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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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Robyn Dixon's Season Long Omission, Juan Dixon's Alleged Mistress, Andy Cohen's Anger & Where RHOP Goes From Here Feb 17, 2023

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Robyn Dixon has faced major backlash from fans, cast mates and Andy Cohen himself over the fact that she filmed an entire season of The Real Housewives of Potomac without ever mentioning her husband Juan was faced with cheating allegations involving an unknown woman from Canada. Today we break down those claims, the backlash, the fact that we watched an entire season of RHOP falsely accusing Chris Basset of infidelity while Robyn failed to mention any of this to anyone at any time. Whew! Let us just recover from that for a hot second before sharing our hot takes on whether this is a fireable offense and Robyn should not be given a seat at the table when RHOP returns next season. We analyze the bigger issue of how this could happen and what other franchises of Bravo’s Real Housewives produce fluff and / or “fake” storylines when the real tea is happening on social media and / or a Housewife’s real life. Finally, we pay homage to RHOP’s MVP of this season and how the once stellar franchise should move forward from here.

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RHONY Legacy Update (Fact From Fiction), RHUGT 4 Update (Fact From Fiction) & RHOP Reunion Tea! Feb 16, 2023

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So much has been written about the RHONY Reboot - cast member walks offs and terminations before the season even finished wrapping and the RHONY Legacy - shockingly low salaries, hold outs, Andy Cohen’s “statement” that today we break down all the fiction from the actual real facts surrounding the situation. Next we share our hot takes and ask the question whether anyone is excited for either show, if so which one, when can we realistically see the Reboot on our screens and will Legacy ever really come to be. Whew! Moving on, we break down fact from fiction regarding RHUGT 4 as it relates to Brandi Glanville and Caroline Manzo, chat about current Bravo contracts and who can sue whom for what and whether this is the end of the road for Brandi and / or Caroline in the BravoSphere. Finally, as we head into the RHOP reunion, we have some fun and break down the reunion looks from good, to bad, to worse to wtf.

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The Return of RHONJ, Issues w/ RHOBH, Drama Behind RHUGT & Being Snubbed by Erika Jayne Feb 15, 2023

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With so many franchises in flux, so many back on our screens and so many uncertain as to when they will return, we are all over the place today. Starting on the left coast, we deep dive Lisa Rinna’s new life - acting gigs, Paris Fashion week and many, many statements that she will be okay. In other RHOBH news, we discuss being snubbed by the one and only Erika Jayne and break down when we can expect the new cast to realistically be announced. While we do not know when the RHOC trailer will drop, we discuss Tamra’s recent statement that she knows little more than us, Tamra’s message to haters that she is just getting started, Shannon Beador’s breakup and whether the return of Miss Judge can save this once stellar franchise. Yes, we still stan Heather Dubrow. Speaking of franchises that need saving, we share our hot takes on how to fix RHOSLC, discuss casting rumors and why Mary Cosby returning is something that will probably never happen. We also discuss all the rumors behind RHUGT 3, RHUGT 4 and when we can expect to see either back on our TV screens. Finally, we discuss the return of RHONJ, the ups and downs of Tre & Mel and what we can expect from this already stellar NJ Season. Like we said, we cover it all as we welcome Mr. CJ Sykes.

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PATTI STANGER (on RHUGT Bravoleb Edition, RHONY Legacy, Bravo History, Millionaire Matchmaker & Valentine's Day Advice!) - II Feb 14, 2023

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Patti Stanger steps BACK Behind The Rope. Our two day love fest continues! Everyone’s favorite Matchmaker is back yet again to chat all things Bravo, Reality TV and, of course, love. Patti wastes no time in breaking down what a RHUGT would look like with Bravolebs instead of Housewives. Patti, Kelly Cutrone, Tabatha Coffey, Rachel Zoe, Jonathan Antin, Jeff Lewis. Hey, why don’t we throw a little Paula Abdul and Kathy Griffin in there too. We break down each of those iconic shows and deep dive the history of Bravo none the least of which includes Patti’s very own The Millionaire Matchmaker. We discuss our very own appearance on that Iconic show where Patti tried to fix us up, walking down the center of Time Square in a “fat” suit and just how we reconnected to become friends with Ms. Stanger after all these years. Of course we chat current Bravo - Tre & Luis, RHONY Legacy or lack thereof, Kathy Hilton / Lisa Rinna, the return of RHONJ, the future of RHOBH and much more as well as her many Bravoleb BFFS - Jill Zarin, Marysol Patton and more. Finally, being Valentine’s Day eve, Patti dolls out the tough love, what all you single women and men should be doing on Valentine’s Day and shares rare info from her own personal life spilling the tea on her new man himself. All this and more as we catch up with the world’s most famous matchmaker!

