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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!

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Kristen Taekman (on RHONY Past, Present, Future & BFF Brandi Glanville!) Nov 12, 2021

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With all this talk about an “off season” of RHONY and all the cries to bring back the good ‘ole days, we figured it was the perfect Flashback Friday to share another one of our favs, this chat with Kristen Taekman about the good ole days of RHONY! Everyone loved our chat with Carole Radziwill earlier this week, so we figured it was time to re-share this one. The Real Housewives of New York City’s Kristen Taekman steps Behind The Rope. Checking in from beautiful Connecticut, Kristen is here to tell it all. First we catch up with Kirsten on the current status of her Fashion Blogging and fashion trends we can all expect in the world as it exists today. Ok, now onto what everyone wants to talk about, RHONY. We discuss Kristen’s thoughts on RHONY before being cast, what her casting process was like and how she feels she was edited for the two seasons she was on the hit Bravo show. Kristen discusses Bethenny and what watching the show without her is like. Speaking of Bethenny, Kristen’s children go to the same school as Bryn and she tells us about several Bethenny, and Jason Hoppy (whaaaat?), sightings during school events. We also discuss her friendship with RHONY Housewives past such as Jill Zarin and Heather Thomson. Kristen also shares her thoughts on current RHONY cast members, her being a huge Leah McSweeney fan, and, having both seen her cabaret, Kristen and David discuss the joy that is Countess and Friends. Also, let us not forget that both Kristen and David were at the Hamptons party last summer that Ramona pushed Gizelle out of the picture at so they recount that fateful day, the before, during and shocking after. Speaking of Ramona. Kristen responds to Ramona’s statements several weeks back about her and former RHONY Cindy Barshop being “nobodies”. Do tell!!! On a larger scale, we discuss the growing presence of alcohol on RHONY and whether it is time for a cast shake up. Let us not forget one of Kristen’s IRL BFFS is Brandi Glanville!! We discuss what Kristen was told first hand from Brandi and how she feels watching it all unfold each week on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Talk about an episode not to be missed. This is a must listen!!!

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FRAN DRESCHER (On The Nanny Original/Reboot, Aviva Drescher / RHONY, & Being A National Icon) Nov 11, 2021

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Fran Drescher is back!!!. No your eyes are not deceiving you. Fran Drescher for a second epic chat! After all, you would recognize that voice anywhere as it is one of the most iconic in Hollywood history. Actress, Comedian, Writer, Best Selling Author, Activist, Gay Icon and the list goes on and on and on. Fran Drescher stops by to chat, much to our delight, all things “The Nanny”. We chat about the original series, the rumored reboot, her recent comments about Cardi B. as the perfect choice to play the Nanny, other actresses she has her eye on and the importance of diversity and inclusion in any sitcom green lit today. Fran also chats about The Nanny’s journey to Broadway, when we can expect to see The Nanny on “The Great White Way” and what she predicts for the return of Broadway later this year. Of course we talk to Fran about her short lived talk show - “The Fran Drescher Tawk Show”, her thoughts on current Talk Shows like The View, the sitcom she had in development with Rosie O’Donnell about two friends coping with a mid life crisis - “The New Thirty”, her real life friendship with Rosie who is spending the summer in Malibu near Fran, and last but not least, her cousin’s appearance on a little show known as The Real Housewives of New York City - Miss Aviva Drescher we are talking to you. Of course we ask Fran if she would ever consider joining RHOBH, her thoughts on reality TV and what what she thinks about actresses like Lisa Rinna as Housewives. Another moniker we can use to describe Fran is Cancer Survivor. Fran has dedicated and continues to dedicate her time to through her Cancer Schmancer organization. For those interested in donating to this potential life saving cause, see the link below.

Be sure to pay special attention to the last few minutes of this epic chat. You didn’t think we would let Fran Drescher leave without one of Fran Fine’s iconic laughs, now did you?

Viewers can lend their support to the fight against cancer by texting FRAN to 44-321 or donating at cancerschmancer.org/donate.

