Where have these ladies been all of my Bravo watching years? They have the real inside stories. You will hear incredibly detailed explanations and recaps of the Housewives and their craziness. You have to add this podcast to your favorites in order to understand the “other” story, which seems like the “Real” story!

June 2024 update: reading the most recent reviews made me update my initial review. I listen to multiple podcasts and this one is the one I get excited for on Wednesday and Friday (I joined their cocktail party so I get the bonus episodes. Do they have their favorites—absolutely they are human. We all like different people. Do I agree with everything they say no but I still listen. I use the fast forward option to bypass the convos I am not interested in (or I skip complete episodes I really hope people make their own opinions listening to the show not off the obvious fans of certain bravo stars. Bravo and cocktails has become my daily obsession Love scrolling, finding out the gossip and then watching it get validated sometimes months in advance when show airs I admire B and Amanda for a lot—most important thing is they use discretion—I have never seen or heard them identify a source which I respect I am such a big fan I joined cocktail party when they first released it as an annusl member. I got my money worth by the 1st weekend in March with the VPR scandal

Love this for all the bravo gossip. I don’t watch housewives so I skip some episodes that are mostly about that or fast forward. The discussions are interesting and I don’t normally let their opinions sway me. We all have our favorites. My complaint is Amanda says “I don’t know” a LOT. I notice it every time and it’s started to bother me with using that as a filler soo much.

I look forward to listening every weekend during my Saturday morning chores and errands. Love these two - like being with a couple girlfriends over drinks!

Update & warning for listeners: this is a pro-Melissa podcast & platform, so don’t expect for them to be unbiased when recapping or posting about RHONJ. Melissa Gorga is their “source” so take everything with a grain of salt (just bc it’s a source, doesn’t mean it’s reliable 😂) Also expect them to delete and not post any “pro-Teresa” comments to any of their blinds. Lower your expectations during RHONJ; trust me, your blood pressure will thank you later 🤍. I appreciate that this podcast takes into account listeners feedback in dropping the podcast faster, but for some reason their content still seems delayed. Maybe it’s because most other podcasts have multiple episodes a week, but I no longer view bravo & cocktails as the “ultimate” source of bravo gossip and sometimes surprised they haven’t reported on certain topics. Like other listeners have mentioned, I don’t really care to hear about their personal lives either, especially considering they’re anonymous.

Why does Amanda talk like she has a speech impediment like get your words out it doesn’t take 5 thousand years

The best takes, the best recaps. I swear you guys are in my mind and say everything I want to put in words about bravo lol. It feels like I’m hanging out with girlfriends when listening. Thanks for keeping us all in the know 💖

I used to really enjoy listening to this pod but the more “sources” you get insider information from seems to be so one sided and bias. Instead of saying your source is claiming blah blah, u have increasing been trying to push that persons narrative as factual. It’s clear that marg or Melissa is your source and selling their schtick to you and u broadcast this info as fact. It’s actually really fake for you to act as if u aren’t biased when u clearly are. To say that marg is more interesting on screen to Jen Aydin just proves how unbiased u are. Marg has nothing going on in her life. She doesn’t share anything except cuckolding her husband. Just bcuz marg is your source makes it’s even more obvious that you’re doing exactly what you’ve accused Jenn of doing in regards to using pods and bloggers to push a narrative. It’s hypocritical and disingenuous.

This is a chronic issue. Vol Scale 1-10 Between you ladies your volume is often a 4-5, Commercials are an 8 and bumper music is a 9. Please do everyone a favor who listen with ear buds. FIX The Balance 🙏🏼👍🤗

So I’ve been listening since the first episode. The tea gets hotter every week, and it’s been such a joy to watch B and Amanda improve every week. This pod is one of my must-listen-to for Bravo gossip. It’s on my list with Your Bish Therapist, Disrespectfully, Giggly Squad and Blonde Hair, Black Heart and The Viall Files. I’m a Cocktailer, and even with the subscription, it’s still worth listening to the pod because B will randomly drop stuff that we won’t see on the website or IG for a few days. I agree that B talks over Amanda, but I know she isn’t trying to be rude, she’s just being a New Yorker, and I find it endearing. Lol

I love this podcast but B you literally interrupt Amanda EVERY episode and you talk over her a lot

B & Amanda keep it real & I enjoy that.

