BEHIND THE VELVET ROPE

I’m sharing a special preview of a podcast I’ve been enjoying, Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso, from Pushkin Industries. Talk Easy is a weekly interview podcast, where writer Sam Fragoso invites actors, writers, activists, and musicians to come to the table and speak from the heart in ways you probably haven't heard from them before. Driven by curiosity, he’s had revealing conversations with everyone f...

Danny Pintauro steps Behind The Rope. Danny is here to mention it all. Danny starts at the beginning, his freshman film in Stephen King’s Cujo when he was only seven years old. The convo quickly turns to Danny’s break out role as Jonathan Bower for eight years in the mega hit Who's The Boss. Danny discusses this experience, co-stars Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, Tony Danza and Katherine Helmond, wh...

Amber Riley steps Behind The Rope. Amber is here to mention it all. Amber chats about her Glee experience - cast mates, storylines, highs, lows, misperceptions, Ryan Murphy, the upcoming Glee Expose and why the same narrative is still being talked about all these years later. Amber breaks down her recent Masked Singer win, music, the biz, and what the experience was like as the Harp. Amber talks w...

Cynthia Bailey steps back Behind The Rope. She is back ladies and gentlemen! Cynthia chats about how busy life has been since The Real Housewives of Atlanta - hosting, acting, fashion and liquor. What does Cynthia not do? Of course, the convo quickly turns to the past season of RHOA and all our fav peach holders both on and off air. Cynthia chats Marlo’s peach, Drew’s sophomore season, her recent...

Kim D. is here for her reg Saturday break down and there seems to be more than ever to get to this week. Kim breaks down Luis’s recent claims that Joe Gorga is a “good man”, Jackie Goldschneider’s statement for Bethenny Frankel to “F Off”, Margaret Joseph’s claim that newbie Danielle Cabral is, in fact, Tre’s new “lap dog”, Gia Giudice’s statement that her mother’s style is “hideous” and much, muc...

It is Kathy Hilton’s world, we are all just living in it. From sitting, completely unbothered, between Erika Jayne and Lisa Rinna at The People’s Choice Awards to applying lipstick on stage as Mariska Hargitay accepts an award for one of the most iconic performances in TV history, we break down the past few weeks in the life of Kathy Hilton. Heading east, we deep dive Teresa Giudice's recent media...

What a week it has been. Ramona Singer run ins, Erika Jayne tax liens and we are just getting started. We break down the new legal issues Erika has been faced with, chat The Chrisley’s and what we can expect next month when Jen Shah is finally sentenced, assuming it is not postponed yet again. In other controversial news, we revisit the Balenciaga chaos and deep dive what obligation, if any, do Th...

It is a Boy Band Christmas here today Behind The Velvet Rope as 98 Degrees’ Drew Lachey, Jeff Timmons Justin Jeffre, O-Town’s Erik-Michael Estrada, All For One’s Jamie Jones and Mr. Ryan Cabrera stop by to mention it all!! The Boy Bands are in the house! The guys chat about each of their respective careers, hits, highs and lows of the music biz and just what we can expect the rest of December as t...

Jeremy Jordan steps Behind The Rope. Jeremy is here to mention it all and discuss the full trajectory of his career which began with his Broadway debut in Rock of Ages. Jeremy chats Broadway, receiving a Tony nom for Newsies, current shows to see and his playing against type in American Son with Kerry Washington. Jeremy breaks down what the American Son role meant to him, how it changed him as an...

Jason Cameron steps Behind The Rope. There has been so much that has been said on Winter House this season, on Summer House last season and now in the media regarding our “Podcast Chat” with Jason, that we share it here today for you, the loyal listener, to hear every last word for yourself. Jason opens up about his very public story shared by Lindsay Hubbard on this past season of Summer House, W...

Kim D. is here to break down all this weeks happenings in RHONJ land, and, oh, RHOBH and RHOSLC too! Kim talks about Gorga lawsuits, Teresa and Dolores live from Boston, a Wakile home sale, phone calls with both Dolores and Jacqueline Laurita and one epic chat with Teresa which left the interviewer stunned proclaiming her "the rudest person alive”. We swear it was not us. The convo quickly turns t...

After our recent chat with Countess Luann de Lesseps earlier this week, we figured it was time to deep dive into all the rumors surrounding the RHONY Reboot, Legacy and Bethenny’s Podcast to make sense of the true, the untrue and all the red herrings in between. Next we share our hot takes from our Brielle Biermann interview where she claims two Married BravoLeb men have been slipping into her DMs...

