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Teresa says she was invited. Dolores confirms she was invited. So what did they actually say about Teresa missing Frankie Catania's celebration?   On this episode of The Salty Chip Podcast, Mackenzie and Isaac break down the missing-guest chatter after Frank Catania Jr. and Nicole Catania's Oct 30 New Jersey celebration. They had already married in Portugal on Aug 1. On Two Ts in a Pod, Dolores explained that the New Jersey ceremony was a nuptial blessing, not a second exchange of vows. The reception was at Indian Trail Club in Franklin Lakes, with about 300 guests, and Nicole wore the same dress.   Photos showed Melissa Gorga, Margaret Josephs, Caroline Manzo, Jennifer Aydin, Jennifer Fessler and Rachel Fuda, but Teresa Giudice wasn't in the circulating photos. When a commenter said her family "weren't invited," Teresa replied, "Wrong we were invited Happy Sunday." She did not explain why she didn't attend.   Asked by Tamra on the Nov 5 Two Ts in a Pod episode whether all the Housewives were invited, Dolores said yes: "Teresa didn't come because her and Milania are spending a lot of time together." Dolores also said the Housewives weren't invited to the Portugal wedding. She did not describe herself as angry about Teresa's absence. We stick to what Teresa and Dolores actually said, not anonymous claims about how Dolores supposedly felt.   For more messy videos on your favorite Bravo-lebs and Reality TV shows, subscribe to our channel and follow us below:   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdME-LYgLyQnntEJlatfYjg  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thesaltychippod  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheSaltyChipPodcast  Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thesaltychippodcast  X: https://x.com/TheSaltyChipPod  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Salty-Chip-Podcast/61579473932061/    Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-salty-chip-podcast/id1832578562  Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ZUHlFmY5k6LS67kl1kMZp    Website: https://saltychipmedia.com  Got a blind item? Send it anonymously: https://saltychipmedia.com/blind-item  Sponsor the show / work with us: https://saltychipmedia.com/work-with-us    Thumbnail photo: Teresa Giudice, RHONJ publicity portrait, courtesy of Bravo.   #TeresaGiudice #DoloresCatania #RHONJ #FrankieCatania #MilaniaGiudice #Bravo #TheSaltyChipPodcast

Abe Lichy said he came really close in college. He also said, "I've never kissed a guy." Now that RHONY clip is circulating again.   On this episode of The Salty Chip Podcast, Mackenzie and Isaac revisit Abe Lichy's confessional from RHONY Season 15, Episode 7, "Dodging Rumors," which aired Nov 12, 2024. His words: "I've never kissed a guy. I've been tempted in college. I came really close. And there was a point when I questioned, you know, my sexuality." He did not say he kissed a man.   Erin later told Jeff Lewis Live she was "proud of him" for being comfortable in his sexuality, according to Reality Blurb's Nov 18, 2024 coverage. She added, "We're obviously in love. We have great sex."   Why is the clip back? Erin and Jessel Taank are fighting in Season 16 over an unverified rumor about Jessel's husband Pavit Randhawa. In Episode 8, Jessel accused Erin of spreading it; Pavit said, "I know myself, and I am straight." Erin has said she did not spread the rumor as Jessel described it. Pavit's Oct 14 Instagram Reel joked about Equinox, called it fake news, and drew a "Well done" comment from Andy Cohen.   We revisit the older Vietnam-trip tension and separate what aired from what is alleged. Deuxmoi, whose lawyer is Abe, posted their own timeline on Oct 25: they say a tip arrived in October 2023 and Erin heard it at a November 2023 podcast taping. That account has not been independently confirmed beyond Deuxmoi's own post. The claim about Pavit remains unverified, and he has denied it.   For more messy videos on your favorite Bravo-lebs and Reality TV shows, subscribe to our channel and follow us below:   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdME-LYgLyQnntEJlatfYjg  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thesaltychippod  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheSaltyChipPodcast  Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thesaltychippodcast  X: https://x.com/TheSaltyChipPod  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Salty-Chip-Podcast/61579473932061/    Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-salty-chip-podcast/id1832578562  Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ZUHlFmY5k6LS67kl1kMZp    Website: https://saltychipmedia.com  Got a blind item? Send it anonymously: https://saltychipmedia.com/blind-item  Sponsor the show / work with us: https://saltychipmedia.com/work-with-us    Thumbnail photo: Abe Lichy, cropped from a news portrait published by Bravo. Courtesy of Bravo; original photographer credit not identified.   #AbeLichy #ErinLichy #RHONY #JesselTaank #RealHousewives #Bravo #TheSaltyChipPodcast

