What can you tell us and tease about the rest of the season?
A lot of [unanswered questions], and I think it’s really great.
There is a lot of things still to discover and look forward to.
This was your first season on the show.
How did you land your spot on the cast?
What has your experience been like?
I had no idea what to expect.
All I knew is [that it’s] reality TV, which means you have to be you.
I never pretend to be somebody else in my real life, so I thought, hmm …
This show might be a perfect fit for me.
I loved it from the beginning.
I was a little bit shy in the beginning, which they told me is normal.
I don’t have to feel bad about it because, again, you’re authentic.
It would be almost strange to come in as a pro.
As the episodes were filmed, time goes by.
I rediscovered, in me, my bravery and toward the end, started to bring it up.
Then, once you open a little door, then it’s like a hurricane wind.
I’m not holding back anymore.
Have you gone back and watched any of them?
The first day when Adriana invited me to be her friend on the show, I watched that.
All the episodes in one day!
Martina kept coming into the room, she would sit and watch with me a little bit.
Then, she would cook me lunch, bring me dinner.
[She would ask] “Are you still watching?”
Yes, because when I start something I’m like this, boom, I don’t let go.
I don’t see it as a bad thing.
Be fun, come on.
Don’t be so serious.
Let’s play with it and bring some fun things out of each other.
If anything, it would make it stronger.
What has the fan reception been like for Julia?
How has the fan reception been for you?
How is your relationship with Adriana now that the season’s almost over?
I know it seems like the season almost tested it in some ways.
Nothing can really break a true friendship, not the outside elements.
The only things that can break it are the two people themselves.
If anything, it makes it stronger because the base of our almost 10-year friendship with Adriana was trust.
We always wanted good for each other.
I take Adriana for good and for bad, the way she is.
She was always the sweetest to me.
We have each other’s back.
That’s the bottom line.
On being a queer Real Housewife
No, your answers are not too long at all.
I bet they are.
I bet they are.
I know it about myself.
I’m going to take some lessons from Martina because she’s so good at it.
No, I love the in-depth answers.
It gives everyone a chance to really know you.
Nicole [Martin], definitely Nicole.
We see each other.
Our families see each other.
We go to each other’s houses.
We spend time together.
We spend Thanksgiving together, which was totally off camera.
She came in there with her boyfriend.
We grew to know each other organically.
It’s such a big responsibility.
This is actually helping other lives.
You have to really know what you’re doing.
It was new to me [and] felt like a very big responsibility.
I already had a lot of messages from people and responses saying the warmest, nicest things about it.
I want to continue doing it, do more, and represent our community in the best possible way.
Also, my God, it’s about time as well.
Julia Lemigova’s advice for queer audiences watching her
It’s amazing.
The franchise gave this opportunity because as I was always saying, love has no gender.
There’s no difference between straight marriage [and] gay marriage.
It’s a marriage, it’s a love between people, and it’s how it should be.
I read online that your children helped you come out, which I thought was super beautiful.
Nobody, nobody ever wishes they didn’t come out.
They feel they should have done it sooner.
This is the thing that would be.
You’ve done this show.
You’ve been a famous model.
You’ve even opened, I saw, a spa and a skincare line at one point.
So, can you tease any other ventures that you want to pursue in the future?
I’m still passionate about my skincare.
I love the skincare.
I do make it, but just for friends and family use.
I want to do more.
I want to learn about that.
My passion is always animals, so it’s not a venture.
It’s my life.
I have more animals coming to my farm soon.
What is everyday life for you like now?
Just like it always was before off-camera.
I’ve done TV commercials, fashion shows, so I’m used to cameras and beauty pageants.
The camera was not new to Martina.
While we’re on the topic of reality TV, of course, we at The List are curious.
Are there any reality series that you love to watch?
Are there any other reality series you’d even want to be on?
I think “Real Housewives of Miami” is plenty enough for me.
I [have] never reached out to [a] celebrity before in my life.
I was like, “Wow, she hasn’t replied yet,” but I hope she will.
I hope so, too!
I think that’s the collaboration everybody didn’t know they needed, but we definitely need.
So, just what is next for you after Season 4 of “Miami?”
One is in Europe, one is in [a] university in America.
[I’ll] keep doing what I always do,.
maybe travel with Martina a little bit more, Wimbledon and French Open [are] coming up.
How do I do that?
