With Bethenny Frankel’s “Reality Reckoning” in full swing, Melissa Rivers stops by for our regular monthly cross over to share inside knowledge, tea and realistic likelihood of success being a Top Reality TV Producer herself. After swapping stories from years of experience, we turn our attention to the latest Reality TV scandal, Below Deck breaking down the Luke and Laura controversy, analyzing how producers, Captain Jason, Aesha and Bravo handled the situation and ask whether situations like th...
Aug 21, 2023•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast With everything going on with Bethenny Frankel’s lawsuit regarding the injustices of Reality TV, real vs fake, contracts and much more, we figured it was a great time to share this chat with one of the originals, Jason Wahler from Laguna Beach, The Hills and The Hills: New Beginnings. Of course, Jason takes us back to the beginning when he was just a high school student whose friends - Lauren Conrad, Kristin Cavallari, Stephen Colletti, and Lo Bosworth - were cast on a TV show about their high s...
Aug 20, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast As we head into the new season of RHONJ - newsflash Season 14 has begun filming this week - Kim D. breaks down just how producers got both Melissa and Teresa to return and how they plan to keep Tre calm having to work with her arch enemy. In real life New Jerz news, Kim shares an update on her friendship with Dolores, we break down our run in with Margaret the other week in The Hamptons - yes we have updates!, Kim explains why she could join Bethenny’s lawsuit, spills the tea on her own run ins ...
Aug 19, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast With Vanderpump Rules Season Eleven filming in full swing, we address the rumors that the cast is fighting amongst themselves, is softening on Tom Sandoval and answer the question as to why Raquel, now Rachel, won't return in between all her spa appointments and daily errands. In other VPR news, Sandoval is seen with a new, no longer Mystery woman, Ariana remains one of the only confirmed DWTS cast members amidst the SAG strike and Jax Taylor continues his reigning year - podcast, VPR cameos and...
Aug 18, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bethenny Frankel’s lawsuit gains momentum as more Real Housewives, Bravolebrities and Reality Stars worldwide unite to join the cause to fight for equality, rights and much more in an epic bold career move and charge. We break down the status of B’s strike, the powerhouse attorney’s behind it, which Housewives and Bravolebs have joined, which are likely to join, which want nothing to do with it, the most egregious claims we have heard against Bravo, Bethenny’s motivation behind it, what she - an...
Aug 17, 2023•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bethenny Frankel’s lawsuit gains momentum as more Real Housewives, Bravolebrities and Reality Stars worldwide unite to join the cause to fight for equality, rights, money and much more in an epic bold career move and charge. Rachel Uchitel is back to discuss her own Reality TV experience (RHONY, Millionaire Matchmaker, Celeb Rehab & More) and get us to chat about ours (RHONY, RHONJ, Millionaire Matchmaker, Million Dollar Listing & More) explaining what each of us saw, witnessed, were asked to do...
Aug 16, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Bishop Gray Academy, a world of high-stakes and cut-throat competition. Academy, a riveting coming-of-age audio drama co-produced by AT WILL MEDIA and Wondery, follows the story of Ava Richards, a scholarship student who transfers to Bishop Gray, one of the most elite and competitive boarding schools in America. As Ava tries to find her place in this high-pressure environment, she soon crosses paths with an underground society known as The Night of the Wolf, which caters to the school...
Aug 15, 2023•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ross Mathews steps Behind The Rope. Ross is here to chat the full trajectory of his career from starting as Jay Leno’s intern to his current coveted role as Drew Barrymore’s co-host on The Drew Barrymore Show and everything in between. The in between includes hosting E’s red carpet for every and any awards show alongside greats like Melissa Rivers, Brad Goreski and Kelly Osbourne, stints as a regular guest panelist on Chelsea Lately, co-hosting The View alongside legend Barbara Walters, regular ...
Aug 15, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Courtney Rhodes steps back Behind The Rope. With this epic Season 15 well underway, the reunion recently filmed and plenty of drama still to come, Courtney is here to mention it all. After a rocky start with Kandi, one thing became clear early on this season, Courtney speaks her truth, does not mince words and has no fear going up against an RHOA staple like Ms. Burruss. Courtney chats cast mates - Marlo, Shereé, Kenya, Drew, Kandi and Sanya, season highs and low...
Aug 14, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast LeeAnne Locken steps back Behind The Rope. I recently read an article that ranked the top Real Housewives’ Premieres of all time. The Premiere of The Real Housewives of Dallas was ranked high. In the article it explained one reason why and that reason was named LeeAnne Locken. It made me reminisce and want to share this epic chat with LeeAnne right after she parted ways with the franchise. Read between the lines, nothing was held back. Grape Kool-Aid and Vodka in hand, this Dallas Diva mentions ...
