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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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LILI TAYLOR (on Mystic Pizza, I Shot Andy Warhol, Parker Posey, White Lotus, Madonna, The '90s & Birds) May 06, 2025

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Lili Taylor steps Behind the Rope. Lili is here to mention it all and chat about the full anthology of her career which now includes the moniker Author thanks to the just released “Turning To Birds”. Lili chats about her breakout performance with Julia Roberts in Mystic Pizza, her well deserved crown of 90s "indie darling” and TV highs such as Outer Range, Six Feet Under and American Crime. Speaking of “indie darling”, Lili discusses her brilliant performance as Valerie Solanas in I Shot Andy Warhol. Of course, we dish on “other indies darling” Parker Posey, White Lotus and starring in Four Rooms alongside Madonna, whom she happened to meet for the first time when she was twelve!

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Crystal Kung's RHOBH Return, Stassi Saves LVP, Next Gen’s Woes & Kristen Doute's Redemption (w/ Patrik & Pol) May 05, 2025

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Now that Garcelle has exited the building, many famous actresses and past RHOBH cast mates keep getting mentioned as possible new faces / return faces to this franchise that is much in need of a makeover. Today we separate fact from fiction regarding these rumors and explain who is really truly short listed for when filming resumes later this year. Did someone say Crystal Kung Minkoff? Lisa Vanderpump is enjoying her reign on top as Vanderpump Villa and The Valley make moves and VPR 2.0 is well underway with a cast already making headlines behind the scenes. Julia Lemigova and Adriana de Moura break up as RHOM prepares to return - convenient. The Shahs of Sunset reboot gains traction - sorta. Last, but not least, Kyle Richards shares life updates that no one saw coming. Who better than to help us break all that down than the chumps themselves, Patrik and Pol

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Teresa Bans Heather McDonald, RHONJ Season 15 Casting Widens & TreHuggers Abandon Tre After Shocking New Lie May 04, 2025

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Another day, another interview with half truths, fabrications, playing dumb and legit outright lies from the TreHugger’s once queen Teresa Giudice. With all the RHOBH casting news circulating, a brand new Jax vs Sandoval feud we did not know we needed but are kinda living for, Angela Oakley’s insta iconic shade about lips that have miles on them, we have much better things to talk about. That said, Teresa has done a series of interviews claiming that what we have all witnessed with our very own eyes - court documents, past testimony and comments all over social by Juicy - never really happened. In other news, Tre has banned Heather McDonald and is about to ban Kelly Dodd due to newly discovered information - by us. Finally, legit RHONJ casting news has arisen with hints that Bravo may be closer to it’s dream cast than many initially thought thanks to new tactics, strategies and one aggressive campaign to fix this very broken franchise.

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MIKE HILL w/ CYNTHIA BAILEY Cameo (on RHOA, RHUGT, Cast Mates & Highs and Lows of Reality TV) May 04, 2025

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The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Mike Hill steps Behind The Rope. He is back and this time with a cameo by the one and only Miss Cynthia Bailey! Mike, of course talks about Cynthia - the challenges of married life and how and what couples need to do to keep a marriage alive. Of course, the convo quickly turns to The Real Housewives of Atlanta, and, with RHOA Season 16 front and center and well under way, we figured today the perfect day to share this blast from the past chat with Mike, and special cameo, by Cynthia Bailey. Mike chats about highs and lows from their several year run on the hit Bravo franchise, his and Cynthia’s feelings about her first exit from the show and cast mates such as Nene Leakes. Cynthia Bailey, during her guest cameo appearance, chats RHOA, RHUGT, housewife. fights and drama, “50 Cynt” and so very much more!

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Kelly Dodd’s Complete Meltdown Over Jeff Lewis, RHOBH Season 15 Cast Firings & Teresa’s New Lies May 03, 2025

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RHOBH cast rumors continue to circulate with rumored firings, downgrades and one beloved "friend of” being asked to hand in her diamond and exit the building. Teresa is up to her old tricks with half truths, lies and not accurately remembering the past as it actually happened. Our recent live show has come and gone and you shady MFs have asked questioned that we would rather not have answered, but as promised, no pleading the 5th so we, well, mentioned it all. Today, we share these questions and our answers asked by you, our beloved audience. From past pods we got tangled up in, past Housewife feuds, which Bravolebs were awful behind the scenes off air during our past interviews, the “sources” of where we get our confidential info, how to fix Bravo from its current state of disarray and last, but way to bury the lead not least, one very angered, outraged Kelly Dodd.

