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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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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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65:07

Andy Cohen Gets Involved In Tamra’s RHOC Future,...

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2025/03/20

As we prepare for Season Two of The Valley, now that the trailer dropped last week, Brittany Cartwright slams Jax as a liar who is misrepresenting many facts, as an insensitive person who throws his sexual escapades in her face and as someone who may not be as committed to his newfound sobriety as he claims. Tamra Judge walked out of RHOC, Andy Cohen got involved to talk her off a ledge, Kelly Dodd weighed in, the cast reacted with eye rolls and mixed emotions and, of course, Tamra returned days

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37:53

Andy Cohen Allegedly Stepping Down, Tamra Judge...

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2025/03/19

Rumors and nastiness have arisen again regarding Andy Cohen’s future at Bravo. Sources are talking, yet again, and saying that a major announcement regarding Andy’s future at the network is coming next month and that he will be stepping down. Not so fast. We break down why Andy would ever step down - there are only three situations we can think of - what “stepping down” actually means in this situation, the likeliness these rumors are true, how, if at all, this would affect Real Housewives and / or

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67:12

Tamra Judge’s Emotional State & RHOC Future, Lisa...

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2025/03/19

Tamra Judge returns to RHOC, discusses her breakdown and depression and hopes that Gretchen and Shannon lighten up, go soft and reconcile with her as more leaks from RHOC filming are leaked. RHOSLC Season 6 begins filming as Lisa Barlow takes RHOSLC off her bio. Dorit Kemsley comes for Kathy Hilton again as Tracey Tutor and Jeff Lewis clap and clap back at her. Denise Richards’ new show continues to thrive. Ariana Madix reveals she was never going to return to Vanderpump Rules For Season 12, that it

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66:28

Tamra Judge's New Grief, Gretchen & Shannon's Fake...

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2025/03/18

There has been so much push back regarding Teddi Mellencamp’s recent activities about exactly what she should and should not be doing in light of her serious health diagnosis. Today, with the help of Empathic Medium Raquel, we break down the current state of Teddi’s health, discuss why people feel the need to weigh in and last, but certainly not least, analyze her supposed support system around her - Edwin, Kyle and Tamra - scrutinizing whether each of the aforementioned has her best interests, at

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54:07

DR. JENN MANN (on Being Erika Jayne’s Therapist,...

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2025/03/17

Dr. Jenn Mann steps Behind The Rope. Fresh off her appearances on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills as Erika Jayne’s therapist, Dr. Jenn stops by to, as we like to say, mention it all. Dr. Jenn helps us make sense of many of the ever changing relationships on RHOBH - Kyle and Mo, Dorit and PK, all the single ladies and more. Dr. Jenn provides great advice to us and all of today’s wonderful listeners - what it takes for a marriage to last, why do people cheat, the effect of Reality TV on

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39:41

Tamra Makes Teddi’s Cancer About Her, PK’s New...

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2025/03/16

Tamra Judge quit RHOC, declared a breakdown, claimed she stares at the walls for hours on end and is in need of medication and heavier therapy. She has explained that this is all because of Teddi Mellencamp’s sad health update which has led to Teddi calling RHOC producers, demanding Tamra get back to work and taking time out of her much needed treatment, care and new reality to worry about Miss Judge. In other news, PK is seen out in NYC with a mystery brunette many label as his new girlfriend,

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65:35

CRAIG CONOVER (on Paige DeSorbo, Summer House &...

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2025/03/16

Craig Conover steps Behind The Rope. Craig wastes no time in chatting about the full trajectory of his time on Southern Charm from a Season One Newbie to the OG, Pillow King and Entrepreneur we see before us today. Craig chats cast mates past and present, who from the past should return and the highs and lows of SC. Of course the convo quickly turns to Paige DeSorbo and, with all the back and forth, he said/she said as both seasons of Southern Charm and Summer House seem to address the ultimately

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20:26

Sutton's Fear of Kyle, Dorit Slams Jeff Lewis,...

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2025/03/15

Sutton Stracke is accused of being jealous, or scared, of Dorit’s friendship with Kyle by her very own BFF Garcelle. Kyle realizes her marriage is really over from Mauricio. Dorit remains hopeful things will work out with PK as PK wonders if she can get back to being his “best mate”. Jennifer Tilly feels left out by much of the group. Erika slams Garcelle and Sutton as having “double standards”. All this and more as our fav Diamond Holders head to St. Lucia for Boz’s cast trip. In other news, Tracy

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91:33

Lala Slams Kelly Dodd, Tom Sandoval Begs For...