Aug 13, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast The other weekend in The Hamptons was sure a busy one. Jill Zarin hosted her annual Hamptons Luncheon attended by Housewives galore - Countess Luann, Cynthia Bailey, Leeanne Locken, Margaret Josephs, Kristen Taekman, Braunwyn Windham Burke, Jenn Fessler, and Barbara Kavovit. We attended, chatted, observed and have a lot to say about Jill’s epic event that only Miss Zarin could pull off. When Jill calls, we run! In other news, we ran into Margaret Josephs this past weekend in The Hamptons as well...
Aug 12, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Gina Schock steps back Behind The Rope. Gina is here to chat about what it is like to be part of the most famous, successful and every other adjective you can think of girl group of all time, The Go-Go’s. Gina talks early Go Go days in the LA Punk scene of the late seventies and early eighties, making their breakout first album, “Beauty and The Beat”, the height of their fame, subsequent albums, “Vacation” and “Talk Show” and the ultimate demise and initial break up of the band. Gina talks about...
Aug 11, 2023•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Vanderpump Rules filming is underway and Tom and Ariana just had their first group scene together. We break down that scene, whether, despite Ariana’s claims, there will be any one on one alone scenes of the two, share an update on Raquel and discuss the likelihood she really won’t return at all as this season moves on. Kyle is spending an awful lot of time with Morgan Wade for someone she says she is not involved with and for someone who claims her marriage to Mauricio is just fine. We analyze ...
Aug 10, 2023•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Daphne Zuniga is headed to Steel City. Steel City Con, that is. That is right, this weekend you can meet Daphne at Steel City Con in Pittsburgh, PA. Daphne will be signing autographs, doing selfies and posing for pics. You know Daphne, star of many of your favorite movies and television shows such as Rob Reiner’s “The Sure Thing”, her iconic role as Princess Vespa in Mel Brooks’ “Spaceballs”, “One Tree Hill” and last, but certainly not least, THE best TV show of ALL time, “Melrose Place”. Speaki...
Aug 09, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Lady Gang’s very own Keltie Knight steps Behind The Rope. Keltie is here to, as we like to say, mention it all. Keltie weighs in on the upcoming season of RHOBH, shares Scandoval updates, discusses what it would be like to date the likes of Tom Sandoval, talks Rinna - Garcelle - Richards, breaks down one epic run in with Andy Cohen which involves a bag of di&ks and explains why she feels she would not make a great Real Housewife of Beverly Hills. We disagree. In other TV news, Keltie explain...
Aug 09, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Gina Schock steps Behind The Rope. Gina is here to chat about what it is like to be part of the most famous, successful and every other adjective you can think of girl group of all time, The Go-Go’s. Gina talks early Go Go days in the LA Punk scene of the late seventies and early eighties, making their breakout first album, “Beauty and The Beat”, the height of their fame, subsequent albums, “Vacation” and “Talk Show” and the ultimate demise and initial break up of the band. Gina talks about the ...
Aug 08, 2023•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Courtney Rhodes steps Behind The Rope. With this epic Season 15 well underway, the reunion recently filmed and plenty of drama still to come, Courtney is here to mention it all. After a rocky start with Kandi, one thing became clear early on this season, Courtney speaks her truth, does not mince words and has no fear going up against an RHOA staple like Ms. Burruss. Courtney chats cast mates - Marlo, Shereé, Kenya, Drew, Kandi and Sanya, season highs and lows and...
Aug 07, 2023•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast LeeAnne Locken steps Behind The Rope. I recently read an article that ranked the top Real Housewives’ Premieres of all time. The Premiere of The Real Housewives of Dallas was ranked high. In the article it explained one reason why and that reason was named LeeAnne Locken. It made me reminisce and want to share this epic chat with LeeAnne right after she parted ways with the franchise. Read between the lines, nothing was held back. Grape Kool-Aid and vodka in hand, this Dallas Diva mentions it al...
Aug 06, 2023•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kim D. is back where you want her to discuss how Teresa and Melissa, in competition over even the smallest things in life, will work and film together now that RHONJ Season 14 is moving forward. Kim discusses what viewers do not want to see regarding Teresa and Melissa, ponders whether we will see The Gorga’s many, many mounting lawsuits play out, whether despite her pipe dream claims that we will never see a Marge takedown, the audience will finally get what they want with a season long demise ...
Aug 05, 2023•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast As the new season of Vanderpump Rules continues to film, the drama sure does not seem to be slowing down. Scheana Shay has received a ton of on line hate for doing her job, Lala has clapped back, Graham Kennedy has returned home to Daddy James, Ariana has taken time off for Love Island and Raquel’s future still seems to be on again, off again as the days and weeks fly by. Ahh, LVP sure has her hands full. Speaking of Raquel and Ariana, we take a temperature check on just how everyone is feeling ...