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Bravo's Alleged Plan To Drop Teresa Due to Luis, Melissa Teases Her Spin Off & Kathy Wakile's RHONJ Return May 02, 2025

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As the RHONJ pause continues on, one has to wonder if Bravo’s dilemma of choosing between Teresa and Melissa is solving itself due to Teresa and Luis’ latest financial problems. One also has to wonder if Bravo is secretly happy Teresa’s problems are mounting which would essentially make their decision for them as far as who will be returning, should the show actually ever come back, between the Table Flipper and her Sister In Law. Kathy Wakile accuses Melissa Gorga of lying, reveals her new message for Teresa and talks about returning to RHONJ. In other news, Melissa Gorga claps back at cousin Kathy and reveals info about conversations she has had regarding her RHONJ spinoff and what that would entail.

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Katie Hates VPR Cast, Whitney Rose & Coach Shah Hang(?), Mia Thornton Lies More & Kenya Doubles Down May 02, 2025

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Lisa Vanderpump spills the tea on the new cast of VPR and promises more drama than even Stassi brought in her golden years. Umm, okay… Katie Maloney hates her ex-colleagues. RHOC’s Lydia McLaughlin suffers a grave loss. The Kenya, Brit, RHOA Cast drama continues with Andy Cohen weighing in. Whitney Rose and Coach Shah #spotted. Nene and Mia start over again and so much more!

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Teresa Giudice’s Karma Catches Up, Garcelle’s Replacement, RHONY Fake News & Erika Jayne’s New Life May 01, 2025

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Hollywood Demons: Housewives Gone Bad sheds new light on Teresa Giudice, Jen Shah and Taylor Armstrong revealing shocking new details about all three. Mia Thornton exits RHOP the same way she entered with half truths, fabrications and a whole lot of wtf. The future of RHONY is up in the air as Brynn Whitfield reveals new tea about her former cast mates. Erika Jayne contemplates turning down her friend role on next season’s RHOBH, past diamond holders emerge as possible Season 15 replacements for Garcelle and actresses past and present throw their names into the proverbial hat in hopes of securing a diamond and a major career boost when the RHOBH cast is announced later this summer.

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Andy Cohen's New Problems, Summer House Spin Off, Monique's' RHOP Return & What Dirt Scheana Has On LVP Apr 30, 2025

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Andy Cohen is rumored to have new problems with Bravo execs, comments on Kenya Moore’s exit, defends Paige DeSorbo and seems to want another job within the NBC fam to which he is rumored to be in the running for. Is WWHL about to be a thing of the past? Scheana Shay is about the spill the tea with all that she has on Lisa Vanderpump. Brittany and Jax’s breakup gets uglier. Summer House has an epic fail that is about to take center stage as spin off rumors arise. Last, with Mia gone, the names flow for just who is coming back to RHOP now that filming has begun.

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PK Kisses New His Fling, Dorit Files For Divorce w/ Top No BS Attorney & Both Stage Photo Ops For RHOBH Apr 29, 2025

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Dorit and PK are getting a divorce to no one's surprise. As predicted, now that RHOBH Season 14 has ended and contracts are out for Season 15, Dorit has announced that she has hired a top, no nonsense, shark of an attorney to represent her in what is about to be a nasty, bitter all out divorce. PK is caught kissing Ryan Seacrest’s ex. Or is he? The paparazzi sure seem to be on hand for divorce filings, kisses, no make up or glam school pick ups and drops offs, not to mention the now infamous “social distancing” pics from yesterday at Jagger’s baseball game. What is real? What is staged? Is PK playing Dorit? Is Dorit playing PK? Are they both playing all of us? Does it really even matter as Dorit and PK lawyer up and prepare to dissolve it all, in front of us, next season on RHOBH.

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