Love this podcast so much! It is one of the very few I listen to consistently every week. B and Amanda are hilarious and the tea is ALWAYS piping hot. Highly recommend adding this to your weekly podcast list if you want to laugh and hear all of the hot gossip!

I have been a Cocktailer since day one. These two ladies give us the facts and tea without pushing their own opinions on us. Any review that says different is a bot. No politics which is a welcome break from the news of the world. B and Amanda do a fantastic job and I love listening every week! Keep up the amazing work ladies!!!

B and Amanda have created an amazing community with this podcast. What I appreciate most is they are typically fair and balanced and allow for differing perspectives, which engages the listener to think about the situation differently and not immediately fall into the group think category. I have listened since day 1 and been a Cocktailer from inception. There are no two podcast hosts that do more for this pod then B and Amanda. The community is respectful of everyone’s differing opinions which is refreshing and they keep it classy! Amanda is an amazing support regardless of what’s happening in her life and B is always coming in with the hot tea as soon as she gets it. Can’t wait to see what’s next for them and how this community grows!!!

I love this podcast so much and it is a must listen weekly- been a fan of bravo and cocktails on instagram for years. Great takes across what is airing currently on Bravo and so much gossip shared. A few weeks ago a couple pods had minor tech issues and it was really no big deal. People have to remember this pod isn't a full time job and is a side hustle so have grace when 100+ shows have had no tech issues…have patience people.

YOU ARE SO CLOSE TO THE RIGHT INFORMATION!!! Just missing how long they’ve been “separated .”

I love your podcast even when we disagree especially on RHONJ I’m not a “Tre Stump” lol but definitely a fan of hers…I understand this podcast is fully your opinions, however I really love when you both give an unbiased take, it would be great to here more of “this is our opinion but make your own judgements based on the information”. Again it’s your podcast which I love and thoroughly enjoy, but as a listener it would be great to be provided the tea without so much speculation without context and remembering that we all approach things differently and don’t always have the same viewpoint on a particular housewife or bravoleberty.

Totally agree with you ladies about Janet. Total weasel and social climber. Let’s not forget how she screwed Scheana by going behind her back to have a threesome with Max and Dayna and Scheana had issues with both of them. She looks for the weakest link in a group and then attempts to divide and conquer. She’s also a total bore on TV. No thanks.

Sounds like you think that if you are a Republican, you are a racist? That’s appalling and totally ignorant on your part. Started to listening to you but after hearing that, I’m done.

I've been a fan of Cocktails & Gossip for the longest time, and love the podcast so so much. I've tried to listen to other Bravo-related podcasts and those for celebrity gossip but they never kept my interest. The hosts are either too young, say "like" too much, but not B and Amanda. They give great perspectives, always have the latest and hottest tea, and are seriously 2 of the funniest people to exist. I live for Saturdays when the new episode drops!

This show is like sitting in your living room with a couple of girlfriends enjoying a drink and talking about fun things. Great show!!

Going to have to quote Cookie here. Podcasts should be fun! Amanda? Not fun! Stop pretending you can’t remember people’s names (eg Rochelle) or shows you are reviewing (eg The Village). The schtick was old a year ago. And just state your actual opinion like B does. B isn’t afraid to say what she thinks. You allude to so much but want to ride the fence and flip flop so much. I get why Sheana is your BEC…you’re just like her!

Been listening for a while now and this is my go to for all of my bravo gossip!! Love you ladies!!

She revealed on the show that she had a dui before

I want to hear more interaction and what Amanda thinks. B, you may not realize, but you interrupt her frequently. It's frustrating to listen to.

I’ve listened to every episode since you guys started, the last episode’s commercial volume SO much louder than the podcast. Ironically, I’m less likely to listen to the commercials when they’re that loud than when they were regular volume.

Used to look forward to this every week, but so sick of hearing about the personal lives of two women who are anonymous. I simply don’t care. More annoying that I pay a subscription for bonus content when 50% of the content is discussion of their mundane lives. Reconsidering that subscription. Stick to the bravo gossip, no one cares about your love life.

