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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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20:54

Gretchen Says Tamra Slept w/ 98 Degrees Singer, Tamra...

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2025/09/27

The past two weeks of RHOC have continued the tradition of this season of central storylines centering around dark, borderline illegal actions that happened over a decade ago. Yes, Gretchen and Tamra, we are looking at you. Gretchen, and Slade, claim Tamra slept with 98 Degrees hottie Jeff Timmons after recording a now leaked song with him in a studio one night in 2017. Tamra threatens a defamation lawsuit after taking several meetings with her attorney. In other strange RHOC news, Tamra makes

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58:12

Jackie & Jen Fessler's Embarrassing Audio Leak, Tamra...

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2025/09/26

Jackie Goldschneider and Jen Fessler’s heated exchange from a few days ago has been leaked and it ain’t good news for one of them involved. Rumors, not nastiness, have arisen, again, from multiple sources that the return of the RHONY OG’s seems more likely to be a real thing than ever before. Tamra Judge is likely to come out winning in many ways, despite her very tough RHOC season. Erin Lichy spills the tea about Ramona, Sonja, Lu and Dorinda. BravoCon updates are just in and we are so here for

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47:00

Teresa Wants To Reconcile w/ Gorgas, Andy Cohen...

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2025/09/25

Teresa Giudice wants to reconcile with Joe and Melissa Gorga. Gia Giudice is in favor of this reconciliation. In this episode of The Twilight Zone, h$ll may hath frozen over. That, or Tre just wants back on “her” show, RHONJ, the one she specified over and over again she will be a part of til the bitter end. In other news, Andy Cohen discusses the future of RHONY as the returning cast members become clear and newbies are announced, kinda. Finally, as this fragmented season of the OC continues and

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55:31

Dolores Shocked At Teresa's Gorga Reconciliation,...

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2025/09/25

Dolores Catania is beyond shocked that Teresa Giudice is open to reconciling with The Gorgas. Get in line Switzerland. In other news, Andy Cohen never, ever wants to see Jen Shah again, but what about Monica Garcia? Bronwyn’s ex slams her as a fake fame who&e who will do anything for relevancy. RHOM is headed for a major cast shake up but who will be cut and who will be spared the axe. Mary Cosby shares a heartbreaking update on her son, defends Lisa Barlow and wants to kick Britani where it counts

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62:28

Dolores' 3 Bravo Shows, Kathy Hilton Accidentally...

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2025/09/24

Kempire steps back Behind The Rope. Picking up right where we left off, Kempire discusses Luann’s recent claims that RHONJ is filming, addresses the fact that Teresa says it is not and breaks down the rumors, not nastiness, that production is still testing newbies with Marge, Dolo and Mel. Meanwhile, Teresa, and her TreHuggers, finally seem to be accepting Tre’s ill fated future. Speaking of test shooting, Andy Cohen makes new statements about RHONY’s future, newbies are rumored to be close to

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53:50

Melissa Gorga's Wife Swap, Lala's On The Valley,...

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2025/09/23

The next in a long line of new Bravo shows coming this year has landed. Melissa Gorga, Wendy Osefo, Emily Simpson and Angie K head to various towns in Wife Swap. Lala Kent is caught filming basically every scene of The Valley Season 3, Tom Schwartz has made appearances too and Scheana and Brock are still MIA despite Scheana’s promise that we will see her back on TV in 2026. Whitney Rose says her marriage is just fine. Mia Gordon gets divorced if anyone cares. Finally, Ramona shares life advice and

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59:17

MELISSA RIVERS (on RHOBH’s New Season Feuds, Dolores’...

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2025/09/22

Melissa Rivers is back for everyone’s fav Bravo / Pop Culture round up! As what Andy Cohen calls a phenomenal upcoming season of RHOBH wraps up filming, leaks from the streets of Beverly arise. Rachel Zoe’s legacy follows her, good and bad. Other newbie Amanda Frances has already caused quite a stir on line. Then there is the whole cast trip which Kyle says is as insane as Amsterdam. Please do not let it be about the husband. What husband? Wait, Amanda does have one. Dolores and Paulie let us know

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42:51

Kim Richards Not Invited To Kyle's Daughter's...

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2025/09/21

Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umanksy’s daughter Alexia got married the other week in a lavish ceremony at Kyle’s house. The guest list included Lisa Rinna, Kathy Hilton, Nicky Hilton Rothschild, Erika Jayne, Sutton Stracke, Dorit Kemsley, Teddi Mellencamp and many more but one name was notably absent. Kim Richards. Teresa Giudice has just come out explaining how and why she has learned her lesson and we could not make this shiz up if we tried. Finally, as Season 3 of The Valley continues to film right

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74:18

Camille Grammer Meyer, Aviva Drescher, Joan Rivers,...

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2025/09/21

Alaska steps Behind The Rope. Alaska is here to mention it all. Alaska talks Drag Race, Ru, the judges and more. As is always the case Behind The Velvet Rope, the convo quickly turns to all things Housewives and Alaska leaves no stone unturned from the past. Alaska talks Aviva Dresher, Camille Grammer, RHONY, joining Housewives, rabid Housewives and Reality TV fans and more. Speaking of Bravo, Alaska discusses her appearance on Watch What Happens Live, Andy Cohen and the other “guests” that night

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20:37

Melissa Responds To Teresa's Plea To Save Her Job,...

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2025/09/20

Melissa Gorga has officially responded to Teresa’s claim that she is open to reconciling with her and Joe Gorga. Andy Cohen names his most iconic housewives and details what the hardest part of his job is. The Miami reunion has finally filmed with explosive bombshells according to Alexia and some fashion we just had to break down. All this and, way to bury the lead, The Real Housewives of Salt Lake has returned to our lives. Lisa may have missed the cast trip but was mentioned 45 times during the

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53:39

Andy Cohen Reveals Future of RHONJ, Teddi Slams...

