BEHIND THE VELVET ROPE

Erika Jayne’s Co-Star Kathryn Edwards is back!!! You asked, we listened. After last week's epic three day reunion analysis, Kathryn is here to help us break down all that has transpired last night on Part Two of the epic Four Part RHOBH Reunion we have waited all season to watch! Was Erika slightly more sympathetic last night? Was that due to editing or the fact that we are so knee deep in this pr...

Erika Jayne’s Co-Star Kathryn Edwards is back!!! You asked, we listened. After last week's epic three day reunion analysis, Kathryn is here to help us break down all that has transpired last night on Part Two of the epic Four Part RHOBH Reunion we have waited all season to watch! Was Erika slightly more sympathetic last night? Was that due to editing or the fact that we are so knee deep in this pr...

Adrienne Bailon and husband Israel Houghton step Behind The Rope. Adrienne starts at the beginning, being discovered by Ricky Martin when she was just a teenager. That led to girl group 3LW which led to girl group The Cheetah Girls. We discuss musical career highlights such as touring and working with Beyoncé, Celine Dion, Michael Jackson and Jessica Simpson and how this was an iconic time in musi...

Jason Lee steps Behind The Rope. Media Mogul, Entertainment Journalist, Reality TV Star, Author. Of course, Jason is also the CEO, Editor-In-Chief and Founder of Hollywood Unlocked, THE Pulse of Pop Culture, media giant that breaks stories with 2.7M followers hanging on it’s every word. Jason was not always the self made media mogul we see before us today. We chat about humble early beginnings, ro...

Eileen Davidson steps Behind The Rope. Actress, Author, Model, Two Time Emmy Winner, Wife, Mother, Soap Legend, and last, but certainly not least, Real Housewife - Eileen Davidson! Eileen first came into our lives four decades ago through her Iconic role as Ashley Abbott on “The Young and The Restless”, a role which she is still playing today. Eileen chats about her entire Soap career which has in...

Today our Epic Three Hour Break Down of this past week's RHOBH Reunion (Part I) with Miss Kathryn Edwards concludes!!! The full chat is available on our Patreon.  Erika Jayne’s Co-Star Kathryn Edwards is back!!! This time she is here to help us break down all that has transpired last night on Part One of the epic Four Part RHOBH Reunion we have waited all season to watch! Will we, the viewer, fina...

Today, our chat with Kathryn Edwards continues regarding this weeks Part I RHOBH Reunion!! Erika Jayne’s Co-Star Kathryn Edwards is back!!! This time she is here to help us break down all that has transpired last night on Part One of the epic Four Part RHOBH Reunion we have waited all season to watch! Will we, the viewer, finally get the answers we so deserve regarding Erika Jayne’s much publicize...

Erika Jayne’s Co-Star Kathryn Edwards is back!!! This time she is here to help us break down all that has transpired last night on Part One of the epic Four Part RHOBH Reunion we have waited all season to watch! Will we, the viewer, finally get the answers we so deserve regarding Erika Jayne’s much publicized divorce from Tom Girardi or will we be left, once again, with more questions than when we...

A small town cop known as “GI Joe” is gunned down in a swamp in the summer of 2015 and quickly becomes a martyr in the national media. But when a dogged investigator and his team set out to get justice, they uncover unsettling secrets about Joe, the local police department, and the village of Fox Lake. From Wondery, the makers of The Shrink Next Door and Dr. Death comes the third season of Over My...

Justin Guarini steps Behind The Rope. Yes, THAT Justin Guarini. The most famous, or infamous, American Idol Runner-Up in the history of Idol. Thank you Kelly Clarkson. American Idol Season One. Who knew what to expect? Certainly not Justin who chats about what Idol Season One was like behind the scenes - the contestants, judges Paula, Randy & Simon, hosts Ryan Seacrest & Brian Dunkleman (remember...

Gloria Allred steps Behind The Rope. No, you are not seeing things. Living Legend! Icon in the flesh! Trailblazer! The most well known, bad a** Civil Rights attorney to ever exist in the world was kind enough to grace us with her presence. We are not worthy!! If you ask Gloria, and we did, it isn’t about any of those titles or accolades or record breaking dollar amount judgements she, and her part...

Crystal Kung Minkoff steps Behind The Rope. With the epic four part RHOBH reunion starting later this week, Crystal stops by to chat about what her freshman season as a cast member of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills has been like. Crystal discusses her highs and lows of the season, who was the most welcoming, her “Sutton” drama, and what going through her first season with fellow newbie and I...

