John Mellencamp shared a painful update about his daughter Teddi‘s health on Wednesday, just months after the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star revealed that her cancer was “gone”. The iconic rocker shared on The Joe Rogan Experience that Teddi was “really sick” amid her stage four cancer battle, which began in 2022 when she was first diagnosed with melanoma.
“It’s not [expletive] fun,” John said. “She’s got cancer in the brain, and she’s suffering right now.” Teddi revealed in April 2025 that her cancer had reached stage four, after being found in her lungs and brain.
John revealed that Teddi was “suffering” amid her cancer battle
She underwent surgery to remove several brain tumors in February 2025 and documented her radiation therapy journey. In October of that year, the mother of three shared on her podcast, Two T’s in a Pod, that she had tentatively been declared cancer-free by doctors.
“Just to give a little life update to you guys, I had my immunotherapy yesterday, and they did my scans, and at this point, there is no detectable cancer,” she said. “I still need to be on immunotherapy for another year, and I’m not considered in remission or anything like that.”
“When they told me, I was in such shock, I was numb. So I’m still going to be having days when I’m feeling sick and stuff because I still am in immunotherapy, so I’m still fighting because you have to be,” Teddi continued.
“The way [the doctors] said it works, it’s like one year, then two years, then at three years you’re allowed to be considered…in remission. So, but that was huge news yesterday…All the tumors continued to shrink and everything. It’s been good. It’s a good day.”
The 44-year-old previously revealed that despite their rocky relationship in the past, John had been by her side throughout her cancer battle. “He has been beyond. The things that I wouldn’t be capable of doing without my dad – not only for financial reasons,” she said on The Jamie Kern Lima Podcast in July 2025.
She added that he “stepped in”, “helped me have a nurse”, and called “every single day” to check in. She reiterated how important her father had been throughout her recovery in a touching tribute to the “Jack & Diane” singer on Instagram in October.
John has been Teddi’s biggest supporter during her cancer battle
“It’s been 10 months since my brain surgery, and I am so grateful to @johnmellencamp for continuously being there for me and my family the entire time,” she wrote, alongside a photo of John with his granddaughters, Slate and Dove.
“Although apparently now that I’m no evidence of disease I can take photos without myself in it so I guess we’re all healing,” she quipped. “Love you so much, Cougs. Thank you for everything.”
Teddi shares her kids, Slate, 12, Cruz, 11, and Dove, five, with her ex-husband, Edwin Arroyave. The couple separated in November after 13 years of marriage, and are in the process of a divorce. As for John, the 74-year-old is a father of five. He welcomed Michelle, 55, with his first wife and high school sweetheart, Priscilla Esterline, although the pair split in 1981.
John married his second wife, Victoria Granucci, in the same year, and welcomed Teddi, 44, and her sister, Justice, 40. After their divorce in 1989, the star had his son, Hud, now 31, with his third wife, Elaine Irwin. Together, the duo also welcomed their son Speck in 1995 before divorcing in 2011.
A “Real Housewives” star and her husband were arrested in Maryland on allegations they lied about a burglary, according to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office.Wendy and Edward Osefo were arrested on Thursday, the sheriff said in a statement.Wendy Osefo, 40, was indicted on seven counts of insurance fraud, eight counts of conspiracy insurance fraud, and one count of false statement to a police officer, according to court documents obtained by sister station WBAL-TV 11 News. She has been one of the main cast members of “The Real Housewives of Potomac” since joining the show in 2020.Edward Osefo, 41, was indicted on nine counts of insurance fraud, eight counts of conspiracy to commit insurance fraud and one count of false statement to a police officer, the court documents show.Burglary, theft report in 2024 leads to investigationThe sheriff’s office said deputies were called on April 7, 2024, to the couple’s house in Finksburg for a reported burglary and theft.Authorities said the homeowners told deputies that they returned from vacation in Jamaica to find their home broken into and numerous items had been stolen.According to the court document, the couple told a deputy that “they found their bedroom and both closets to be ransacked, and several designer handbags and jewelry had been stolen.”The couple reported approximately 80 items of jewelry, luxury goods, clothing and shoes were stolen, worth a total of more than $200,000, the sheriff’s office said.The court document says the Osefos’ alarm system was activated while the couple was on vacation and that it detected no motion inside the house while they were away.What investigators say happened sinceThe court document says the Osefos filed three insurance claims for the alleged losses suffered while they were away.The sheriff’s office said detectives found that more than $20,000 of the items that were reported stolen were actually returned to the store where they were purchased for a full refund.The court document states: “Edward Osefo gave recorded statements to two of the insurance companies regarding a list of stolen items he provided. He was asked whether any of the items on the list had been returned, which he denied. He was asked if he had other insurance, but failed to disclose to Homesite and Jewelers that he was also making a claim with Travelers Insurance.”After the burglary was reported, investigators said Wendy Osefo’s Instagram account showed photos of her wearing a diamond anniversary band on her left finger before the burglary.”This ring was reported stolen in the burglary. Then, after the reported burglary, on April 27, 2024, Wendy Osefo is wearing the same ring on her left finger,” the court document states.Court document: Investigators obtain email between coupleThe court documents detail an email the deputies obtained in which Edward Osefo is accused of sending a list of reportedly stolen items to Wendy Osefo.”The email asked if there were ‘additional high-value items we can add to this inventory listing (i.e., Chanel shoes, etc.)? I’m trying to get the total to exceed $423,000, which is our policy maximum,’” the court document states.At the time of their arrests, deputies executed a search and seizure warrant in the house and found at least 15 items that appear to be the same ones claimed stolen during the alleged burglary, according to the court document.The sheriff’s office said evidence was presented to a grand jury on Thursday that led to the couple’s arrests. They were both taken to Carroll County Central Booking, from which they posted bail, which was set at $50,000 each, and were released on Friday.The sheriff’s office has planned a 3 p.m. update that will be streamed on their Facebook page.
