Chrishell Stause Recalls Experiencing Homelessness, Washing Hair in a River While Celebrating Wild Success

Chrishell Stause is reflecting on the struggles she's overcome in life — and making the most of her current success.

While sharing a dispatch from her luxurious summer vacation in Greece, the Selling Sunset star, 43, opened up about experiencing homelessness as a child in an Instagram post on Sunday, Aug. 25.

"If someone showed this to my 12 yr old self washing her hair in the river who wasn’t sure when she would get to have a place to call home again, I am not sure I could have believed it 🥹," she began in the caption of a carousel of photos and videos from her stay at the One & Only Kéa island resort with her partner G Flip and friend Chris Appleton.

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Stause received support from G Flip and friends in the comments. "So proud of you ❤️ cya soon hottie," wrote G Flip, who appeared to join their partner in Greece mid-trip.

"This warms my heart. Very proud of you lady! ❤️," actress Jessica Collins commented.

Footage from Appleton's Instagram account shows him joking around and dancing with the couple. The celebrity hairstylist and the soap star even went paddleboarding together, as seen in one photo.

The reality star also wrote about experiencing homelessness during her childhood in Kentucky in her 2022 book Under Construction and has been open about it on Selling Sunset in the past.

Today, she donates her time to organizations that work to end homelessness and served meals to people in need on Thanksgiving Day in 2021 with her then-boyfriend Jason Oppenheim.

"Had such a great day volunteering with @thelamission who hosted such an amazing Thanksgiving for the homeless of LA today," Stause captioned a photo on Instagram of herself and her Selling Sunset costar at the time. "This is a cause close to my heart and I feel like speaking on it helps dismiss the conventional stereotype some people have of who these people are."