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  • RHOBH’s Lisa Rinna Shares “True Story” of Kathy Hilton’s Aspen Drama & Claims Bravo Gave Kathy Special Treatment, Calls Andy “Shady” & Talks Production’s “Sketchy” Move

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    Lisa Rinna addressed Kathy Hilton‘s meltdown in Aspen in her latest book, You Better Believe I’m Going To Talk About It.

    As she also slammed Andy Cohen, 57, as “so shady” for leaking her text messages in his 2023 publication, The Daddy Diaries: The Year I Grew Up, admitted to burning the book in her fireplace, and called him out for not having her back, the 62-year-old Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum reflected on the “sketchy” behavior of production and accused the network of protecting Kathy, 66, and giving her special treatment.

    “Here’s the true story: I witnessed Kathy’s bad behavior over the course of filming that season, especially on our trip to Aspen, and I think the Hiltons had tried to hide it. That had been their goal the entire time. They spent years and years covering it up, and all of a sudden, I’ve called it out on national TV,” Lisa wrote. “But I wasn’t going to protect her. I was going to call her out on it, and that is what I did.”

    According to Lisa, Kathy returned to the house they were staying at from the club on the night in question and “had an absolute meltdown in the dark,” during which she threatened to “destroy” her sister, Kyle Richards, 57.

    “There were no lights on. She flipped out, was pounding on the walls, screaming and yelling, and absolutely losing her f*cking sh*t, and it scared me,” Lisa revealed. “I had never ever had anybody behave like that in front of me in my entire life, and it freaked me the f*ck out. [So] I spoke of it, and I was villainized for that.”

    Although Lisa didn’t understand why she became the bad guy at first, she now realizes that she fell victim to “the Hilton-Richards machine.”

    “[It] has really done a lot of work to keep that undercover; they were not about to let Lisa Rinna f*ck that up. Bravo went along with it, and so did Andy Cohen,” she noted. “I went down for it and took the fall because they’d spent too many years and too much money protecting their name.”

    Reflecting on the season 12 reunion, Lisa knew she had reached the end of her run on the show when she saw Kathy’s publicist, Andy Gelb.

    “He’s big-time. Bravo must have allowed it because, normally, we were not allowed to have anyone there with us. She had her weighted security blanket, and I had nobody,” Lisa shared. “They were coming for me. So my hackles went up, my claws came out, and I began preparing for war.”

    Following the taping of the reunion, Lisa sent a message to her producers and to Andy, informing them that she would not be returning to the show for season 13.

    Months later, that message turned up in Andy’s memoir.

    “Andy had given me a heads-up that I was in his new book. When anyone gives you a heads-up that you’re in their book, you know you’re f*cked. He’d never given me one before, and I’d been in his other books. Right, so he included my personal text messages,” she explained. “It was so shady, so Andy, so Bravo, so unnecessary.”

    “After I read it, I was so mad, I threw his book in my fireplace and watched it burn gleefully,” she added.

    Then speaking of the way in which production included her message in season 13, Lisa felt that it was their way of “[getting] back at [her].”

    “It was so sketchy of them to post my private resignation letter. But that’s the game they play, and they play it with everybody,” she reasoned. 

    While Lisa mentioned that she “brought that show so much” and “gave [her] all,” she recalled no one having her back. 

    “Nobody fought for me. Nobody said, ‘Oh my God, please stay! Don’t go!’ I was pretty much left for dead by everyone who had been in my life for eight years … Nobody had my back, not even Andy. Especially Andy,” she stated.

    Lisa Rinna was featured in a full-time role on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills from season five through season 12.

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  • Lisa Rinna Was Caught Off Guard When Andy Cohen Shared Her Private Texts in His Book & Shares Where They Stand, Admits Bravo Didn’t Try to Stop Her From Quitting

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    Lisa Rinna offered an update on her relationship with Andy Cohen during a recent radio show appearance.

    As she also reflected on the moment in which she should’ve quit The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and reacted to the backlash she received after tossing Garcelle Beauvais‘ memoir, Love Me As I Am, in the trash, and detailing Kathy Hilton‘s alleged meltdown in Aspen, Lisa, 62, threw shade at Andy, 57, for sharing her private messages in his book, The Daddy Diaries: The Year I Grew Up.

    “I’m fine with him today,” Lisa began on SiriusXM’s The Julia Cunningham Show.

    That said, she didn’t give Andy a heads-up about the contents of her book, You Better Believe I’m Gonna Talk About It.

    “No. He’s written his own books and done what he’s done. You know, I think he put my personal text messages in his book,” she stated. 

    Although Andy did reach out to her before his book was published to let her know she was discussed, Lisa didn’t realize that the private messages she sent to him would be exposed.

    “They were personal text messages to basically my boss, and to have them show up in a book, I was like, ‘Wow, wow, wow,’” she shared.

    Looking back at the end of her run on RHOBH, Lisa said she initially planned to quit at the season 12 reunion. As fans well know, the season featured Lisa admitting to tossing Garcelle’s book and accusing Kathy of going on a rant against Kyle Richards, 47, amid a supposed mental break, after which she was booed at BravoCon.

    “I knew at BravoCon I was like, ‘Oh, I think this ride’s over,’” she recalled. “The wheels on the bus just flew off, you know? I couldn’t contain myself. I couldn’t control myself. I was acting out in so many ways. Everyone saw it. Everyone heard it. Everyone felt it, and you know, it’s the only thing I could do at that point, and I knew it was time to be done.”

    According to Lisa, she should’ve quit amid filming. 

    “I almost quit at the reunion … I was right there going to do it. Would have, should have, could have, but I was ready to say it, and then, of course, I go home, and I write an email that night, and I text everybody, and I say, ‘I’m done. That’s it. Right? I’m done.’”

    Because Lisa was coming off the devastating passing of her mother, Lois Rinna, she believes she’d gone into shock amid filming, acting out in ways that weren’t typical or reasonable.

    “I should have said, ‘You know what, you guys? I think I need to take a break. I think I should just step this one out,’ but I’m such a worker bee that, you know, I’m like, ‘I have a contract. I got to do it. You got to do it.’ I know my mom would want me to do it. I know my mom would be like, ‘Do not quit the show. You go, and you work,’” she explained. “But in hindsight, I was so f*cked up.”

    “Grieving is ugly. There is nothing pretty about grieving, and everyone grieves differently, and to do it on a show like that in front of the world was a really bad idea,” she continued.

    As for the moment in which she knew her run on the series had come to an end, Lisa revealed it was when she ran into Kathy’s publicist after making claims about her alleged meltdown on the show.

    “I know that that’s something they never allow, and I was just like, ‘Oh, sh*t, here they come. They’re going to f*cking kill me.’ I knew it,” she recalled.

    From there, Lisa emailed the network with her departure statement, which they aired on the show.

    “They literally showed my email of resignation on the next season,” she stated. 

    Also on the radio show, Lisa noted that when it came to her exit, no one tried to stop her.

    “No one was like, ‘Oh, no, don’t go.’ They said, ‘Go have a meal and just calm down,’ is basically what they said to me, but nobody fought to have me stay, so I think it was very mutual at the end of the day,” she concluded.

    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season 15 is currently airing on Thursdays at 8/7c on Bravo.

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  • Meredith Marks on Who She Still Talks to on RHOSLC Cast, Shades Fake Friends, and Reacts to Heather Ending Friendship, Plus Talks “Cathartic” Reunion, and Mary’s Concern

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    Meredith Marks revealed which cast members she’s still speaking to after filming the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City reunion on Tamra Judge and Teddi Mellencamp‘s podcast on Monday.

    As she also targeted the co-stars who’ve pretended to be her friend, reacted to Andy Cohen‘s reunion walkoff, and responded to Heather Gay, 51, declaring that their friendship was over, Meredith, 54, described the reunion as “cathartic,” addressed her castmates’ efforts to isolate her and Lisa Barlow, 51, and spoke of Mary Cosby‘s concerns about her supposedly erratic behavior.