A “Real Housewives” star and her husband were arrested in Maryland on allegations they lied about a burglary, according to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office.
Wendy and Edward Osefo were arrested on Thursday, the sheriff said in a statement.
Wendy Osefo, 40, was indicted on seven counts of insurance fraud, eight counts of conspiracy insurance fraud, and one count of false statement to a police officer, according to court documents obtained by sister station WBAL-TV 11 News. She has been one of the main cast members of “The Real Housewives of Potomac” since joining the show in 2020.
Edward Osefo, 41, was indicted on nine counts of insurance fraud, eight counts of conspiracy to commit insurance fraud and one count of false statement to a police officer, the court documents show.
Burglary, theft report in 2024 leads to investigation
The sheriff’s office said deputies were called on April 7, 2024, to the couple’s house in Finksburg for a reported burglary and theft.
Authorities said the homeowners told deputies that they returned from vacation in Jamaica to find their home broken into and numerous items had been stolen.
According to the court document, the couple told a deputy that “they found their bedroom and both closets to be ransacked, and several designer handbags and jewelry had been stolen.”
The couple reported approximately 80 items of jewelry, luxury goods, clothing and shoes were stolen, worth a total of more than $200,000, the sheriff’s office said.
The court document says the Osefos’ alarm system was activated while the couple was on vacation and that it detected no motion inside the house while they were away.
What investigators say happened since
The court document says the Osefos filed three insurance claims for the alleged losses suffered while they were away.
The sheriff’s office said detectives found that more than $20,000 of the items that were reported stolen were actually returned to the store where they were purchased for a full refund.
The court document states: “Edward Osefo gave recorded statements to two of the insurance companies regarding a list of stolen items he provided. He was asked whether any of the items on the list had been returned, which he denied. He was asked if he had other insurance, but failed to disclose to Homesite and Jewelers that he was also making a claim with Travelers Insurance.”
After the burglary was reported, investigators said Wendy Osefo’s Instagram account showed photos of her wearing a diamond anniversary band on her left finger before the burglary.
“This ring was reported stolen in the burglary. Then, after the reported burglary, on April 27, 2024, Wendy Osefo is wearing the same ring on her left finger,” the court document states.
Court document: Investigators obtain email between couple
The court documents detail an email the deputies obtained in which Edward Osefo is accused of sending a list of reportedly stolen items to Wendy Osefo.
“The email asked if there were ‘additional high-value items we can add to this inventory listing (i.e., Chanel shoes, etc.)? I’m trying to get the total to exceed $423,000, which is our policy maximum,’” the court document states.
At the time of their arrests, deputies executed a search and seizure warrant in the house and found at least 15 items that appear to be the same ones claimed stolen during the alleged burglary, according to the court document.
The sheriff’s office said evidence was presented to a grand jury on Thursday that led to the couple’s arrests. They were both taken to Carroll County Central Booking, from which they posted bail, which was set at $50,000 each, and were released on Friday.
The sheriff’s office has planned a 3 p.m. update that will be streamed on their Facebook page.
Both Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky have managed to stay relevant by featuring in reality shows. The individuals split after being married for 27 years.
Despite being separated, they came together to celebrate their 16-year-old daughter Portia’s birthday. The couple gifted their daughter a black Porsche. Read ahead to know Portia’s reaction.
What was Portia’s reaction to her Porsche?
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star and her husband celebrated their daughter’s birthday in a grand way by gifting her a USD 90K Porsche in black, per Page Six.
On Tuesday, a video of Portia being surprised was posted on her elder sister Sophia on her TikTok account. As the family walked out the front door, her parents asked, “Whose car is that?”
Portia was surprised upon receiving her gift. She got emotional and said, “Are you serious?” A red bow topped the car, complementing the entire look. She hugged a woman standing beside the car as she wittily said, “Portia’s new Porsche.”
