Mention It All - How Andrea Lopez Became TikTok’s Teresa Giudice Ft. Andrea Lopez

Episode Date: August 26, 2025

On this week’s video episode, Dylan is joined by TikTok and comedy star Andrea Lopez, best known for her spot on Teresa Giudice impression that we can’t get enough of. Andrea opens up about her Bravo and reality TV origin story, from binging RHONY and RHONJ to finding her voice as an impressionist and comedian during the pandemic. Andrea breaks down her process for nailing Teresa Giudice’s mannerisms and also talks about growing up on Jersey Shore and the Real World chaos. Plus, Dylan and Andrea laugh through some of Housewive’s most iconic and ridiculous businesses and brand deals. Go to the BravoByBetches YouTube page to watch full length episodes every Tuesday: Youtube.com/@BravoByBetches 00:00 Introduction12:36 Andrea’s Bravo origin story19:44 What we miss about RHONJ22:06 How Andrea started Housewife impressions31:10 Dorit and her shopping bags40:33 That’s My Opinion! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome back to the Mentioner All podcast. I am excited to be joined today by one of my one of my reality TV friends. She's all over Instagram, TikTok. You've seen her with her fabulous impressions. Andrea Lopez. Hey! Hello, hello.

Thank you so much. Good to see your face. Good to see your face too. It's crazy that this is the first time you're coming on the show. I know. Considering how many times we bump into each other. And I was thinking back, we actually performed together once upon a time. Yes.

We did at the beginning of 2024, Betches was doing this comedy show event and we were like, we want to add something to make this a little more spicy, a little more fun. And it was right after the Bermuda Triangle, Salt Lake City finale situation. And so we did a table read of that finale dinner. Who did you play in the table read? I played. Monica. You were Monica.

Oh, yes. Yes. I was Monica. I was like blacked out at that. whole entire experience because we have Lindsay Hubbard and Danielle like actually IRL yes they were reading for who were they reading for Lisa Heather and Lisa yeah Danielle was Lisa it is crazy because that was like right it was like such a moment oh my gosh yeah Monica Garcia like it feels like she doesn't exist anymore where did it go what happened to her she said and she dropped the mic and then said

peace I'm out said I am reality vanties and you'll never see me again You know what's crazy. So she's had a baby since then. In my mind, I was thinking, didn't she like get married and move to Abiza and have a baby? I don't know. So she was because she was supposed to be or allegedly she was supposed to be on Traders this past season. But she got pregnant so she couldn't do it. Well, nothing like a good old pregnoncio to get to stop you in your tracks.

No, but she hasn't stopped Lindsay Hubbard though because that girl's going back to, I think she's on. She's like, I am Summer House. How would I not be there? She's like sandwiches, who will serve them? So Monica has had another baby since then. And then she just posted, I have not thought about her in a while. Yeah. But one of her Instagram reels crossed my desk this week where she was making a joke about her daughter's boyfriend and her boyfriend being the same age.

You know, it's not all of our lives. And some of us couldn't handle that. But if anybody can, it's Monica. Some of us couldn't handle that. Some of us. I don't know. But she does it with great. What's the, like, so I guess Monica's probably in her 40s.

I don't know how old her daughter is, but like. But that's crazy to think about. I guess. So she, so her daughter must be in her teens. No, maybe, I think like she has a 20 year old daughter, let's say. Okay. Let's imagine that her daughter's 20. Because I don't want to be like her daughter's 17 dating a 30 year old.

Right, right. In my mind, I'm like, God, that's weird. So she would be 20. She would be dating a 25 year old. Monica could definitely be dating a 25 year old. Monica, dating a 25 year old. Correct. Okay.

41, 19. She had the baby around 21. Okay. Yeah. I mean. Do you start dating the same age? Do you remember when she came on housewives and her like business that she was doing was selling baby blankets out of her house? How could I forget?

