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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 Journal People, TMZ, Page Six, OK! Magazine, Us Weekly, Entertainment Tonight, ExtraTV, Billboard Magazine, Telemundo, Marie Claire, the Wendy Williams Show, Life & Style, Access Hollywood, Perez Hilton, The Daily Mail, Radar Online, Bravo Daily Dish, E!, The Sun, Just Jared, InStyle, Watch What Happens Live, Architectural Digest, Fox News, Hollywood Life, Too Fab, Rolling Stone, USA Today, MSN, The Drew Barrymore Show, Yahoo Online, The Mirror, Women’s Health and more!

Ranked #1 Real Housewives / Reality TV Podcast by BuzzFeed!

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Traitors’ Deep Dive, LVP Shades Bethenny, Phaedra’s Fatal Mistake and Truth Behind Katie & Ariana’s Sandwiches Jan 25, 2024

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Houston we have a problem. The Housewives are in trouble over there on The Traitors. With BTVR guest Parvati Shallow and BB legend Dan Gheesling at the helm, our little Phae Phae Parks may have met her matches and for anyone who has ever watched BB, never count our Miss Janelle. Moving on, we deep dive what to expect from Valley Village, share our hot takes on the trailer, discuss our boots on the ground indefinite (?) delay of Something About Her, break down Lisa Vanderpump’ recent comments about both Rachel Leviss and Bethenny Frankel, contemplate Miss Leviss’ return to the show and plan for the return of Vanderpump Rules next week. Raise your glasses high.

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Monica Garcia Fired! (Breaking Down How This Happened & Where RHOSLC Goes Next) Jan 24, 2024

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Monica Garcia has been fired. She has not decided to take time off of Housewives. Let that just be clear. We break down how and why this happened, the truth behind Monica’s exit, the mistakes the cast has made in wanting this, the double standards involved in this termination, production’s involvement, the Jen Shah of it all and most importantly, where the cast, Bravo, producers and RHOSLC goes from here as Season Five filming is expected to commence next month. Press play.

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LINDA GRAY (on Dallas, Sue Ellen Ewing, Models Inc., Garcelle Beauvais & Reboots) Jan 24, 2024

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Linda Gray steps Behind The Rope. Yes, Sue Ellen Ewing in the flesh! Linda is here to chat about the full anthology of her career and what it was like to be part of one of the most Iconic shows of all time, Dallas. Linda reminisces about being cast, the early days on set with co-stars such as Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Charlene Tilton and Victoria Principal - to name a few, the highs and lows of Sue Ellen, best and worst storylines for the character, playing drunk and how life changed as a result of Dallas. Linda opens up about leaving the show after twelve seasons, returning for the series finale, being a fan favorite, life after Dallas and the positives and negatives of playing one character for so long. Linda also opens up about her life long friendships with Larry Hagman and Patrick Duffy, the TNT “Dallas Reboot” that ended way too soon, the future of the Dallas legacy and whether another Reboot is looming on the horizon. Of course, there was also that other fav show of ours Linda starred in, Models Inc. Linda chats working on an Aaron Spelling show, playing Heather Locklear’s mother and working with both RHOBH’s Garcelle Beauvais in one of her first full time acting gigs and a then unknown pre-Matrix Carrie-Anne Moss. Thank you Linda. What a fun trip down memory lane regarding one of the best TV characters to ever exist in the history of TV, the one, the only, Miss Sue Ellen Ewing!!!!!

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RHONJ Season 14 Date Announced, Melissa Gorga’s New Life News & Teresa’s Big Revelation Jan 23, 2024

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RHONJ Season Fourteen Has Been Announced for April. We share all our hot takes on what to expect this upcoming season, whether people are eagerly anticipating its return or “over it” and just why has the start been delayed 'til April with no other Housewives returning to Bravo during the next few months. In other RHONJ news, Melissa Gorga has announced that she is “opening” a new Envy location in Huntington, Long Island. We discuss the ownership of Envy, Melissa’s business moto and her ex- biz partner in Envy, Jackie Beard Robinson’s tell all book, “Money, Lies and The Housewives” which details her time on RHONJ working with Melissa. Finally, Teresa admits she staged her prison release photos for money and we reveal our new messages for Jackie Goldschneider, Jennifer Aydin and last, but certainly not least, The Marge!

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MADONNA's NIKI HARIS & DONNA DE LORY (on Working w/ Madonna, Recent Health Scare & Celebration Tour) - I Jan 23, 2024

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Niki Haris and Donna De Lory step Behind The Rope. Niki and Donna, that is. As Madonna’s world wide Celebration Tour continues to break records worldwide one stop at a time, we could think of no one better than Niki and Donna to chat about the full anthology of their careers on the road and recording with Madonna in many countries, for many tours, on many songs, throughout many decades. Who’s That Girl, Blond Ambition Tour, The Girlie Show Tour, The Downed World Tour and everything and anything in between, we cover it all. Niki and Donna open up about meeting Madonna, the audition process, early life on the road with Madge, highs, lows, misconceptions, getting banned in Italy, “Truth or Dare” and more. They talk famous friends like Sandra Bernhard, Madonna’s men like Warren Beatty, Sean Penn and Guy Ritchie, family and children, how Madonna has changed over the years, recent years Madonna such as Madame X, Rebel Heart, MDNA and so much more. Finally, Niki and Donna discuss Madonna’s recent health scare, what really happened, the media’s obsession with Mama M’s looks, age and younger suitors and how no one should ever count out the Queen. Of course, we also chat Niki and Donna’s solo careers and current projects as well!