As per the outlet, the car seemed to be a Cayenne Coupe. The price of the car ranges between USD 84,700 and USD 203,000.
Portia was joined by her elder sisters Alexia, 28, and Sophia, 24. The 24-year-old who recorded her reaction captioned the video saying, “Surprise.”
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The former couple announced their separation in 2023 after being together for 27 years. As per the outlet, the two lived together for some time but Mauricio moved into his West Hollywood pad.
In May, during Richards’s appearance on the Bi*** Bible podcast, she said, “I always knew when that day came it would feel strange, very real all of a sudden,” adding, “And that’s exactly what happened.”
She added that the day Mauricio moved out was very strange as she came to her home and everything was so quiet. She has also dropped Mauricio’s surname from her Instagram handle but she has still “wife” written in her bio.
If you’re a Bravoholic, you may have wondered about Andy Cohen’s net worth and how much he makes as the host of The Real Housewives, Watch What Happens Live and other shows.
Cohen, whose full name is Andrew Joseph Cohen, was born on June 2, 1968, in St. Louis, Missouri. His television career started more than three decades ago when he interned at CBS News with Julie Chen. He worked at CBS News for 10 years, serving as a producer for programs like The Early Show, 48 Hours and CBS This Morning, before joining the television network, Trio, in 2000. After Trio was bought by Bravo in 2004, Cohen became the Vice President of Original Programming. He later became the Executive Vice President of Development and Talent at Bravo, which he continued to work as until 2013 when he stepped down to focus his efforts on Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise.
The Real Housewives franchise started in 2006 with the premiere of The Real Housewives of Orange County. The original series—which starred five affluent women from Orange County, California—led to the creation of Housewives shows in nine other cities across the United States and the world: New York City, Atlanta, New Jersey, D.C., Beverly Hills, Miami, Potomac, Dallas,Salt Lake City and Dubai. RHODC and RHOD have since been cancelled. In 2009, Cohen also premiered his late-night talk show, Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen. He’s also gone on to host his own SiriusXM radio show, Andy Cohen Live, as well as a New Year’s Eve special, CNN’s New Year’s Eve, with his co-host and friend Anderson Cooper.
“There’s never been a point in my career where I haven’t felt like I made it, because I just felt like getting in the door meant that I made it,” Cohen told Variety in 2022. He continued, “I just feel like it’s a fantasy. I came from St. Louis. My family was in the food business. We had no ties to television, no real connections. And so that made it all the cooler for me to kind of figure it out on my own and work my way up.”
So what is Andy Cohen’s net worth and how much does he make from The Real Housewives? Read on for what we know about Andy Cohen’s net worth and how much he makes from The Real Housewives, Watch What Happens Live and other shows.
How much does Andy Cohen make from The Real Housewives?
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How much does Andy Cohen make from The Real Housewives? Cohen is the executive producer and host for all eleven shows in Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise: The Real Housewives of Orange County; The Real Housewives of New York City; The Real Housewives of Atlanta; The Real Housewives of New Jersey; The Real Housewives of D.C.; The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills; The Real Housewives of Miami; The Real Housewives of Potomac; The Real Housewives of Dallas; The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City; and The Real Housewives of Dubai. (D.C. was cancelled in 2010, while Dallas was cancelled in 2021.)
Along with the Real Housewives franchise, Cohen is also the executive producer and host of Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live, as well as hosts the reunions of other Bravo shows such as Below Deck, Below Deck Mediterranean, Below Deck Sailing Yacht, Married to Medicine, Southern Charm, Vanderpump Rules, Shahs of Sunset and Summer House. Before he became the executive producer of The Real Housewives franchise, Cohen was the Executive Vice President of Development and Talent at Bravo and executive producer for Top Chef. So…how much does Andy Cohen make from The Real Housewives? While what Cohen makes from The Real Housewives franchise hasn’t been confirmed, Celebrity Net Worth reports that his annual salary is $10 million, which includes his salary as the executive producer and host of The Real Housewives franchise, his salary as the host of Watch What Happens Live, his salary as the host of other Bravo shows’ reunions, and what he makes from other business opportunities.
“Andy is a creative multihyphenate dynamo, who through his cheeky charm, fascination and fandom, makes you want to hang out with him — either on the seat next to him or on the screen in front of you,” NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Lifestyle Networks president Frances Berwick said in a statement in 2017 after news Cohen extended his contract with NBC Universal. “He’s an integral part of the Bravo family and brand, and we can’t wait to see where he takes Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen next.” The Hollywood Reporter reported in 2012 that Bravo made between $35.6 million to $162 million in ad revenue in from The Real Housewives franchise, a massive increase from before the franchise premiered. The magazine also reported that the cast of The Real Housewives of New York City made $250,000 each for season 5. According to Radar Online, the highest-paid Housewife is Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss, who makes $2.3 million per season.