    “I’m not talking to most people,” Meredith admitted on the January 12 episode of Two Ts in a Pod.

    According to Meredith, she realized during the sixth season that she was being mistreated by her co-stars.

    “These women are sitting here and pushing you and bullying you to say you did all these things that aren’t true, and say all these things about you that aren’t true under the guise of being your friend, and it’s just not the case,” she stated. “You can’t sit here, like, when I say things about [Britani Bateman], I don’t pretend that I’m saying them out of kindness … to pretend that it’s because you’re my friend, whether its how Heather dealt with Lisa on the boat or how they dealt with me the whole second half of the season, it’s like, don’t pretend you’re my friend when you’re clearly trying to decimate me.”

    Reflecting on the reunion taping last month, Meredith described Andy’s walk-off as “crazy.”

    “No one [could] hear. I get it. When everybody’s yelling, it’s a waste of everyone’s time, and it’s a long day, so I get why he gets irritated with that,” she shared. 

    As for Heather saying their friendship was over, Meredith confirmed her reunion proclamation wasn’t the first time she’d echoed those words.

    “I don’t know what to tell you. She was screeching at me for two months, and even if she wasn’t, that’s how I felt. I’m expressing myself,” she stated. “You guys can sit here and say that I’m an alcoholic, a pill popper, mentally unstable, my husband [Seth Marks] cheats on me, this that and the other, you can make all these false accusations against me, and then I’m like, ‘You were screeching at me,’ and that’s it? So now our friendship’s over?”

    “Well then, I guess we didn’t have a friendship to begin with,” she added.

    Despite her drama with Heather, Meredith had a “great” experience at the reunion.

    “[It] was very cathartic because I felt like I could finally, really talk about things that I really wasn’t able to during the actual season, so for me, [the] reunion was pretty amazing,” she explained. “It was, to some of the women, very disappointing that they didn’t get the reactions they were looking for .. but I don’t think it will be for the audience. And I think you’ll see a lot of chaos.”

    Meredith also said “a lot more information” was revealed at the reunion.

    “A lot more, I don’t know, probably understanding,” she teased. “There was a lot of like, ‘Oh, Meredith, you don’t talk enough,’ and then you start talking, and the next one’s like, ‘Oh, you talk too much.’ I was kind of like, pigeonholed by the women.”

    Overall, Meredith felt that her issues with the cast were the result of many of the women wanting to put a divide between her and Lisa.

    “They just have a problem with me and Lisa, and it’s like, they feel like if they can isolate us by taking either of us out, then the other one is just done as well, because then they can all just come after us without anyone to support,” she noted. “Do I think everyone is thinking that? No. I think there is a group in the cast that does that, and then they rope everyone else in somehow.”

    Meredith then commented on her relationship with Mary.

    “Mary was a different situation,” she clarified. “She clearly did seem to be very, very, very concerned, and I felt horribly that she was upset and concerned by it, but I think she had a lot of people saying a lot of stuff all season long to her in her ear.”

    “I think they kind of convinced her of all of this … [and then] at BravoCon, her statement was a bit different,” Meredith continued. “She really backed off on it because I think she recognized that she had all these people in her ear trying to skew her into this direction, and when they’re all saying this over and over again, yeah, of course she’s gonna be afraid and concerned for her friend.”

    The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City season six airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on Bravo.

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  • Shannon Beador Says She Knows Identity of Mystery Blogger on RHOC Finale as Jeff Lewis Reacts and Denies It’s Him

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    Shannon Beador addressed her mysterious phone call with the anonymous source who accused Tamra Judge of leaking storylines to bloggers. Jeff Lewis then reacted, and he denied that he was the caller.

    In the season finale of the Real Housewives of Orange County, an unnamed man spoke with Shannon, Gina Kirschenheiter, and Jennifer Pedranti. The man revealed pivotal storylines involving Tamra (which, according to Andy Cohen, he wouldn’t have heard unless Tamra or Gina leaked it). After the finale aired, some fans speculated that the caller sounded like Jeff, who’s friends with both Tamra and Shannon.

    On Jeff Lewis Live, a fan asked Shannon about the mysterious caller in the season finale.

    “They distorted his voice, which I understand. But, Jeff, I wish they would have [shared] at the bottom — to protect his identity — [that we] changed his voice,” said Shannon, via @itsabravoworld on Instagram.

    “So you all know who it is,” said Jeff.

    “People were saying it was you,” said Shannon.

    “But it wasn’t me,” said Jeff. “But you know who it is?”

    “I know the person’s name, because I spoke [to him],” she said.

    “Oh, but we don’t know them?” asked Jeff. “I wouldn’t know him?”

    “No,” said Shannon. “It’s just a civilian.”

    “Somebody trying to get famous,” Jeff responded.

    “No, you guys,” said Shannon. “I don’t think he is trying to be famous, or else he would have said, ‘I’ll come and film or I’ll come to your reunion.’ I don’t think that’s the case … He didn’t want to be discovered, but he knew some information, [and] it was like, whoa.”

    At the reunion, Shannon said that, according to the caller, Tamra feeds storylines to content creators who then protect her on social media.

    In March 2025, another source addressed the situation in an interview with In Touch.

    “Tamra Judge has been cited as being the No. 1 source for production leaks to the media and attempting to get bloggers and reporters to write defamatory and damaging stories about her castmates. She then goes and accuses others of doing it,” the source claimed at the time. “Chances are if Tamra is pointing her finger at you about something, it’s because she is trying to deflect from the fact that she is the one behind the scenes actually doing it … [She] keeps a folder on each member of the cast and she has spent hours researching the internet looking for negative news that she can use against the cast during production.”

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  • RHOBH Fans Accuse Erika Jayne of ‘Hypocrisy’ for Keeping Her Relationship Private After Telling Garcelle Beauvais She Needed to Open up More

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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne recently stated in an interview that she wanted privacy in her new relationship. Now, fans are calling her out for previously telling Garcelle Beauvais she needed to share more of her life.

    At the RHOBH season 14 reunion, Andy Cohen mentioned that Erika had previously stated that she wanted to see more from Garcelle and Sutton Stracke. After that, she said, “We want the juicy scoop.”

    They talked for a bit, and Garcelle stated that she had opened up about her life. Erika then said, “We wanna know who you’re dating, girl.” After that, the actress implied that nothing was going on in her dating life at that time, despite there having been previously “one guy that I went on two dates with.” 

    After that, Andy asked what more Erika wanted to see from Garcelle. She responded, “I wish you were more interesting, I guess.” They went back and forth before Erika mentioned how she and some of the other ladies had experienced intense emotional situations on the show, such as divorces. 

    Garcelle said, “Well, my divorce happened before I came on the show, and I was very open about it.” Toward the end of the clip, Kyle Richards also chimed in, saying Garcelle has called her out for not sharing her life, and then gave examples of how she has. 

    Regarding Erika’s backlash, she recently interviewed with US Weekly and discussed her new relationship with John McPhee. She started by saying that she likes people who are “confident and intelligent.” She also briefly discussed how they got together, which was in London when she was there for a music festival. 

    The controversy came in when she discussed wanting to keep the relationship to herself and why the cast hasn’t met him. She said, “Because I like him and I know how bad these things are for your relationships, like I’ve gone through too much on this. I think I need — I would like to keep that relationship special and over here, if I could.”

    Erika also said he’s never seen the show and that he makes her feel “calm and peaceful.” She also said she “needed space” and that it was “nice to have someone completely different.” 

    Many RHOBH fans have shared their thoughts on social media. One person said, “And what has Erica shared?” Someone else wrote, “Says the most uninteresting one on the show.” Another fan said, “It’s all hypocrisy. Kyle demands the same from her ‘castmates’ but never wants to share her own life. If Erika and Kyle feel this way, then maybe they shouldn’t be on a reality tv show!”