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2025/09/19

Andy Cohen shares updates on the future of RHONJ and all may not be quite as seems. Luann says RHONJ is filming filming, as in not test filming, without Teresa. Teddi Mellencamp slams anyone and everyone in defense of her BFF Tamra. More potential cast leaks are exposed regarding the return of RHONY but does anyone, anywhere care? Dancing With The Stars returns. Charlie Sheen bears all. Last, but not least, new pitfalls regarding Reality TV and the hard business of show are revealed and

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42:33

Teresa Giudice Is Furious At Kelly Dodd, Scheana...

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2025/09/18

Kelly Dodd recently confirmed that her BFF, to use the term very loosely, is fired from RHONJ and will not be returning for Season 15. Teresa Giudice has responded to Ms. Dodd in a series of interviews and she does not appear to be pleased at all! Speaking of not being pleased, the RHOC cast seems to be rethinking the future of the show and are having some regrets with how they have treated one Miss Katie Ginella all season. In other words, fear of the reunion lingers, cast change rumors surface

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53:16

Teresa Begs For Her Job, Erika & Dorit Break Up (?),...

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2025/09/18

RHOBH has just wrapped its season and an expected drop date of December 2025 is anticipated. Rumors, and nastiness, of a Dorit and Erika break up surface, rumblings of an intense cast trip arise and newbies Rachel Zoe and Amanda Frances try to gain their bearings amongst our fav group of diamond holders. As Rachel and Amanda enter, Teresa Giudice exits. This week, Teresa seemingly begs for her RHONJ job, shares a message for Andy and Bravo and does a whole lotta backtracking about things she said

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64:18

RHOC Fake Casting Rumors & Shocking Finale, Grand...

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2025/09/17

Kempire steps Behind The Rope. Kempire is here for a full State of the Union on the status of all the Housewives Franchises and future of Bravo. First up, Kempire talks the infiltration of bloggers this season on RHOC, the absence of Katie this second half of the season, the shocking upcoming season finale, Katie’s future and the many fake RHOC casting rumors around next season’s 20. With RHOSLC back in our lives, we chat this new season and who is most likely to exit - yes already - when this

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74:23

Jeff Lewis’ Game, Kelly Dodd’s New Drama, RHOC’s...

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2025/09/16

RHOC’s second half of the season has swapped Katie for Gretchen as Tamra apologizes, Gretchen blames Tamra for everything and the whole cast promises - in their words - one dark, evil, confusing, awkward, uncomfortable finale which has left the group fractured, shocked and uncertain about what happens next. Teresa makes claims, statements and moves in a desire to return to Housewives on RHOM, RHOSLC, or any franchise that will have her now that her RHONJ fate seems to be all but not signed, not

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62:55

JACKIE GOLDSCHNEIDER (on Teresa, Margaret, Melissa,...

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2025/09/15

Jackie Goldschneider steps Behind The Rope. Jackie stops by to mention it all. Jackie breaks down the highs and lows of her RHONJ experience, her much publicized fall out with Margaret, her up and down relationship with Melissa, her friendship with both Teresa and Jen Aydin, her message to all the naysayers, the claims of fake storylines for her and other RHONJ cast mates and much, much more. Jackie answers all of our, and your, questions leaving no stone unturned. As the uncertain future of

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42:58

The End of Dolores/ Teresa's Friendship, Dorit & PK's...

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2025/09/14

Dorit Kemsley speaks out about her new harsh reality with PK, her newfound friendship with Rachel Zoe and just how this season of RHOBH went now that Alexia Umansky has gotten married, the season has come to an end and rumors, and nastiness, have started to leak as far as what we can expect when this beloved franchise returns to our Bravo TVs later this month. As Dolores prepares to begin filming RHONJ later this year with Teresa’s two arch enemies, Mel and Marge, Dolo’s friendship with Tre reaches

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60:57

KIKI BARTH (on Guerdy, Alexia, Larsa, Lisa, Marysol,...

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2025/09/14

Kiki Barth steps Behind The Rope. The Real Housewives of Miami’s Kiki Barth, that is. Kiki is here to chat about her RHOM experience - highs and lows, cast mates Larsa, Alexia, Guerdy, Lisa, Julia, Adriana, Marysol, and all of the drama that has been filling our TV screens from our fav Mojito holders. Of course, Kiki broke down all the headlines the Miami Housewives have made / been making, chats dating, Miami life and, as we like to say, mentions it all. Part II starts

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20:13

More Fake RHONJ Casting Rumors, Nene Leakes Slams LVP...

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2025/09/13

Another week, another batch of RHONJ casting rumors, and nastiness, that have arisen from out of nowhere. Some fake, some real. From Danielle Cabral returning to Teresa’s BFF cast along with Tre and Jackie, we separate fact from fiction surrounding each and all of these rumors. In yet another feud we did not have on our bingo cards this year, Nene Leakes slams Lisa Vanderpump as manipulative claiming “she did foul shiz to me”. Brittany Cartwright does not give one F as The Valley Season 3 begins

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64:43

RHOC's Evil Bots, Teresa Accepts Her RHONJ Fate,...

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2025/09/12

RHOC’s toxic season continues with allegations of bots, upcoming cast terminations and one Katie Ginella who is definitely not going down without a fight. Speaking of cast terminations, Teresa Giudice seems to have accepted her fate that she will not be returning to RHONJ in a series of subtle but clear interviews that shed light on the fact that she is moving through the five stages of grief briskly. Finally, Andy Cohen wants Karen Huger back on RHOP as Karen gets her hair done, walks runways and

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