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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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51:19

CHEF STU (on RHONJ’s Possible End, Jen Shah’s RHOSLC...

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2024/09/09

Chef Stu returns to help us break down all that has been going down in the BravoSphere over the past week. Andy Cohen recently weighed in, again, on the future of RHONJ, fans react, and we discuss what we think will happen regarding this once top rated franchise. RHOSLC returns next week, the cast is already slamming each other on social media and fans speculate about Jen Shah’s future role on the franchise. Shannon Beador continues to live her new life, Tamra continues to slam Shannon and Vicki

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35:03

Louie Ruelas’ Warning To His Enemies, Margaret’s...

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2024/09/08

Andy Cohen tripled down this week on the fact that we should not ask about, think about or expect RHONJ casting news any time soon. That said, it seems to have been a busy week in RHONJ land. Louie Ruelas posted a warning to his enemies which seems to double down on how he feels about Margaret’s son, suggest he was not at all sorry despite his on line apology and imply that he is still as conflicted, having learned nothing, as the toxic nature of RHONJ seems to not have cooled at all despite Andy’s

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83:27

LYNNE CURTIN (on RHOC, Tamra, Vicki, Kyle Richards &...

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2024/09/08

The Real Housewives of Orange County's Lynne Curtin steps Behind The Rope. Lynne takes us back to when she was first cast to step behind the gates of Coto de Caza in Season Four of the hit Bravo show. Lynne walks us through how she was cast on RHOC, who she knew before being cast and some of the story lines we saw regarding her life as they played out on national television. We discuss how The Real Housewives of Orange Country has changed since the early days and how reality tv, in general, is a

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12:07

RHONJ Old Rumors Resurface, Our Past w/ Alexis Jugs,...

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2024/09/07

For everyone who did not attend our live show, which lasted over three long hours, no question was off limits. Having just watched one of the most toxic seasons of RHONJ a lot of questions were about RHONJ past, current and, most important, future. Who will return - Teresa or Melissa or Neither? We break all of that down in this Final Part Three of our live show which sold out earlier this month where no question was off limits and where we could not plead the fifth. From questions about the future

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65:06

RHONJ Friendship Breakups Post Show, Fans Demand...

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2024/09/06

With RHONJ over and done, a lot of the cast is spending time together while other possibly former RHONJ seem to want nothing to do with each other. We discuss which friendships are real and which of our fav Garden State ladies will probably never speak again now that the season has come to an end. In other news, Tom Girardi is found guilty, Erika Jayne reacts and we, the viewing public, await his sentencing later this year. Tamra Judge’s well laid plan for this season of RHOC seems to have gone

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64:51

Brittany Cartwright’s Villain Era, Kelly Dodd’s...

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2024/09/05

Vicki Gunvalson had a near death experience, Housewives fans have mixed reactions and Kelly Dodd made the scary encounter all about her. Shocking, we say sarcastically. Speaking of Kelly Dodd, she had some family drama of her own which we break down and discuss. In other news, a new potential villain has emerged over in the VanderVerse as Brittany Cartwright files for divorce days after Jax exits rehab and heads for the Valley. Jax was served on air for all of us to witness when Season Two of this

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8:12

Introducing: Origins With Cush Jumbo

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2024/09/04

Attention Behind The Velvet Rope listeners. I’m jumping into your regularly scheduled listening to tell you that the biggest names in entertainment share with actress Cush Jumbo the stories that made them who they are today. From the most influential figure in fashion, Anna Wintour to Golda Rosheuvel of Bridgerton and David Schwimmer of Friends to many more, I think you’ll really enjoy hearing these never before heard stories on her new podcast, “Origins with Cush Jumbo.”From the innocence of

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73:40

RHONJ Future (What We Want!), VPR’s Looming End,...

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2024/09/04

As rumors about the future of RHONJ continue to swirl - some true, some semi true and some pure fiction, we break down where we are with this fractured cast and whether any can return months, if not years from now if the show does indeed return. In other fractured show news, we discuss the likelihood that anyone from the current cast will continue, whether Scheana and Lala will make their desired splash on The Valley, who else from VPR may end up on another LVP show, whether any other spin offs are

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43:23

MELISSA RIVERS (on Teresa or Melissa For RHONJ...

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2024/09/03

It’s that time of the month again. Everyone’s fav Pop Culture Connoisseur returns. That’s right, Melissa Rivers is back for our monthly Pop Culture round up. First things first, we break down all of the latest drama in RHONJ land. Melissa, Teresa, Marge, Dolo and the rest of the the gang have been talking, interviewing and revealing many tidbits about the future of the show and whether they want to and / or will be a part of it. We break down all of these claims, separating fact from fiction as we

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34:49

Teresa’s Words of Warning For Frank Catania, Shocking...

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2024/09/02

Another day, another bunch of fake RHONJ rumors about Tre, Mel and the future of the show. In other RHONJ news, Teresa has a very stern new message for Frank Catania, shares shocking news about her brother Joe, urges for a certain past RHONJ to return and much more in a series of recent interviews. The fans react, share their thoughts and scream loud that they will not watch RHONJ if the Tre Huggers' Queen returns. Heading west, Emily Simpson shares what happened off air with Shannon and Alexis

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79:04

Million Dollar Listing's James Harris (on Cast Mates,...