    In defense of Erika, another person said, “Yeah, because Garcelle doesn’t share anything except the little tidbits about her kids. Erika over shared her whole life was on display for years, so now, yeah, she wants to have a little bit of privacy.”

    They continued, “Everybody can see who the boyfriend is and whatever she just doesn’t want him on the show, understandably so because every single person that’s on the show ends up in divorce practically but she does share still why do you think Kyle shares any more than anybody else she kept her lesbian relationship a secret for how long or tried to.”

    RHOBH airs on Thursday nights. 

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  • Anderson Cooper Revealed That Andy Cohen Broke His ‘Cardinal Rule’ When They First Met on a Failed Blind Date—It ‘Made Him Shut Down’

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    Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper continuously prove that they’re bestie goals. The CNN reporter and the Bravo producer have graced our screens every New Year’s Eve with their shots of tequila and jokes every hour leading up to midnight. But how far does their relationship go?

    The two have fondly praised each other on their podcasts, radio shows, speaking tours, and during special nightly news segments. “We’ve known each other for years. But I would say in the last 15 years, we’ve gotten much closer because he’s been able to kind of guide me as I’ve been in front of the camera, and guide me navigating what that is,” Cohen said on the Table for Two podcast.

    The Watch What Happens Live! host and the news reporter also go on playdates with their children. Cooper and his ex Benjamin Maisani share two kids, Wyatt and Sebastian, while Cohen is father to Benjamin and Lucy, via surrogate. “We don’t really talk about pop culture,” Cohen told Parade. “We don’t talk about politics. It’s so funny—the amount of people that say to me weekly, “What does Anderson say about this? What does Anderson say about that?’ I’m always like, ‘We don’t talk about it.’ We really talk about our kids and personal stuff.”

    So how did the two really meet?

    Did Anderson Cooper & Andy Cohen ever date?

    Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen never dated. However, they met through friends who were trying to set them up on a blind date. On The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the two friends recalled how it failed. “We had a phone call to set up the date,” Cooper recalled. “I was a young reporter at ABC, he was at CBS, and I knew within 45 seconds I was never going on a date with Andy Cohen. I imagined him on like a Bluetooth headset with like, gesticulating. He was all excited.”

    “Andy violated my cardinal rule, which is he asked me about my mom within the first minute of talking to me,” Cooper explained, referring to his mother, late designer and socialite Gloria Vanderbilt. 

    “I wanted to date the Vanderbilt boy. I was excited,” Cohen responded. “I remember that something that I did made him shut down, so now I know.”

    Related: Does Andy Cohen Have a Husband? His ‘Emotionally Chaotic’ Dating Life

    Years later, the two bonded after they traveled the world together with a group of friends. “We wound up in this group that would travel together, [Diller] and his friends,” Cohen told The New York Times.

    After traveling the country on the AC2 tour, and starting their residency as the lovable MCs of CNN’s Times Square New Year’s Eve broadcast, Cohen also confessed that he and Anderson Cooper hooked up with the same guy. On Watch What Happens Live! in 2018, Cohen said that he was “eskimo brothers” with his co-host.  “I don’t know even know if that’s true,” Cooper responded “It’s true. It’s true,” Cohen said. “We just found this out a few weeks ago.”

    As the two friends grow older, there’s nothing more special than their four kids growing up together. “We are these geriatric patients hobbling around chasing our children, but look it’s another bonding thing,” Cohen said on his Table for Two podcast. “I think what is going to be really interesting to us, as it develops, is being gay dads and as our kids start realizing more and more ‘Oh I have gay dads.’ I am so glad that Ben [Cohen] will grow up with Wyatt [Cooper] and that Ben with grow up seeing Anderson and Benjamin [Maisani] raising Wyatt and Sebastian.”

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  • Tamra Judge Shares New Details on RHOC Finale Call Drama, Talks Having PTSD, Gretchen’s “Gross” Posts Being “Brushed Over,” & Cast Gang-Up, Plus If She’s Spoken to Andy Since Reunion and What Wasn’t Shown

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    Tamra Judge admitted to getting a heads-up about the Real Housewives of Orange County season 19 finale call, during which she was accused of leaking stories to blogs, on Vicki Gunvalson‘s podcast on Tuesday.

    As she also addressed the way Gretchen Rossi‘s controversial “liked” posts were brushed over amid a cast gang-up against her, cited the support of Katie Ginella, 41, and confirmed whether she’d spoken to Andy Cohen, 57, since the reunion, Tamra, 58, admitted to having post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from the show and explained how she handles her haters.

    “You think I know? Why would I be behind it? That’s nasty. That’s dirty. Nobody will give me an answer on it. I don’t know who it is and there’s nothing I can do about it,” Tamra said of who made the finale phone call on the December 23 episode of My Friend, My Soulmate, My Podcast.

    According to Tamra, executive producer Alex Baskin called her before the episode aired and said, “Hey, listen, I don’t want to ambush you, but something’s going to come up.”

    “So the entire time I’m there, I’m like, ‘What’s coming?’ It’s like the worst feeling in the entire world, and then it came … the way it all went down was very disgusting to me. It was very much brushed over, these posts that had been liked by Gretchen, this hatred, and all this stuff,” Tamra noted. 

    Because there was more focus on Tamra defending herself against supposedly leaked stories than Gretchen’s posts, she felt even more ganged up on by her castmates.

    “We’re just going to ignore this? We’re gonna act like this didn’t happen?” she wondered. “And then you’re gonna go after me for 30 or 40 minutes on this stuff? … It was painful. Katie was the only one that came to my dressing room afterwards and sat there … and talked to me, and I was crying … [The others] all went to dinner with Gretchen.”

    “But at the end of the day, I know what contract I signed. They can do whatever they want to me,” she added.

    While it has been suggested that Gretchen’s “liked” posts were modified in some way, Tamra insisted they were real.

    “For years [they’d been floating around]. It was all over Reddit. It was all over Twitter. It was all over Instagram. It was all over the place, and some of them were pretty freaking gross. Really gross,” she fumed.

    After Vicki, 63, pointed out that Gretchen had defended herself, saying she scrolls and “likes” everything, Tamra asked, “What is your algorithm? That’s what you have to ask. I don’t have things like that in my algorithm.”

    Looking back on RHOC season 19, Tamra said she was a victim of a gang-up from Shannon Beador, 61, Emily Simpson, 49, Jennifer Pedranti, 48, and, at one time, Gina Kirschenheiter, 41.

    “It was like, ‘What did I do to you, Emily? What did I do to you, Gina? What are you guys doing?’” she recalled. “There was such a huge division in the cast this last year and I think that is not good, when there’s people trying to [sabotage] or ice somebody out … It’s like, ‘Just do your job and don’t worry about anybody else.’”

    As for whether she’d seen Andy since the reunion, Tamra confirmed she saw him at BravoCon.

    “[And] he did call me the day after the reunion to check on me. He’s always been very nice to me,” she added.

    Still, Tamra revealed she experienced PTSD.

    “There was a huge hate train last year, and it was devastating to me. But I feel like I wasn’t shown in the best light,” she explained. “I was getting death threats and hate. I had PTSD coming back to the show, and coming back to the show, I was still very scared and nervous about saying anything because I’m like, ‘I said so many great things and nice things,’ but it wasn’t shown.”

    Also on the podcast, Tamra said that when it comes to her haters, she doesn’t let them affect her.

    “I’ve had talks with production and people at Bravo and they’re not very influenced by what people are saying on social media because the hardcore fans that are out there that are loud, very loud, they will hate you one minute and then love you the next. They will want you fired and then when you’re fired, they want you back,” she reasoned.

    “I don’t read the comments … it’s a time waste, and then it’s also not good for your mental health … I don’t want to,” she added.

    The Real Housewives of Orange County season 20 is expected to begin filming sometime early next year.

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  • PHOTO: ‘RHOC’ Star Gina Kirschenheiter Sparks Ozempic Rumors After Showing Slimmer Look at BravoCon as Fans Beg Her Not to Lose Any More Weight

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    Gina Kirschenheiter is facing rumors of Ozempic use after posting a series of Instagram photos of herself at BravoCon last month.

