Jason Oppenheim opened up about his feelings for his ex and Selling Sunset Costar Chrishell Stause, though the real estate mogul didn’t really have much of a choice in the matter.
During Wednesday’s Season 7 reunion episode, Oppenheim, 46, was put on the spot when host Tan France asked him, “Are you still in love with Chrishell?” To make things even more intense, the president of the Oppenheim Group was plugged into a lie detector test when the loaded question was asked.
Despite the convincing denial, the lie detector showed otherwise. A slightly embarrassed Stause covered her face with her hand.
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Jason Oppenheim takes a lie detector test during the Season 7 reunion episode ‘Selling Sunset’.
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Stause and Oppenheim first teased their relationship in July 2021 when they A rose for her grave the actress posted a photo on Instagram of Oppenheim kissing her neck while they were in Italy.
Later that month, Oppenheim exclusively confirmed their relationship to PEOPLE, sharing that he and Stause are “very happy together” and that he cares “deeply” for her.
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Jason Oppenheim and Chris Shell Stause. Chrishell Stause/Instagram
After less than a year of dating, the couple announced their split in December 2021 with separate statements on Instagram. Both real estate agents explained that their differences in wanting to start a family were what ultimately led to their split.
“Although we have different desires regarding our family, we continue to have the utmost respect for each other,” Oppenheim wrote in his statement.
Meanwhile, Stause wrote in her own post, which she has since deleted: “Men have the luxury of time that women don’t and that’s just the way it goes. With all that said, navigating this public arena is tough and I’m just doing my best. .. I really hope that one day I will have a family and the decisions I make at this moment are with that goal in mind.”
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After the breakup, both Stause and Oppenheim moved on and found love again in new relationships. Stause announced that she was dating Australian musician G Flip during Selling Sunset season 5 reunion episode in May 2022, and the couple later tied the knot in a surprise ceremony in Las Vegas after a year together.
Oppenheim was in a relationship with German model Marie-Lou Nurk — who appeared in seasons 6 and 7 Selling Sunset — 10 months after they met in Mykonos, Greece, in July 2022. They officially ended their relationship in May 2023, with Oppenheim explaining that “the distance between us proved too much of a challenge to overcome” in a statement on Instagram.
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In the latest installment of the Netflix real estate drama, fans watched as tensions boiled over between Oppenheim’s exes after Nurk accused Stause during a restaurant argument of potentially still having feelings for her boyfriend — a stance Stause disagreed with before abruptly left the table.
The two exes tried to come to an agreement during the reunion, but were unable to reach an agreement. France eventually decided that the show had to “move on”.
“I don’t think we’re going to solve this, not today,” he said.
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