BEHIND THE VELVET ROPE

Have you ever heard of or met someone who has received a Cease and Desist from both Bethenny Frankel and Rachel Zoe, who has regular lunches as Kathy Griffin’s Hollywood Hills estate and who loves Bravo as much as we do here Behind The Rope? We have and today that person is here with us. Meredith Lynch steps back Behind The Rope. Meredith is here to chat about her ups and downs with both Bethenny...

Have you ever heard of or met someone who has received a Cease and Desist from both Bethenny Frankel and Rachel Zoe, who has regular lunches as Kathy Griffin’s Hollywood Hills estate and who loves Bravo as much as we do here Behind The Rope? We have and today that person is here with us. Meredith Lynch steps Behind The Rope. Meredith is here to chat about her ups and downs with both Bethenny and R...

Jules Wainstein steps back Behind The Rope. So much has been written about Jules over the past few years since her time on RHONY’s Season Eight. Today Jules is here to set the record straight on what is true, not true and kinda true. Of course, we also deep dive into the epic RHONY Season 8 in all its glory - “Please Don’t Let It Be About Tom”, Cheater Brands, “Everyone Hates John”and much more. J...

Vicky Vox steps Behind The Rope. She barely made it, just in from Kelly Osborne’s Birthday Party and all. A little hungover, it is ok we do not judge, Vicky is here to Spill The Tea on just what went down at Miss O’s big shin dig. Well, what she can remember of it, that is, after all of those whiskeys. One guest she does remember well? Dorothy Wang of famed E Reality Show, Rich Kids of Beverly Hil...

As Teresa is named one of the forty most powerful women in Reality TV, we break down all that has happen this week in RHONJ land - the fact that we will see more of Gia next season, Danielle Cabral’s latest revelation, whether Gia will ever be a full time housewife and when we can expect RHONJ back on our TVs. Moving on, we discuss the fall out of Bethenny Frankel and Nene Leakes, Andy’s involveme...

Ryan Cabrera steps Behind The Rope. Ryan was discovered by Jessica and Ashlee Simpson’s Dad, Joe Simpson, while playing an acoustic show in Dallas. Two days later he was living in Los Angeles in the Simpson Household. With a room next to Ashlee’s, the two became fast and good friends, a friendship that later blossomed into a romance after Ashlee appeared in his video. That romance was documented,...

Christi Lukasiak steps Behind The Rope. We figured this blast from the past was a perfect chat for Thanksgiving Day (you didn’t think we would take a day off, did you?). First off, Christi fills us in on all that she has been up to see we last saw her on our TV screens on Dance Moms. Christi talks daughter Chloe, working with Abby Lee Miller and spills the tea on what the Dance Mons Reality TV exp...

Brooks Marks steps back Behind The Rope. With RHOSLC back in our lives for a stellar Season, we thought it time to share this never before aired blast from the past chat with Brooks Marks. Brooks is here to chat about his experience as one of the Real Housewives’ Kids from his break out Season One status to the past few years on RHOSLC. We talk mom Meredith, Jen Shah’s guilt and much more as this...

Christopher Atkins steps Behind The Rope. Christopher is here to chat about the full anthology of his career none the least of which was his breakout role in the classic 1980 film Blue Lagoon. Christopher talks about how he got this iconic role with no acting experience or no desire to act, what working on a desolate island in Fiji was like, meeting Brooke Shields for the first time, pressure from...

Jules Wainstein steps Behind The Rope. So much has been written about Jules over the past few years since her time on RHONY’s Season Eight. Today Jules is here to set the record straight on what is true, not true and kinda true. Of course, we also deep dive into the epic RHONY Season 8 in all its glory - “Please Don’t Let It Be About Tom”, Cheater Brands, “Everyone Hates John”and much more. Jules...

Love & Hip Hop’s Sukihana steps Behind The Rope. Sukihana, who named herself after a restaurant that she loves, is a marketing savant who makes approximately $100,000 per video on Only Fans. No really, she bought a Bentley with her Only Fans coins. That marketing savviness has also helped her amass a whopping 1.3 Million Instagram Followers who watch her every move. Those moves include putting “it...

Tamra Judge has just shaded Teresa Giudice and Luis Ruelas again and Teresa has clapped back. Hard. We break down the latest in the ever changing Tre vs. Tamra feud sharing all of our hot takes. In other RHONJ news, we discuss Margaret’s latest obsession - Jackie Goldschneider, explain why Andy Cohen is furious with Jen Aydin, how we ended up with the entire cast back for Season Fourteen, why Meli...

