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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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Our Recent DMs from PK, Dorit, & Erika Jayne's Season Long RHOBH Performance Nov 02, 2021

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We recently received DM’s from PK who seems to be less than happy with this very Podcast. We share those here today. PK seems to have quite a history of going after people on line. We chat PK and, of course, Dorit. In other news, the RHOBH Reunion has arrived, aired, come and is now about to go. The moment we have been waiting for all season, and what a season it has been. Did it deliver? Obvi this season, with ratings highs, has been large in part to the on and off screen saga that Erika Jayne continues to live day after day in her newfound life. That life includes her downsized 2000 sq foot bungalow, shopping trips and / or staged paparazzi photo shoots at TJ Maxx, red carpet openings in Vegas, claims by past housewives such as Bethenny Frankel and Camille Grammer that they knew of her financial troubles, social media posts in scantily clad get ups, daily Twitter hellos from Attorney Ronald Richards and constant 24 hour, 7 day a week scrutiny from us, the American Public. The Sisters from The Pop Apologist Podcast, Lauren and Chanler Bledsoe, are here to help us break it all down and to discuss the future of RHOBH, Housewives and Bravo!

Plus, yup, we have received recent DM's from PK who seems to be less than happy with this very Podcast. We share those here today!

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GRETCHEN ROSSI (on RHOC Legacy, Return of Heather Dubrow, New Cast & Slade Smiley!) - I Nov 01, 2021

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Gretchen Rossi steps Behind The Rope. It is hard to imagine its been seven seasons since Gretchen was last a full time cast member on The Real Housewives of Orange County. Gretchen reflects back on her several season run on the granddaddy of The Real Housewives Franchise. We discuss the good (meeting fiancé Slade Smiley, performing with the Pussycat Dolls), the bad (there seems to be no love loss between her and former co-star Tamra Judge, the 80s Bunco Party, a reference to a certain muppet who goes by the name Miss Piggy), and the other (how RHOC has forever changed her life). Gretchen chats about many of her former colleagues - Vicki Gunvalson, Heather Dubrow, Alexis “Jesus Juggs” Bellino, and Jeana Keough. Gretchen also discusses what she thinks about the exit of Vicki and Tamra and whether that friendship is real or for TV and just what went wrong with Last Season’s Fifteen and the changes she would have made as we prepare for the return of RHOC this December! Gretchen also talks about her recent comments about Braunwyn’s sexuality and appearance on WWHL! In other news, Gretchen has partnered with Lifevac (which protects your children from choking emergencies), is a Mom (shout out to Skylar Gray Smiley) and Social Media Lifestyle Influencer (almost 1 million IG followers). With all that going on, we can’t help but ask the obvious, would you ever go back??

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Kathryn Edwards (Breaks Down RHOBH REUNION Part 3) - III Oct 30, 2021

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Erika Jayne’s Co-Star Kathryn Edwards is back!!! RHOBH Reunion Part 3. You asked, we listened. Here we go again. Did Erika seem overly angry during this third installment and did Kyle, Dorit and Andy seem scared? Did Erika contradict herself as many times as we thought or are we being overly critical? Did Erika really tell the other RHOBH they can come to her and ask her anything they want to know, or did we not hear her correctly? We cover it all plus chat about next seasons expectations for all our fav Diamond holders. As always, sit back, relax and enjoy our nuanced analysis as we break it all down!

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Introducing: Shadow Of Truth Oct 29, 2021

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It’s one of the most haunting murder cases you’ll ever hear about, and it takes place in a small town in Israel. Tair Rada was only 13-years-old when her body was found inside a locked bathroom stall. She was viciously murdered during a school day, and yet no one saw or heard a thing. The police arrested the janitor, Roman Zadorov, and he eventually confessed, but this was far from being the end of it. Based on the hit true-crime series from Netflix, the podcast "Shadow of Truth" will take you on a journey into one of the wildest and most contested murder cases in the history of Israel, as it reaches its final resolution, 15 years after it all started.

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Kathryn Edwards (Breaks Down RHOBH REUNION Part 3) - II Oct 29, 2021

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Erika Jayne’s Co-Star Kathryn Edwards is back!!! RHOBH Reunion Part 3. You asked, we listened. Here we go again. Did Erika seem overly angry during this third installment and did Kyle, Dorit and Andy seem scared? Did Erika contradict herself as many times as we thought or are we being overly critical. We cover it all plus chat about next seasons expectations for all our fav Diamond holders. As always, sit back, relax and enjoy our nuanced analysis as we break it all down!

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Kathryn Edwards (Breaks Down RHOBH REUNION Part 3) - I Oct 28, 2021

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Erika Jayne’s Co-Star Kathryn Edwards is back!!! RHOBH Reunion Part 3. You asked, we listened. Here we go again. Did Erika seem overly angry during this third installment and did Kyle, Dorit and Andy seem scared? Did Erika contradict herself as many times as we thought or are we being overly critical? Did Erika really tell the other RHOBH they can come to her and ask her anything they want to know, or did we not hear her correctly? We cover it all plus chat about next seasons expectations for all our fav Diamond holders. As always, sit back, relax and enjoy our nuanced analysis as we break it all down!