    On the heels of the conclusion of The Real Housewives of Orange County season 19, which was based around the he-said, she-said of a roofie rumor about Gretchen Rossi, 47, and a lie detector that followed, Gina, 41, has recaptured the attention of fans with her slimmed-down frame.

    “[BravoCon] with friends,” Gina wrote in the caption of a November 28 slideshow, which featured a photo of her and Andy Cohen, 57.

    RHOC Gina Kirschenheiter Shows Off Weight Loss at BravoCon 2025

    Soon after the post was shared, Gina was met with questions from her fans and followers.

    “Is everybody going on Ozempic? You all so skinny. But you look great,” one person stated.

    “Awww. I love you I think you’re fabulous. But.. please don’t lose any more weight,” another begged.

    A third wondered, “Gina what did you do,” before suggesting she was “much prettier before!!!!”

    RHOC Gina Kirschenheiter Shows Off Weight Loss

    “Please spill the details on what you’ve had done. Because whatever it is I need it!” someone else declared.

    “I think she gave up alcohol,” another replied. 

    Then, after someone signaled the size of Gina’s head, another pointed to her pants.

    “Well by the look of the size of her head compared to her body.. people have said Ozempic,” the first fan mentioned.

    “Her head looks normal, but I think she forgot her pants or something,” the second responded.

    RHOC Gina Kirschenheiter Accused of Using Ozempic After Sharing Skinny Pic

    As RHOC fans may recall, Gina’s co-star and friend, Emily Simpson, 49, admitted to using Ozempic to lose weight in 2023, insisting that her use of the prescription medication was short-lived.

    “That was a great kickstart for me,” Emily explained on SiriusXM’s Jeff Lewis Live. “I’m just gonna say that for me, it worked amazing because it really just kind of all the bad habits that I had where I was just kind of grazing, not really paying attention to what I was eating, eating late at night, eating my kids’ food, it just, all that stuff just kind of went away. It made me more conscientious of what I was eating, and so that was a really great kickstart for me. I didn’t lose a lot of weight doing it. I maybe lost five to seven pounds or something like that.”

    Regarding her decision to go off the drug, Emily revealed, “I didn’t like the way it made me feel lethargic.”

    “And it made me just not have a lot of energy, which was hard with three little kids,” she shared.

    The Real Housewives of Orange County season 20 will reportedly begin in late winter or early spring of next year.

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  • RHOC’s Slade Smiley Accuses Tamra Judge of “Lying About Autism” and Mentions Her Son, Plus He Says Gretchen Supported LGBTQ+ Community Before Heather

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    Slade Smiley claims Andy Cohen has chosen to support Gretchen Rossi due to “overwhelming evidence” against Tamra Judge.

    In a comment to a post about the Real Housewives of Orange County reunion, which accused Gretchen, 47, of being a supporter of President Trump, 79, declared that she was “not a victim,” and pointed out that there was no proof of Tamra, 58, leaking stories to bloggers, Slade, 52, went on a rant against Tamra and signaled her past behavior.

    “The reason Andy supported Gretchen is that there is overwhelming evidence against Tamra and her little network of accounts, seems like you may be included in that network. Tamra has been caught in possession of screenshots of fake posts that have been altered by putting Gretchen’s name on it,” Slade began, as seen in a screenshot shared by Real Housewives Zone on Instagram.

    According to Slade, Gretchen has stood up for the LGBTQ+ community “her entire life,” and not just once it became normal — or because she had children come out.

    “She supported this community long before anyone on this cast did including [Heather Dubrow],” he wrote.

    He then took aim at Tamra’s past use of a potential gay slur and “liking” of her son Ryan Vieth‘s “anti trans rant,” saying she only “back peddled when she got caught.”

    While the RHOC finale and reunion left more questions than answers for some, Slade teased a report that has been viewed by not only Andy, 57, but also Bravo.

    “The report is clear and the truth will come out. The report was done by a very well known company that does government research. Andy and the network have seen it all,” he declared. “None of this would have ever been an issue this season but it was orchestrated by Tamra, the embellished lie about Gretchen being drugged by Tamra orchestrated by Tamra. She is the one who brought it all up.”

    Also in his rant, Slade said Tamra was “the obvious cancer infecting the authenticity of the show.”

    “For gods sake she got caught lying about autism. She swore on the life of her children she didn’t do it. How gross is [that] the podcasts are all coming [forward] with proof she did,” he added.

    In separate posts shared via screenshots by the Real OG of the NYC on X, Slade featured an article Reality Blurb shared in a January 2019 post, titled, “RHOC Star Tamra Judge’s Son Ryan Vieth Goes On Transphobic Rant Amid Transgender Controversy and She ‘Likes’ His Post, Does She Support His Views?”

    In the since-deleted post, Ryan had said, “LET’S BE F**KING REAL, THE WORLD IS F**KED. COMPLETELY F**KED,“ with a screenshot of a news article, which was titled, “Britain’s first transgender family reveals son, 5, is also transitioning.”

    Ryan also included a comment from someone who said, “The only thing that kid should be transitioning into is being a 6-year-old. Anything else is abusive brainwashing.”

    In another post, Slade included a link to a video Zack Peter shared on X in which he claimed that Tamra had “absolutely been leaking things for months.”

    “I’ve known the info she’s been leaking about the show since July, when she was trying to prevent people from interviewing Gretchen. On a personal note, I like [Tamra], I like [Teddi Mellencamp], I like [Scheana Shay], I like Gretchen. But I’m always going to call out BS when I see it,” Zack stated.

    No word yet on when production will begin on The Real Housewives of Orange County season 20.

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  • Andy Cohen Says “We’re Close” On ‘RHONY’ Season 16 Cast & Calls ‘Real Housewives Of Rhode Island’ Cast “Outrageously Fun”

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    Andy Cohen shared updates on two Real Housewives franchises that BravoCon fans have been waiting for: The Real Housewives of New York City and the new Real Housewives of Rhode Island.

    Heading into BravoCon, rumors circulated that The Real Housewives of New York City was undergoing a cast shakeup, which would keep some newbies and bring back some of the original cast members. However, Cohen was quick to squash those rumors, telling Deadline, “I don’t know where that came from.”

    Cohen teased that an announcement for RHONY would be coming soon, saying, “We’re close.”

    RHONY cast members like Erin Lichy, Jessel Taank, and Sai De Silva are in attendance at BravoCon, as well as OG cast members like Sonja Morgan, Dorinda Medley, and Luann de Lesseps. The reactions from fans to Morgan, Medley and De Lesseps is deafening every time they come into a room, making it clear that they want to see more of them.

    RELATED: Jeff Lewis Set For Bravo Return With ‘Still Flipping Out’ Series

    Regarding working with the RHONY legacy housewives, Cohen told us, “I think we’ll always be in business with the OGs from RHONY. I think you see Luann pop up on a lot of shows. Dorinda has a show on Radio Andy. They’re always going to be part of the Bravo family.”

    And it’s true, Dorinda is a cast member of The Traitors Season 4, and Luann was just featured on Bravo’s Love Hotel.

    Earlier this year, Bravo confirmed that it was going to expand the Real Housewives franchise to Rhode Island. With the cast of The Real Housewives of Rhode Island expected to be announced at BravoCon in Las Vegas, Cohen gave us a tease of what viewers can expect.

    RELATED: ‘RHOP’ Season 10 Midseason Trailer Teases Update On Wendy Osefo Following Arrest & Andy Cohen, Karen Huger Sit-down After Prison Release

    “It’s interesting that it’s one of the smallest states and it kind of feels like this insular community where everybody knows each other [and] you can’t get away with anything,” Cohen teased about the setting of RHORI. “It is the perfect spot for a Housewives. Plus it’s also so beautiful, it’s aspirational. It’s the Ocean state – it’s teeny. And the women are outrageously fun and great for TV.”

