Below Deck's Izzy Wouters comes out as gay after fellow Bravo star Braunwyn Windham-Burke reveals she is a lesbian

BELOW Deck's Izzy Wouters came out as gay after her fellow Bravo star, Braunwyn Windham-Burke, revealed she is a lesbian.

The reality TV star's announcement led to an avalanche of support from fans on social media.

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Izzy revealed the news while poking fun at the men who tried to hit on her without knowing she was actually gay.

Along with two pictures, she wrote: "The face of the straight men who slide into my dm’s when I say – HELLO MY NAME IS IZZY AND I AM OUT AND PROUD."

She ended the post with several hashtags, including "out and proud."

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Fans quickly took to the comment sections to support her with some saying "we stan a lesbian icon."

Others cheered her on and one even said: "How wonderful of you to share!

"Sending so much love also those hashtags!"

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Izzy coming out as gay happened a few weeks after Braunwyn revealed she was a lesbian, becoming the first out housewife.

In fact, she also revealed that she was dating a woman named Kris, whom she met on a dating app.

Sources close to the couple said that the 43-year-old mom of seven "met her new girlfriend, Kris, on a dating app back in September and instantly hit it off, and they have been seeing each other romantically ever since."

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A few days after her announcement, she was spotted making out with Kris during a lunch date in West Hollywood at Conservatory.

Kris will not be featured in season 15 of RHOC because she and Braunwyn's relationship began after the filming concluded.

She was, however, mentioned on the Bravo show's mid-season trailer last week, when the housewife told her co-stars that she was "in love" with her new fling.

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Despite her new relationship, Braunwyn talked about how she still plans to stay with her husband, Sean, whom she recently admitted to "smacking" following a fight.

The 43-year-old said in the most recent episode that she was “losing her mind," adding: “Sean and I live in two different worlds.

"I live in the real world where people are dying and he lives in the world where everything is fine.”

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After they were caught arguing, Braunwyn said: “I feel like the only grownup in this house. And I am so tired. I am so tired.”

Braunwyn and Sean's arguments escalated and became physical.

While filming a selfie video in her closet, she admitted: "I just lost it. I lost it.

"I lost my temper again because Sean belittled me over the vacuum cleaner.

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"Instead of helping, he made fun of me.

"And I lost it and I smacked him."

She continued: "I haven’t done that since we were in Aspen.

"I’m literally closing my closet door because I want to get away from them.

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"I feel trapped in my house I feel trapped in my marriage.

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"I just feel trapped, emotionally and physically.”

The couple shares seven children, Bella, Rowan, Jacob, twins Caden and Curren, Koa, and Hazel.