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2025/03/14

Lala slams Kelly Dodd as “unhinged” - duh - in the feud we did not know we needed but that we are totally living - or as Paris would say - sliving for. Tom Sandoval begs the judge for forgiveness in defense of his lawsuit by Rachel Leviss. Bethenny Frankel does not like being told what to do and makes that very clear. Tom Schwartz reveals his biggest VanderRegrets. The Baldwins continues to win over audiences, Denise Richards shows a whole new side no one ever saw on RHOBH. Taylor Swift seems to be

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66:59

Teresa Reveals Rare Info About Louie's Finances,...

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2025/03/13

A source from inside the Montgomery County Correctional Facility has come forward to detail Karen Huger’s admission into her new home for the next year and first days behind bars. RHOP Season 10 prepares to start filming later this month as Karen wonders if she will be terminated upon exiting jail for her second year of her sentence at home. Stacey Rusch doubles down that she did not pay TJ to be her boyfriend as TJ talks to anyone who will listen. Teresa Giudice makes rare comments on husband Louie

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72:51

Dorit's Plan For Next RHOBH Season 15, Tres Amigas...

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2025/03/12

Hannah Berner interviewed Megan Thee Stallion. The public cried unprofessionalism, fan girl behavior and microaggressions toward Miss Stallion. Hannah has issued an apology. Summer House continues to win the hearts and ratings of Bravo fans each week along with Southern Charm and Southern Hospitality. JT vs. Venita, Shep vs. Sienna, Carl vs. Lindsay, Craig vs. Paige - can’t we all just get along? Kameron Westcott slams Katy Perry. Dorit Kemsley makes plans for next season - RHOBH Season 15 - which

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43:16

Denise Richards / Lisa Rinna’s Looming...

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2025/03/11

The Traitors may be over but someone needs to remind Dorinda Medley that it was just a game. Dorinda came in hot at the reunion slamming Bob The Drag Queen with a little help from fellow housewife Miss Chanel Ayan. As if, hunni. Dolores Catania takes the prize as one of the four winners, Andy Cohen keeps everyone in place at the reunion and Alan Cumming asks, who is next? Teddi Mellencamp shares a sad, unfortunate health update and receives fan backlash for certain decisions she has recently

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83:02

ELEONORA SRUGO (on Selling The City, Rebooting RHONY...

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2025/03/11

Eleonora Srugo steps Behind the Rope. The Star of Netflix’ Selling The City’s stops by to mention it all. Eleonora spills the tea on her team mates Jordyn, Gisselle, Taylor, Abi and cast mates Jade, Justin and last, but certainly not least, Steve Gold. Speaking of Steve Gold, we chat Million Dollar Listing NY, MDLA, Selling Sunset, Selling The OC and Netflix’ other NYC real estate show, Ryan Serhant’s Owning Manhattan. Eleonora talks real estate porn, the state of the market in NYC, Jade threatening

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69:13

Kyle’s Needed RHOBH Break, What Gretchen’s Return...

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2025/03/10

Everyone’s favorite chumps, Patrik and Pol are back to help us break down all that is going on this week in Bravo land. Kyle and Dorit and PK and Mo. Who is speaking to who, who is divorcing who, what is the status of this season long RHOBH on again, off again and does anyone still care. Kyle keeps talking about almost resigning from RHOBH that we wonder if it is time for her to hand in her diamond, even if just for a season. Patrik and Pol talk Chump viruses, chump break ups and chump make

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38:00

Jax Comes Out As Coke Addict, Shah's GG Allegedly...

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2025/03/09

Jax Taylor admits to having a cocaine addiction. He has made a statement. Brittany Cartwright has responded with two statements of her own. Members of the Vanderpump Rules cast have spoken out - Scheana, Sandoval, Lala revealing just how much the cast knew / didn’t know. Shah’s of Sunset’s Mike Shouhed’s ex Paulina Ben Cohen files a restraining order against Shah’s of Sunset’s GG accusing GG of roughing her up in an LA Bloomingdales explaining that she has been waiting for this day for

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81:29

The Real World New York's Andre Comeau (On The Real...

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2025/03/09

This is the true story…of seven strangers…picked to live in a house…(work together) and have their lives taped…to find out what happens…when people stop being polite…and start getting real… On that note, Andre Comeau from the original grandaddy of them all, The Real World: New York, steps Behind The Rope. THE show that changed, introduced, formed and revolutionized Reality TV. With no predecessor to look to, we discuss how this makes the Real World, New York, Season One possibly the most authentic

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