Monica Garcia is making quite a splash her freshman season of RHOSLC - alleged fake ties to the military, lawsuits against and by Heather Gay, messy breakups, Lisa Barlow conflict and an on again / off again relationship with her Mom. We weigh in on all of this and share our thoughts on this season of RHOSLC and whether Mary Cosby can maintain her “not interested” attitude much longer. Next, we di...

The Vanity Fair “Reckoning” continues to have its effect with Ramona Singer being cancelled, Leah McSweeney about to sue, NBC Head Honchos making formal statements and many of our fav shows such as the Brandi Glanville / Caroline Manzo RHUGT suspended in limbo. We deep dive the article and share all of our hot takes on the matter. Next we discuss the future of RHONY, Jenna Lyons’ recent conflictin...

Candiace Dillard steps back Behind The Rope. Candiace Dillard from the vault that is. This never before aired chat, on the heels of last season’s The Real Housewives of Potomac premiere, is shared here today with Miss Candy Gal and our regular BFF Sarah Fraser. We talk RHOP past, present and future. We chat Ashley Darby’s divorce from Michael, Gizelle Bryant’s love life, Robyn and Juan Dixon and s...

Julia Haart steps Behind The Rope. My Unorthodox Life’s Julia Haart that is. Julia is here to chat all about life as the star of a hit Netflix show, shares updates on the fam Batsheva, Miriam, Shlomo and Aron, talks highs and lows from being a Reality TV star and what a potential Season Three of My Unorthodox Life might look like. Of course, so much has been written about, discussed and reported o...

Countess Luann is back. Yes, again!! We have to stop meeting like this. Fresh off her Masked Singer elimination, Luann is here to chat about that experience, her new cabaret - “Marry, F, Kill” premiering early 2024, which of her RHONY Girls Trip Legacy co-stars she would Marry, F, Kill, which of her past RHONY men she would Marry, F, Kill and much, much more. Luann shares an update on the premiere...

Suzanne Somers died on October 15th, one day before her 77th birthday. Suzanne died of breast cancer with metastasis to the brain. I had the pleasure of interviewing Suzanne not once but twice. How I got so lucky through this job, through this podcast, to interview a living legend like Suzanne is beyond me. Trust me, the opportunity, the experience has never been, and is not, lost on me. Suzanne w...

BravoCon RHONJ Edition!! You guys have asked for it all week and today we share all our thoughts and break down all that happened Behind The Scenes and Backstage at BravoCon - RHONJ Style. We address all the rumors that the Melissa/Joey/Margaret Panel was empty, that spies and saboteurs were planted at Tre’s Panel to disrupt the peace and that “Gabby From Philly” was paid by Bravo to ask Jen Aydin...

BravoCon weekend was so supersized that we needed to dedicate not one but at least two shows to this Super Bowl of an event. We start by breaking down Vicki Gunvalson’s Wifetime Achievement Award, the return of past Pod guests Jo De Lo Rosa, Alexis Bellino, Lynne Curtin and whether Vicki is playing the game correctly in demanding her last full time salary in order to return to RHOC as an Orange Ho...

BravoCon has come and gone and it is finally time for us to discuss our experiences - the good, the bad, the other. Next we spill all the tea and share all our nuanced analysis regarding all of the weekend’s events, gossip and tea spilled including, but not limited too, Jeff Lewis’ messiness, Ramona’s absence, Avery Singer’s attendance, the premiere and potentially crafty editing of RHUGT RHONY, t...

Allison DuBois steps back, again, Behind The Rope!! With two episodes of this season of RHOBH under our belts, Allison stops by to help break down this current season of RHOBH. First, we revisit her thirteen year in the making prediction that Mauricio will never emotionally fulfill Kyle. Know That!! Allison breaks down the recent scenes between Kyle and Mauricio helping us separate the real from f...

Samantha Fox steps back Behind The Rope. Yes, Ms. Fox is already back to chat more about her Iconic career with such mega hits like “Touch Me”, “Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)”, “I Wanna Have Some Fun” and many, many more. Samatha talks about the woman behind the music and public image who went from a pin up girl at age sixteen to an International global superstar. Samantha gets candid about her in...

Allison DuBois steps back, again, Behind The Rope!! With two episodes of this season of RHOBH under our belts, Allison stops by to help break down this current season of RHOBH. First, we revisit her thirteen year in the making prediction that Mauricio will never emotionally fulfill Kyle. Know That!! Allison breaks down the recent scenes between Kyle and Mauricio helping us separate the real from f...

Suzanne Somers died on October 15th, one day before her 77th birthday. Suzanne died of breast cancer with metastasis to the brain. I had the pleasure of interviewing Suzanne not once but twice. How I got so lucky through this job, through this podcast, to interview a living legend like Suzanne is beyond me. Trust me, the opportunity, the experience has never been, and is not, lost on me. Suzanne w...