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BEHIND THE VELVET ROPE

Come step ‘Behind The Velvet Rope’ with all your favorite TV stars and pop culture icons with host David Yontef as he asks his guests all the pressing questions YOU want answered! David’s relaxed, friendly interview style has welcomed a wide variety of guests -- from Real Housewives, musicians, comedians, actors, reality stars, designers, Bravolebrities and more! Behind the Velvet Rope has been mentioned in publications and media like Vanity Fair, The Today Show, Variety, The Wall Street

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43:31

Teresa May Lose RHONJ Due To Tax Liens, Slams...

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2025/04/04

With all the talk about Teresa and Luis’ tax liens, million dollar plus loans, TikTok QR bar codes to scan, Vinivia lawsuits and more, it is shocking that no one is talking about the effect all of this will have on Teresa Giudice’s future on RHONJ, assuming RHONJ ever returns to our Bravo screens, which is a big assumption, and / or a spin off. No one has been talking about that until now because, here, today, we break all of this down and things are not at all what they seem. In other RHONJ news,

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66:41

Boz’ Upcoming Difficult RHOBH Season, Jeff Lewis’ Big...

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2025/04/04

There continues to be so much said, written and hypothesized about Garcelle’s RHOBH exit that today, again, we separate the new facts from fiction. Truth from untruth. Erika continues to slam Garcelle as she faces her own legal setbacks. The audience slams Erika and we look ahead to Boz’ seemingly difficult season two. Will the current members of the Fox Force Five - Kyle, Dorit and Erika - turn on Boz next season? After all, they can only pick on Sutton for so long, no? In other news, Jeff Lewis

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58:20

Teresa & Louie’s Life Without RHONJ, Bethenny’s...

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2025/04/03

Now that the dust has settled from Teresa and Luis’ new financial and legal woes, we break down just how dire their situation really is or is not, discuss what Luis does to make a living and what the Giudice-Ruelas’ plan to do until a year from now when RHONJ maybe, possibly will start production on its next season. Jen Shah’s prison release date is moved up again which makes it very likely Ms. Shah will be back on RHOSLC before RHONJ returns to our airwaves. Bethenny Frankel reveals TMI regarding

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67:55

RHOBH Concludes, Stassi's Vanderpump Return, Kyle...

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2025/04/02

Kyle Richards joins girlfriend Morgan Wade on tour in Amsterdam, revisits her RHOBH days of yesteryear, prepares for one epic reunion show down with Dorit which will determine the entire future of their friendship and looks ahead to next season where the cast will look somewhat different. Farewell Garcelle. Stassi Schroeder prepares to return to TV in a huge way as the main reason to watch Vanderpump Villa. Paige and Craig share new details about their toxic relationship, Summer House and Southern

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42:41

Gia Giudice Slams Bethenny & Acts Clueless Like...

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2025/04/01

Despite the headlines that have gone viral worldwide over Teresa and Luis’ approximate $3 Million Dollar Tax Lien and $1.25 Million Dollar Unpaid Loan, Teresa remains in her love love love bubble claiming, “everything is under control”, Luis is a smart businessman who “has things together” and that she is not even remotely concerned about his, or her, finances. Well, alrighty then. The TreHuggers’ Queen hath spoken. In other news, Tre blames me, you, the RHONJ bloggers, the fans, the media, Marge

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62:04

Garcelle’s Next Moves, Sutton’s Difficult Upcoming...

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2025/04/01

Garcelle Beauvais has exited the RHOBH building. We break down the reasons for her exit, the casts' reactions, Andy’s thoughts, which, if any, of our fav Diamond Holders are her real friends, Garcelle’s next carer move, the truth behind her love life and answer the question on everyone’s mind, whether she resigned or was asked to leave. Let’s be honest here today! Sutton has an upcoming difficult season in desperate need of someone to be hired as her friend. Alternatively, Kyle could step up and

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72:18

Kyle’s Failure To Reveal Real Life, Sutton's New...