B going on and on ad nauseum about how she breaks all the stories is just laughable. B get a grip

I love this podcast and the Instagram page! B and Amanda are great. I want to be personal friends with them. 😊 Also, B and I have 99% of the same thoughts and opinions on everything! ❤️❤️❤️

Amanda is slurry & slow. B is so aggressive. Content is late. Unsubscribing

They talk about unverified “tea” and it’s honestly embarrassing that these are two grown women. “B” might have the most annoying voice on earth. Huge pass

Good podcast but ladies you have to lower the volume of commercials - it blows out the eardrum

Love you guys and the content but the audio is a DISASTER! The latest episode was impostor listen to because of an echo. Had to turn it off - it was so overwhelming. Side note- yes Charleston, is a SMALL town. Especially downtown. And the College of Charleston is NOT a women’s college… it’s a public state school, co-Ed. A ton of grads end up living/working here post collegebc they don’t want to leave and Chs also gets a lot of USC and Clemson grads relocated here post graduation. Anyways… the downtown scene is SMALL. If you spend a lot of time dt, you see the same people all the time. Everyone knows everyone.

I’ve been enjoying this podcast every weekend. Unfortunately, the episode that aired on 1/6 had such terrible audio that I couldn’t finish it. I understand this was the first time they are podcasting together but the audio should have been tested beforehand.

Great podcast for Bravo Tea! B and Amanda are great!

They’ll block you! Funnily enough, they earn their living on cowardly, unverified blinds but when asked to actually do research on a topic, they block and insult THEIR OWN listeners. B and her voice is hard to listen to. I’ve been back and forth on listening because she is literally like nails on a chalkboard cringe.

And they stan Heather McDonald. That was it for me. Unsubscribe 1 star.

Thanks for telling the truth about HmD - love you guys!

Did you guys get paid to spend all that time actually praising her? HMD is farthest from a woman supporter. She only supports women that help her and raise her podcast views. Yuck…way to support a toxic narcissist who always plays victim, and you are just spreading her victim mentality. you two lost all credibility …way to sound ignorant and get a lot of the facts wrong when telling the earring story. Podcast wise—you have way way too many ADS.

So glad I found you both! I agree with all your opinions and even though you don’t verify blinds it’s great tea and always spot on! David (Shannon’s ex husband) called Jeff & his podcast friends “a bunch of chumps” a couple years ago. Jeff took it and ran with it and calls his co host and listeners chumps and they love it-listeners call themselves chumps when they call in or go to other co hosts shows that Jeff promotes on his show.

I’m so happy I found this pod!!! Absolutely love the banter between the hosts. Look forward to it every week. And thankyou for supporting other women in the podcast space. We need more of that.

Mauricio’s objections to tattoos are NOT due to control issues. There is a long standing aversion to tattoos in the Jewish tradition…including and especially secular Jews of Mauricio and his family’s ages. Trends have loosened up the acceptance with the younger generation.

Smart, funny, and always entertaining. One of my favorite podcasts!

Always coming in with the juicy tea!

Bravo & Cocktails podcast is one of my favorites. If you love Bravo & love to gossip this is the podcast for you. B & Amanda feel like you're talking with one of your girlfriends. The amount of tea that B gets to discuss on the weekly podcast make this such a fun podcast. You can listen while you're working on the computer and it makes your day go by so much quicker. This podcast makes me have all the feels, Laugh, cry, gasp, spit my drink out. It honestly feels like they're talking as if you are meeting your girlfriends for the best happy hour! Easily one of my top 5 podcasts to listen to & honestly look forward to every episode dropping!

Bravoleb gossip, breaking pop culture news, two girlfriends with the best energy and constant laughs! It feels like I’m listening to my girlfriends discuss all the tea over happy hour and I love it. As a mom of 2 young boys, it’s the best outlet for me to keep up with all things bravo while I workout. I say all that to say, love this pod - Thanks B and Amanda!

Started following on IG for all things Bravo and finally got into the pod. I love hearing B and Amanda’s take on what’s happening in the bravoverse and more!

I feel like you’re my friends, except with excellent gossip! I love when B talks about intel!!!! The way they jump in and out of conversations makes me believe they truly are friends!

The best Bravo podcast! I’ve been listening from the start! Keep killing it B and Amanda!