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PATTI STANGER (on RHUGT Bravoleb Edition, RHONY Legacy, Bravo History, Millionaire Matchmaker & Valentine's Day Advice!) - I Feb 13, 2023

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Patti Stanger steps Behind The Rope. Everyone’s favorite Matchmaker is back yet again to chat all things Bravo, Reality TV and, of course, love. Patti wastes no time in breaking down what a RHUGT would look like with Bravolebs instead of Housewives. Patti, Kelly Cutrone, Tabatha Coffey, Rachel Zoe, Jonathan Antin, Jeff Lewis. Hey, why don’t we throw a little Paula Abdul and Kathy Griffin in there too. We break down each of those iconic shows and deep dive the history of Bravo none the least of which includes Patti’s very own The Millionaire Matchmaker. We discuss our very own appearance on that Iconic show where Patti tried to fix us up, walking down the center of Time Square in a “fat” suit and just how we reconnected to become friends with Ms. Stanger after all these years. Of course we chat current Bravo - Tre & Luis, RHONY Legacy or lack thereof, Kathy Hilton / Lisa Rinna, the return of RHONJ, the future of RHOBH and much more as well as her many Bravoleb BFFS - Jill Zarin, Marysol Patton and more. Finally, being Valentine’s Day eve, Patti dolls out the tough love, what all you single women and men should be doing on Valentine’s Day and shares rare info from her own personal life spilling the tea on her new man himself. All this and more as we catch up with the world’s most famous matchmaker!

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MARGE SR. (on RHONJ, Teresa, Melissa, Danielle Staub, Margaret & More!) Feb 12, 2023

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To celebrate the return of RHONJ in our lives, we share this chat we had with Marge Sr. way back when we first started the Pod. My, my how time flies. So interesting to see how many of the things we were talking about then are still the RHONJ “hot buttons” today!

Marge Sr. steps Behind The Rope. Marge and David chat RHONJ cast mates - Melissa, Tre, Jennifer, that hair pull, how it affected Margaret, and of course, everyones favorite topic, Danielle Staub. What else do these two talk about? Well, EVERYTHING. David's part time job working with Marge Sr., shopping, food, sleep overs at Marge Sr.'s and how David tries to avoid Freckles and Maxi, Marge Sr's two beloved felines. Finally, they talk about the upcoming Season of RHONJ (the new season airing at that time, that is) before heading out for an evening cocktail. A comedy duo not to be missed and a true trip down RHONJ memory lane. Ahh, how nostalgic!

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KIM D. (on RHONJ Premiere, Team Tre or Mel & New Cast Lies Exposed!) Feb 11, 2023

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RHONJ Season Thirteen. Finally and what better way to ring in the new season than to have Kim D. break down, not only, all that we witnessed during this epic premiere this past week, but also to separate fact from fiction with all that is going on in the real world with our fav Garden State ladies. From Teresa’s realization - off camera - that her Brother is as much, if not more, to blame than Melissa for the Gorga family demise to Jennifer calling Dolo a See You Next Tues, Kim shares her thoughts on all. Kim breaks down all the “fake” BS she sees - a temporary Marge / Tre make up, a temporary Jen / Mel alliance and two newbies she does not even know where to begin on. Of course, she also has a special message for Melissa Gorga who mentioned her, and this Podcast, in interviews earlier this week so Melissa, come here girl and listen closely! Finally, Kim shares her hot takes on this season’s tag lines and names her MVP of this week’s episode all before answering one of life’s toughest questions, team Tre or team Mel. We told you it was a tough one. Answers within!!

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RHONY Legacy, Ramona Singer, Lisa Rinna, Avery Singer & Brandi Glanville Updates! Feb 10, 2023

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With all the RHONY Legacy gossip circulating, we take today to separate fact from fiction, truth from non truth. Next we turn out attention to Ramona Singer who seems to be living her best life since leaving RHONY breaking down how happy she must be that she is not a part of the current RHONY mess, discussing daughter Avery’s newest biz venture and whether Avery is one of the nepo babies the media seems so obsessed with these days. Then we discuss why all the Real Housewives keep denying they are on Ozempic, deep dive Brandi Glanville’s several year long fight with Camille Grammer, share our hot takes on Lisa Rinna and Erika Jayne’s week long Paris Fashion Week get away and address how Rinna has seemed to have moved on from her RHOBH days much quicker than all of her on line haters.

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LVP's RHOBH Return, Erika Jayne's New Man & Shocking New RHONY Legacy Details! Feb 09, 2023

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With Lisa Vanderpump posting pics with both Sutton and Garcelle in the past few weeks, we cannot help but wonder if she wants back on RHOBH and to holding a diamond when everyone’s fav franchise announces casting later this month. In other BH news, with fast trips to Paris Fashion week with BFF Lisa Rinna, we also cannot help but wonder if someone is bank rolling Erika Jayne’s life, deep dive her saying history and share hot takes on just who she should date next. Finally we reveal some shocking RHONY Legacy news, discuss the rumored very low salaries that the cast was offered and shed light on who and when you can expect Bravo to announce the cast and filing to begin. Hint: not so soon.

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Introducing: Stolen Hearts Feb 08, 2023

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Sergeant Jill Evans is a small-town cop in Wales with an impressive record in her job, and a less than impressive record in her love life. After three engagements, two divorces and one affair, she’s beginning to worry that love is only true in fairy tales. That is until she meets: Dean. He’s a wealthy beauty entrepreneur with his own range of toiletries.

Girl meets boy. Boy meets girl. They kiss and fall in love. Roll credits.

But that would be boring, wouldn’t it? Instead, this is a love story like no other. It’s all going so well for Jill and Dean, until Halloween night, when Dean disappears. And Sgt. Jill is left to pick up the pieces.

From Wondery and Novel, comes a new series. Hosted by Kerry Godliman.

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