He admitted forging medical documents in 2015. She sued him for more than $266K in 2019. And at a 2026 premiere party, Vicki said, "I never got closure."   On this episode of The Salty Chip Podcast, Mackenzie and Isaac revisit one of the messiest stories in RHOC history: Vicki Gunvalson and Brooks Ayers. In 2015, Brooks admitted in a statement to E! that he forged medical documents related to his cancer. He still says he had cancer, but the diagnosis has never been publicly proven.   In 2019, Vicki sued Brooks for more than $266K. According to outlets that reported on her complaint, she alleges the money was loans he never paid back. Those are allegations from her complaint, and we haven't read the filing ourselves. We also couldn't find any public ruling, settlement or dismissal after spring 2020, so as far as we can tell there is no public outcome.   Then, at a 2026 premiere party, Vicki said, "I never got closure." We go through the timeline, what Brooks has said, and what we can and can't confirm about where he is now. (Not to be confused with the separate Vicki's Vodka federal case, which we don't cover here.)   For more messy videos on your favorite Bravo-lebs and Reality TV shows, subscribe to our channel and follow us below:   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdME-LYgLyQnntEJlatfYjg  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thesaltychippod  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheSaltyChipPodcast  Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thesaltychippodcast  X: https://x.com/TheSaltyChipPod  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Salty-Chip-Podcast/61579473932061/    Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-salty-chip-podcast/id1832578562  Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ZUHlFmY5k6LS67kl1kMZp    Website: https://saltychipmedia.com  Got a blind item? Send it anonymously: https://saltychipmedia.com/blind-item  Sponsor the show / work with us: https://saltychipmedia.com/work-with-us    Thumbnail photo: Vicki Gunvalson, RHOC Season 20 cast headshot, courtesy of Bravo.   #VickiGunvalson #BrooksAyers #RHOC #RealHousewivesOfOrangeCounty #TamraJudge #ShannonBeador #RealHousewives #Bravo #BravoTV #RealityTVNews #TheSaltyChipPodcast #SaltyChip

She left RHONY mid-season for love in Chicago. Five years later she's a married stepmom of three in Augusta, Georgia, and she's been off Instagram since 2024.   On this episode of The Salty Chip Podcast, Mackenzie and Isaac catch up on Tinsley Mortimer. She was on RHONY from Season 9 to Season 12 and left in the middle of Season 12 to be with Scott Kluth in Chicago. At the reunion she said, "I chose him over being here with everybody." The engagement ended in 2021.   On Queenmaker in 2023, she said, "I just want to be a housewife. A real housewife." She met Robert Bovard of Augusta Iron and Steel Works at her cousin's wedding in 2021, and they married in Palm Beach in November 2023 (a Town and Country exclusive). Now she's a stepmom of three in Augusta, Georgia. Her neighbor Sutton Stracke said, "I think she kind of hit the jackpot." And on WWHL on Sept 8, 2026, Carole said the two haven't talked since the Season 10 reunion but that she's happy for her.   Tinsley hasn't posted on Instagram since November 2024, and we haven't found any credible reports of her returning to TV.   For more messy videos on your favorite Bravo-lebs and Reality TV shows, subscribe to our channel and follow us below:   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdME-LYgLyQnntEJlatfYjg  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thesaltychippod  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheSaltyChipPodcast  Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thesaltychippodcast  X: https://x.com/TheSaltyChipPod  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Salty-Chip-Podcast/61579473932061/    Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-salty-chip-podcast/id1832578562  Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ZUHlFmY5k6LS67kl1kMZp    Website: https://saltychipmedia.com  Got a blind item? Send it anonymously: https://saltychipmedia.com/blind-item  Sponsor the show / work with us: https://saltychipmedia.com/work-with-us    Thumbnail photo: Tinsley Mortimer, RHONY Season 12 headshot, courtesy of Bravo.   #TinsleyMortimer #RHONY #RealHousewivesOfNewYork #ScottKluth #SuttonStracke #CaroleRadziwill #Queenmaker #WhereAreTheyNow #RealHousewives #Bravo #BravoTV #TheSaltyChipPodcast #SaltyChip