In an interview with Forbes in 2022, Cohen opened up about how The Real Housewives franchise has had to “constantly” evolve over the years. “We’re thrown curve balls left and right with our talent, sometimes. Things happen very quickly and fans are very quick to react to things. You have to pivot in those ways. You have to pivot when a show is not working and figure out how to fix it,” he said. He also explained why Bravo went international with the franchise for the first time with The Real Housewives of Dubai in 2022. “It has been pretty good, actually. People seem to be really enjoying the show. Certainly the way it’s produced, I think it’s emblematic of what the next wave of the Housewives will look like and what it can look like and it feels modern and refresh and interesting and exciting,” he said.
Cohen also credited The Real Housewives for his success in an interview with Variety in 2022. “‘The Housewives,’ which will be the thing that I wouldn’t be here without and I wouldn’t be getting this star without, it really is a bull’s eye of everything I love: it’s soap operas, it’s dramatic women and it’s reality,” he said. “You just can’t write it. You can never write it, and that’s why I’m still the No. 1 fan, and I’m still totally engaged. I want to see what happens next and it’s why everyone else does. And it’s all in the casting and it’s all in the women. It’s great storytelling, it’s great editing, but overall these women are the stars and we are just all on the ride with them.”
He also told the magazine about his shift from behind the scenes to in front of the camera with Watch What Happens Live in 2009. “I was really excited to be given the opportunity,” he said. “One of the smartest things that I’ve done in my career was that I didn’t go all in on it too quickly. I did not think that I was valuable to Bravo as a host until I was valuable to Bravo as a host, and that took a while. I was still in charge of programming, and then I dialed back my responsibilities to just being in charge of development. I’ve seen so many people misplay their hands that I just wanted to be very careful. And what I knew was that the reason that I was hired was to be a TV producer and to run programming for them, and I wanted to respect that.” He continued, “I am the voice of the viewer and the face of the viewer, so that if I’m not buying something, I’m going to give a look and the viewer will relate to it or respond to it.”
What is Andy Cohen’s net worth?
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In an interview with Forbes in 2022, Cohen explained how he balances his multiple jobs. “I prioritize. I just look at what I have to do. I look at what my deadlines are. This morning, I got up, I took my daughter to the doctor, I came home, I screened an episode of Dubai. I took a shower, I taped an episode of Watch What Happens Live, I just took a 10-minute nap. So, on and on and on – I pivot every day,” he said. He also revealed what keeps him motivated in his two-decade-plus-long career in television. “There are just different things that energize me and as [The Real Housewives] shows find their groove, I think Ultimate Girls Trip and Beverly Hills are so hot right now and Atlanta and Dubai, so that gives me the energy to go in there and do Watch What Happens Live and create moments,” he said. “We’ve got BravoCon coming up later this year and we just make teeny little tweaks to our format all the time that excite me. We just added a ‘shotski’ siren to Watch What Happens Live to Wednesday nights and it’s fun. We’re just adding to the cocktail that is our show.”
He also revealed the advice he would give to others looking to pursue a similar career. “I would say always follow your passion and just don’t give up,” he said. “If you think it’s a great idea, don’t give up. I also think you really need to be critical on yourself and figure out Is it a good idea? Is it something totally original? I think there are a lot of people who think you should do a reality show on X, Y, or Z, and a lot of times, it’s either something that has been thought of or it’s just not a good idea. So, I think that people need to be self-critical, but if they really believe in it, then they should go for it.” He continued of what he thinks makes a successful business person, “Someone who can build a team, communicate well, figure out what their goals are and how to manifest them. Know what their brand is and someone who can adapt – moving quickly as things happen.”
Lately, Cohen has been focusing much of his time to his children. His first child Ben, was born in 2019 to a surrogate, while his daughter Lucy was born in 2022. “I am tired, but I’m really tired because of the kids, frankly. I’ve got the jobs that I have covered. It’s the kids that are the right turn,” he told NPR’s Morning Edition. “Everything has changed. My axis has changed. My priorities have changed. The way I live my life every day has changed.”
He further expanded on how his kids changed his lifestyle to Yahoo! “It’s a shift, and I think that’s been the gift of having kids late in life,” he says. “When I had my kids, I was financially in a place where I felt comfortable, but I also got to experience being famous for 10 years without having kids. I used to be the guy that had FOMO about missing parties. I wanted to go to the Vanity Fair party every year, and I loved it. It was so exciting. I would fly out for Oscar weekend to go to parties, and you never knew who you were going to meet. And I’m chill now with all of that.
“There’s a scene in my new book where it’s Lucy’s first night home, and there were two really fun parties that night that I was invited to, one of which was going to have a ton of super-cute guys, and you know I like a party with super-cute guys,” he added. “But I felt so grounded and whole with myself being at home. I was, like, Wow, this is a family. I have a family, and they’re both here — there’s two little kids here sleeping. And it just felt like I was floating on air, you know? And suffice to say, five years before, I may not have been in that place.”
