Who Is Selling Sunset’s Emma Hernan? 6 Things to Know About the New Realtor and Her Feud With Christine Quinn

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Who Is Selling Sunset’s Emma Hernan? 6 Things to Know About the New Realtor and Her Feud With Christine Quinn

There’s a new girl in town! Emma Hernan is bringing her A-game in her Selling Sunset debut — but her past with Christine Quinn could cause a lot of drama. While Emma, 30, has been part of the Oppenheim Group family since 2018, season 4 of the Netflix series will be her first time on camera with her coworkers. Her ongoing feud with Christine, however, appears to be an even bigger story line than her major Los Angeles listings. “I’m here to work and hopefully all this high school drama that I’ve dealt with for years can stay like Christine, out of mind,” Emma said in the trailer for the new season, which dropped on Wednesday, November 10. According to Christine, 33, the drama between the two ladies stems from Emma getting engaged to her ex-boyfriend “two months after we broke up.” Heather Rae Young noted in the teaser that it’s a “sensitive subject” for Christine. Neither woman named the man who put them at odds. Although Christine is now married to Christian Richard —and the duo welcomed their first child in May — the tension between her and Emma appears to be fresh. In fact, Emma previously teased her issues with Christine during an October interview with Nylon. “I’ll say no comment on that one,” she told the magazine after being asked whether Christine as a “fabulous and wild” off screen as she is on the show. “I’ll leave that one a ‘no comment.’” [jwplayer Ga6jeF0N-zhNYySv2] The L.A. resident also shared what it was like for her to transition from a behind-the-scenes member of the real estate team to someone on the series. “When I signed on to do the show, I was definitely ... not hesitant, but I didn’t know exactly what I was signing up for, and to be honest, it’s been very second nature to me,” Emma told the outlet. “I’m very comfortable with the cameras around. I’m 100 percent myself, whether it's on camera, off camera and I think it's important to stay genuine to who you are.” Her appearance on the series, however, could mean even more problems between her and Christine. “Hands down, season 4 will be the juiciest season to come and I am not exaggerating in the slightest bit,” she added. Costar and pal Chrishell Stause exclusively told Us Weekly in June that the addition of both Emma and Vanessa Villela will definitely shake things up. “They are in different stages in their real estate [careers] and obviously, it definitely stirs the pot a little bit. But I will say they’re really lovely,” the former soap star, 40, said at the time. “You never know what people’s reactions are going to be, but I’ve really enjoyed working with them. It’s Selling Sunset, so I can’t say that’s been the case with everyone, or we wouldn’t have a show. But they are really great.” Scroll down to learn more about Emma and her life outside Selling Sunset: [podcast_block]

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1. She’s Originally From Massachusetts

The realtor grew up in Scituate, Massachusetts, near Boston. She has since relocated to Los Angeles.

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2. She Owns Her Own Food Brand

Emma followed in her family’s footsteps when founding Emma Leigh & Co. in March 2020. After her grandfather Gerry McAdams founded Yankee Trader Seafood in 1994, Emma chose to get into the kitchen herself and create her own recipes under her own label. In November 2020, she partnered with Beyond Meat and launched her plant-based mini beef empanadas.

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3. She’s a Model

The TV personality started modeling when she was 12. Her career took off at age 16 when she booked gigs in Paris doing runway shows. She has continued to model throughout her adult life.

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4. She Is a Dog Lover

Emma is a dog mom to Benny, whom she’s owned since 2017.

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5. She Calls Herself an ‘Angel Investor’

The Massachusetts native found a love for stocks while babysitting for a family whose dad worked in the stock market.

“At a really young age I took all my modeling money, all my babysitting money, all my ice cream money — I worked at every store, I loved working — and I started investing in the stock market and health care,” she told Nylon in October. “I self-taught myself, just by reading and learning and that’s how I got into investing. From there, I moved to L.A. and started angel investing in different startups, so I started in the stock market, then startups, now crypto, and now real estate, so I definitely feel like I have a really unique story.”

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6. She's an Accomplished Swimmer

At six years old, Emma started swimming thanks to her mom’s passion for the sport. Her mother had all the best times in backstroke in their town, which pushed her to become a better athlete.

“I ended up getting a time that qualified for the Olympics,” she said during an appearance on Life Stories with Joanna Garzilli in April 2020. “I knew that I was talented. I took after her. She pushed me but just enough so that I wanted to do it. Down the road that’s what made me qualify.”