From coworkers to costars to friends to dating! Chrishell Stause and Jason Oppenheim had serious history before taking their relationship to the next level in 2021.
The soap star met Jason and his twin brother, Brett Oppenheim, when she started working for The Oppenheim Group in 2018. During her first year at the agency, the group, which also includes Christine Quinn, Heather Rae Young, Maya Vander and Mary Fitzgerald, started filming the Netflix reality show Selling Sunset.
When the pair met, Stause had recently married Justin Hartley. The actress and the This Is Us star split in November 2019 while she was filming season 3, with Stause alleging she found out about the divorce petition via text message.
“Because of the crazy way in which this went down, people want answers, and I f—king want answers,” she told Fitzgerald on the 2020 season of the show. “I know people are saying we were only married two years, but it’s like, we were together for six years. … In a fight, that’s his go-to, you know? Like, ‘I’m out, I’m out.’ I hate that kind of impulsive stuff, but I always just thought, you know, that’s just an issue that we work through it.”
Following the divorce, Stause competed on Dancing With the Stars and was dragged into partner Gleb Savchenko’s messy split from his now-ex Elena Samodanova in November 2020. Both Stause and Savchenko denied that their relationship was anything but professional at the time. The real estate agent did, however, briefly date fellow professional dancer Keo Motsepe. They split in February 2021 after a few months of dating.
“Keo was caught in a web of lies,” a source told Us at the time. “He’s not denying the fact that he lied to her and is truly ashamed about something he did. … He genuinely loved her but made a big mistake. I don’t see them getting back together.”
Although he didn’t directly address the split, Motsepe told Entertainment Tonight in May 2021, “Everything that happens in life, people deal with things differently, and I deal with things differently. So I think for me personally, with everything in my life, I [turn to] music or dance, it just depends on the feeling at the moment.”
Fast-forward to the summer of 2021 — while the cast was seemingly taking a break from filming seasons 4 and 5 — Stause and Jason announced they are dating.
“Chrishell and I became close friends and it has developed into an amazing relationship,” he told Us Weekly. “I care about her deeply and we’re very happy together.”
Scroll through for a timeline of Stause and Jason’s relationship:
Stause joined The Oppenheim Group in 2018 years after she got her real estate license.
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Selling Sunset started streaming on Netflix in March 2019. During season 1, Stause was still with Hartley, who never appeared on screen, and fans learned about Jason’s past with Fitzgerald.
“I don’t give her special treatment,” he told Good Housekeeping about his working relationship with Fitzgerald after their split. “I understand that there can be frustrations from other agents because they see that Mary is being involved in and brought on to many of my listings. While I don’t share the financials with everyone because that’s confidential, I think that everyone would admit based on just the obvious work that she’s done, that she’s bringing more money into this brokerage and selling more properties than anyone else.”
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After dating Fitzgerald prior to Selling Sunset, Jason told Page Six in May 2021 that dating another costar “probably wouldn’t be an epic idea.” He added, “It’s not that I’ve taken a step back from dating — it’s not on my priority list to be honest. And no, that wouldn’t be a priority for me. I think that would be complicated.”
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Stause and Jason went public with their romance in July 2021 during a group trip to Italy with Fitzgerald and her husband, Romain Bonnet, and Jason’s brother, Brett, and his girlfriend, Tina Louise.
“Nothing makes me more excited than to see two of my closest friends together and making each other so happy!” Fitzgerald commented via Instagram.
Bonnet added, “So happy for you guys! Finally people will stop with Jason and Mary hopefully.”
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After making her relationship with Oppenheim public, Stause revealed that he was the person who sent her a lavish display of flowers and balloons for her 41st birthday earlier in the month. "Annnnd now that you guys know … thank you SO much @jasonoppenheim đŸ¥°đŸ¥°đŸ¥°," she wrote via Instagram, editing the caption on a photo that showed her posing with the brightly colored flowers.
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After visiting Italy, the pair spent one night in London and enjoyed a romantic dinner.
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In August 2021, the duo made their red carpet debut, posing for photos at the Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings premiere in Los Angeles.
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The couple enjoyed their first New York Fashion Week together at the Bronx and Banco runway show on September 8.
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"So proud of you!!" Stause gushed in an Instagram Story as her beau took the stage at The Hollywood Reporter's Power Brokers event.
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