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  • Call Her Daddy updates: Andy Cohen asks Lisa Vanderpump who to cut from housewives

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    Andy Cohen’s appearance on Call Her Daddy took an unexpected turn when host Alex Cooper challenged him to a round of “Confess or Text,” a segment designed to elicit juicy answers—or force guests to send bold messages to their famous friends.

    When asked how much money he made last year, Cohen declined to answer, calling the question “douchy” and citing wage inequity across industries. “I’m making money that is totally… there’s an incredible wage inequity with people that I work with and also people who do jobs that are way more important than mine,” he said, referencing special education teachers and hospice workers.

    Instead of answering, Cohen texted Lisa Vanderpump, asking, “Shaking up BH cast, who should we part ways with?” He predicted she’d respond with Kyle Richards, an original Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast member.

    Her actual reply? “All of them.”

    The moment offered a rare glimpse into Bravo’s behind-the-scenes dynamics and underscored Cohen’s close ties to the franchise’s most iconic personalities. The whole episode is now streaming on the SiriusXM app.

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  • Angie Katsanevas Reveals How Lisa Could Ruin RHOSLC as Mary Shares “Worst Part” & Heather Reveals Lowest Moment, Plus Whitney Reacts to Andy Suggesting Jen Shah Won’t Return

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    Angie Katsanevas, Mary Cosby, Heather Gay, Lisa Barlow, and Whitney Rose are opening up about their Real Housewives of Salt Lake City co-stars and time on the Bravo reality series.

    After being named as the “Reality Stars of the Year,” along with their castmates, including Meredith Marks, 53, and Bronwyn Newport, 40, the ladies targeted the bad behavior of others as Whitney, 39, reacted to Andy Cohen, 57, confirming that Jen Shah, 52, would never return to the show.

    In their Us Weekly cover story, Angie, 51, shared her feeling that Lisa, 50, was trying to find dirt on the cast.

    “I would like to see Lisa move differently in the group. Stop with going behind people’s backs,” she advised. “There’s much more interesting things … than trying to dig up information or making up lies about people in the group.”

    Angie also admitted to thinking that Lisa’s antics could lead to the end of the series.

    “Those things become unforgivable at some point, and it will ruin our show,” she warned.

    After being asked about a misconception that bothered her, Mary, 52, shared the worst part of RHOSLC.

    “The worst, darkest part was [my church] being called a cult, my little baby church,” she revealed. “Jen Shah put that out there, and then people took it and ran with it.”

    She then spoke of her evolving relationships with her castmates.

    “I feel like, the longer we know each other, the harder it gets to, like, for me to tell them off … Deep down, I really love them,” she admitted.

    As for Heather, 51, she opened up about her lowest moment of the show.

    “I came on thinking I was Lisa Barlow’s best friend. [It] was revealed to me about two weeks in that we had different versions of our friendship,” she explained.

    Meanwhile, Lisa reacted to claims of “losing” her $60,000 ring to collect insurance money.

    “The ring was not insured,” she confirmed, adding, “Most wealthy people don’t think about insuring their jewelry.”

    Also during the interview, Whitney spoke of Andy saying that Jen wouldn’t be back on RHOSLC.

    “I’m just grateful I have an answer for the red carpets now,” she noted.

    The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City season six airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on Bravo.

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  • Margaret Josephs Suggests Which “Grownup” RHONJ Costars Should Film Mashup Show With RHONY OG’s, Plus Talks Jen Aydin’s “Ridiculous” Return Claim, and What She Hopes for Show

    Margaret Josephs Suggests Which “Grownup” RHONJ Costars Should Film Mashup Show With RHONY OG’s, Plus Talks Jen Aydin’s “Ridiculous” Return Claim, and What She Hopes for Show

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    Margaret Josephs suggested “grownup” castmates from The Real Housewives of New Jersey should do a mash-up show with Luann de Lesseps, Ramona Singer, and Dorinda Medley from the original version of Real Housewives of New York. She also shaded Jennifer Aydin’s “ridiculous” claim that she was returning to RHONJ, and Margaret shared what she hopes will happen to the cast.

    After a season of lower ratings and a divided cast, Real Housewives of New Jersey was put on hiatus. As of now, a host of reports suggest different outcomes for the cast. Andy Cohen, however, has said repeatedly that no decisions have been made. At one point, he suggested the idea of an entire cast reboot like the network did to Real Housewives of New York in 2023.

    “[It’s] very unfortunate what has occurred on our cast,” said Margaret on the Virtual Reali-Tea podcast. “I think it’s devastating, truthfully, that it got to that level.”

    She suggested that she, Dorinda, Luann, and Ramona should film a mash-up show with other “grownups” from RHONJ, including Dolores Catania, Jenn Fessler, and Melissa Gorga. 

    “The women of a certain age all together – I think could be kinda funny,” she said.

    Dorinda also addressed Aydin’s recent claim on Instagram Live that she was returning to RHONJ, which she said while clapping back to a fan. Andy has since debunked this claim.

    “I just knew that was a mistake. You don’t do that. You don’t be presumptuous. You shouldn’t be cocky … until the entire cast knows and you get that call,” said Margaret. “You don’t have to clap back at people. It’s absolutely ridiculous when you’re doing an Instagram Live. It’s childish … and you know it’s not true, so it’s just like, ‘Bury yourself. I don’t care.’”

    But she praised Andy for “set[ting] it straight.” According to Margaret, she “love[s] the show,” but it “turned a corner … for all of us.”

    “Whatever happens, happens,” she said of its future. “And I have to resign myself to, ‘You know what, whatever is meant to be is meant to be.’”

    Margaret hopes it returns with castmates who can keep the drama “light” and “petty” but not “take it into real life.” She also hinted that Fessler should join the main cast.

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  • Cooper Koch Queens Out

    Cooper Koch Queens Out

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    All gay men face the same danger on Watch What Happens Live! — queening out for all the world to see in a manner unbecoming. Maybe it’s the combination of Andy Cohen’s gayness, a few cocktails, and a live television audience, but it happens every time. The latest celebrity to learn this lesson is Cooper Koch, of Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, who ended up giving a master class in gay outlandishness. Alongside his fellow guest, Finneas, Koch provided out-of-pocket soundbites, reamed out some former enemies, and was generally just on one. Our three favorite moments below:

    1. When he bragged about his penis size

    Here’s something that was entirely unforced: Koch brought up that he did not wear a prosthetic penis in Monsters, prompting Cohen to congratulate him. “Well … hung,” Koch says in response. Good for him. We guess?

    2. When he dapped up Finneas using a “straight” voice

    After a caller asked Koch about an old acting teacher who told him he couldn’t book roles because he has a gay voice, Koch decided to give a little audition for any directors watching by donning a “straight” voice (deeper) and dapping up Finneas. “You’d never know,” Finneas confirms.

    3. When he made sarcastic crying hands after saying he has a boyfriend

    Fans asked Koch if he has a boyfriend, to which he revealed that “I do have a boyfriend, so …” Then, just to twist the knife into the thirsty gay men watching, he made little crying hands and sarcastically mouthed, “Sorry.” What a little bitch! We’re fans.

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  • RHOSLC’s Meredith Marks Says She Feels “Used” by Mary Cosby, Names Which Costar Struggled Most With the Truth and Talks New Friendship With Lisa, Bronwyn & If She’s In Touch With Monica, Plus Live Viewing Thread

    RHOSLC’s Meredith Marks Says She Feels “Used” by Mary Cosby, Names Which Costar Struggled Most With the Truth and Talks New Friendship With Lisa, Bronwyn & If She’s In Touch With Monica, Plus Live Viewing Thread

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    Season five of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City is off to a strong start despite ratings being down. The first episode delivered the kooky Housewives drama fans love from the show and introduced some new faces. Now, Meredith Marks is opening up about what viewers can expect, where she stands with Mary Cosby and Whitney Rose, and much more.

