BEHIND THE VELVET ROPE

Tabatha Coffey steps Behind The Rope. She is back!! First, we cannot help but reminisce again about the Bravo days of yesteryear when Tabatha reigned supreme with her epic array of shows Tabatha’s Salon Takeover, Tabatha’s Takeover, Relative Success With Tabatha and, of course, the show that introduced us to this blond beauty, Shear Genius. We chat about the appeal Tabatha had to last on our TVs f...

Kim D. Is back! With the new season of The Real Housewives of New Jersey back in our lives and our weekend recaps with Kim D. in full effect, Kim D. stops by to share updates on her own life and chat all that has been happening these past many months in RHONJ land. Kim weighs in as only Kim D. could on Teresa’s Greek getaway with Dina Manzo which turned into her engagement to Luis, their new $3.3M...

Kim D is back for another explosive RHONJ recap. As Kim says at the start of this chat, there is only one word that matters this week. G-I-A. We have watched her go from a child to a young woman and this week, Gia makes her official debut. Ok, she has been here all this time, but Gia, honey, you have our utmost attention! The convo quickly turns to Jennifer, her secret revealed, tears shed, what s...

We always say to first year Housewives, don’t change. As y’all listen to this chat from one year ago with Whitney Rose, has she changed? Things certainly have changed in twelve short months. Before Mary Cosby was a thing of the past, before we even knew who Jennie Nguyen was, back when Meredith and Lisa were BFFs, we sat down with the one and only Whitney Rose.  Whitney Rose steps Behind The Rope....

RHOSLC! Jennie Nguyen’s Recent Past racially Insensitive Posts have surfaced. The cast has reacted. Jennie has been let go.. The fans have reacted, some claiming double standards. One "fan" who has claimed double standards is none other than Meghan McCain. Mary Cosby is out. Amid all this drama, Bravo has wasted no time. Season Three is filming now, currently. We break it all down and package it i...

Todd and Julie Chrisley step Behind The Rope. Todd and Julie reminisce about the epic journey over the past eight years from day one to present that we have all watched play out week after week on Chrisley Knows Best. We chat highs & lows both on and off camera, Chase, Savannah, Grayson, Chloe, Nanny Faye, just who wears the pants in this family, that “other” reality TV fam known as The Kardashian...

Cynthia Bailey steps Behind The Rope. Real Housewives Ultimate Girl’s Trip. RHUGT. Cynthia breaks it all down for us - what it was like to spend a week in Turks & Caicos with Ramona, Lu, Tre, Mel, Kyle and former cast mate Kenya, the drama she ensued causing "50 Cynt" to come out, who she grew closer and farther apart from, breaking the fourth wall and how production was different than Housewives...

Cynthia Bailey steps Behind The Rope. Real Housewives Ultimate Girl’s Trip. RHUGT. Cynthia breaks it all down for us - what it was like to spend a week in Turks & Caicos with Ramona, Lu, Tre, Mel, Kyle and former cast mate Kenya, the drama she ensued causing "50 Cynt" to come out, who she grew closer and farther apart from, breaking the fourth wall and how production was different than Housewives...

Y’all love our RHOBH chats with former RHOBH Kathryn Edwards so why not do the same with former RHONJ “Friend Of”, Kim D. Now that RHONJ is back in our lives, you know it is the only thing you want to talk about!! We break it all down sharing our deep thoughts about this past weeks Season Premiere “Smoke, Mirrors and Foggy Diamonds”. Tre is in love, love, love, Luis made a bizarre video, Jackie is...

We could not let this “revised” season of RHOC come and go without re-sharing one of our fav OC, heck, one of our fav chats ever with you, the one and only OG of the OC! The OG of the OC Miss Vicki Gunvalson steps Behind The Rope. First Vicki fills us all in on what she has been up to since we last saw her on our TV screens. For those of you who don’t know, she bought a house in Mexico, had a stel...

Sally Jessy Raphael steps Behind The Rope. Icon in the Flesh. The first female host to have a syndicated daytime talk show. With her Iconic red glasses in tow, we chat with Sally about the full extent of her career. A career which began in radio and spanned several decades leaving a permanent mark and having created the landscape of daytime TV. Sally opens up about her best and worst guest, the to...

Isaac (Calpito) Boots steps Behind The Rope. Issac chats the full trajectory of his career from humble early beginnings, to early days in New York City on Broadway, to personal choreographer for Ariana Grande early on in both of their careers to THE destination go to fitness instructor for all of Hollywood’s elite, every real Housewife we love or love to hate, and everyone else in between, includi...

