BEHIND THE VELVET ROPE

Kandi Burruss and the entire cast of The Real Housewives of Atlanta have been asked back for Season 15 making Kandi the longest running housewife in the BravoVerse holding the title for fourteen consecutive seasons. Sorry Ramona and Vicki, you came close but the record is held by Ms. Burruss! In RHOBH land, we explain why Dorit Kemsley may have recently saved her Diamond for next season and whethe...

Lisa Rinna. Will she or won’t she stay has been the topic of many conversations over the past season of RHOBH. Today we share our ever changing opinion as the season comes to a close and we head into reunion. We mentioned Jenny McCarthy as a possible Rinna replacement the other week, if Rinna goes, and today we share Donnie Wahlberg’s response to our prediction. Things are not always what they see...

Emily D. Baker steps back Behind The Rope. So much has been written, discussed, hypothesized and analyzed about the legal cases of Real Housewives’ Erika Jayne and Jen Shah. Even with our legal degree we find it daunting, at best, to make sense of it all so we can only imagine how y’all feel. As a result, we did the only thing we could think of doing. Call in our fav legal commentator, and former...

Adja Toure and Kacey Margo step Behind The Rope. Adja and Kacey are here to chat about the newest of new Bravo shows, “Real Girlfriends in Paris”. Adja and Kacey break down the full trajectory of their Real Girlfriends experience and what it was like to film what is bound to be Bravo’s next breakout mega hit while living abroad with 4 of their other American expat friends - Anja, Emily, Margaux an...

Allison DuBois steps back Behind The Rope. Yes THAT Allison DuBois from THAT Dinner Party from Hell. THE Dinner Party from Hell. RHOBH. The most infamous dinner party in ALL of Housewives History. Okay, Allison is much more than an e-cigarette and letting Housewives know when their husbands will never emotionally fulfill them. The last time Allison was here, we chatted all about her gift of seeing...

THE RHOBH episode we have waited for all season has finally arrived. The meltdown of Kathy Hilton, or as some of y’all are sayin’, the meltdown of Kathy Hilton as told by Lisa Rinna. Kim D. is here to hold nothing back in breaking down this past weeks’ RHOBH - Kathy Hilton’s unraveling a la Tequila and Congo Lines, Lisa Rinna’s involvement, shared text messages, Erika Jayne’s delight that it is no...

Remember when Erika Jayne was the most disliked Housewife in the history of Housewives? Has the last year made a difference and is the world softening and starting to see two sides to this ever changing story? We break that down and analyze what else we can expect as this blockbuster RHOBH season comes to a close and moves in to reunion time. In other news, we share hot takes on the new season of...

Now that the RHOBH reunion has filmed, rumors continue to circulate about just what went down Behind The Rope. Diana did not attend in person, Rinna screamed receipts, mysteries were solved and the word cover up in the form of Kathy Hilton keeps popping up as Paris and Nicky weigh in. We deep dive all those rumors helping to make sense of what is true, false and in between analyzing all the crypti...

Monyetta Shaw steps Behind The Rope. The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Monyetta Shaw, that is. Monyetta chats about her prior friendship with Kandi and what it was like being part of RHOA for her freshman season with Kenya, Marlo, Sheree, Drew and Sanya - no last names needed, of course. Monyetta chats highs / lows of the RHOA experience and deep dives on some of this season’s drama - Kenya vs. Mar...

Heather Matarazzo steps back Behind The Rope. Heather chats about the full trajectory of her career from her first film, The Sundance winning “Welcome to The Dollhouse” to her current days as a working actress “making it” in Hollywood. Heather chats Dollhouse - what it was like to lead a feature film as your first project, how life changed after and why this film is still so beloved as the teen an...

The day has come. Our first ever live Behind The Velvet Rope Podcast show with very special guest Kim D. First things first, Kim finally provides more details about the fall out of her friendship with Teresa Giudice and David chats about the demise of his with Jennifer Aydin. So much drama and we have not even begun. Next Kim breaks down Tre’s DWTS rehearsals and how this really is the year of Mis...

What a week in RHOBH land. So much to cover so little time but Kim D. is here to help us make sense of it all. As rumors of the reunion circulate, we break it all down separating truth from embellished facts - sisterly rivalry, cover ups, lawsuits, casting rumors, social media disasters and what the viewing public is calling one of the darkest seasons of RHOBH in history. Kim shares her theories o...

The RHOSLC trailer has dropped leaving more questions than answers as we ponder where did the Lisa Barlow “Vida” rumors originate, how did Meredith and Jen become so close, what or who caused Heather’s black eye and last, but certainly not least, will Season Three be all about Jen Shah as she prepares to face sentencing later this year. These and many more questions answered as we prepare for our...