With all this many months talk about Erika Jayne’s now infamous earnings, we break down the recent claims that the earnings she returned are not, in fact, the 750K originals, how we got here, what now and does anyone even still care. In other RHOBH news, we chat the real meaning behind the RHOBH pause and when, in all reality, we can expect to see our fav diamond holders back behind the lense and...

Linda Blair steps Behind The Rope. Linda is here to chat about her almost five decade long career which began with her Academy Award Nominated break out role in unarguably the Number One horror movie of all time, The Exorcist. Linda chats about that experience, her career after and the countless movies and tv shows she has appeared in since. Of course, Linda also discusses her just completed star...

Ray Parker Jr. Steps Behind The Rope. The man behind one of the biggest, most catchy pop songs of all times, Ghostbusters, is in the house. Ray stops by to chat about his more than five decade long career in the music business. He chats what it is like to be known for Ghostbusters, the infamous MTV video for the song, the 80s, working with Diva Legends such as Tina Turner, Diana Ross, and Latoya J...

Countess Luann de Lesseps steps back Behind The Rope. One of our regulars, and, of course, favorites, returns to mention it all. First things first, Luann fills us in on her cabaret and being back out on the road for the reminder of 2022 and early 2023, coming soon to a city near you. Next, Luann spills the tea behind the scenes of “Welcome To Crappy Lake”, her new Simple Life inspired show that s...

Kim D. is in rare form, on fire, as she comes in hot ready to chat all this weeks new developments in RHONJ land. From the Gorga’s new house, to being served new lawsuits at their new house, Kim is here to break down the new legal woes the Gorga’s are now faced with and is helping us make sense of it all. Across the pond, Kim shares what she has heard from Dolores and Teresa’s trips with their men...

We start today’s episode by pondering one of life’s most important questions - who is more authentic and why, Tre or Mel? Meanwhile, we deep dive Lisa Rinna’s recent comments that she is in favor of Heather Dubrow becoming a cast member on RHOBH, is open to working with anyone including Kathy Hilton and discuss the likelihood that either of those will actually happen in the near future next season...

With so much talk lately about RHOBH and RHONJ, we turn our attention today to RHONY - Ramona’s statement of leaving, Andy Cohen’s reaction, the truth behind Lizzy Savetsky’s exit, which other RHONY Reboot cast mates are rumored to be involved in Lizzy’s exit, Andy’s statement on her exit, the truth behind legacy casting, status update on how filming for the reboot is going and, oh, so much more. ...

Joey Lawrence steps Behind The Rope. Whoa! Joey is here to chat about the full trajectory of his career from his days as a child on set Gimme a Break! to the breakout role he is most well known for on Blossom to his recent star turn on The Masked Singer and everything and anything in between - Melissa & Joey, Brotherly Love, Dancing With The Stars and much more. Of course, the convo quickly turns...

Joan Van Ark steps back Behind The Rope. One of the most recognized names in Nighttime Soaps, 80s Icon, Joan Van Ark. Joan is best known for her role as Valene Ewing on Knots Landing, one of the longest running prime time soap operas in history. We are thrilled to have Joan here today to chat about her career, and life for that matter, in its entirety. We reminisce about all the glory that was, is...

Brielle Biermann steps back Behind The Rope. In true Brielle form, nothing is off limits or held back! Brielle chats RHOA - best moments, worst moments, viral moments and all that drama that she witnessed between all our fav peach holders, including Mom Kim Zolciak-Biermann. Brielle discusses her much talked about relationship with Mom Kim Zolciak-Biermann - the public’s obsession with it, judgmen...

Although it is a holiday weekend, there is just too much going on in Housewives land for Kim D. to miss her weekly roundup. Feeling nostalgic, Kim shares stories from the past about Melissa’s now infamous ex Bulldog, tension and bodyguards on set RHONJ in the old school days, her epic drunk phone call with Teresa and, oh, so much more. Kim shares current advice to all our RHONJ favs based on this...

Peaches Christ steps back Behind The Rope.  We have one word - SHOWGIRLS. Yes, that classic mess of a movie or classic brilliant masterpiece, depending upon which side of the fence you fall. Wait, before we get to that and “You Don’t Nomi”, the documentary that analyzes the making of Showgirls, the movie itself, the public’s reaction, and how it remains a cult classic all these years later, Peache...

Peaches Christ steps Behind The Rope. Legendary Drag Performer, Peaches Christ, that is. Born Joshua Grannell, Peaches takes us back to the beginning and what it was like growing up in a suburban Maryland town with a love of all things “alternative” - Horror Films, The Macabre, John Waters, Depeche Mode and The Pet Shop Boys, to name a few. That “alternative” also came with an early Queer Identity...