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2024/09/02

James Harris, from Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles, steps Behind The Rope. James is here to chat all about his Bravo Million Dollar Listing experience covering all the highs and lows. Of course, James talks about his MDLLA counterpart, David Parnes and how they ended up at Mauricio Umansky’s “The Agency”. James discusses the challenges of filming and doing deals in real time on air, that real estate porn we all love to watch and cast mates The Josh’s Flagg and Altman as well as Tracy Tutor. We

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35:17

Juicy Joe Shades The Fudas, Mauricio Accused of...

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2024/09/01

Juicy Joe Giudice is not at all happy with The Fudas Rachel and John. We break down what has happened, Tre weighs in and the Fudas, hopefully, prepare to respond. Mauricio has been accused of fraudulently securing $3.5 million dollars of PPP loans during the pandemic, he issues a formal statement and Kyle comments about this, the cancellation of Buying Beverly Hills, Mauricio’s girlfriend Nikita and which RHOBH Cast Member we will be most shocked by when the show returns later this fall. Melissa

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73:59

RHOC's LYDIA MCLAUGHLIN (on RHOC, Shannon, Tamra,...

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2024/09/01

Lydia McLaughlin and her Mom, Judy Stirling, step Behind The Rope. Lydia and Judy are here to chat all things RHOC. Lydia chats cast mates past: Vicki Gunvalson, Tamra Judge, Shannon Beador, Kelly Dodd, Heather Dubrow, Alexis “Jesus Jugs” Bellino, Gretchen Rossi, Peggy Sulahian and Lizzie Rovsek. We discuss what it was like to film the show with these women - the good, the bad, the highs, the challenges and what the status of her relationships with each of them is like today. We also talk about the

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12:20

RHONJ (What Now?), Drama w/ Heather McDonald,...

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2024/08/31

For everyone who did not attend our live show, which lasted over three long hours, no question was off limits. Having just watched one of the most toxic seasons of RHONJ a lot of questions were about RHONJ past, current and, most important, future. Who will return - Teresa or Melissa or Neither? We break all of that down in this Part Two of our live show which sold out earlier this month where no question was off limits and where we could not plead the fifth. From questions about the future of

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67:27

Mauricio Umanksy’s Bad News, Jax Taylor's Bad Week &...

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2024/08/30

Jax Taylor leaves rehab, returns to The Valley, moves over Scheana and Lala and we ask what is real versus fake. RHONY and RHOSLC prepare to return. We discuss both trailers and what to expect on each of these upcoming seasons. Bethenny Frankel has another few rants, Mauricio Umanksy receives bad news and Drew Sidora is accused of fraud. Here we were thinking it was a slow holiday weekend.@behindvelvetrope @davidyontef BONUS & AD FREE EPISODES Available at -

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64:18

Margaret Details How Tre Changed, Brandi Glanville’s...

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2024/08/29

Margaret Jospehs is convinced Louie and Teresa will not end up together, that Teresa no longer cares about her job and that she will go down in flames before admitting her or Louie were wrong about, well, anything. Teresa responds and tries to move on in life and love, love, love. Meanwhile, Brandi Glanville has leaked footage of Andy Cohen allegedly “harassing” her with Kate Chastain. We discuss the video, Brandi’s claims and whether any of this will affect Andy’s position at Bravo. The RHOSLC

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61:20

RHONJ’s Future: Who Stays, Who Goes, Tre vs. Mel,...

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2024/08/28

Now that last season of RHONJ is a thing of the past and most, if not all, of the cast has stopped doing interviews, we have had a chance to reflect on the future of RHONJ. We continue our chat from earlier this week. Taking everything into account - Andy’s comments, the cast’s comments, everything that is rumored to be going on off air with the cast and bloggers, the rumored salaries of each of the cast members and last, but certainly not least, what each of you has posted on line expressing

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33:32

Teresa & Melissa Reconcile To Save RHONJ, Margaret...

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2024/08/27

Melissa Gorga claims that she will not return to RHONJ if “dark”, “toxic” Teresa returns. Simultaneously, headlines have emerged that Teresa and Melissa have called a truce to save their high salaries and have now, after the most toxic, lowest rated season in RHONJ history, finally decided to bury their pride and work together to return for RHONJ Season 15. We break down these claims, statements and headlines separating fact from fiction regarding the future of our beloved franchise. Margaret claims

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51:46

SHERRY VINE (on Andy Cohen, WWHL, The Traitors, Drag...

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2024/08/27

Sherry Vine steps Behind The Rope. International drag darling Sherry Vine, that is. Sherry is here to chat about the full anthology of her career, none the least of which is her return to TV in the newest season of The Sherry Vine Variety Show. Sherry talks about her influences for this show - Cher, Carol Burnett and the many surprise guest stars we can expect to see all season . Sherry reminisces about her early days on the New York Drag scene as a permanent fixture at iconic venues such as Bar d’O

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79:59

RHONJ’s Future: Who Stays, Who Goes, Tre vs. Mel,...

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2024/08/26

Now that last season of RHONJ is a thing of the past and most, if not all, of the cast has stopped doing interviews, we have had a chance to reflect on the future of RHONJ. Taking everything into account - Andy’s comments, the cast’s comments, everything that is rumored to be going on off air with the cast and bloggers, the rumored salaries of each of the cast members and last, but certainly not least, what each of you has posted on line expressing extreme love or intensive dislike for certain cast

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