Hey David, I have up close and personal stories with both Tom Girardi, who hit on me last year and Erika Jayne, who I have bonded with over older men, TWICE.” That is how our DM from Taylor Ferber started. We get hundreds of thousands of these a week and ignore most. This is Behind The Velvet Rope and in true BTVR, we only want to interview true insiders in the entertainment industry whose careers...

My, my how quickly things change. Continuing with our plan to highlight certain back chats that stick out, we present to you an unedited version of our chat with Peter Madrigal. Who is watching Vanderpump Rules this season? Thoughts? So interesting to revisit this chat with Peter, now unedited, and see just how much things have changed in one short year. When we originally spoke to Peter - Vanderp...

Carole Baskin steps Behind The Rope! No your eyes are not deceiving you. One of THE most buzzed about shows of the last decade was Tiger King and one of THE most buzzed about women of the last decade was Carole Baskin. These are facts. Today, Carole is here to dispel the many myths created as a result of that viral Netflix show regarding herself, her one time husband Don Lewis, his disappearance,...

Courtney Stodden steps Behind The Rope. You have read so much about Courtney. We all have. In true Rope fashion, rather than figure out what is true, untrue and somewhere in between, we’ve gone right to the source to break it all down. Courtney first came into the public eye at age 16 when they married then 51 year old Doug Hutchison in 2011. Courtney talks about what living with such strict media...

RedOne steps Behind The Rope. One thing is clear from chatting with RedOne. He has worked with everyone who is anyone in the music business. From humble early beginnings - born in Morocco, early music career in Sweden, staring over in the United States from scratch, RedOne is here to chat about it all. “It all” includes working with Legends Jennifer Lopez - he co-wrote / co-produced “On The Floor”...

Eboni K. Willams has returned!! Welcome back, Ms. Williams. Well a lot has happened since Eboni was here last. Eboni reflects back upon this past season of RHONY - the good and bad, highs and lows and how she feels now that she has had a chance to digest all that has happened. Eboni addresses the public’s outcry about this RHONY season, whether discussions of race “belong” on Housewives, the vitri...

Sonja In Your City!! It is official. The one, the only, Ms. Sonja Morgan will soon be appearing in your city. That is right, Ms. Morgan is bringing her very special brand of Caburlesque to a city near you. We were thrilled and honored to be in attendance at Sonja’s One Night Only “Friends and Family” Preview Show the other week. The comedy, the improv, the singing, the guest list, the opening acts...

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Joyce Giraud steps Behind The Rope. For the countess number of y’all who have been emailing and DM’ing asking us to highlight our best past Housewives and other interviews, we have heard you. You have spoken, we have listened. With all the RHOBH drama regarding Erika Jayne - much of which we have contributed to with recent guests like Kathryn Edwards, Dana Wilkey...

Imagine you have two friends who are obsessed with crime, murder, and unsolved mysteries. They have a passion for breaking down cases that have been cold for years. GENERATION WHY is a true crime podcast where hosts Aaron and Justin give startling theories, dive into forensic evidence, and share their bold opinions. They dig deep looking for answers on cases of missing spouses, mysterious murders,...

Cassandra Peterson steps Behind The Rope. Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, in the flesh, Behind The Rope. Let us just process that for a hot horror sec. Cassandra is here to chat about her new book (currently # 4 on the NYT Best Sellers List) “Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark”, where she holds nothing back about her outrageous, strange, often funny, often heartbreaking tale...

Perez Hilton is back. Yes, one of our most regular guests has returned to help us make sense of all that is going on in the world of celebrity and Housewives drama one click any a time. After a quick catch up with Perez, we chat about hot takes on some of the things keeping The Rope up at night - Britney’s Conservatorship and Engagement (his apology to BritBrit earlier this year, the horrifying te...

Holla! Heather Thomson Steps Behind The Rope. She’s back! Checking in from her home in The Berkshires, Heather is here to break down her time this past season on The Real Housewives of New York City which ended way too soon. Heather breaks down all that went wrong that fateful weekend in The Hamptons at Ramona Singer’s and shares an update on her “relationship” with all of the current RHONY cast m...

Holla! Heather Thomson Steps Behind The Rope. She’s back! Checking in from her home in The Berkshires, Heather is here to break down her time this past season on The Real Housewives of New York City which ended way too soon. Heather breaks down all that went wrong that fateful weekend in The Hamptons at Ramona Singer’s and shares an update on her “relationship” with all of the current RHONY cast m...