For more about Andy Cohen and the Real Housewives, read Dave Quinn’s 2021 book, Not All Diamonds and Rosé: The Inside Story of The Real Housewives from the People Who Lived It. The book, which was published by Andy Cohen Books, is described as a “definitive oral history” of the Real Housewives franchise, from its “unlikely start in the gated communities of Orange County” to how it became a “pop culture behemoth” spanning nine cities, hundreds of cast members and millions of fans. Featuring more than 185 interviews with former and current Housewives, producers, Bravo executives and Real Housewives creator Andy Cohen himself, Not All Diamonds and Rosé is an unfiltered and unvarnished look at how the Real Housewives was made and all the behind-the-scenes drama that didn’t make it on screen. “I like to think of Not All Diamonds and Rosé as the ultimate reunion. I know readers will be surprised, entertained, and even shocked at what’s in store,” says Andy Cohen.
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One month after Vanity Fair published Peele’s story, the Bravo patriarch sat down with Today to share his thoughts on the piece, which he continues to call factually inaccurate without explaining which facts he disputes. (Bravo and Today are owned by the same parent company, NBCUniversal). Cohen’s major issue, he says, was a lack of context surrounding certain anecdotes. Cohen had declined to answer questions for the story. Vanity Fair stands by its reporting.
“You can say, ‘Oh, Andy did a poll comparing two Housewives’ bad nose jobs,’ and without any further explanation, that may cause you to raise your eyebrow,” he said. “But the continuation of the sentence would be ‘…after an episode of the Jersey ‘Housewives’ where two women compared what they described as their bad nose job.’ So I just thought that there was a lot of context missing.”
Cohen maintained that Bravo had previously addressed various incidents that bubbled up in the piece, which included allegations of on-set racism, toxic work environments, and criticisms of excessive drinking on the reality series from former Real Housewives of New York City stars Eboni K. Williams,Leah McSweeney, and Bethenny Frankel. “Specifically, it was a rehash of things that have been reported on and — most importantly — addressed by Bravo,” he said. “We’ve addressed each of the things that did happen, and we’ve moved forward.”
Earlier this year, McSweeney filed a discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Bravo after filming Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip, citing an alleged violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The complaint was dismissed on the grounds McSweeney plans to sue the respondents in court. In August, lawyers Bryan J. Freedman and Mark Geragos, representing former and current cast and crew members on some of NBC’s reality TV shows, issued a legal letter to NBCUniversal alleging that their clients had been “mentally, physically, and financially victimized by NBC and threatened with ruin should they decide to speak out about their mistreatment.” In a statement to Variety, Bravo responded, saying, “Confidentiality clauses are standard practice in reality programming to prevent disclosure of storylines prior to air. They are not intended to prevent disclosure by cast and crew of unlawful acts in the workplace, and they have not been enforced in that manner.” (NBCUniversal did not immediately respond to a request for comment.)
Cohen pointedly did not say Bethenny Frankel’s name during his interview with Today but appeared to reference the former RHONY star. “Look, there’s always one question that you feel like you really want to ask. You might be scared, it might be off limits,” he said to interviewer Evan Ross Katz. “For you, for this interview, it may have been about that former Housewife.”
As for the current state of housewives, Ultimate Girls Trip: RHONY Legacy is still slated to premiere on December 14 on Peacock. The cast includes former RHONY cast members Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Luann de Lesseps, Dorinda Medley, Sonja Morgan, Kristen Taekman, and Ramona Singer, who was recently dropped from BravoCon after reportedly texting a Page Six reporter an abbreviation of a racial slur followed by an ellipses. However, she’s still expected to appear on the program.
Cohen pointed to BravoCon, which took place in Las Vegas in early November shortly after the VF story dropped, as evidence of the franchise’s health. “I think BravoCon was further validation of what is really going on between the reality of our relationship with our talent and the place that these shows hold with our audience,” he said.
With 10 cities and more than 100 housewives, the Real Housewives is by far Bravo‘s most popular franchise. This, of course, explains why we’re always on the hunt for the best gifts for Bravo and Real Housewives fans come the holiday season.
The Real Housewives premiered in 2006 with The Real Housewives of Orange County. Since then, Bravo has introduced nine other Real Housewives cities: The Real Housewives of New York City, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, The Real Housewives of D.C., The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, The Real Housewives of Miami, The Real Housewives of Potomac, The Real Housewives of Dallas, and Bravo’s newest iteration, The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, which premiered in November 2020. Though D.C. and Miami were canceled in 2010 and 2013 respectively, the Real Housewives franchise—and its spinoffs, such as Vanderpump Rules—continues to be a juggernaut for Bravo. And as Bravoholics know, there’s no one who loves merch more than Real Housewives fans.