Another week in RHOBH land, another week of more questions, concerns and drama of what is going on off screen as well as on. We break down what Erika Jayne’s win in the $5M aiding and abetting lawsuit really means, what legal troubles she still faces, what, if anything she really knew, and much more including where she goes from here from a legal point of view as the RHOBH season meanders on. On t...

Alexandra Jarvis steps Behind The Rope. Selling The OC’s “Jarvis”, that is. Jarvis is here to chat all about her freshman season on Neflix’s latest installment in its real estate “Selling” franchise. Jarvis breaks down all the drama she had with cast mates Alex Hall and Polly, office BFF and co-listing agent Alexandra Rose, boss Jason Oppenheim and all the man candy of the O Group OC office - Tyle...

Kari Wells steps back Behind The Rope. Kari is here to chat about what is shaping up to be one of the most dramatic seasons ever of Married to Medicine ever. Kari talks about this current Season Nine of M2M - cast mates, break ups, make ups, and of course, the intervention of Dr. Heavenly. Kari talks about the highs and lows of her M2M experience over the past nine seasons, where she stands with a...

Allison DuBois steps Behind The Rope. Yes THAT Allison DuBois from THAT Dinner Party from Hell. THE Dinner Party from Hell. RHOBH. The most infamous dinner party in ALL of Housewives History. Okay, Allison is much more than an e-cigarette and letting Housewives know when their husbands will never emotionally fulfill them. Today, we chat with Allison about her gift of seeing and communicating with...

It is official. The one, the only Miss Teresa “Tre” Giudice has officially joined the cast of Dancing With The Stars. Kim D. is here to break down how she thinks Teresa will perform, how far she predicts she will get in the competition, her fellow Reality TV dancers, and how one Mr. Luis Ruelas will be in the front row cheering her on week after week, every week. Heading west, what a week in RHOBH...

There has been a lot of talk about Lisa Rinna’s RHOBH future and next season’s likely cast of RHOBH. We break down who is likely to stay, who is likely to go, who is likely to return from the past, who is likely to resign and will the online attack on Garcelle’s son affect any of this. In other West Coast Real Housewives news, we break down Tamra Judge’s return to RHOC, address rumors that the who...

The RHOBH Universe has a one track mind these days and it is to find out who was behind the social media attack on Garcelle’s Son Jax. Several names have been thrown around - Lisa Rinna, Diana Jenkins, Erika Jayne, RHOBH Producers and Patrick Somers. We break down the likelihood that any of the aforementioned had anything to do with that and what is the possibility bots were actually involved. Onc...

When law & order is the headline, what does it mean for us? Holding Court with Eboni K. Williams cross-examines news-making cases and famous faces to peer into the court of law. Each week attorney Eboni K. Williams and cultural observer Dustin Ross break down what’s on the docket in American justice and what’s not, with savvy legal analysis and commonsense commentary to provide teachable moments f...

Tyler Stanaland steps Behind The Rope. Selling The OC’s Tyler Stanaland that is. Tyler is here to chat all about his freshman season on Neflix’s latest installment in its real estate “Selling” franchise. Tyler breaks down all the drama he had this first season due to three attempted failed kisses by co-worker Kayla and how colleagues Jarvis, Rose, Alex Hall and Brandi chose to deal with said kiss...

Alexis “Jesus Jugs” Bellino steps Behind The Rope. Today we share this never before released gem from the vault. Alexis takes us back to the beginning of her Real Housewives of Orange County journey, when then husband Jim brought her to the Season One Premiere Party and she met the then cast Vicki Gunvalson, Jo De La Rosa, Jeana Keough, Lauri Peterson and Kimberly Bryant. Fast forward several year...

Chaz Dean steps back Behind The Rope. For everyone who has not heard our Part I sit down with Chaz, listen now! We chat about his friends and clients - RHOBH’s Lisa Rinna and Lisa Vanderpump and Nicolette Sheridan. What happened that one time Nicolette walked into his salon while Rinna was in his chair? What about the stories he heard back in the hey day of 90210 when he worked on Shannen Doherty,...

Have you ever seen a grown woman cry? Well now Kim D. has after watching this past week’s RHOBH. Our poor dear Sutton (three time BTVR Podcast guest)! Kim breaks down Diana’s treatment of Ms. Stacke, Erika’s involvement and the blank stare on the Fox Force Four’s face (was there ever a fifth member, we cannot seem to remember) as all unfolded. Kim chats about the rest of the RHOBH episode and all...