Aug 04, 2023•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Bethenny Frankel has organized a strike for her Reality TV colleagues. Kinda. We outline the points of Bethenny’s strike, discuss the merits behind it, likelihood of its success and, most important, which Reality TV stars have joined her cause from Real Housewives, OG’s Nene Leakes & Vicki Gunvalson, BravoLebs and beyond. In other news, Graham Kennedy gives Lucy Lucy Apple Juice a run for her money, Raquel Leviss holds out for a Vanderpump pay day, Kyle and Mauricio claim all is just fine, Morga...
Aug 03, 2023•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chleb Ravenell steps Behind The Rope. Earlier this year we sat down with the one and only Chleb Ravenell to chat about Southern Charm, cast mates, Paige and Craig, dating and breaking up with Kathryn Dennis and so much more. Chleb opens up about many of Kathryn’s recent struggles and headlines with her children and whether or not she is misunderstood. As Bethenny likes to say, we mention it all! @chelb_ravenell @behindvelvetrope @davidyontef BONUS & AD FREE EPISODES Available at - www.patreon.co...
Aug 02, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jodie Sweetin steps Behind The Rope. Jodie is here to chat about the full anthology of her career none the least of which is her role as Stephanie Tanner on Full and Fuller House. Jodie chats about what life was like on set as a then child working alongside a cast of colleagues who became life long friends - Candiace Cameron, Bob Saget, John Stamos, Lori Loughlin, Dave Coulier, Andrea Barber and Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen. Jodie shares highlights and what it was like to reprise the role of Steph...
Aug 01, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Allison DuBois steps back Behind The Rope. The other week Kyle and Mauricio rocked the BravoVerse with the announcement that they have Separated. Today we welcome back the one who called it all, thirteen years, thirteen seasons ago on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Season One, Episode Nine at the first, and most epic ever, “Dinner Party From Hell”. Allison reminisces about that dinner party, talks about her prediction for Kyle and Mauricio, weighs in today on their “Separation” announceme...
Jul 31, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sonja Morgan's Intern steps back Behind The Rope. Ok let us back up for a second. She has a name. Meghan Hubert. Now that RHONY has been rebooted and is back on our TV screens and Sonja and her sidekick Luann are tearing it up in Crappie Lake each week, we figured it a great time to revisit this viral chat with one of Sonja Morgan’s iconic interns. Meghan talks about the application process, interview, first day on the job and fellow interns including the one and only Pickles. No discussion as a...
Jul 30, 2023•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bravo and RHONJ Producers still do not know what to do with Teresa and Melissa next season as Kim D. stops by to analyze and break down exactly why contracts have not yet been sent out for RHONJ, what next season could look like if both Melissa and Teresa returned and when we can expect Producers to reach out to each cast member to determine potential storylines for this juggernaut of a franchise's return. In other RHONJ news, Kim shares updates on Luis’ week in court, explains the real reason D...
Jul 29, 2023•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rachel Uchitel joins us to help break down all of this weeks Housewives Bravo gossip. Turns out Rachel was in the same “love rehab” as our girl Raquel Leviss. Rachel discusses what The Meadows Rehab and Wellness is really like behind closed doors detailing the day to day, ability or inability to communicate with the outside world and whether it is really possible to rack up a $200,000 bill as rumors of Raquel’s return to VPR linger. In other Rachel Uchitel real life news, way before Dorit, she d...
Jul 28, 2023•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast With Raquel Leviss returning to Vanderpump Rules, we break down whether she was bound by a prior contract, held out for a boat load of money, came back as a wounded bird or strong warrior women who now goes by the name of Rachel. Speaking of strong women, Kyle and Mauricio’s separation announcement is still causing all sorts of speculation and half truths that we figured it a great time to check in and help separate fact from fiction, one scandalous rumor at a time. Speaking of Scandals, we brea...
Jul 27, 2023•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dax Holt steps Behind The Rope. Entertainment news veteran, TMZ Alum and host of one of the best celebrity gossip podcasts out there - besides this one of course (we kid, we kid) - Hollywood Raw - Dax is here to help us break down the ever changing world of celeb gossip, pop culture and, of course, Bravo! We talk Scandoval, the upcoming now filming season of Vanderpump Rules, the high maintenance of Real Housewives, RHOC, RHOBH, what is a terminated housewife supposed to do with the rest of her ...
Jul 26, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Nancy Grace steps Behind The Rope. So much has been written, talked about and hypothesized about Nancy Grace in the media regarding her “controversial” tell it like it is style. Today, Nancy is here to break down many of those myths and let us get to know the woman behind the public persona. We also deep dive into Nancy’s brilliant legal career from her days as a Prosecutor on the job bringing those who have committed violent acts of murder, rape and child molestation to justice to her time at C...
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