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2025/03/31

Everyone’s fav chumps, Patrik and Pol, return!! First things first, Patrik and Pol spill all the tea on next week’s ChumpCon, Jeff Lewis’s first foray into bringing lots of Housewives and Chumps together for a weekend, some say, you will never forget. Next the boys share a Kelly Dodd update, we are as nice as we can be, before the convo quickly turns to Sutton and Dorit’s current feud which gets nastier and stranger by the week with no end in sight as the RHOBH reunion is ready to begin tomorrow

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39:47

Teresa Allegedly Bullies Bloggers Over Tax Bill,...

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2025/03/30

Earlier this week, Luis Ruelas $2.7 Million Dollar Tax Bill came to light. We chatted about this shocking revelation. Since then, many new facts have arisen regarding Mr. Ruelas which we discuss here today and break down exactly how one man ends up with a 2.7 million dollar tax lien. Also, since then, Teresa Giudice has been hit with a 300k tax lien, leaving this couple with over 3 million dollars owed to the IRS. We go fact by fact addressing the mounting financial and legal troubles that

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38:16

Teresa Allegedly Bullies Bloggers Over Tax Bill,...

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2025/03/30

Earlier this week, Luis Ruelas $2.7 Million Dollar Tax Bill came to light. We chatted about this shocking revelation. Since then, many new facts have arisen regarding Mr. Ruelas which we discuss here today and break down exactly how one man ends up with a 2.7 million dollar tax lien. Also, since then, Teresa Giudice has been hit with a 300k tax lien, leaving this couple with over 3 million dollars owed to the IRS. We go fact by fact addressing the mounting financial and legal troubles that

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22:17

Real Truth Behind Garcelle's Exit, Dorit Claims...

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2025/03/29

Garcelle Beauvais is leaving RHOBH. We break down the reasons for her exit, the casts' reactions, Andy’s thoughts, Erika and Boz’ shady WWHL appearance regarding Garcelle, Garcelle’s next move, Sutton's friendship and answer the question on everyone’s mind, whether she resigned or was asked to leave. Dorit slams Sutton as someone who buys her friends. The public comes for Boz based on her reaction to Garcelle’s exit. In other RHOBH news, Kyle cozies up to Morgan in France, Erika goes after

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66:19

Louie Ruelas Accused of New TikTok “Scams”, Nene...

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2025/03/28

Nene Leakes is having a good and bad month all at once. Her new podcast has already been shelved, stopped and put on the back burner. That said, Miss Leakes has announced her new very own solo YouTube show. We have been down this road before with Nene but so far the show seems to be going well as Nene’s bid to return to RHOA grows stronger. Speaking of RHOA, this new season continues to shine with Shamea the fan fav breakout, Brit shunned by the cast and fans and Kenya promising we have not seen the

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66:18

Morgan Wade Meet Up, Erika Slams Garcelle’s Double...

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2025/03/27

Last week we had a run in with Morgan Wade, a sighting out in the wild. Today, we break down that tete a tete, discuss the Kyle and Teddi of it all and explain what happens next. Speaking of Miss Wade, Garcelle continues to question Kyle to come out, come out wherever she is and tell us, because you are on a reality show, what is really going on. Erika Jayne points out that Garcelle shares nothing about her own life and the rest of the diamond holders continue to break up and make up which leads to

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65:04

Tamra Judge's Staged Drama, Craig Conover Becomes The...

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2025/03/26

In a move that we certainly did not expect, Craig Conover becomes the new Teresa Giudice with a cast, as evidenced by the Southern Charm Reunion, that is afraid to work with, speak back to or cross him. It is Craig’s way or the highway and that seems to apply not just to his SC cast mates but to ex GF Paige DeSorbo who is spilling the piping hot tea on what dating Craig was really like. Tamra Judge is back to work on the OC as if she never had a breakdown, claimed her mental health was at jeopardy

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39:22

Andy Cohen Answers Rumors of Bravo Exit, Luis &...