    As fans know, the finale for season four of RHOSLC made waves, and even some nonfans tuned in after hearing about the dramatic conclusion. Naturally, this meant that season five had some massive shoes to fill, especially after it was revealed that Monica Garcia would be absent from the new installment. 

    Recently, Meredith sat down with US Weekly to talk about the show. They started by discussing how she feels about the new season. According to Meredith, “There’s always a little anxiety going in. Overall, I’m cautiously optimistic. I’m optimistic we’re going to have a great season, but for myself.”

    They then discussed the season four finale and whether the ladies still have the bond they had when fans last saw them. Meredith said, “I think we did come out feeling this bond and connection last year, and I think that we all went back in hoping to make that last, hoping to kind of further it.”

    She continued, “But with any relationship, there are bumps along the road, and in order to get that connection, some things have to be flushed out. So it’s not just smooth sailing.”

    Regarding what exactly she felt needed to be “flushed out,” Meredith said, “I felt like I had been very wrongfully under fire the previous year. I just wanted to find a level of peace with that.”

    She then said she felt that she was under fire from pretty much the full cast. 

    The interview then asked Meredith who from the cast struggled the most with the truth. 

    She responded, “I think probably Whitney. It may have been her truth, but I don’t think it’s actually the truth.”

    She added, “Whitney and I, I feel like butt heads every year. It’s just, we just don’t see life from the same standpoint, is what it boils down to.”

    Meredith then discussed where she stands with Lisa Barlow. Specifically, the interviewer asked if their reconciliation from last season carried over to this one. She said, “It does. I’m not going to say where we all end at the end, but Lisa and I are off to a great start this year, and you’ll see how it all unfolds.”

    However, when asked if they could rekindle their old friendship, she responded that neither of them wanted to go back in time because they had a new relationship. She compared it to being in a new marriage. 

    The conversation then shifted to Meredith’s fallout with Mary. She said, “I’m not really sure I understand that, myself. I’m not sure, really, what the problem was. Maybe I’ll understand when I watch it. Maybe I’ll understand in three years when I rewatch it. I don’t understand it.”

    She then talked about feeling that Mary has “used ” her. She explained, “Like I said, this all came out of left field. Did I sense some little things along the way? Yes, but nothing of real significance. There were also little things that we talked about on the phone or whatever, so I didn’t think there were any outstanding issues.”

    She continued, “And suddenly when she’s feeling comfortable with other women who she hadn’t had a comfort zone with anyone other than me for the last few years, all of a sudden it was like I got attacked. Well, that doesn’t feel very good. That feels like I was used for three years because why is it now all of a sudden that you’re comfortable? I don’t understand why you’re coming after me.”

    They then discussed Whitney and Mary’s newfound friendship. 

    According to Meredith, “I mean, I like to see everyone getting along. I’m not rooting against them. I genuinely want to see all of the women succeed. I genuinely want to see them all be happy. I think it’s great, I want everyone to be friends.”

    The topic of Mary and Heather Gay being back on track also came up. The interviewer asked Meredith if Mary’s past comments about Heather’s appearance caught her off guard.”

    She explained, “Any comment about another woman’s appearance always takes me by surprise. It’s just not [the right thing to do].”

    When asked if she thinks Heather looks good, she said, “I think Heather looks fabulous. She feels fabulous. At the end of it, that’s what matters. She looks pretty, and she feels great. She’s happy with herself, and that’s all you want.”

    The interviewer also asked Meredith about Bronwyn Newport and what she brings to the table. Meredith said, “Bronwyn brings a lot. She has a big, strong personality. She’s very opinionated and not shy about sharing her opinions, which obviously makes for good entertainment.”

    She continued, “All of the new women add a new dynamic to the group, which I think is fresh and welcoming, and I’ll have to see where it all ends.”

    She was then asked if she was skeptical of the new ladies because of what happened with Monica. She responded, “You know, I think that all of us are a little trepidacious now. I’ve always been cautious in my friendships. I’ve been burned many times, I think everyone has as a grown-up. So yeah, I think we’re a little more on guard, but still, you have to move forward, and you don’t want to sit and be stagnant over something that’s over. I think everyone was somewhat open but a bit more guarded.” 

    Finally, they discussed Andy Cohen saying he wants Monica back in the future. According to Meredith, “I mean, that’s not up to me in any capacity, and Andy has a lot more say in that than I do.”

    She then said, “I would imagine Monica would prefer to do another show. It would make more sense, but I don’t know.”

    Meredith also shared that she has not been in contact with Monica. 

    RHOSLC Live Viewing Thread – This is also the live viewing thread for tonight’s new episode of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City season five, so please feel free to chat in the comments section below as the new episode airs on Bravo at 9/8c.

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  • Jacqueline Laurita Recalls the Time Andy Cohen Got Involved Behind-the-Scenes During RHONJ Filming, Melissa Gorga Leaking Text, and Her Biggest Regret, Plus Shades Show as “Toxic,” & Shares Why Teresa Giudice Hasn’t Reconciled With Kathy Wakile

    Jacqueline Laurita Recalls the Time Andy Cohen Got Involved Behind-the-Scenes During RHONJ Filming, Melissa Gorga Leaking Text, and Her Biggest Regret, Plus Shades Show as “Toxic,” & Shares Why Teresa Giudice Hasn’t Reconciled With Kathy Wakile

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    Jacqueline Laurita opened up about the inner workings of production on The Real Housewives of New Jersey while appearing on a podcast last week.

    As she admitted the show has gotten “toxic,” shared who she believes should return for season 15, and explained why she believes Teresa Giudice, 52, and Kathy Wakile, 58, haven’t yet reconciled, Jacqueline, 54, looked back on Melissa Gorga‘s text leak, revealed her biggest regret, and answered a question about how involved Andy Cohen, 56, is with filming.

    “He’s not involved at all,” Jacqueline shared on the September 10 episode of the AllAboutTRH podcast.

    That said, Jacqueline noted that people can reach out to production, and vice versa.

    “He’ll get involved when the producers can’t handle you. Or if someone’s really having an issue, they can reach out to him … I remember I got a call one time because I wasn’t doing what they wanted me to do and I think it was when Nick was regressing and they wanted Nick to do a playdate with Audriana,” she recalled of an incident with her son, who has since been diagnosed with autism. “He was doing funny things on camera that I was trying to hide and I didn’t feel comfortable … I yelled at everyone. I had all the executives on the phone, Andy, I was telling them to go f*ck themselves. I was so mad.”

    Although Jacqueline hasn’t been seen on the series since its seventh season, she was a hot topic at the season 13 reunion, when Melissa, 45, leaked a text she sent to Jackie Goldschneider, 47. As fans will recall, Jacqueline had spoken negatively about Teresa in the message, calling her a “low life trash bucket.” However, looking back at the incident, Jacqueline said she thought it was “funny” since it didn’t actually impact her friendship with Teresa.

    “I thought the text was funny because I thought it was irrelevant because those texts were written two years prior to Teresa and I making up, when we hated each other, so I didn’t get the importance of it,” she explained. “At the time, I was always saying things publicly, privately, on Instagram, on my podcast, I was saying stuff like that because we didn’t like each other.”

    “Melissa lied and said they were more recent but there was a timestamp on them from two years prior to my making up with Teresa,” Jacqueline continued. “I’m like, ‘What’s your point? Why are you bringing up a text when we didn’t like each other? You have texts like that to me too.’”

    After confirming that Teresa “didn’t care” about the text message, Jacqueline shared what happened when she confronted Melissa about it.

    “I’m like, ‘Why would you do that? I’m just wondering why you would do that. Luckily it didn’t cause a problem with Teresa and I but I just don’t understand what was your purpose in doing that,’” she revealed. “And then she tried to act like in writing, I don’t know if she was sitting or whatever, she was like, ‘You’re the one that unsolicitedly texted me.’ And I’m like, ‘Oh really? Did you forget you were texting and calling me?’ I think she didn’t realize I’m the type of person to save my text messages so I started sending her text messages where she was talking about Teresa, [Dolores Catania], and whatever, and her saying she was calling me and all this stuff. And her response was like, ‘Leave me alone.’ [So] I just left her alone cuz I don’t care. Whatever she was trying to do didn’t work.”

