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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.
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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."
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Dancing With the Stars just suspended a pro, and People reports it's the first time that's ever happened. On this episode of The Salty Chip Podcast, Mackenzie and Isaac break down how Carrie Ann Inaba's illegal-lift callout of Val's wife Jenna Johnson led to Val's now-deleted TikTok status, "You almost saw Fresh Prince enter the ballroom last night," which viewers widely read as a Will Smith slap reference. Val has apologized twice, and BBC Studios says he'll sit out Tuesday's Dedication Night while Jenna Dewan dances with Alan Bersten.
 
We get into Jenna's "I will take it" reaction, the Page Six report that she was reportedly crying backstage (not confirmed by anyone else), Carrie Ann's "So this is what we are doing now?" post, Val's two statements, and whether a one-week benching is the right call. Carrie Ann hasn't publicly responded to the apology or the suspension.
 
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On this episode of The Salty Chip Podcast, Mackenzie and Isaac break down the bombshell Tia Glover is bringing into Real Housewives of Potomac Season 11. It's day two of filming, and Tia says she found out her husband Rob has been on dating apps. For about a year. She says that when she confronted Rob, his explanation was that "he was just bored, looking for some attention," and that he admitted it had been going on for about a year. In her words: "I was in shock. I was highly humiliated, and I was in a lot of pain." Rob hasn't made any public statement that we could find, so everything about his side comes through Tia. It is rumored he was on Grindr, but that's only a rumor.
 
Quick context for anyone new to Tia: she joined Potomac in Season 10, and this is her second season. Per her Bravo bio, she's Nigeria-made and England-raised, a former celebrity stylist in London and LA, and now a global real estate advisor. Rob is a finance executive, and the two have four kids. They have been married for 19 years, and none of the reporting we found says they've separated or filed for divorce.
 
Here are the biggest Season 11 teasers: Karen Huger telling the group she's going to live separately from Ray after her six months in prison on a DUI conviction, Wendy and Eddie Osefo's ongoing legal issues tied to alleged insurance fraud, Robyn Dixon and Monique Samuels back as friends of the cast, Stacey and Thiemo Rusch's vow renewal, newcomer Courtney Ajinça, and Tia hosting a cast trip to London.
 
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Thirty-five years ago, Kim Richards' fiancé was shot in front of a lunch crowd, and prosecutors called it a paid hit. On this episode of The Salty Chip Podcast, Mackenzie and Isaac go deep on the 1991 murder of John Collett. In October 1991, Kim was 27 and engaged to Collett, a 29-year-old securities broker from Agoura Hills. He was a former stereo salesman who had been sober for eight years, he drove a Porsche, and according to his mom, he told Kim he'd been in love with her since he was 10 years old. His sister said it was "like a fairy tale."
 
We break down the Parker Bryant investment scandal that was swirling around him at the time. The California Department of Corporations filed a civil suit naming six defendants, Collett among them, alleging that up to 8,000 investors lost about $140 million in partnerships sold by the LA firm. An attorney for about 1,200 investors called Collett the scheme's "star salesman." These were allegations only. Collett's own lawyer called him "simply a salesman," he was never criminally charged, and he died before the civil case was resolved.
 
Then the murder itself. Around 1:30 PM on October 28, 1991, outside Brent's Deli in Northridge, a gunman talked with Collett for several minutes, put him in a headlock, and shot him in the back of the head. He didn't take Collett's cash or phone. A witness wrote down the getaway car's plate, and police traced it to Marva DeCarlo Johnson, a Pasadena computer technician with no criminal record. A business associate testified that hours after the shooting, Johnson said he'd been paid $30,000 "for a job." Johnson pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in 1993 and was sentenced to 30 years to life. The prosecutor wrote in court papers, "The killing was a paid hit," but refused to speculate on who hired Johnson because no evidence about a mastermind was ever presented.
 
