The new MTV reality show, The Real Friends of WeHo follows the lives of celebrity stylist Brad Goreski, choreographer Todrick Hall, actor Curtis Hamilton, Buttah Skincare CEO Dorion Renaud, TV host and business owner Jaymes Vaughan, and entrepreneur Joey Zauzig as they navigate love and life in West Hollywood.
MTV revealed in promo notes for the show describes it as featuring "some of Hollywood's most influential and successful LGBTQ+ celebrities, personalities, and entrepreneurs" and promises to provide "an up-close and personal glimpse into their lives as they perform in front of crowds of thousands, make high stakes business deals, celebrate important life milestones, work the red carpet, and reveal their most intimate truths to family and friends."
In an effort to bolster more LGBTQ+ representation on its network, who are this group of MTV "house guys" who are "ready to pull back the Hollywood curtain and reveal their most authentic selves" and what are their net worth?
7 Celebrity Stylist Brad Goreski
Brad Goreski is a Canadian television personality who has an estimated net worth of $7 million.
He graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor's Degree in Art History. During his summer breaks, he held internships at both Vogue and W Magazines, and was subsequently hired as an assistant in the West Coast office of Vogue.
This led to a meeting celebrity stylist, Rachel Zoe, who hired him in 2008. He appeared on her reality show The Rachel Zoe Project and worked as Style Director for her company. In early 2011, he appeared in a spin-off show called It's a Brad, Brad World, which chronicled his attempts to start his own stylist business.
In June 2021, it was announced that Goreski would join the panel of Canada's Drag Race as a main judge and often appears reporting on red carpets.
The Real Friends of WeHo's Brad married director Gary Janetti in 2017, and they bought a $5.6 million mansion in Beverly Hills together.
6 Instagram Star Joey Zaurig
Instagram influencer and men's fashion stylist Joey Zauzig is known for offering style tips to his huge social media following. At nearly 300k followers on Instagram, Zauzig has been building up a loyal fanbase for the last few years with his stylish photos.
Zauzig has also become a health and wellness insider for GQ magazine. The Real Friends of WeHo's Joey Zauzig has a net worth between $1 million and $3 million.
5 Choreographer And Performer Todrick Hall
Thirty-seven-year-old Todrick Hall has an estimated net worth of around $4 million. He made a name for himself on season nine of American Idol before establishing himself as a popular YouTuber.
He was named the resident choreographer and appeared as a judge on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. He has performed to sold-out crowds on three international tours, starred in five Broadway musicals and amassed millions of followers on multiple platforms, including 900 million views on YouTube.
Todrick Hall was the runner-up of season three of Celebrity Big Brother, receiving $50,000. Things started to go sour for Hall in 2019, when a number of his former employees, including a choreographer and former assistant, claimed they had never been paid by the Texan born star. He has denied all claims.
4 Actor Curtis Hamilton
Curtis Hamilton rose to fame when he portrayed Dr. Dre in the 2016 film Girl from Compton. His net worth is somewhere between $1 million and $5 million, appearing in Surviving Compton, The Kings of Napa and Insecure,
Hamilton actually came out on the MTV show. "For me to go on a reality show and open up to the world with something I’ve just been telling the people that know me the most about, it was really scary. But I just felt it was time."
In 2014, he appeared in an episode of Rizzoli & Isles alongside stars Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander. Before his acting career, he played football in college.
3 The Amazing Race Star Jaymes Vaughan
Jaymes Vaughan is a former male revue star turned reality contestant who gained fame in 2012, when he appeared on the 21st season of The Amazing Race. He would go on to become a correspondent for Celebrity Page and The Talk. Vaughan also appeared in films like 2017's Chocolate City: Vegas Strip and Blue Call.
Vaughan is married to Mean Girls star Jonathan Bennett. He formally appeared with the Chippendales in Las Vegas and also worked as a singer. The Real Friends of WeHo's Jaymes Vaughn has a net worth of around $1 million.
2 Presenter And CEO Dorion Renaud
Dorion Renaud is an actor, model and singer who rose to fame as a host on Extra. He also starred on TV One's Hollywood Divas and Bounce TV's sitcom In the Cut. He known for appearing as Khloe Kardashian's best friend on E!'s Keeping Up With the Kardashians.
With a net worth of around $1 million, his career started when he made a connection with Atlanta rapper Ludacris during college. He modeled for a slew of established brands like Tommy Hilfiger.
He founded Buttah Skin in 2018 after struggling with acne since middle school. The brand is available in major retailers like Nordstrom, Ulta and Macy’s, and is estimated to make $10 million in revenue this year.
1 What Is The Real Friends Of WeHo About?
This new ensemble docuseries offers audiences an up close and personal look into their lives.
We watch the stars perform in front of crowds of thousands, make high-stakes business deals, celebrate milestones and work the red carpet. The show also promises to pull back the curtain to Hollywood and shows our stars revealing intimidate truths to their loved ones.
The Real Friends of WeHo has been met by criticism both because of its slot between RuPaul's Drag Race and Untucked and for the contents of the show. The reality show has been met with negative reviews, which caused stars of the show to lash out at audiences.
Todrick Hall also asked people to focus on queer representation, saying “the gays are creating petitions to get a queer show taken off the air, instead of focusing on the other 165 hours of the week when representation is either lacking or nonexistent.”
The Real Friends of WeHo airs on Fridays on MTV at 9 p.m. ET/PT following RuPaul’s Drag Race.