To make holiday shopping a bit easier, we rounded up the best gifts for Bravo and Real Housewives fans we could find, from games based around your favorite Real Housewives to Bravo-themed ornaments. Bravoholics in your life will definitely want these Bravo and Real Housewives gifts.
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Sip out of this mug with some of the best quotes from Vanderpump Rules.
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Let friends be greeted first thing before stepping into your home with this Bravo welcome mat.
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Bring friends together this winter with this Real Housewives take on Monopoly.
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Who says adults can have a coloring book, especially if it contains iconic moments and quotes from the hit shows?
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Stocking stuffer, anyone?
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You’ll be surprised by how quickly this sturdy tote bag becomes your go-to.
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Spot another reality TV fan in the wild with this ‘Reality TV Is My Favorite Sport’ sweatshirt. It’s available in sizes small through 3X.
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Feel like a Real Houswife in your own home with Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Garcelle Beauvais’ palm table runner with tassels. The runner comes in four color combinations—Rustic Tin & Paradise Pink; St. Marc Blue & Paradise Pink; Sweet Banana & Peaceful Papaya; and Sweet Banana & Perfect Pearing—and are themed after Garcelle’s hometown of Saint-Marc, Haiti.
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Literie’s Real Housewives candle collection is a must-have for any Real Housewives fans. The Your Favorite Housewives bundle comes with five candles themed around five iconic moments and lines from the Real Housewives franchise: “Money Can’t Buy You Class,” a paper and linen scent inspired by RHONY LuAnn de Lesseps’ iconic song; “September, Spring, Summer,” a grass and juniper scent inspired by RHOA Sheree Whitfield’s fan-favorite line; “Go to Sleep!”, a fresh lavender scene inspired by RHONY Bethenny Frankel’s memorable quote; “Flipping Tables,” a cedar and suede scent inspired by RHONJ Teresa Giudice’s famous moment; and “Nine Lemons in a Bowl,” inspired by RHOC Shannon Beador’s viral home decor.
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Feel like you were invited to RHONJ Teresa Giudice’s wedding to Luis Ruelas with the exact same flowers she used in her wedding invitation. Rose Box’s custom four roses jewelry box—which Teresa used in white for her show-stopping wedding invitation—comes four of the brand’s signature long-lasting real roses in a one-of-a-kind, decorative acrylic box that can be uses for jewelry, accessories and other display items long after the roses are gone.
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For more about the Real Housewives, check out Brian Moylan’s 2021 book,The Housewives: The Real Story Behind the Housewives. The New York Times bestseller gives fans an inside look into the Real Housewives franchise—which includes shows in Orange County, New York City, Atlanta, New Jersey, Miami, Beverly Hills, Potomac, Dallas and Salt Lake City—and the behind-the-scenes drama viewers didn’t seen on screen. Written by Vulture’s Brian Moylan, The Real Story Behind the Real Housewives, which includes interviews from Real Housewives producers and Housewives, is a deep dive into all the Real Housewives secrets Bravo doesn’t want fans to know.
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Who said the perfect Real Housewives gift doesn’t exist? This pill case incorporates RHONY Ramona Singer’s iconic season 5 line: “Take a Xanax! Calm Down!” Ramona says the line when Aviva Drescher crashes the housewives’ vacation in St. Barts with her husband.
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Up your coffee table game with these mugshots, which are printed with the mugshots of RHONYs Leah McSweeney, Luann de Lesseps, Sonja Morgan and Tinsley Mortimer.
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Wear your Bravo love loud and proud with this simple Bravoholic sweatshirt that also comes in gray.
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Test your Real Housewives knowledge with this “Guess Who?” game. Instead of your usual “Guess Who?” cast of characters, this game has players guessing iconic housewives, such as Dorinda Medley, Kyle Richards and Lisa Rinna.
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No Bravoholic’s Christmas is complete without these RHOA ornaments of iconic Atlanta Housewives moments, such as Porsha Williams telling Kenya Moore “Bye, ashy!” and Sheree Whitfield’s fan-favorite line, “Who gon’ check me boo?”
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Wear your Bravo love with comfort in this hoodie that incorporates Dorinda Medley’s “I’ll tell ya how I’m doin, not well bitch!” which she says to Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell at a dinner party.
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Jen Shah, one of the stars of Bravo’s TheReal Housewives of Salt Lake City, has been sentenced to serve 6.5 years, or 78 months, in federal prison for her role in orchestrating a telemarketing fraud scheme. Shah and her attorneys were seeking a three-year sentence.
“My intention is to impose a sentence of 78 months of incarceration and other conditions. Any formal objection to the procedure? Guideline range [from] 135 to 168 months. I sentence you to 78 months,” Judge Sidney H. Stein sentenced, according to Inner City Press. Shah was also sentenced to serve an additional five years of supervised release.
