Jill Goldstein - 'L Word's' Real Renaissance Woman

A former ad executive turned writer and producer, and a fitness aficionado with a fitness / health column appearing in Curve Magazine, Jill Sloane Goldstein is so much more than what The Real L Word would have fans believe.  

As half of the stable, loving couple that meticulously planned their wedding during the premiere season of the Showtime reality series The Real L Word, Goldstein and her then fiancée, now wife, Nikki Weiss were portrayed as singularly-minded in their pursuit of the dream wedding.

A former ad executive turned writer and producer, and a fitness aficionado with a fitness / health column appearing in Curve Magazine, Jill Sloane Goldstein is so much more than what The Real L Word would have fans believe.  

As half of the stable, loving couple that meticulously planned their wedding during the premiere season of the Showtime reality series The Real L Word, Goldstein and her then fiancée, now wife, Nikki Weiss were portrayed as singularly-minded in their pursuit of the dream wedding.

But one glance at Goldstein’s bio and a 45-minute conversation later and it’s clear that she’s a renaissance woman of sorts, having conquered the cutthroat world of advertising before turning to writing and producing while still finding time to sculpt the perfect set of abs and maintain an admirably loving relationship.

While Goldstein and Weiss’ stunning Malibu wedding last October was indeed chronicled with a Curve cover story, Goldstein has since been busy honing her various writing skills, including building a portfolio of commercial treatments, working for NBC Universal’s branded content division, penning her fitness column for Curve with the everywoman work-out perspective, and developing her docu-series on sexual fluidity that was showcased briefly on The Real L Word.

A New Jersey native, Goldstein earned her BA in Communications and Marketing from the University of Michigan before heading off to New York City for four years. She followed up her stint in New York with seven years living and working in the San Francisco Bay area before moving to Los Angeles in 2008 to follow her heart. As a writer she’s contributed to the Independent Spirit Awards, the American Music Awards and Dick Clark Productions.

Goldstein sat down with SheWired to discuss what it was like having her amazing wedding come to fruition, her fitness philosophy, sexual fluidity, her wonderfully supportive Real L Word fans and the downside of being erroneously portrayed as essentially a stay-at-home housewife on national television.

SheWired: Thanks so much for chatting with me. I know you and Nikki were married last fall but I have to ask, with all the preparation for the wedding – much of which we got to see on The Real L Word - how was it having that dream come true?

Jill Goldstein: Hands Down! Best day of my life! That day even far surpassed my expectations. It was so perfect because we had the closest  people in our lives there and there was so much love and support for us and our relationship,  and that’s what really blew me away. It didn’t matter that we were two women, it didn’t matter it was a gay wedding, it was just people celebrating two people in love, and that’s what moved me the most.

SW: Were you both able to have all of your family that you wanted attend?

JG: We were, and it was really nice.  

SW: Did you Honeymoon?

JG: We did, we went to Maui, which was good. It was gorgeous and a very nice relaxing vacation. I definitely understand the concept of a honeymoon after planning and having a wedding. Whoever invented that break was smart.

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