BEHIND THE VELVET ROPE

BEHIND THE VELVET ROPE

Come step ‘Behind The Velvet Rope’ with all your favorite TV stars and pop culture icons with host David Yontef as he asks his guests all the pressing questions YOU want answered! David’s relaxed, friendly interview style has welcomed a wide variety of guests -- from Real Housewives, musicians, comedians, actors, reality stars, designers, Bravolebrities and more! Behind the Velvet Rope has been mentioned in publications and media like Vanity Fair, The Today Show, Variety, The Wall Street Journal People, TMZ, Page Six, OK! Magazine, Us Weekly, Entertainment Tonight, ExtraTV, Billboard Magazine, Telemundo, Marie Claire, the Wendy Williams Show, Life & Style, Access Hollywood, Perez Hilton, The Daily Mail, Radar Online, Bravo Daily Dish, E!, The Sun, Just Jared, InStyle, Watch What Happens Live, Architectural Digest, Fox News, Hollywood Life, Too Fab, Rolling Stone, USA Today, MSN, The Drew Barrymore Show, Yahoo Online, The Mirror, Women's Health and more! Ranked #1 Real Housewives / Reality TV Podcast by BuzzFeed! FOR ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES - PLEASE CONTACT david@advertising-execs.com Subscribe to Behind the Velvet Rope on Patreon for special bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/behindthevelvetrope