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2025/03/25

Andy Cohen breaks his silence, responds and makes his official statement regarding the rumors, and nastiness, that he will be stepping down from Bravo next month. Louie Ruelas is rumored to be hit with a new $2.7 million dollar tax bill, receipts and all. Teresa fails to respond to these new alleged financial and legal woes of her loving husband, but does talk more about her RHONJ future come early next year. Speaking of RHONJ, Kathy Wakile hangs out with Margaret Josephs and, with everything else

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36:19

FLAVOR FLAV (on Heidi Montag, Taylor Swift, Flavor Of...

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2025/03/25

Flavor Flav steps Behind The Rope. Fresh off his stint as Space Ranger on The Masked Singer, Flavor Flav is here to mention it all. Flavor talks about the early days of Public Enemy and what it felt like to burst onto the music scene with Chuck D in the mid 80s. Labeled “King Swiftie” by The Swifties, Flav talks about where he first discovered his love for Taylor, his fav Taylor song and what it means to be embraced by the community of the largest Pop Star in the world, friendship bracelets and all

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73:25

Gretchen Rossi's Revenge, Tamra Judge's Resilience &...

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2025/03/24

Everyone’s fav Jeff Lewis Live Chumps, Patrik and Pol, are back. With the RHOC back and filming in full effect, there has been no shortage of reported drama surrounding the return of Gretchen Rossi who, along with Jennifer Pedranti, has come for Tamra Judge hard core. Tamra Judge is not one to go down without a fight and knows how to play this game better than almost anyone as one of the longest standing housewives, well, ever. Is she is? Is she out? Let us get to the bottom of it. Lala Kent says to

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38:25

Dirtiest Housewife Secret Ever About To Be Revealed,...

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2025/03/23

Tamra Judge returns to filming the upcoming season 19 of RHOC, slams reports that she is leaking info to outside bloggers “Teresa Giudice style” and declares war warning the bloggers who are accusing her of unethical practices, “I know who you are”. Kyle Richards slams reports that she walked out of the RHOBH reunion, is slammed by cast mates as a “liar” and explains why next season she should be given a break. Margaret Josephs speaks out about her RHONJ future, the future of the show, The Traitors

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58:38

MARLO HAMPTON (on Kenya Moore, RHOA Drama, Cast Mates...

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2025/03/23

She may have always had the juice, but now she has the peach, honey. Miss Marlo Hampton steps Behind The Rope. First she had the juice, then she had the peach after a ten year long epic run as everyone’s favorite “friend of” on The Real Housewives of Atlanta. With Season Sixteen of RHOA finally signed, sealed and delivered back on our Bravo screens, we figured today the perfect day to share this blast from the past chat with the one and only Miss Marlo Hampton. Marlo chats peach holders past and

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21:08

Garcelle & Sutton’s Friendship Cracks, Erika Slams...

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2025/03/22

Garcelle and Sutton’s friendship starts to crack over Sutton’s blind loyalty towards Kyle. Erika Jayne slams Sutton as fake asking who is the real Sutton - the kind, apologetic say all the right things at times socialite or the woman who kicks women, or at the very least kicks our fav diamond holders, when they are down. In other words, Erika would like to know if Sutton is a friend or a foe. Garcelle tells EJ to F Off. Boz calls Dorit out on her shiz while still seeing the world of RHOBH through

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68:57

Tamra Judge Breaks Down, LVP Opens a Vegas Hotel &...

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2025/03/21

Faye Resnick and Kyle Richards’ friendship has come under attack as rumors continue to rise that Faye was the leak inside the Umansky / Richards camp that initially revealed their then upcoming split to the tabloids. Eagle eyed RHOBH aficionados reveal several key facts about Faye’s RHOBH appearance a few weeks back at Tilly’s Caviar and Kaftan party that indicate that all may not be as seems between these once BFF’s in the streets of the 90210. LVP weighs in on Jax’s addiction announcement, the

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