel even worse. He obviously did it thinking it was a joke, whether it was right or wrong for him to post that. My former best friend is gonna post it on her social media with millions and millions of people? Not OK. But everything continuing to be done by her is not OK.

What is your response to Chrishell saying that you were “flaming the hate toward G?”

I love G. G is one of my favorite people in the entire world. There’s absolutely nothing to do with that. I was simply clarifying what happened that day at Chrishell’s house. I was there. I heard everything. That’s not what was said. That was how you interpreted certain things, but that’s not what was said. I still was, at that point, being super nice to her. I was like, “I wish her the best. I want no drama.” I was just clarifying what had happened that day, and obviously, it set her off, and she’s continued to post. I love G more than anything in the entire world. I’m an ally. I love everyone. She can relax.

I saw fans speculate that the scene where Chrishell and Chelsea met Blake was actually filmed during Season 8. Is that true? 

Yes. Technically, I was seeing Blake while Nicole was running around calling me a home wrecker, which is another reason why I was so upset. When I had the bite mark on my arm, that was from Blake. But they did me dirty. I filmed an entire season, and I had no idea what was actually being said behind closed doors. I was a home wrecker, but I’d been dating Blake the whole time. I never even held hands with the guy Nicole was referring to. That was Season 8 when Chrishell and Chelsea met Blake. Chrishell and that interaction with Blake at her house with Blake also happened two years ago. We’re talking about two years ago, so I don’t know why she’s holding on to all of this.

What’s your relationship status with Blake now?

We’re spending time together. He’s actually been pretty supportive. He feels bad my best friend would do this to me. Whether he’s made a stupid decision years ago or just her not liking him, he feels bad because ultimately, he knows I’ve done nothing wrong. No one’s perfect by any means. I do think there’s room for people to grow, and I think him being around me has opened up his eyes a lot. I’m a very loving, caring person. He grew up a little bit more sheltered, and he’s learning so much. I think he has good intentions, and he is a sweet, caring person. A lot of the things Chrishell said are not true. He’s working on himself. He felt bad I was dragged for nothing that had anything to do with me. I don’t think you should base somebody off of their partner, especially when their partner is trying to grow and you’re trying to teach them things. 

Would you say yes if Blake proposed again?

He just asked me that question. He said, “If I proposed to you again, would you say yes?” I said, “I don’t know. You’re gonna have to wait and see.” I told him the same thing I’m telling everyone. I have no idea.

Do you feel closer to a yes than when he first asked? 

When he proposed, that was not even when we were filming Season 9. It was Season 8. He’s proposed a couple of times. I’m gonna get in trouble for saying this. 

Would you come back for Season 10?

I’m taking a breather right now. It was a lot, for sure, to be honest with you. I thought Season 8 was hard, and I didn’t think it could get any worse. But welcome to reality TV. Season 9 got worse. Losing your best friend and everything I had to deal with was much harder. I hope no one has to go through what I went through. I cannot say I would be back for Season 10 or I won’t be. Literally, the reunion just came out. Everything’s hot, hot, hot, so I need a second to breathe.

How do you think this cast can go forward?

I don’t know if the show can move forward with this current cast. There has to be changes made. People need to leave, new people need to come in, whatever that means. I don’t know the exact recipe to make that work, but something needs to happen.