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Braunwyn Windham-Burke and ex Kris are just ‘friends’ despite holding hands

Braunwyn Windham-Burke and Kris posing together at a red carpet event.
Braunwyn Windham-Burke and ex Kris are “friends and nothing more,” a source tells Page Six exclusively.Getty Images

Purely platonic.

Braunwyn Windham-Burke and her ex Kris are just friends despite their recent meetup in Los Angeles, where the former couple were spotted holding hands.

“Kris and Braunwyn are friends and nothing more!” an insider tells Page Six exclusively.

“She was Braunwyn’s first lesbian relationship, and they will always have a place in each other’s hearts.”

The paparazzi caught the “Real Housewives of Orange County” alum, 44, and her ex-girlfriend taking a stroll through downtown LA on Wednesday while out to dinner.

Their reunion also included a private screening and Q&A event at Cages.

In a video that Page Six exclusively obtained from the outing, Windham-Burke — who is still legally married to her husband, Sean Burke — said that she wants to get married again one day but noted that she has to “get divorced first.”

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Braunwyn Windham-Burke and Kris holding hands in Los Angeles.
The former couple were spotted holding hands in Los Angeles this week.LionsShareNews / BACKGRID
Braunwyn Windham-Burke and Kris holding hands in Los Angeles.
The former couple were spotted holding hands in Los Angeles this week.LionsShareNews / BACKGRID
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Braunwyn Windham-Burke and Kris holding hands in Los Angeles.
The former couple were spotted holding hands in Los Angeles this week.LionsShareNews / BACKGRID
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“I still believe in love,” she shared. “I still believe in a happily ever after.”

When asked whether wedding bells might one day ring for her and Kris (whose last name has not been revealed), the former Bravolebrity coyly replied, “Kris and I have always been friends. Kris and I love each other forever.”

Kris then interjected, “We just have a great connection.”

The ladies met on a dating app in 2020 and went public with their romance that December — the same month Windham-Burke came out as gay. They parted ways the following April.

Victoria Brito kissing the side of Braunwyn Windham-Burke's head.
The “Real Housewives of Orange County” alum broke up with Victoria Brito earlier this month after less than a year of dating. WireImage

The exes caught up less than three weeks after Windham-Burke called it quits with Victoria Brito, whom she dated for nearly eight months.

Speaking to Page Six last weekend at Jill Zarin’s luxury luncheon in Southampton, the former reality star admitted that putting herself back out there was “hard” following her “first heartbreak” with the New York City-based model and dancer.

“We were in two different relationships, unbeknownst to me. So I was giving 100 percent,” she told us. “I was in love, and what I thought it was, it wasn’t. And that’s hard.”

Braunwyn Windham-Burke posing on a red carpet.
Windham-Burke previously told Page Six she is determined to “have fun” with dating again following her split from Brito. Getty Images

Windham-Burke admitted she was working through emotions that “most people experience at 16,” as it has been less than two years since she began exploring romantic partnerships with women.

“That being said, you know, I’m old enough to not sit in it,” she explained. “I know that you can be sad and still go out and have fun.”

The mom of seven currently divides her time between the Big Apple and Orange County, Calif., with Burke and their children: Bella, 21, Rowan, 20, Jacob, 17, twins Curran and Caden, 9, Koa, 7, and Hazel, 4.