On March 30, 2021, while filming an episode of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Shah was arrested on two counts related to running a national telemarketing scheme that targeted the elderly and computer illiterate people. Stuart Smith, Shah’s former assistant and close friend who frequently appeared on The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City with her, was also arrested on March 30 and charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. Smith initially pleaded not guilty but switched to a guilty plea in November 2021, also pleading guilty to an additional charge of obstructing justice, admitting to participating in a “wide-ranging telemarketing scheme” that defrauded hundreds of victims, many of them elderly. Smith is awaiting sentencing. The Justice Department advocated for 10 years in prison for Shah, claiming that the reality star was “the most culpable person charged in this case” and “an integral leader of a wide-ranging telemarketing fraud scheme that victimized thousands of innocent people,” in a December 2022 filing.
Despite all this, Shah stuck with her “not guilty” plea and publicly maintained her innocence on social media and the show, even going so far as to sell merchandise with the slogan “#FreeJenShah” through a third-party vendor. However, on July 11, 2022, Shah struck a deal with federal prosecutors and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, while the money laundering charge was dropped. The count carried a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, but her plea deal came with a recommended sentence of anywhere between 11 and 14 years.
Per Inner City Press’s Matthew Russell Lee, the 70-seat courtroom was packed for Shah’s sentencing. “Jen Shah’s role on The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, which I guess is why the courtroom is so full today, is just that, a role,” said Judge Stein. “People should not confuse the character she plays on an entertainment show to the person before me.” During the sentencing, Shah, who carried a leopard print clutch that matched the leopard print boots she was wearing the day she was arrested, said that she would pay restitution to all of her victims and that the profits from her “Free Jen Shah” merchandise would be “devoted to the victims,” according to Lee. “I am sorry. My actions have hurt innocent people. I want to apologize by saying, I am doing all I can to earn the funds to pay restitution,” said Shah. Per the sentencing, Shah will also forfeit $6.5 million and pay restitution up to $9.5 million.
“Jen Shah deeply regrets the mistakes that she has made and is profoundly sorry to the people she has hurt. Jen has faith in our justice system, understands that anyone who breaks the law will be punished, and accepts this sentence as just,” said Shah’s lawyer Priya Chaudhry in a statement. “Jen will pay her debt to society and when she is a free woman again, she vows to pay her debt to the victims harmed by her mistakes.”
Shah must surrender to prison on February 17, 2023.
After eight seasons and twice as many wigs, Lisa Rinna’s time on Bravo has come to an end. On Thursday, Rinna announced that she would be leaving the cast of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
“This is the longest job I have held in my 35-year career and I am grateful to everyone at Bravo and all those involved in the series,” said Rinna in a statement to People. “It has been a fun eight-year run and I am excited for what is to come!” According to People, it was a mutual decision for Rinna to leave the series when her contract expired after season 12, which wrapped in October of last year.
Rinna joined the Bravo series as a full-time cast member in 2014 for its fifth season. Even before joining the Housewives franchise, Rinna was a familiar face in Hollywood, originating the role of Billie Reed on the soap opera Days of Our Lives, starring as Taylor McBride on Melrose Place, and hosting the show Soap Talk, for which she received four Daytime Emmy nominations. On The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Rinna came in guns blazing and was a polarizing figure, engaging in fights and feuds with former cast members like Kim Richards, Lisa Vanderpump, and Denise Richards, and aligning herself with Kyle Richards, Dorit Kemsley, Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave, and Erika Jayne, forming a group known to fans as “the Fox Force Five.” The series also served as a platform for Rinna to promote her various business ventures, like Rinna Beauty; showcase her life with her husband, actor Harry Hamlin and promote his “secret sauce”; and launch the modeling careers of her daughters, Delilah and Amelia Hamlin.
Rinna’s polarizing nature and insistence that people “own it,” however, soured over time. She ended season 12 as the persona non grata of the series, after accusing Kathy Hilton of engaging in some horrendous behavior while on a cast trip to Aspen, and causing a rift between Hilton and her sister Kyle. During the RHOBH season 12 reunion, Hilton called Rinna “the biggest bully in Hollywood” and subsequently said that she wouldn’t return to the series if Rinna and Jayne remained on the cast. After the season closed, Rinna was booed when she entered for TheReal Housewives of Beverly Hills panel at BravoCon this past fall, and was notably absent backstage at Andy’s Legends Ball.
At least one of Rinna’s former castmates seemed happy to hear her time has come to an end. After Rinna’s exit from the series was announced, Vanderpump, who left the series in 2019, shadily tweeted, “Ding dong.”
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On the advice of her legal counsel, Jen Shah is officially all done with injectables…at least until the end of her court case.