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CHAZ DEAN (on Jeff Lewis, Heather McDonald, Jeff’s Exes, Hair & Run In w/ Ramona Singer’s Boyfriend!) Jan 22, 2024

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Chaz Dean returns Behind The Rope. He’s back! The Hair God himself is here to fill us in on all he has been up to, well, since the last time he stopped by. Chaz Dean New York, new products and more. Of course, the convo quickly turns to his time on Flipping Out, recent reconciliation with Jeff Lewis, re-entry into Jeff’s “Chumps”, Jeff’s never-ending battles with Gage, Jeff’s never ending love life sagas - did someone say Scott?, Chef Stu? and epic breakup and fall out with Heather McDonald. As things often do, we talk Housewives, current RHOBH season, Lisa Rinna’s everlasting mark on the franchise, Chaz’ friendship with Kelly Bensimon and why she gets a bad rap, his recent run in with Ramona Singer’s boyfriend one night out in NYC and much, much more. Chaz has stories for days so buckle up and press play! Part II starts now!

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The Traitors’ Recap, Katie & Ariana’s Friendship Future, Annemarie Slams Crystal & Monica Garcia’s New Statement Jan 21, 2024

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Annemarie Wiley is shaded by everyone, claps back at everyone and accuses Crystal Kung Minkoff of making things up for a storyline. Hmm, where have we heard this before about our dear Crystal? In other news, Monica Garcia’s lawsuit against Heather Gay and Beauty Lab is dismissed and releases an epic statement clap back at haters as we prepare for the conclusion of the RHOSLC reunion and return of Monica Garcia for RHOSLC Season Five. Vanderpump Rules has its premiere party right here in sunny, warm LA. We break down what we learned, discuss the future of Ariana and Katie’s friendship and prepare for Season Ten next week. Finally, last but not least, we share all our thoughts on The Traitors, who we think will go far, the players to watch and expected fate of all our fav Housewives and one miss Mercedes Javid.

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The Traitors’ PARVATI SHALLOW (on Winning Survivor, Being a "Black Widow" & More!) Jan 21, 2024

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Parvati Shallow steps Behind The Rope. Survivor Winner, Parvati Shallow. The Traitors’ Parvati Shallow who was told to NEVER come for the Housewives. Actually, the Housewives - Phaedra, Tamra and Shereé - sorry Larsa - should know who they are dealing with. Parvati is on EVERY “Best Survivor Players of all time” list as well as one of Jeff Probst’s personal “Favorite Players of all time” list. After chatting with her, it is very clear as to why. Did you know Parvati has played this brilliant game four different seasons for a total of 149 days on the island, making her the second longest player of all time, second only to Boston Rob’s 152 days. Parvati chats with us about what her strategy was to win Micronesia, the differences between the four seasons she played, who she thinks - other than herself, of course, is the best Survivor player of all time, why she is so good at this game and would she ever go back. Of course, we discuss The Black Widow Brigade, one of the most effective alliances in Survivor history and Erik’s blindside, which has been called one of the best moments in Survivor history. On a more serious note, we chat about the controversial Cook Islands season she was a part of which divided the contestants into four tribes based on racial ethnicity: Black, White, Hispanic, Asian American - how antiquated that now seems and how was that concept originally green lit? On a more serious note, Parvati opens up about the psychological effects playing the game had on her and the steps taken to relieve those roadblocks and integrate back into society as a fully functioning member of society. Now she is using all those well trained skills to take out our very Housewives one at a time on The Traitors. Today, we share this blast from the past chat with Parv so everyone can fully understand what our gals are dealing with. #beware

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What We Observed About Kyle & Mo From Attending HNT Gala, TreHugger’s Slam Danielle Cabral & RHOBH Recap Jan 20, 2024

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Homeless Not Toothless. Why is it so hard for Kyle to remember? We recap this week’s RHOBH revealing what we observed firsthand between Kyle and Mo as well as Annemarie and Crystal by attending this event last year in Bev Hills. We share our thoughts on why Crystal is probably really bothered by Annemarie, Sutton’s esophagus - next please, and Kyle’s breakup with both Sutton and Dorit over the past few weeks now that Morgan Wade has her full attention. In other news, the Vanderpump Rules cast has their premiere party this week right here in sunny, warm LA, Rachel Leviss reveals new info about Scandoval, Tom, Ariana, LVP and Schwartzy - seems Crystal is not the only one who found her voice this week, RHOC resumes filming and the TreHuggers unite and come for Danielle Cabral, once again.

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Rachel Leviss' Latest Revelations, Katie's Clap Back, Tom Girardi's Trial & Summer House New Season Predictions Jan 19, 2024

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Rachel Goes Rogue. Rachel Leviss launches her new Pod and has a lot to say about her multiple Sandoval hook ups, Graham, ex James Kennedy and her short lived stint on Vanderpump Rules. Katie Maloney claps back, launches her own pod and we, the collective BravoVerse prepare for Season 11 of Vanderpump Rules to drop later this month. Tom Girardi’s trial date is set for May 21st, Brandi Glanville reveals her latest trauma and Bethenny Frankel envies Monica “Reality Von (Tea)se” Garcia. Finally, we react to the Summer House New Season trailer, discuss what we can expect this season on Summer House, share updates on Tamra’s breakup with Vicki and Shannon and much more.

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