Chris Baker steps Behind The Rope. Actor, Writer, Director, BravoHolic, Housewives Addict, Pop Culture Worshipper and many other monikers, Chris is here to chat about his new film, “The Estate”, which he wrote and stars in alongside Eliza Coupe, Heather Matarazzo and the one and only Miss Lala Kent. Chris chats about his inspirations for the project and the importance of representation for all in...

In a rare Podcast appearance, Carole Radziwill steps Behind The Rope. After a brief chat with Carole about her career as a journalist, producer (3 Emmy wins) & NYT Best Selling author (shout out to "What Remains: A memoir of Fate, Friendship and Love”), we get into what y’all wanna chat about, The Real Housewives of New York City. Carole chats about her six year run on RHONY - the highs / lows, ca...

Mary Cosby skipped the RHOSLC reunion. Was that her last act and statement to make it clear she quit RHOSLC, has she been formally fired, did she want to get fired? We break that and all the other season long RHOSLC drama down including the shocking revelation that RHOSLC cast members only make six thousand dollars per episode. We chat about Housewives' salaries over the years and what the future...

Love hearing from y’all about who your fav RHOC from the past has been. Today we share another gem from our back catalogue, Lydia McLaughlin and her Mom, Judy Stirling.  On the heels of the The Real Housewives of Orange County’s Season Premiere, Lydia McLaughlin and her Mom, Judy Stirling, step Behind The Rope. Lydia and Judy are here to talk about their new Bravo Web Show, Glitter Town. Lydia and...

Lynda Erkiletian from The Real Housewives Of DC steps Behind The Rope. The Real Housewives of DC! As Andy Cohen once said directly to Lynda, “once a wife, always a wife.” We agree. We do agree. Originally, Linda explains, RHODC was pitched to her as a different type of non housewives show. Hmm, we have heard that before. Lynda explains how she was originally cast, when she found out it was in fact...

Margaret Cho steps Behind The Rope. Comedian, Emmy Award Nominated Actress, Musician, Advocate, Entrepreneur, Artist and one of our personal favs. Margaret chats about the full anthology of her career which began by performing stand up near her parent’s book store in San Fran. Early success - appearing in the Golden Girl’s spinoff, opening for Jerry Seinfeld - led to a whole host of stand up brill...

Theresa Caputo steps Behind The Rope. She’s Bacck!!! We had so much fun with Theresa the last time she was here, we had to invite her back. This time, we attended her stellar “Theresa Caputo Live” show per her invite from our last chat and have some questions we need answered. During the two hour extravaganza, Theresa connects with Spirit to help provide answers, clarity and relief to various audi...

Lindsay Hubbard steps Behind The Rope. Summer House, Season 6. How did we get here? The OG herself stops by to chat the highs and lows, cast mates come and gone, regrets, friendships, feuds and of course, her eternal search for Mr. Right, or at least Mr. Right Now every summer in the Hamptons. That search is over, hopefully forever, and the Hamptons will never be the same as we discuss Lindsay’s r...

WORST of 2021!!! It is that time again. Time for the annual Behind The Velvet Rope “WORST OF" The Real Housewives and Other Bravolebrity Interviews. That is right. You guys are shady AF. As much as you loved the “Best Of” List, we got all your DMs asking for a “Worst Of” List. Your New Years Dreams have come true. We go Behind The Scenes and rank what happens not only on air, but off air as well,...

As this season of RHOC move along we have learned to never come for Fancy Pants’ family, divorce is messy, Shannon still knows how to bring on the waterworks, Gina is funny, and sometimes, the thirst is real. On those notes, we share one of our fav RHOC chats of all times, one of our most viral listens and press explosions ever, this little gem of a sit down with Miss Tamra Judge!  The Rope welcom...

Fortune Feimster steps Behind The Rope. Comedian Extraordinaire, Actresses, Activist, Stand Up Legend, Real Housewives Lover. Fortune is here to chat about her new starring role alongside Paris Jackson and Margaret Cho in “Sex Appeal”. Fortune walks us down the road of early beginnings as an entertainment journalist, The Groundlings, Last Comic Standing to Chelsea Lately, The Mindy Kaling Show, an...

Candace Bushnell steps Behind The Rope. With all this talk from behind the scenes on “And Just Like That”, we could not think of anyone better to sit down and chat about it all with than the woman who started it all! Candace starts at the beginning - just how much life changed when her regular column for “The New York Observer” and best selling “Sex and the City" Anthology was turned into an inter...

Sam Champion and Husband Rubem Robierb step Behind The Rope. We dive deep into the careers of one of the most famous weathermen of all time and one of the most prolific artists of our time. Sam and Rubem chat meeting, getting married in New York City before gay marriage was legalized in their other home state, Florida, coming out in the public eye, their commitment to the LGBTQ+ Community and othe...