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! The ONLY 7 Day a Week Show! 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
Episodes
Sonja Morgan’s townhouse is being auctioned off. We chat about the now some say iconic, some say infamous townhouse, what led to the auction and what happens now to Sonja. Tom Girardi’s May trial has been pushed to August, Whitney Rose moves closer to divorce, Rachel Leviss’ lawsuit against Tom and Ariana moves on, Tom and Ariana both independently clap back, Bethenny Frankel cancels herself, yet again, Denise Richards reminds us t...
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We announce our “We Do Not Want To Leave The House Podcast Tour”, June 5th! In other news, Kyle and Morgan are rumored to have broken up. We break down this bit of info, deep dive where the rumor started, the validity of it, Kyle’s appearance with Mo at Stagecoach and whether we will, in fact, see Morgan Wade next season on RHOBH. We break down the rumors that Keiana Stewart and Stacey Rusch are joining RHOP next season, our real ...
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May 1, 2024 • 44 mins
Bill Rancic steps Behind The Rope. Bill is here to chat about the full anthology of his career from the early days of winning “The Apprentice” to current day featured expert on The History Channel’s “The Mega-Brands That Built America.” Bill talks The Apprentice, winning, how life forever changed after and working for Donald Trump. Bill talks meeting his wife of seventeen years, Giuliana Rancic, their growing RPM restaurant empir...
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The Daily Mail has reported that Dorit is being downgraded to a friend of with only three episodes unless she admits to having marital issues with PK, admits that PK moved out and is living at the Beverly Hills Hotel and that her marriage is in serious trouble. Radar has reported that Dorit’s marriage is fine and that she will be returning to RHOBH next season holding a diamond. We break down both claims separating fact from fictio...
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April 30, 2024 • 33 mins
Jenifer Lewis steps Behind The Rope. Living Legend, Icon, Actress of Film, TV and Stage, Singer, Author and so very much more. Fresh off her Masked Singer elimination, Jenifer is here to talk about what is was like to don the Miss Cleocatra mask in her first return to the industry performance since her near death fall in the Serengeti nearly two years ago. Jenifer also discusses many highlights in her unbelievable career that most ...
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April 29, 2024 • 65 mins
Ana Quincoces steps back Behind The Rope. This time she brings Ace Fanning who takes a hot sec outta his day job taking about Sister Wives (check out his Pod!) to help us break down all that has been going in the Bravo world the past few weeks. Of course with Ana here, we catch up on her RHOM appearance last season, discuss Alexia’s divorce, whether she has heard from Marysol and Alexia after her much publicized cameo and chat ab...
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April 28, 2024 • 33 mins
With conflicting reports of Dorit’s RHOBH future surfacing, we deep dive just what is going on with Dorit’s RHOBH future, discuss the likelihood she really will be terminated and chat about why RHOBH has not resumed filming this month for Season 14 as originally planned. Speaking of new seasons, we discuss the rumors that The Professor’s friend, Keiana Stewart, was given a last minute contract for RHOP Season 9, address the rumors ...
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April 28, 2024 • 128 mins
Fashion Icon David Meister steps Behind The Rope. From a young age, David knew fashion was his calling, inspired by such fashion conscious TV shows like The Sonny & Cher show. Yes, Cher was his inspiration! He has dressed them all as well. In this case all includes, but is not limited too, Olivia Palermo, Debra Messing, Whitney Port, Pamela Anderson, The Jane’s Lynch and Fonda, Sofia Vergra, Sharon Stone, and Julia Louis Dreyfus. ...
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Luis Ruelas just filed a new lawsuit claiming his ex “leaked” confidential info about him and Teresa to several RHONJ cast members. Luis demands $5 million in damages plus attorney fees. We break down Luis’ law suit in detail, discuss the merits of each claim, share our hot takes on which RHONJ cast members he is referring to and chat the likelihood he will succeed. In other news, we share new information regarding Kyle’s RHOBH fut...
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With RHOC filming for the new season finished and RHOSLC filming well underway - cast trip included, we break down both upcoming seasons and what we can expect. Rebecca Minkoff joins the new season of RHONY, is seen filming, has had her Scientology background revealed, reacts to her heavy ties to Scientology being revealed and we chat whether this will be part of her story for the new season of NY Housewives. Jax Taylor and Britt...
