Dwight Eubanks Scores His Own Show

We saw this coming a mile away. Dwight the resident Guy-Friend on the RHOA has put together a trailer for his new reality show, The Purple Door. No word yet on which network has picked him up, but at least when a Working Diva rolls through Atlanta we know where to go for a quick wash and curl.

Here’s a peak at Dwight’s exclusive interview with Essence Magazine:
ESSENCE.COM: Welcome back from Paris. You are now a reality TV favorite, but around Atlanta you are known for your fierce eye for fashion and style. How did you get started in the business of beauty?
DWIGHT EUBANKS: I’ve been doing hair all my life. I grew up playing with my sister’s dolls and that was the beginning. I come from two generations of ministers, so my parents saw me following that road. Of course, that didn’t work and I got beat for playing with dolls. My grandmother helped them finally accept me as I am. It’s been a natural art for me and not a day of work. I modeled prior to doing hair and I also had a hat line called Eubanks Design. After being the style director at Saks Fifth Avenue, I opened my own salon and here we are now celebrating 21 years in the business. There’s nothing I would change.

ESSENCE.COM: Congrats! So have you given any beauty tips to the Atlanta housewives?
EUBANKS: The first picture I saw of them was horrible—looking like southern belles back in the 50′s. I told Bravo and asked, “Who was the stylist?” When you travel the world and mention Atlanta, Georgia people still think “Gone with the Wind,” so it’s about educating people and putting out the right image. I talked with Kim on the reunion show about changing her hair and it was genuine. This is my passion. NeNe is my girl and I talked to her about her wardrobe, but with strong Black women, they are going to feel what they feel.

ESSENCE.COM: You got that right. And we hear that speaking your mind helped you secure your own show.
EUBANKS: Well, the networks are still trying to figure out what to do with me. Most days I don’t know what to do with me, so I know they are having a hard time. (Laughs.) I’ve had several offers and had to re-evaluate what direction I want to go in. On the next season of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” I will be featured more and we start filming in a few weeks. I hope it will be a little more positive and more of what I do when it comes to beauty. It’s going to be interesting. This show is not staged. It’s the real raw material.

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