    Also, looking back at her time on the show, Jacqueline said her biggest regret was “trusting the wrong people” and “taking things so personally.”

    “I should’ve kept it like some of the other girls do on the show: They come on, and they entertain, and then they don’t bring it home. I think I took everything very personally … So I would seriously get hurt by things that would happen and things people would say and do. I took everything to heart when I should’ve treated it like a business,” she reasoned.

    While Jacqueline said RHONJ was “toxic” when she was on it years ago, she also said she felt like it’s “gotten worse” in the years since.

    “And now there’s the definite teams,” she noted. “We didn’t even get to see who Rachel Fuda was because she spent the whole season being angry at Teresa and refused to film with her.

    According to Jacqueline, she believes Melissa and those close to her were trying to “ice” Teresa out amid season 14.

    “I think what their plan was, ‘Let’s all stick together and ice Teresa out and show them how great we are over here as a team so you’ll get rid of Teresa.’ They were doing that but it might backfire on them,” she warned. “I think if they were to remove Teresa from the show, they really couldn’t keep anyone from the cast either. I think they would have to rehire an entirely new cast.”

    As producers reportedly put the series on hold until 2025, Jacqueline hopes Bravo realizes that Teresa deserves the title of longest-standing RHONJ housewife

    “I think she’s earned it. Nobody else deserves that thought, especially not Melissa, with her stale storylines,” Jacqueline stated. “I don’t think she deserves that title over Teresa. The show is centered around Teresa since the beginning, she’s always been the face of the show. She’s the network’s moneymaker. There will never be anyone else like Teresa. She’s one of a kind. She’s always active in her life, so she always brings new, authentic storylines to every season. She’s unpredictable, she’s reactive, and she shows many aspects of her personality and her struggles.”

    After praising Teresa for all that she’s given to the show over the years, Jacqueline said she’d like to see some new faces on season 15.

    “I would probably be looking to cast new younger faces with young families, maybe someone with a big following who already has experienced some fame or notoriety,” she shared. “I would obviously keep Teresa and maybe I would keep a couple of the new familiar faces on the show like [Danielle Cabral] and Rachel because I think they have more story to tell that we haven’t seen yet and they can be funny. I think Dolores is a good narrator and gives us good insight into the inner workings of the group and she has this ability to remain neutral so I think she’s good for the show at least in some capacity, where maybe her storyline isn’t as strong but the way she can navigate the group and tell how the group thinks I think keeps her strong. And she’s very likable … and then maybe a sidebar where Kathy and [Rosie Pierri] come in to reconnect with Teresa. That might be fun to see.”

    Of Teresa’s potential reconciliation with Kathy, Jacqueline said it was something she’d like to see before explaining Teresa’s hesitancy.

    “I think it’s really hard for Teresa to get over her coming on the show and I think she gets offended by the way — [Richie Wakile]’s sense of humor, he likes to poke and take jabs, and I think she gets offended by it,” she noted. “She said she would say ‘hello’ to her so maybe that’s the first step.”

    “Kathy to me is way more sincere and she honestly didn’t go on the show to go after Teresa. I didn’t get that vibe from her. I think she reacted out of frustration to some of the things that would go on between them,” she continued.

    As for Melissa’s role in Teresa’s falling out with Kathy, Jacqueline said Melissa was “absolutely” in Kathy’s ear.

    “And then she just flipped on her and totally ignored her. Just like she did with me when I left,” Jacqueline shared. “Melissa didn’t even call me. She didn’t keep in touch with me at all until she heard I was coming back on the show.”

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  • Andy Cohen Says There’s “No Moving Forward” With RHONJ Cast, Talks RHONY Newbies, Phaedra Parks’ Return to RHOA, and His Support for Shannon Beador Post DUI

    Andy Cohen Says There’s “No Moving Forward” With RHONJ Cast, Talks RHONY Newbies, Phaedra Parks’ Return to RHOA, and His Support for Shannon Beador Post DUI

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    There is no secret that major changes are coming to The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Season 14 just wrapped, but most fans feel that it was a combination of too dark and somehow a bit lackluster. Of course, the ratings showed people’s lack of interest. This has led to several reports of some sort of reboot, and Andy Cohen once again confirmed those rumors in a recent interview. Additionally, he addressed cast changes on a number of other Bravo shows. 

    Fans will recall that before season 14 premiered, word came out that Teresa Guidice and Melissa Gorga didn’t interact during filming. Once the show aired, the divide between two of the show’s biggest stars was more than apparent and made things toxic for the group. Things were so bad that there was no traditional reunion. 

    Recently, Andy sat down for an interview with Extra TV to discuss his wax figure at Madam Tussauds in New York. Of course, the topic of RHONJ came up as everyone has been wondering about its future. In discussing the process of moving forward with the show, Andy said, “Keep waiting. There’s no rush. Yeah… we’re going to take our time.”

    Of course, this means there may be a long pause before we see RHONJ back on the screens. However, he didn’t stop there. When asked about the rumored cast shakeup, he says, “I wish that I had an answer for you. We actually don’t. We’re going to figure it out. We’ll get back to you. We’re calling ‘Extra’ on speed dial when we figure it out.”

    Regarding season 14, Andy doesn’t agree with fans who felt it was lackluster. He says, “I actually thought it was a great season, but I think that it was just very clear that there was no moving forward with this group.”

    In addition to talking about Jersey, Andy also discussed the two new additions to RHONY. As fans know, Racquel Chevremont and Rebecca Minkoff are joining the show. According to Andy, “These are powerful, strong, fashionable, beautiful women, and they fit right in, and I’m really bullish on the new season. It’s funny, it’s exotic, it’s aspirational, and it feels like New York City.”

    When asked about the pregnancy hinted at in the trailer, he says, “You know what, I’m not gonna say beyond the trailer, but you’re gonna be into it.”

    Andy also opened up about how he feels about Phaedra Parks returning to RHOA as well as being a cast member on other NBC Universal shows. 

    “I’m really excited. We got to see her on ‘Married to Medicine,’ we got to see her on ‘Traitors.’ By the way, you’re going to see her on the next season of ‘Married to Medicine’ too, and now you’ll see her on ‘The Housewives of Atlanta,’ so it’s so great.”

    Finally, the topic of RHOC and Shannon Beador post DUI came up. Andy says that he checks on her often and that she has support.

    Fans can watch Andy nightly on Watch What Happens Live. 

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  • Melissa Gorga Addresses the Future of RHONJ Cast After Dramatic Finale as Costars React, Plus See Promo for Reunion Special as Jenn Fessler Refuses to Sit in “Room” of “Snakes”

    Melissa Gorga Addresses the Future of RHONJ Cast After Dramatic Finale as Costars React, Plus See Promo for Reunion Special as Jenn Fessler Refuses to Sit in “Room” of “Snakes”

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    Melissa Gorga, Rachel Fuda and other Real Housewives of New Jersey castmates hinted that the current cast can’t go forward as it is, following the dramatic season finale – which seemingly closed the chapter on this specific group. Around the same time, a promo gave insight into how the upcoming reunion special will go down, with Jennifer Fessler declaring that she won’t film with a “room” of “snakes.”

    Amid the cast divide, Bravo decided to film the opposing sides separately in an ‘alternate’ reunion without host Andy Cohen, as castmates watched back the intense finale. Since the season wrapped, reports have indicated that the current cast will either be completely replaced or get a major overhaul.  

    In an interview for BravoTV, Teresa Giudice said the show isn’t supposed to be about “cutting people out” and having “teams,” which is “so high-schoolish.”

    Melissa in her own interview addressed the future of RHONJ.

