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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!

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BEHIND THE VELVET ROPE David Yontef

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    • 4.1 • 2.7K Ratings

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!

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    RHONJ REUNION CANCELLATION (What This REALLY Means For The Cast & Show's Future)

    RHONJ REUNION CANCELLATION (What This REALLY Means For The Cast & Show's Future)

    The RHONJ Reunion is cancelled. We woke up to over one thousand DM’s asking if we were going to cover this. Today, we hop on here for a rundown of the cancellation of the RHONJ reunion. We address how we got here, the cast's constant interviews that this season was not sustainable and Teresa’s constant interviews that she will never, ever speak to Melissa again. We next address, what will be happening in place of a reunion, what affect, if any, the RHONJ bloggers and toxic off line behaviors have had in leading to this cancellation, what this means for the future of RHONJ, which cast members will be terminated, which, if any, will keep their high paying jobs, what this means for the future of Housewives as a whole and last, but certainly not least, what spin offs we can expect as a result of this cancellation. Is the future so bright we have to wear shades or is today a day of reckoning where we have to put denial aside and face some hard truths. 


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    JACKIE TOHN (on GLOW, Bravo, American Idol, Howard Stern, Joan Rivers & The Nanny)

    JACKIE TOHN (on GLOW, Bravo, American Idol, Howard Stern, Joan Rivers & The Nanny)

    Jackie Tohn steps Behind The Rope. Best known for her breakout performance as Melanie “Melrose” Rosen on Netflix’s award winning, critically acclaimed masterpiece “Glow”, Jackie stops by to share it all.  Early in her career Jackie appeared on many of our favorite shows such as “The Sopranos”, “Veronica Mars”, “Strangers With Candy”, not the least of which was “The Nanny”, in which she played a young Fran Drescher. She talks famous friends such as Kristen Bell and Jessica Biel, comedic inspiration Joan Rivers and appearing on the iconic Howard Stern Show. Jackie also chats about her singing abilities, those abilities which led her to the semi finals on “American Idol” and Bravo’s very own “Platinum Hit” (Kara DioGuardi, we see you!). Jackie shares stories from behind the scenes on Glow, chats about the disappointment when Season 4 was indefinitely shelved due to lockdown and hints at what the future holds for the un-filmed season and possible Glow movie (what a wish!).  We figured today the perfect day to share this blast from the past chat with the one and only Jackie Tohn.


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    RHONJ Lowest Rated Season Ever, Margaret Josephs’ True Colors & Jennifer, Danielle, Jackie & Other Friendships Fractured

    RHONJ Lowest Rated Season Ever, Margaret Josephs’ True Colors & Jennifer, Danielle, Jackie & Other Friendships Fractured

    RHONJ Season 14, Episode 4. How are we only at Episode 4? Is anyone bored yet? Ok, ok, we will keep it positive. Jackie and Margaret’s friendship starts to show cracks as we find ourselves back, once again, at Dolores’ annual softball game.  Teresa and Melissa are still not speaking, Jennifer is up to her old shady tricks and this time her target is Danielle Cabral and Rachel Fuda shows up, cries and shows up again. Our attention next turns to all that is going on off air between Marge, Melissa, Tre, Jen and the rest of our fav New Jerz residents. All this and more with our very own Teresa Giudice (and Kourtney Kardashian) as played by the one and only Andrea Lopez!!


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    • 9 min
    PK & Dorit Separation Update, LVP's Thoughts & Kathryn Dennis' Newest Disaster

    PK & Dorit Separation Update, LVP's Thoughts & Kathryn Dennis' Newest Disaster

    Simon and Porsha continue to fight over their mansion, sling the shade on social and involve RHOA producers and Bravo as Porsha tries to film the new season of the Atl now that she has regained her peach.  Heading west, apparently everyone in town - Jeff Lewis, Lisa Vanderpump and the rest of the RHOBH cast - knew about PK and Dorit’s separation.  We break down their separation, discuss the likelihood of them reconciling and check in with the current season of RHOBH filming.  Kyle and Morgan step out amidst fan fare and paparazzi, continue to dodge direct questions about their status and smile knowing we all have something to say. RHONJ moves along with the lowest ratings in RHONJ history, Kathryn Dennis tries to bounce back after her shocking DUI arrest, Ariana and Katie move on and much, much more.


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    • 1 hr 9 min
    Kyle & Kesha Get Close, RHOBH Newbies Bozoma & Tilly Make Waves & Bethenny Frankel’s Chanel Rant

    Kyle & Kesha Get Close, RHOBH Newbies Bozoma & Tilly Make Waves & Bethenny Frankel’s Chanel Rant

    Something About Her Has Opened. We break down the opening, share our review and discuss Sarah’s viral Karen rant which got her so much hate, love, apologies, a Daily Mail write up and changed working practices at Something About Her by Ariana and Katie. With the Vanderpump Rules finale wrapped, we turn our focus to RHOBH. With Jennifer Tilly, Kathy Hilton and Bozoma Saint John in, we break down the epic season we expect, why this trifecta is exactly what the franchise needed and chat spoilers from filming in the 90210. We discuss Kyle and Morgan, Kyle and Kesha and Kyle and Mo.  Finally, we deep dive Bethenny Frankel’s Chanel rant, explore the reasons her Divorce Pod is no longer on line and chat all the rants that have occurred this week in the BravoSphere.


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