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July 11, 2025 63 mins
RHOC is back in full force. Tamra’s alleged affair. An activated Gretchen. Katie Ginella, the Orange Holders' new target. Shannon lightens up. Dubrow, Kirschenheiter, Pedranti and what Emily Simpson calls the best season of RHOC, well, ever. Vicki Gunvalson, if anyone cares, heads to BravoCon. RHOP producers F with Candiace Dillard who has a lot to say about a lot of things as of late. Speaking of Candiace, the Traitors Season 4 is...
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PK and Dorit are officially at war as their divorce gets nasty with new love interests, financial woes and PK wanting a piece of her now very large RHOBH salary. Lala Kent and Tom Schwartz are spending so much time together, gush over each other publicly, he picks up her tabs at dinner and so much more that we finally had to check with our sources regarding the now strong rumors that they are, in fact, a couple and dating. Rumors a...
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Gia Giduice needs help. She is asking for your help, all the character witnesses' help and last, but not least, the President’s help to bring her Dad Juicy home. Gia says Todd and Julie Chrisley were pardoned so why can’t her father be. RHOM goes low gansta style a la RHONJ with private investigators, off camera convos with bloggers and cast members vying for top dog no matter what it takes. RHOC returns tomorrow night and RHOC cas...
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RHOC is back in our lives tomorrow and all of our fav Orange Holders have been spilling the tea all over town. Emily Simpson puts Gretchen in her place explaining to her, and us, that she is, in fact, afraid of one Miss Tamara Judge. Gretchen claps back and has a few words for Ms. Simpson of her own. Tamra is angry…again. A Top Attorney warns Bravo of their legal exposure, with many reasons and examples, that could result in litiga...
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Bravo has some regrets about the power they gave Teresa through all these years which has now led to an RHONJ future which is still, at best, uncertain. Bravo continues to attempt to figure out the mess they have gotten into regarding RHONJ’s future with various initial solutions presented. Speaking of RHONJ, Juicy Joe has a new set of problems.Tom Sandoval’s year of redemption continues with a now viral appearance on America's Got...
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Captain Sandy steps Behind The Rope. She is back! Captain Sandy stops by to help us break down the current season of Below Deck, to talk about her own almost decade long at the helm of BD Med and so much more.  Sandy talks Captains Kerry, Lee and Jason. Sandy talks Chief Stews Hannah, Fraser, Bugsy. Of course the convo quickly turns to Real Housewives, Rachel Zoe, RHOBH, what to expect at this November’s BravoCon and everything and...
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The Valley’s Janet Caperna has left the United States amid multiple continuous death threats which she has received on line as a result of her edit this season on “Jax’s Show”. As The Valley heads into its final weeks with a major cast change on the horizon, Janet’s return is uncertain at best.  Louie Ruelas appeared on Next Gen this past week. Sources have now come forward explaining exactly why Louie appeared on the show. It seem...
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Frankie Grande steps Behind The Rope. Reality TV Star, Red Carpet Host, Influencer, Broadway Legend. Yes, he is also the brother to one of the world’s biggest Pop Stars of our generation, Ariana Grande.  Frankie chats Big Brother, Broadway, red carpet hosting, sister Ariana, Madonna, Celine Dion and more. As this long and fun holiday weekend comes to a close, we figure today the perfect day to share this blast from the past chat wi...
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Now that Next Gen NYC is a huge hit that everyone is talking about, Bravo moves ahead with Next Gen LA having already spoken to several Housewives’ kids from various franchises, including the local mothership RHOBH. The possibilities are endless and several high profile offspring have already expressed serious interest in becoming the next Ariana Biermann. Teresa Giudice now claims she was attacked… again! The Gorgas’ RHONJ future ...
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Andy Cohen has recently come out with a bombshell that there are three banned Housewives from different franchises that he never, ever wants to work with again.  We break down just who these three are, the difference between “banned" and “would rather not work with” and just what is up with the various lawsuits against Bravo and Andy these days. In other news, the Gorga’s hit a road block on their journey to filming Bravo’s upcomin...
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Aja steps Behind The Rope. Aja chats about what the experience was like being part of both Drag Race and All Stars - the good, the bad, the other. Of course, we talk about Ru, the judges, and some of our fav guest judges during Aja’s tenure: Lady Gaga, Tori Spelling, Jennie Garth, and Naya Rivera (RIP). With this stellar season of Drag Race back in our lives and today being a holiday and all, we figured today the perfect day for a ...
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The more the months go on with no RHONJ in our lives, the more likely it is that both Melissa and Teresa will be returning and many recent statements by Andy Cohen himself sure seem to suggest this. As The Real Housewives of Miami continues with mediocre ratings and a Larsa / Lisa feud we just do not want to pick sides on, they take a time out to send a clear and direct message to Miss Bethenny Frankel and it ain’t pretty. Teddi Me...
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In an effort to rebuild her life now that husband Louie has all but vanished from her socials and career, Teresa blames everyone on her staff, to use that term loosely, for her current financial mess, fires everyone in her employ and throws out different strategies, and conflicting statements, regarding her RHONJ future. Melissa Gorga gets in a serious car accident and Tre Huggers old and young, near and far react in shocking, unpr...
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Kelly Dodd’s latest scandal just does not seem to want to go away. New facts emerge in Kelly’s latest public tantrum which the world witnessed last week in the form of a threatening voicemail to her ex husband which she claims is AI. Haven’t we heard that somewhere before? Margaret Josephs, we are looking at you. With Kelly driving at 200 mph straight into a proverbial brick wall, we wonder if it is time to ask for some much needed...
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Gia Giudice has been fired or so the rumors say. Fan fiction, fake, someone’s imagination or real life truth? We break down all the chatter about Gia Giudice’s rumored termination on Next Gen which even Andy Cohen, not the Executive Producer of this show, himself has weighed in on. Meanwhile, Mama Tre has a new job and potentially a new blogger to replace Melissa’s Old Nose. Is Teresa up to her old tricks or is this all just a bunc...
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Now that the dust has settled from Jeff Lewis' Exes’ - Gage and Scott - engagement announcement, two of the Chumps themselves - Patrik and Pol - step Behind The Rope to discuss how, what, why, where, when, and more importantly, what happens next for all the aforementioned parties and how is Jeff Lewis really feeling about these upcoming nuptials of his two ex boyfriends. In other news, Kenya Moore’s actions have resulted in, not on...
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There has been a lot of chatter the past few weeks about Louie Ruelas’ disappearance out of Teresa’s life. There have also been a lot of theories as to why. Today we break down the real reasons why Louie has all but disappeared from his own social media, Tre’s socials and what this means for the return of RHONJ. Speaking of the return of RHONJ, Dolores Catania’s recent statements have just hurt Teresa’s chances of returning. Did Do...
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Cynthia Bailey steps back Behind The Rope. What a season of RHOA this has been. Kenya’s exit, Phaedra’s return, Porsha’s failure to make the mark she was bought back to, newbie Angela, low ratings, Brit’s exit and current $20M lawsuit against Bravo, NBC and RHOA Production. The one constant has been Cynthia Bailey and, as a result, we figured today the perfect day to share this blast from the past chat with the one and only Miss Cy...
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Reports have surfaced this week that Andy Cohen and the powers that be at Bravo are officially in panic mode over the future of RHONJ having thought of several ways to move the once top rated franchise forward but many things stand in their way. Today we break down all of those things, discuss Margaret’s latest plea for a job, why Denise Richards is afraid she will end up like Teresa Giudice and much more. In other news, we check i...
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Kyle Richards faces new heartbreak this week in very unexpected places and from very unexpected sources. Fans demand that Jax be banned from Bravo, BravoCon, WWHL, The Valley, VPR and anything and everything else but the network seems to have a different plan for the self imposed #1 guy in the group. Bethenny Frankel gets the last laugh. Lisa Rinna has a new message for Andy Cohen from behind the gates of the now infamous Scottish ...
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