Andy took a jab at Bravo Fan Fest, Bethenny clapped back on TikTok the same night, and now the feud is in hardcover.   On this episode of The Salty Chip Podcast, Mackenzie and Isaac break down the latest round of Andy Cohen vs. Bethenny Frankel. At Bravo Fan Fest in Charleston on Saturday, Oct 24, Carole was asked about Bethenny returning to RHONY. She deferred to Andy, who said, "I'm not really active on TikTok."   That same night, Bethenny posted a TikTok clapback with the caption "i didn't hit first... I'm not a housewife but I am real." She said Andy took a swipe, that he's "still sitting in the same place I left him," and that "the only thing that has changed are the ratings." She also called his life a "stainless steel life" and warned, "If you're gonna take a shot at this B, you better not miss."   Then there's the book. In Andy's Bravo Scrapbook (out Oct 20, 2026), Andy reportedly calls the 2022 WWHL with Bethenny and Jeff Lewis "the beginning of the end" and writes that "she can dish it, but she can't take it." Those quotes come from Reality Blurb's Oct 28 excerpts, and we haven't checked them against the book. We flash back to that Dec 7, 2022 WWHL, when Bethenny said she felt ambushed and that she left Bravo on her own, and we get into Andy and Carole bringing up the "margarita lady" again on Radio Andy this week. As of Oct 30, Bethenny hadn't publicly responded to the book passage.   For more messy videos on your favorite Bravo-lebs and Reality TV shows, subscribe to our channel and follow us below:   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdME-LYgLyQnntEJlatfYjg  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thesaltychippod  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheSaltyChipPodcast  Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thesaltychippodcast  X: https://x.com/TheSaltyChipPod  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Salty-Chip-Podcast/61579473932061/    Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-salty-chip-podcast/id1832578562  Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ZUHlFmY5k6LS67kl1kMZp    Website: https://saltychipmedia.com  Got a blind item? Send it anonymously: https://saltychipmedia.com/blind-item  Sponsor the show / work with us: https://saltychipmedia.com/work-with-us    Thumbnail photo: Bethenny Frankel, RHONY cast portrait, courtesy of Bravo. (Alternate: Andy Cohen headshot, courtesy of Bravo/NBCUniversal.)   #BethennyFrankel #AndyCohen #RHONY #RealHousewivesOfNewYork #CaroleRadziwill #JeffLewis #WWHL #BravoFanFest #AndysBravoScrapbook #RealHousewives #Bravo #BravoTV #TheSaltyChipPodcast #SaltyChip

One Next Gen got a new season, one got a brand-new city, and one is reportedly on ice. Plus, is Riley packing up for Atlanta?   On this episode of The Salty Chip Podcast, Mackenzie and Isaac break down Bravo's Next Gen news. Next Gen NYC is officially renewed for Season 3, and Deadline reports it's already in production after a record Season 2 premiere. Bravo also ordered Next Gen Atlanta. TMZ's sources say Riley Burruss and Reginae Carter are in talks to join, though deals aren't final, and Bravo hasn't announced a cast.   Meanwhile, Deadline says Bravo's Next Gen LA test "seems to be on hold," with no reason given. We go through the reported Season 3 NYC cast changes (unconfirmed), the reported Next Gen ATL cameras at Sir Julien's party, everything reported about the LA version over the past year, and the theories about why it stalled. The theories are speculation, and we label them that way. For more messy videos on your favorite Bravo-lebs and Reality TV shows, subscribe to our channel and follow us below:   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdME-LYgLyQnntEJlatfYjg  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thesaltychippod  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheSaltyChipPodcast  Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thesaltychippodcast  X: https://x.com/TheSaltyChipPod  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Salty-Chip-Podcast/61579473932061/    Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-salty-chip-podcast/id1832578562  Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ZUHlFmY5k6LS67kl1kMZp    Website: https://saltychipmedia.com  Got a blind item? Send it anonymously: https://saltychipmedia.com/blind-item  Sponsor the show / work with us: https://saltychipmedia.com/work-with-us    Thumbnail photo: Riley Burruss, Next Gen NYC cast portrait, courtesy of Bravo.   #NextGenNYC #NextGenATL #NextGenAtlanta #NextGenLA #RileyBurruss #ReginaeCarter #KandiBurruss #GiaGiudice #ArianaBiermann #BrooksMarks #Bravo #BravoTV #RealityTV #TheSaltyChipPodcast #SaltyChip