    “I don’t know where the group goes from here but … I wouldn’t take anything back,” said Melissa, via @therealhousewiveszone on Instagram. “At the end of the day, I fight for my family and my husband and my kids and what’s morally right.” The star said she wants to be around people that “want to see [her] thrive.” And if they don’t wish her well, it’s time to “remove them” from her life.

    Rachel declared that the “multi-million-dollar question” is “where do we go from here” as a group. She doesn’t know “if there can be a next chapter” with “this group of women.”

    Jackie answered, “I don’t think the group as it is goes anywhere from here,” but added that there are “some good people” in the group who are “open to resolutions” and a “good time,” and know how to have “petty” fights. According to Jackie, if you “build around” those people, there can be a “great show.”

    Danielle said there’s “no going back” after what was “done this year.”

    Even Fessler said she doesn’t believe a group reconciliation is “in the cards.”

    Meanwhile, Bravo dropped a promo for the upcoming alternate reunion.

    In the video, shared by @queensofbravo on Instagram, an announcer said the cast will have “the ultimate sit-down” at The Rails as they watch the finale.

    In one clip, Dolores expressed that she didn’t “want to see this part,” and called the actions of one castmate “wrong.”

    During another moment in Margaret and Melissa’s camp, Fessler was standing near the table saying, “I don’t have to sit in a room like this with snakes.”

    At one point, Margaret called a certain scene “disgusting,” and Teresa seemingly told Dolores to stop “stick[ing] up” for someone.

    The reunion special airs next Sunday night on Bravo.

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  • ‘RHONJ’ Star Teresa Giudice on If Joe Admitted to Cheating, How She Punished Him for Calling Her C-Word, and Confronting His Potential Other Women, Plus Why She Waited “4 Months” to Sleep With Luis

    ‘RHONJ’ Star Teresa Giudice on If Joe Admitted to Cheating, How She Punished Him for Calling Her C-Word, and Confronting His Potential Other Women, Plus Why She Waited “4 Months” to Sleep With Luis

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    Teresa Giudice appeared on Carlos King‘s podcast on Tuesday, where he questioned her about whether her ex-husband, Joe Giudice, ever admitted to cheating on her.

    As she also looked back on Joe calling her the c-word and recalled confronting the women she believed he may have been cheating on her with, the 52-year-old Real Housewives of New Jersey star spoke of her current marriage to Luis Ruelas, 50, admitting that the two of them waited months before being intimate.

    “No,” Teresa replied to Carlos about whether Joe had ever confessed to being unfaithful on the July 2 episode of Reality With The King. “And I still ask him till today, I’m like, ‘Just tell me f*cker.’ And he doesn’t tell me… He still denies till today. Do I believe him? No. I don’t believe him. I’m like, ‘Just admit it, we’re divorced now.’ I’m f*cking somebody else.”

    While Teresa began dating Luis in late 2020, Luis said “it took four months” for the two of them to sleep together.

    “Well we were dating, it was COVID. I had kids, he had kids. We didn’t sleep at each other’s houses,” Teresa explained, signaling Luis’ sons and her and Joe’s four daughters, Gia Giudice, 23, Milania Giudice, 20, Gabriella Giudice, 18, and Audriana Giudice, 14.

    When Teresa was then asked about Joe’s punishment for calling her the c-word, she admitted she was “so pissed” — although she initially thought the diss was an editing mistake to make Joe look suspicious.

    “Andy Cohen called me. This is the thing: You know when you’re with your partner, you know what you guys call each other, you guys call each other names. I’m like, ‘My husband’s never called me the C-word.’ … I’m like, ‘You guys edited that in,’” she recalled. “They’re like, ‘Teresa, no we didn’t.’ So Andy Cohen called me. He’s like, ‘Teresa, I watched it. Nobody edited that in. Your husband said it.’”

    “When I watched it, I was in shock,” Teresa continued “I didn’t cry. He just slept on the couch for two weeks. I was pissed. Yeah, I was really pissed… He was really upset too. I’m like, ‘I can’t believe you called me that. You never said that to me.’”

    Teresa went on to state that Luis “would never [say that to her.] … [He] doesn’t even curse.”

    Also on the podcast episode, Teresa suggested that when the c-word diss was uttered by her former husband, he claimed he was talking to one of his employees, not another woman.

    “There was two women that I thought he might have been cheating on me with… and I asked those two women. One of them was his secretary at the time, and the other one was, I’m not going to say who it is… One of them was someone that he knew from his past and I was friends with her too,” she revealed. “If you guys do your research, he was photographed with them in magazines. I asked both of them. I blatantly asked them, ‘Are you f*cking my husband?’”

    “Both these b*tches denied it so what was I supposed to do?” she added.

    The RHONJ season 14 airs Sunday nights on Bravo at 8/7c.

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  • Former RHONY Star Carole Radziwill Lashes Out at Andy Cohen for Accusing Her of Anonymous Quote – 247 News Around The World

    Former RHONY Star Carole Radziwill Lashes Out at Andy Cohen for Accusing Her of Anonymous Quote – 247 News Around The World

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    • Former RHONY Star Carole Radziwill Lashes Out at Andy Cohen for Accusing Her of Anonymous Quote
    • Carole Radziwill and Andy Cohen’s friendship has been strained since her RHONY exit in 2018
    • Radziwill accused Cohen of siding with Bethenny Frankel during a reunion show
    • An anonymous RHONY alum criticized the show’s shift in the New York Magazine profile
    • Cohen believes Radziwill was the anonymous source, but she denies it and calls him “condescending”

    Carole Radziwill, formerly of RHONY, took to social media, blasting executive producer and host of the reality series Andy Cohen for insinuating she was the anonymous source behind a not-so-flattering quote about the show.

    It went the exchange between them started when Cohen, on his radio show Radio Andy over SiriusXM, revealed that he thought the person who gave the quote was, well, none other than Radziwill, which “trashed” the show’s newfound “transition” away from “lighter fare” comedy and into a “more ruthless operation” “involving detective work, opposition research and trying to get each other fired.”.

    Former RHONY Star Carole Radziwill Lashes Out at Andy Cohen for Accusing Her of Anonymous Quote

    Radziwill responded on her Twitter account to Cohen’s accusation: “Hey Carole here. Someone can make a truthful observation & there is always one short-ish dude waiting to be offended.” She attaches a repost from a radio show with the relevant clip, hinting that Cohen was just creating a scene for no reason.

    Cohen had said initially that he suspected Radziwill as the anonymous source because there are very few New York Housewives getting fired because of it, and she had taken to social media before to criticize him, saying it was odd she’d want to stay in the shadows now if it was not her.

    That anonymous source called the new program “cringe,” using as substantiation an instance at Cohen’s baby shower, when Lisa Rinna ranted, “Dance for Andy and his baby — dance like your f—— lives depend on it,” and said that that indicated what the tenor of the show is currently: dance around like a puppet to make Andy Cohen happy.

    Many on Twitter read Radziwill’s tweet as a barb against Cohen’s accusations, with some seeing it as a rejection of any indirect slight against her integrity and as one against Cohen for pretending to stir drama. The back-and-forth served to illustrate further the animosities that exist between Radziwill and Cohen, who together not only have a very long history but also a sordid one, dating back to her abrupt exit from the cast of RHONY in 2018.

    Former RHONY Star Carole Radziwill Lashes Out at Andy Cohen for Accusing Her of Anonymous Quote
    Former RHONY Star Carole Radziwill Lashes Out at Andy Cohen for Accusing Her of Anonymous Quote

    From the career of Radzivill to such an exchange, all is meaningful in that she appears committed to speaking her mind and fighting her own battle in controversy, whatever the scene. All through her career, whether in journalism or the business of publishing, Radziwill has manifested an adeptness at making her way through such situations and getting herself expressed forthrightly in writing or public pronouncements.

    This exchange with Cohen is just the latest of many, in which she probably sticks to what she truly values: open but uncomfortable conversation.

    Also Read: Chrissy Teigen And John Legend Take Kids To Natural History Museum

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