We also cover Johnson's changing stories at his parole hearings, including his self-defense claims, which the parole board rejected when it denied him parole in 2015. We get into what's still unknown: who paid for the hit, who drove the getaway car, and whether the murder had anything to do with the fraud case. Police found no link in 1991, and prosecutors reportedly denied a connection. We walk through the theories that have circulated, and we're clear that they are only theories. Nobody has ever been publicly named or charged with ordering the killing. We close with Kim's side, including her emotional words on Dr. Phil in 2015: "There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about him." We're wishing Kim and John's family peace.
 
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RHONY's billionaire newbie has been on our screens for about a month, and someone from her past is already claiming she was the mean girl. On this episode of The Salty Chip Podcast, Mackenzie and Isaac break down the bullying allegation against Erika Hammond. A TikTok creator named Hannah Stella claims she and Erika attended St. Louis school in Waco, Texas, for one semester of seventh grade, and that she had to transfer schools because Erika allegedly bullied her so badly. Hannah hasn't said what the alleged bullying involved, and she says she doesn't plan to. She says it happened about 20 years ago, that she has no beef, and that Erika is probably really nice now. As of October 10, Erika had not responded publicly. This is one person's account and it hasn't been verified, so we're treating it as an allegation.
 
The twist is the casting angle. Hannah says that when the RHONY reboot was first being cast, someone at Shed Media DMed her, and she filmed a casting tape but wasn't picked, while Erika eventually was. In her words, she could have had "a confrontation with my middle school bully on Bravo television and then had Andy Cohen ask us about it." We ask whether a seventh-grade story matters 20 years later, and whether it changes how we watch Erika this season.
 
Then we bridge into what RHONY fans are saying about Erika right now. In Episode 5, "Trouble in Paradise," Erika took the cast to Moskito Island in the British Virgin Islands, and Daisy and Erin Lichy were caught bad-mouthing the accommodations. Daisy said Martha Stewart would think it was a "dump," and Erin was mostly mad about the pull-out couch. Erika called Erin's follow-up apology "a fake apology." We also get into the "is it even her island?" debate and Erika's "you want the deed?" moment, her explanation that nine families each own an estate on the island, Sai De Silva backing her up on the After Show, and how Erika got pulled into the Jessel and Erin drama over the flooded Hamptons house.
 
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Halle Berry is back in the headlines, and not because of a Kendrick Lamar lyric. On this episode of The Salty Chip Podcast, we break down Olivier Martinez’s October 1, 2026 court filing accusing the Oscar winner of physically abusing their 12-year-old son, Maceo, during a September 26 incident at her home. Martinez alleges Berry pushed Maceo during a VR game, called him “so stupid” and “such an idiot,” then jumped on him, put her hands around his neck, and choked him while shouting, “Who’s dominant now? Who’s dominant?” He says their son called him in a panic and asked to be picked up, and that Berry’s fiancé, musician Van Hunt, helped Maceo get his bags to the car. Martinez also claims this was not the first time, alleging Berry, who has MMA training, has repeatedly put Maceo in a chokehold until he tapped out and has slapped him at least twice. He is asking for sole legal and physical custody, a stay-away order, and sobriety testing. A judge issued a temporary order limiting Berry to daytime visits with no overnights ahead of an October 16 hearing. Berry has not given a personal interview. Her attorney, Marina Beck, told the Los Angeles Times and People the filing is entirely meritless and deliberately misleading, and accused Martinez of a documented history of erratic, possessive, and violent behavior. We also get into the long divorce, the $8,000-a-month child support deal plus 4.3% of income above $2 million, the texts Berry allegedly sent the next day, and why both sides look messy.
Then it’s salty Bravo news. Real Housewives of Dallas and Real Housewives of DC were left off Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th, the 20-year anniversary trip. Bravo is now reportedly paying Housewives $30,000 to $40,000 to stay off social media while their seasons air so nothing gets spoiled. We talk Future Housewives with Ariana Madix, the Milania Giudice airport meltdown and the claim it was filmed on a counselor’s Meta Glasses, Captain Lee saying a week on a Below Deck Mediterranean mega yacht usually runs about half a million dollars, and Andy Cohen paying a babysitter $30 an hour for two kids in New York.
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