A tipster says a McBee Dynasty star kept her around for two years and called his marriage "strictly for the show." Every word of it is alleged.   On this episode of The Salty Chip Podcast, Mackenzie and Isaac go through our three pinned blind items, No. 717, 718 and 719. An unverified tipster claims Jesse McBee kept her around for about two years, that they met up in Texas, Nashville and Vegas, and that he called his marriage to Alli "strictly for the show" and said he tried to call off the wedding. None of this is confirmed, and we haven't seen any response from Jesse or Alli McBee.   We also lay out the verified public timeline next to the tipster's claims: the October 19, 2024 wedding that aired as the Season 2 finale, Jesse saying they already knew the baby was a girl before the wedding, and daughter Summer Leigh's birth on April 17, 2025. The tipster's claim about the baby's timing isn't supported by any public source. We're clear about what's on the record and what's only alleged.   For more messy videos on your favorite Bravo-lebs and Reality TV shows, subscribe to our channel and follow us below:   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdME-LYgLyQnntEJlatfYjg  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thesaltychippod  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheSaltyChipPodcast  Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thesaltychippodcast  X: https://x.com/TheSaltyChipPod  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Salty-Chip-Podcast/61579473932061/    Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-salty-chip-podcast/id1832578562  Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ZUHlFmY5k6LS67kl1kMZp    Website: https://saltychipmedia.com  Got a blind item? Send it anonymously: https://saltychipmedia.com/blind-item  Sponsor the show / work with us: https://saltychipmedia.com/work-with-us    Thumbnail photo: Jesse McBee, The McBee Dynasty cast portrait, courtesy of Bravo/Peacock.   #McBeeDynasty #JesseMcBee #AlliMcBee #TheMcBeeDynasty #BlindItem #BlindItems #RealityTV #RealityTVNews #Peacock #Bravo #RealityTea #TheSaltyChipPodcast #SaltyChip

One black eye, four years, four different stories. And at Bravo Fan Fest this weekend, the crowd reportedly booed version four.   On this episode of The Salty Chip Podcast, Mackenzie and Isaac walk through every version of Heather Gay's RHOSLC black eye story. It started on the Season 3 San Diego cast trip with "I think we all know what happened." At the Season 3 reunion it became "I blacked out." In the Season 4 finale and reunion she said she knew she got it from Jen Shah and lied to protect her, which Jen has denied. Now, per Reality Blurb's account of a fan-filmed clip from the Fan Fest panel in Charleston, Heather says she and Jen are "gonna have to like figure it out, who did it to me at what time and what place."   We put the four versions side by side, revisit the security footage Bravo aired at the Season 4 reunion, and get into Meredith calling out Heather on WWHL and Jen's "is it finally time to talk about that black eye?" post. Jen hasn't given a new account. We haven't seen official footage of the panel, so the booing is reported, not confirmed.   For more messy videos on your favorite Bravo-lebs and Reality TV shows, subscribe to our channel and follow us below:   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdME-LYgLyQnntEJlatfYjg  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thesaltychippod  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheSaltyChipPodcast  Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thesaltychippodcast  X: https://x.com/TheSaltyChipPod  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Salty-Chip-Podcast/61579473932061/    Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-salty-chip-podcast/id1832578562  Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ZUHlFmY5k6LS67kl1kMZp    Website: https://saltychipmedia.com  Got a blind item? Send it anonymously: https://saltychipmedia.com/blind-item  Sponsor the show / work with us: https://saltychipmedia.com/work-with-us    Thumbnail photo: Heather Gay, RHOSLC cast portrait, courtesy of Bravo.   #HeatherGay #RHOSLC #RealHousewivesOfSaltLakeCity #JenShah #MeredithMarks #WhitneyRose #LisaBarlow #BlackEyeGate #BravoFanFest #AndyCohen #RealHousewives #Bravo #BravoTV #TheSaltyChipPodcast #SaltyChip