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SUSAN LUCCI (on Erica Kane, Devious Maids, Andy Cohen, Becoming a RHONY, DWTS & Being a National Icon!!!) Oct 27, 2021

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Susan Lucci steps Behind The Rope. La Lucci!!!! Daytime TV Legend, Standing Ovation Emmy Winner, Icon in the Flesh, Entrepreneur, New York Times Bestselling Author, Broadway Star, and THE most famous Actress in ALL of Soap History, La Lucci bestows her greatness upon us today to chat about all that is Erica Kane and an epic career that has been, is, and will continue to be truly remarkable for a long time to come. Susan is kind enough to revisit Pine Valley with us here today to break it all down - the origins of Erica Kane, fav / least fav story lines, fav Husband, and there were many, of Erica’s, the pressures / joys of being first on the call sheet, working with now household names such as Sarah Michelle Gellar and Kelly Ripa. Susan also opens up about finally winning a much deserved Emmy, fans who forget she is Susan and not Erica, how similar is she to Ms. Kane, playing one character for forty one years, and the untimely end, yes even after forty one years, of All My Children. Susan chats about some of our fav side projects of hers - Dallas, Dancing with The Stars, Celebrity Autobiography. We chat about life after AMC, a life which immediately led to another brilliant Iconic Role as Geneviève Delatour in Marc Cherry’s Devious Maids. Finally, Susan chats about what advice she would give her early self, or any actress starting out, how she would like to sum up her career in a few words, and just what is next for this Icon that will always and forever unarguably be the biggest Soap Star to have played the biggest character, Erica Kane, in Soap History. Non-debatable. Period. The. End. Thank you Susan for an unfiltered chat we will always remember! As we told you on air, this one was personal for us!!!

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Steve Wilkos (on Brandi Glanville, Howard Stern, Jerry Springer & Being A Talk Show Host!) Oct 26, 2021

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Steve Wilkos steps Behind The Rope. Steve is here to break down how he went from Chicago Police Officer to Bodyguard on the Jerry Springer Show to Fill In Host on Jerry Springer when Dancing With The Stars came calling to the host of his own “The Steve Wilkos Show”. What a journey! Steve chats about his tough love approach to helping resolve disputes amongst his guests, tough love which has included threatening to arrest them, his catch phrase of “Get Off My Stage” and boss move of following guests back stage who decide to walk off. A lot of people are fans of Steve’s “tough love” such as Wendy Williams, Andy Cohen, the Genius himself, Mr. Howard Stern and one Ms. Brandi Glanville! Steve chats about what it was like being a guest several times on Brandi Glanville’s Unfiltered Podcast and how they grew to become friends. Now heading into its fifteen season, which premiered yesterday, Steve chats about what we can expect this new season on “The Steve Wilkos” show, what will be different, and just what is next for this out spoken ex-Police Officer who just will not slow down.

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BRUCE BOZZI (On Hosting BFF Andy Cohen's Baby Shower, Joining RHOBH, Erika Jayne, Madonna & "Lunch With Bruce"!) Oct 25, 2021

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Bruce Bozzi steps Behind The Rope. Andy Cohen’s BFF, Restaurant King (shout out to The Palm), BFF to everyone who is anyone in Hollywood, and now Podcast Host, Bruce Bozzi. After a brief chat about Bruce’s entry into the entertainment business as an SNL & Letterman NBC, Bruce chats being a role model in the LGBTQIA community - winning the GLSEN Champion Award, Marrying Managing Director & Co-Chairman of CAA, becoming a father at age 40, and being the step-father to actress Billie Lord (shout out to American Horror Story), his husbands’ biological daughter with Carrie Fisher. Of course, Bruce chats about meeting Daddy Cohen, being Godfather to everyone’s fav Bravo baby, Benjamin Cohen, and all the benefits that come along with being Andy’s Partner In Crime. Housewife Spoilers, anyone? Bruce is a huge Housewife fan and chats about his strong desire to be the first Gay Real Housewife of Beverly Hills - or as some may say “House Husband”, his thoughts on an all Gay Male version of Real Housewives and this season of RHOBH and Erika Jayne. Bruce, who truly does know everyone who is anyone, now has his own Podcast with SiriusXM, Lunch with Bruce, in which he sits down for lunch with Hollywood power players talking about their careers, the industry, life family and more. If his first few episodes are any indication of what is to come - chats with Jennifer Aniston, Kathy Hilton, Daddy Cohen, sign us up for life! Finally, Bruce is friends with Queen Madonna, which we deep dive into hanging on his every word. Might we see her on “Lunch with Bruce” sometime soon? As they say in the biz, stay tuned.

SiriusXM’s Lunch With Bruce can be listened to on Apple (https://apple.co/3FZXwe3), Spotify (https://spoti.fi/3AUFx55) or anywhere Podcasts are found.

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Kathryn Edwards (Breaks Down RHOBH REUNION Part 2) - III Oct 23, 2021

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Erika Jayne’s Co-Star Kathryn Edwards is back!!! You asked, we listened. After last week's epic three day reunion analysis, Kathryn is here to help us break down all that has transpired last night on Part Two of the epic Four Part RHOBH Reunion we have waited all season to watch! Was Erika slightly more sympathetic last night? Was that due to editing or the fact that we are so knee deep in this pretty mess that we temporarily forgot certain behaviors both on RHOBH and IRL social media over the past many months that didn’t exactly sit well with the gen public? As super sleuths, we discuss who knew what, where, and why and dissect the many statements and explanations made last night regarding one Girardi / Jayne marriage. Of course, we also break down the Hilton family dynamic, the tender moment between sisters, and the backstory many year build up that led Kyle and Kathy to end in tears. Somehow, we get completely sidetracked, in a good way, back to the days when Kathryn was on the show and take a trip down memory lane a la Münchausen’s, never before aired Eileen Davidson scene, what prompted Kathryn’s phone call earlier this week to Yolanda Foster and last, but certainly not least, Kathryn’s first ever RHOBH scene with Miss Faye Resnick!!! Part III out NOW on Patreon!!!

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