Lauren Chan | Sports Illustrated’s First Lesbian Cover Star on Breaking Barriers & Coming Out!
Off The Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe
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4.4 • 21.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
#873. Kaitlyn sits down with history-making Sports Illustrated cover star Lauren Chan — the first out lesbian and first Chinese person to land the SI Swimsuit cover.
Lauren gets real about discovering her sexuality while married to a man, turning heartbreak into pride, and why representation is the driving force behind everything she does. From “gay audacity” to being trolled by Ben Shapiro, to falling in love on set with her now-partner, Lauren doesn’t hold back.
She spills about her time on Canada’s Drag Race and The Traitors Canada, admits she’s gunning for a spot on Real Housewives, and reveals her dream of hosting a queer dating show.
It’s raw, inspiring, and laugh-out-loud — and by the end, you’ll see why Lauren Chan is a voice we all need right now.
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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:
- (4:20) — How She Made History: From fashion editor to SI’s first lesbian cover star.
- (10:45) — Coming Out Shock: Realizing she was gay while married to a man.
- (24:30) — Reality TV Secrets: Behind the scenes The Traitors Canada + her dream queer dating show.
- (32:45) — Ben Shapiro Called Her Ugly?! Lauren breaks beauty standards and shuts down critics.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Off the Vine is brought to you by Nutraful. |
| 0:02.8 | For a limited time, Nutraful is offering our listeners $10 off your first month's subscription |
| 0:07.3 | and free shipping when you go to Nutrafol.com and enter the promo code, Vine. |
| 0:12.2 | Pura, the fall harvest sale is on at Pura. |
| 0:14.9 | Head to pura.com and save up to 25% before the season slips on away. |
| 0:19.9 | And Ladyworld. |
| 0:20.8 | Come join me for a really fun weekend and get your tickets now at ladyworld.co. |
| 0:29.9 | You're listening to Off the Vine with Caitlin Bristow. |
| 0:34.5 | Hey, Vino's real quick. |
| 0:36.0 | If you are listening right now, which obviously you are or you |
| 0:38.5 | wouldn't be hearing this, can you hit the subscribe or follow button on whatever platform you're on? |
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| 0:59.0 | Hey, everybody. Welcome to Off the Vine. Today, we're joined by an absolute force, |
| 1:03.3 | one of my favorite people, someone who has spent her career redefining what fashion, media, |
| 1:08.7 | and representation should look like. She's a model. She's an editor. She's an |
| 1:12.4 | entrepreneur. She is now making history with Sports Illustrated. And how would you describe the podcast? |
| 1:19.4 | I just feel like we got into everything today. It's just like a little, it was my third |
| 1:22.9 | interview of the day and it just got a little chaotic. And so what you see is what you get on this |
| 1:26.9 | podcast. But I think people like that. I would like to listen to this podcast I just did. So I think you |
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