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Attny Emily D. Baker (Full Analysis/Status on Erika Jayne's Legal Woes & RHOBH Reunion / Season Performance) Nov 10, 2021

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Emily D. Baker steps Behind The Rope. Our fav legal commentator, and former LA Deputy District Attorney, is here to break down the legal woes of one Mr. and Mrs, soon to be exes, Erika and Tom Girardi. So much has happened in the Erika & Tom case since Emily was last here, we don’t even know where to begin. Emily helps us make sense of all the legal aspects of this case - the divorce, the bankruptcy, the $25M, Erika’s potential liability if she knew, Ronald Richard’s recent offer to match 10% of whatever Erika voluntarily returned, the likelihood the victims will ever be paid, the likelihood Erika will face jail time if she is found guilty of any crimes, the likelihood Erika will have a similar lifestyle when all is said and done, the projected timeline of how much longer this case will continue to dominate our lives and so on. We have talked so much about the reunion that we needed to break down the legal facts of this case. Of course, we do chat this past season of RHOBH & The Reunion - Erika’s demand for undying loyalty, Rinna’s double standard, Sutton’s newfound voice, Sutton’s bodyguard, whether Erika is “using” the show to rewrite history with a different narrative and her potential weekly admissions of potential guilt, should she be found guilty, by staying a member of the cast. Of course, we discuss the recent claims that Camille Grammer was told of the Girardi’s financial troubles at Andy’s baby Shower by one of her closest friends on the show rumored to be Kyle and Bethenny Frankel’s claims that she knew - after all doesn’t the B “Know It All”. Finally, Emily looks ahead to next season of RHOBH what Erika’s future looks like with Bravo under scenarios of potential guilt and innocence. The episode you have been waiting for all season!. Time to legally make sense of it all! From one lawyer to another, thank you Emily. The funnest attorney we know!

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Introducing: Operator Nov 09, 2021

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During the 1-900 number craze of the Nineties, one company provided the vast majority of phone sex. American Telnet was an empire founded by the man who called himself “The Telephone Pimp.” He ran the company “like General Motors” and got filthy rich doing it. But for the (mostly) women who answered the calls and delivered fantasies 24-7, it was a different story. The powerful stigma against sex work was always lurking just beneath the surface, until it threatened to tear apart the whole company. Hosted by Tina Horn (Why Are People Into That?), OPERATOR is an eight-part series about big ambitions, Shakespearean-level corporate backstabbing, men and women at the cutting edge of a technological revolution...and on the front lines of a sexual one.

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Vocal Coach Eric Vetro (on Working With Erika Jayne!, Heather Dubrow, Ariana Grande, Katy Perry & More) Nov 09, 2021

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Eric Vetro Steps Behind The Rope. THE Vocal Coach to everyone who is anyone in music is here to chat about it all. “It all” includes a handful of his very many, very famous clients. Eric chats hot takes on a few of our fav clients of his - Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, Demi Lovato, Pink, Lea Michele, John Stamos, Shawn Mendes, Reese Witherspoon, Bette Midler, Camila Cabello, Zac Efron, Jennifer Garner, Eva Longoria, Sofia Vergara, and that is just naming a few. Speaking of Lea Michele, Eric chats about working with many of our fav Glee cast members and whether he has ever seen the side of Lea Michele the way all the rumors, and many of our guests have painted her to be. Since this is BTVR, all roads lead to Housewives. Eric has worked not only with Heather Paige Kent aka Miss Fancy Pants Dubrow but also was Erika Jayne’s vocal coach as seen on RHOBH. We chat what he saw, heard and knows about Erika’s potential involvement in all that is being claimed against both her and Tom Girardi. Finally, Eric is the host of “Backstage Pass”, a phenomenal new Podcast where he will be talking to many of the above mentioned celebs, and more, about their singing process and love of the music biz.

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CAROLE RADZIWILL (on RHONY, Andy Cohen, Bethenny Frankel, Her Exit, & Not Ever Using a Ghostwriter!) - I Nov 08, 2021

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In a rare Podcast appearance, Carole Radziwill steps Behind The Rope. After a brief chat with Carole about her career as a journalist, producer (3 Emmy wins) & NYT Best Selling author (shout out to "What Remains: A memoir of Fate, Friendship and Love”), we get into what y’all wanna chat about, The Real Housewives of New York City. Carole chats about her six year run on RHONY - the highs / lows, cast mates who have come and gone (Lu, Ramona, Dorinda, the Tins, Aviva & Much More), Adam!, and, if you have’t heard, the fact that she has never used, is not currently using and will never use a ghostwriter (shout out to "The Widow’s Guide to Sex & Dating”). Carole talks about one of the most shocking reunion moments ever - telling Andy Cohen he is full of sh*t and clarifies the truth behind her RHONY exit putting to bed once and for all whether it had anything to do with that reunion moment, her much publicized fall out and demise of her friendship with Bethenny Frankel or plethora of receipts of who said what, when and to whom she sent to production on the reg. We chat about whether Bethenny really is Andy’s “favorite”, what she got special treatment during her RHONY career and whether she should return to RHONY as cast or producer to fix the ratings slump. Carole chats about changes she would make to RHONY to increase ratings, who she would let go, bring back from the past, and whether serious topics like race and politics belong on TV. After all, she was ahead of her time with her very own political story line. Of course, we can’t help but ask if those suggested changes would involve her ever coming back. Listen to find out this plus a whole lot more rumors and myths clarified and set straight by the one and only Carole Radziwill, a guest that we have been chasing, stalking, and charming for quite a while to make an appearance here Behind The Rope! As they say, all good things come to those who wait. This is the first of an epic three part chat.