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With RHOBH still not filming the new season we break down Producers’ ultimatum that Kyle needs to show her relationship with Morgan or take a pass on Season 14, discuss the conflicting rumors about Dorit’s return and chat about the fact that Dorit’s IRL friend may join the cast with or without her. Tori Spelling, who will not be joining, calls out Andy Cohen, breaks down again on her Podcast and we deep dive it all. We discuss Li...
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Elyse Slaine steps back Behind The Rope. Yes, RHONY’s Elyse Slaine. She’s baaacck. Elyse shares her thoughts in light of all that has been going on with the many recent Bravo lawsuits claiming alcohol, mental health and other abuse in favor of good TV and high ratings. Elyse discusses what she saw during her time on RHONY, Bethenny Frankel’s latest rants against the network and the future of Bravo and Real Housewives. Elyse also ...
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Mary Cosby has allegedly used the R word about Lisa Barlow’s 12 year old son Henry during RHOSLC Season 5 filming. We break this down, analyze what happens now to Mary, what we can expect for the next Salt Lake season and whether Bravo has a double standard in who they keep and who they choose to terminate for poor behavior. In other news, Raquel Leviss apologizes to Katie Maloney, Katie rejects her apology and has a message back....
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April 23, 2024 • 35 mins
Kate Flannery steps Behind The Rope. Meredith Palmer is in the house or should we say Starfish. Fresh off her Masked Singer elim, Kate talks about that experience and what is was like to become Starfish each week on the hit Fox show. Kate talks The Office, the rumored Reboot, her run on Dancing With the Stars, guilty pleasures, funny women, Jane Lynch, Madonna, waiting on Whitney Houston as a waitress in Beverly Hills and oh, so mu...
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April 22, 2024 • 11 mins
Sibling fights are unavoidable, but what if every moment of tension – real or imagined – was under a microscope on a global scale? That’s the reality for the brothers from the House of Windsor: Prince William and Prince Harry. They were others’ closest friends and allies since the death of their mother. But, that all began to crack as they each married and took wildly different approaches to their royal duties.
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April 22, 2024 • 56 mins
Meghan King steps back Behind The Rope. Meghan is back to chat about all things RHOC, Bravo and more. Meghan chats about the last season of RHOC - whether Tamra saved the show, the attempted take down of Heather, the constant rants of Kelly Dodd, her current relationship with Vicki and last, but certainly not least, her attempt at returning to the franchise herself even though she currently resides in St. Louis. Meghan chats girl...
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Rumors are flying that Kyle Richards was warned by RHOBH Producers that she either needs to show her relationship with Morgan Wade or exit RHOBH ahead of Season 14. We break down those rumors, discuss how we got here, the likelihood that they are true, when we can expect RHOBH Season 14 to be announced and where we all go from here. In other west coast news, we discuss how Brittany just unfollowed both Jax and Publicist Lori K on ...
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April 21, 2024 • 95 mins
Trista Sutter, THE Original Bachelorette, Steps Behind The Rope. Trista recalls what it was like when she applied to a not yet known TV show that promised the possibility of meeting the love of your life. How likely is it for someone to find love on TV? With little known Reality TV to compare it to (The Real World and Survivor were two of the only successful Reality Shows around at the time), Trista had no idea what to expect whe...
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April 20, 2024 • 13 mins
Bravocon 2024 has been cancelled. Why would one of Bravo’s most successful components be cancelled? We answer this question in light of decreased Housewife ratings, multiple lawsuits, Housewife city delays a la RHONJ, Dubai and RHONY, an RHOM several month - at best, for now - pause, lack of an RHOA cast even with Porsha returning, Teresa and Melissa unsustainably - to use Andy’s word - not speaking to each other at all, an RHOP s...
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April 19, 2024 • 83 mins
Both Bethenny Frankel and Tori Spelling launched new divorce Podcasts in the past week. Trapped in storage lockers, money issues and NDA’s in tow, we deep dive both and share our hot takes revealing all the good and bad news surrounding both. In other news, we discuss all of Bravo’s recent firings - Crystal Kung, Robyn Dixon, about to be Nneka Ihim, break down the future of RHOBH and RHOP, discuss how and why Dorit has survived ano...
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