Gia Giudice's restaurant Il Vero has been open for about two weeks, and it's already in its first scandal. On this episode of The Salty Chip Podcast, Mackenzie and Isaac break down the two-star Google reviews Daily Voice says are rolling in for the Westwood, NJ spot, including diners' claims of $100 drink tabs and an unexpected $10 water charge, plus one reviewer who says a group with babies was asked to leave. Her business partner Maria Sausa is standing by the adults-only policy, and we couldn't find any public statement from Gia or Teresa.   We also cover the long road to opening (spring, then June, then October), the "clean eating" Italian-Mediterranean menu with Teresa's recipes, the three-level space with a rooftop and a dry-ice bar program, the friends-and-family party guest list, the conflicting reports about whether Teresa is a partner or a consultant, and the split fan reaction. Its OpenTable score was 4.4 out of 5 from 20 reviews when we checked.   For more messy videos on your favorite Bravo-lebs and Reality TV shows, subscribe to our channel and follow us below:   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdME-LYgLyQnntEJlatfYjg   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thesaltychippod   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheSaltyChipPodcast   Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thesaltychippodcast   X: https://x.com/TheSaltyChipPod   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Salty-Chip-Podcast/61579473932061/   🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-salty-chip-podcast/id1832578562   🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ZUHlFmY5k6LS67kl1kMZp   🌐 Website: https://saltychipmedia.com   🤫 Got a blind item? Send it anonymously: https://saltychipmedia.com/blind-item   🤝 Sponsor the show / work with us: https://saltychipmedia.com/work-with-us   #GiaGiudice #IlVero #TeresaGiudice #RHONJ #RealHousewivesOfNewJersey #NextGenNYC #BravoTV #Bravo #RealHousewives #NewJerseyRestaurants #RealityTV #TheSaltyChipPodcast #SaltyChip

A graphic circulating on X claims Bronwyn Newport paid Brandon Good $15,000 to show up on the RHOSLC San Francisco girls' trip. On this episode of The Salty Chip Podcast, Mackenzie and Isaac dig into where that rumor came from, and the short answer is nowhere official: the graphic has no source, no outlet has reported the number, and neither Bronwyn nor Brandon has responded. We also look at the on-camera version, where Heather suggested Todd was paying for the weekend and then admitted, "I don't know."   We cover who Bronwyn is (São Paulo-born, raised between the Bay Area and the Netherlands, BYU, finance, Broadway producer, and soon on The Traitors), her separation from Todd Bradley and the no-prenup "handshake deal," the house-deed moment with Britani, how she and model Brandon Good went public, the disco night Lisa and Meredith crashed with their diss track, and Bronwyn's WWHL line that Brandon was "six boyfriends ago." For more messy videos on your favorite Bravo-lebs and Reality TV shows, subscribe to our channel and follow us below:   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdME-LYgLyQnntEJlatfYjg   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thesaltychippod   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheSaltyChipPodcast   Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thesaltychippodcast   X: https://x.com/TheSaltyChipPod   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Salty-Chip-Podcast/61579473932061/   🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-salty-chip-podcast/id1832578562   🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ZUHlFmY5k6LS67kl1kMZp   🌐 Website: https://saltychipmedia.com   🤫 Got a blind item? Send it anonymously: https://saltychipmedia.com/blind-item   🤝 Sponsor the show / work with us: https://saltychipmedia.com/work-with-us   Thumbnail photo of Bronwyn Newport: Philip Romano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BronwynNewport-byPhilipRomano.jpg)   #BronwynNewport #BrandonGood #RHOSLC #RealHousewivesOfSaltLakeCity #RHOSLCSeason7 #ToddBradley #HeatherGay #LisaBarlow #MeredithMarks #BritaniBateman #RealHousewives #Bravo #BravoTV #TheSaltyChipPodcast #SaltyChip