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Kathryn Edwards (Breaks Down RHOBH REUNION Part 4) - III Nov 06, 2021

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Kathryn Edwards is back to conclude the past month that is the epic four part RHOBH reunion. Kathryn weighs in on whether we learned anything, are changed and / or feel differently about Erika Jayne Girardi at all. Kathryn discusses the blank stares on Sutton and Garcelle as the reunion chugged along, the scared looks on Kyle and Dorit’s face and how we forgot Crystal, and maybe Kathy, were there at times. Now that the season is over, Kathryn deep dives on what we can expect next season on RHOBH. Kathryn also acknowledges her own appearance at the RHOBH reunion via Rinna’s of reckoning flashbacks a la Munchausen’s as well as Kim and Denise Richards. Breaking the fourth wall, we also chat real life happenings a la Dorit’s home invasion and all the public hoopla claiming that it was staged. Finally, we close out the reunion and season with highs, lows and report cards for all, not the least of which is Miss Erika Jayne Girardi. Our epic month long, twelve part chat with Miss Kathryn Edwards about the RHOBH concludes today over on our Patreon!

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Kathryn Edwards (Breaks Down RHOBH REUNION Part 4) - II Nov 05, 2021

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Kathryn Edwards is back to conclude the past month that is the epic four part RHOBH reunion. Kathryn weighs in on whether we learned anything, are changed and / or feel differently about Erika Jayne Girardi at all. Kathryn discusses the blank stares on Sutton and Garcelle as the reunion chugged along, the scared looks on Kyle and Dorit’s face and how we forgot Crystal, and maybe Kathy, were there at times. Now that the season is over, Kathryn deep dives on what we can expect next season on RHOBH. Kathryn also acknowledges her own appearance at the RHOBH reunion via Rinna’s of reckoning flashbacks a la Munchausen’s as well as Kim and Denise Richards. Breaking the fourth wall, we also chat real life happenings a la Dorit’s home invasion and all the public hoopla claiming that it was staged. Finally, we close out the reunion and season with highs, lows and report cards for all, not the least of which is Miss Erika Jayne Girardi.

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Kathryn Edwards (Breaks Down RHOBH REUNION Part 4) - I Nov 04, 2021

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Kathryn Edwards is back to conclude the past month that is the epic four part RHOBH reunion. Kathryn weighs in on whether we learned anything, are changed and / or feel differently about Erika Jayne Girardi at all. Kathryn discusses the blank stares on Sutton and Garcelle as the reunion chugged along, the scared looks on Kyle and Dorit’s face and how we forgot Crystal, and maybe Kathy, were there at times. Now that the season is over, Kathryn deep dives on what we can expect next season on RHOBH. Kathryn also acknowledges her own appearance at the RHOBH reunion via Rinna’s day of reckoning flashbacks a la Munchausen’s as well as Kim and Denise Richards. Breaking the fourth wall, we also chat real life happenings a la Dorit’s home invasion and all the public hoopla claiming that it was staged. Finally, we close out the reunion and season with highs, lows and report cards for all, not the least of which is Miss Erika Jayne Girardi.

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Ariana Grande's Perfect Pitch (from Backstage Pass) Nov 03, 2021

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What do Ariana Grande, Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello, John Legend, Katy Perry and our very own Real Housewives Erika Jayne and Heather Dubrow have in common? They have all worked with Eric Vetro, the voice coach to the stars. Today we share an episode of our favorite new show, Backstage Pass. Eric Vetro has guided many of your favorite singers, and Real Housewives, during some of the most iconic moments of their musical lives. Do you remember the vocal coach who was seen on RHOBH helping Erika Jayne prepare for her starring role as Roxie Hart in Chicago? That was Eric!

On Backstage Pass, Eric’s celebrity students retrace their vocal journeys, from the very first song they ever sang, through notable challenges in their careers. Listen to Ariana Grande talk about the blessing and curse of perfect pitch. Hear Chloe Bailey’s transformation from singing at a summer camp to signing with Beyoncé. You’ll hear these singers as you never have before, and you may even learn to sing a little better yourself.

In this episode, Ariana Grande talks to Eric about her vocal range, how Broadway influences her music, and the struggles of perfect pitch.

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