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star revealed on this week’s episode that her attorney suggested she stop getting Botox during her legal case on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing and conspiracy to commit money laundering. “My lead trial attorney, Priya [Chaudhry], said, ‘You know, Jen, I’m gonna need you to not get Botox,’” Shah told some of her castmates during a trip to Scottsdale, Arizona. “I’m like, ‘What?’” she added as her costar Heather Gay also reacted to the suggestion with a look of total disbelief. Shah continued: “She goes, ‘When we were talking earlier, you were talking about something very emotional and you were crying, but your face isn’t moving. I need your face to move!’”
The Bravo star also expressed some trepidation while getting ready to fly from Arizona to New York in order to prepare for the proceedings, telling Gay, Lisa Barlow, and Meredith Marks, “I had, like, a full-on anxiety attack this morning because I have to, like, actually fly to New York, and I’m going by myself.” Shah later added during a confessional interview, “I just try to, like, not take anything for granted anymore and celebrate every single day, ’cause what if something happens and I am not here to celebrate it next year?”
The reality star and her assistant, Stuart Smith, were arrested in March 2021 over the dual conspiracy charges, and Shah is currently facing up to 30 years in prison. In a press release about the case at the time of those arrests, Manhattan US attorney Audrey Strauss wrote, “Jennifer Shah, who portrays herself as a wealthy and successful businessperson on ‘reality’ television, and Stuart Smith, who is portrayed as Shah’s ‘first assistant,’ allegedly generated and sold ‘lead lists’ of innocent individuals for other members of their scheme to repeatedly scam.” Strauss continued: “In actual reality and as alleged, the so-called business opportunities pushed on the victims by Shah, Smith, and their coconspirators were just fraudulent schemes, motivated by greed, to steal victims’ money. Now, these defendants face time in prison for their alleged crimes.”
While Shah initially pleaded not guilty to the charges and has maintained her innocence on the show, she entered a plea deal in July, agreeing to a sentencing guideline of 135 to 168 months in prison for the wire fraud charge (the other charge was dropped). She told the judge she would not appeal the ruling if she is found guilty and sentenced to no more than 168 months, which amounts to 14 years. (Smith originally pleaded not guilty as well, but changed his plea in November.) Shah also agreed to forfeit $6 million in addition to paying more than $9 million in restitution. She is still awaiting her sentencing, which is currently scheduled to take place in New York on November 28.
By the end of the first day of BravoCon—a three-day convention for fans obsessed with anything and everything Bravo, the network responsible for giving the world The Real Housewives in all of its incarnations—there was a heightened sense of frenzy in the air. Given the events that had already transpired that day, it made sense. A stampede had broken out ahead of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills panel. At said panel, Lisa Rinna was booed by approximately 4,000 people. And, according to Twitter, there may or may not have been an orgy in “the third floor toilet” of the Javits Center, where BravoCon was held. Chaos was in the air.
It was oddly fitting given the evening’s main event: Andy’s Legends Ball, a massive undertaking which would see more than 140 Bravolebrities onstage together—the most ever at one time—for an extra-special, supersized episode of reality-television demigod Andy Cohen’s beloved late-night television program, Watch What Happens Live. “It is a little daunting to think about,” Cohen told Vanity Fair over the phone before the big event.
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He was inspired to throw his own version of a legends ball by the original legend, Oprah Winfrey. She threw Oprah Winfrey’s Legends Ball in 2006 to celebrate 25 Black women in the entertainment industry, including Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross, and Aretha Franklin. “Oprah Winfrey’s Legends Ball is the most underreported, undervalued event in pop-culture history, in my mind,” Cohen said. “My hope is that this night will have the meaning that Oprah’s Legends Ball had for me as a connoisseur of pop culture. I hope that Bravo fans feel the same way about this very special night, where we’re going to be gathering basically everybody on one stage.”
Before you can get everybody onstage, you have to get them backstage. There, Vanity Fair was granted exclusive access prior to Andy’s Legends Ball to attend BravoCon’s 2022 Client Happy Hour at the Javits Center where Housewives past and present such as Cynthia Bailey, Crystal Kung Minkoff, and Kathy Hilton hobnobbed before the main event. Cohen intentionally left the criteria for what makes a “legend” vague for the event. “We are being really inclusive,” he said. “If you made a contribution to Bravo’s pop-culture history or pop-culture tapestry, then we want to showcase you in one way or another,” Cohen told me. “So I think our definition is maybe a little broader than some. You do have to kind of cut it off at some point, but I think that we want to represent the entire tapestry of the situation.”
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So, what makes a legendary Bravo personality? Well, it all depends on who you ask. According to Kyle Richards, “a legendary housewife is someone who’s real and can put their life out there,” as she said after being pulled away from a hushed but intense one-on-one with Dorit Kemsley. “Speak their mind, but not be the biggest asshole.” Does Richards consider herself a legend? “I would like to think so if I’ve been here 12 years,” the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills OG said.
Richard’s RHOBH castmate Garcelle Beauvais agreed that becoming a Bravo legend is all about authenticity, saying it’s about “staying true to who you are no matter what.”
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