I watched her stitched together a couple of things and I said, is this a lucrative business? But babies always need blankets. It's like, it's like at a certain point. point like a few years ago suddenly everyone had either like a burberry like check blanket or like the Hermes like H blanket. And it's like so that's for Metsie. So let me get this straight. What you are and listen, I'm not knocking a business model. I'm not knocking a business because girls got to get her check. But it's an interesting avenue to go. You know, nobody wakes up one day and says, you know what? I'm hitting the baby bar blanket market. It's going to be hot. And like it's such a specific demographic.

that is in the market for a baby blanket. That's what I'm saying. Because like I'm not buying a baby blanket. I would consider it. I'm just kidding. I think, but people always need blankets. I'm always,

I would just went, I'm in my baby shower era right now. You know, all my friends are getting married. Everybody's having babies. Right, I know. It's like going off on a tangent.

And so now I'm like, oh my gosh, what do you get? You know, you can follow the registry. But a baby blanket is not a place to go. If you had a friend who was having a baby who was also a housewives fan, getting them a mom.

Monica Garcia baby blanket would be kind of a sleigh. Kind of a sleigh. It's the same as showing up to like, you know, a part, somebody's housewarming with a bottle of like Ramona Pina Grigio. It's like, that's the thing from the thing. It will connect to who it needs to be connected to, you know? They'll, they'll read the between the lines. Have you tried any of the housewives drinks?

The drinks. Oh, Bluestone Manor. I had some of the whiskey. Oh my God. I'm jealous. Actually, I don't even like whiskey. Which I don't either. But, sweetie, poured on ice.

because I, if it's related to a thing and it's, you know, housewives or anything else that I'm into, I, I will be in it. So, yeah, it tasted good. I mean, I was, I was making it mixed drinks with it. So, you know, it was doable. I'm not drinking it. I, whiskey neat. I wish I could go back in time and try Favillini. Oh, yes.

Yes. I, I die for that. I do. I'm getting into Teresa already. But, yeah, no, I wish that they need to. remarket that whole thing. Rebrand. I mean, yeah, there are so many, there are so many, there are so many vintage housewives products where it's like, obviously that wasn't a real enough business to still be made for like a decade plus. But like if you did a little capsule

collection, if you did a limited edition, Ramona Pina Grigio Fabolini, Vicki's Vodka. Vicki's vodka. Vicki's vodka. That's a throwback. Remember the blackwater? Yes. It was the charcoal infused. That was such a, that was like so like Tumblr core too. No, seriously. That was my first PR package that I got sent in the pandemic was just, I think about three boxes full, 24 packs of this, of the black water. And I said, is this still around? Are we still surfing?

I definitely remember in college in like the mid-2010s. I think there was like one store that sold it and I would get it just to be like aesthetic. Aesthetic. Drinking it, it tastes honestly like nothing, but. It tastes like water. It tastes like water. Well, and then also there was, um, From Shazza's Sunset, Asa's diamond water.

Okay. And I remember those business meetings. She's like, oh my God. Now, which crystal am I going to put in the bottle? She would have, she would call a phone a friend. She's like, which one do you think? I really remember that. The diamond water.

The diamond water. It was so expensive. Yeah, it was. Well, no, shit. I mean, there's like a charged diamond in it. You're like, there's a little memento with the bottom of the water for you to keep. I don't want crystals in my, in my water. I don't need it.

But I also didn't grow up on the West Coast. So crystals to me have never been. No, I agree. I'm like, I respect the journey, I guess. Right. But I'm like, to me, it means nothing. Charge your crystals, honey. But nowadays I've been seeing, have you been seeing these, it's these spiritual

Instagrams I've been getting where they feed you? It's like the portal of possibility and it's between these dates. And it was like the best day for manifestation was sometime in June. And I keep getting fed these things. And it says the best day of the year for manifestation, if you have a supercharged thing that you want, like this day is, like, supercharges into the universe. Bitch, I was, I was reading all. I was, I was yes in to that.

I said, this is, clearly, I don't know who this is coming from. Who's the source? We're like, we're going to light my abundance candles. Yeah, seriously. I'm getting into it. The more older I get, the more woo-woo I get, and it's scaring me. I, that's interesting because I have always felt very non-woo-s. Same.

I'm anti-woo-woo. I don't like to woo-woop it up. Yeah. If you will. Yeah. I don't know, maybe someday, though. I was talking, our friend Abby Bonadies was here a couple weeks. Yes, I was just watching your episode.

We were talking about the woman on TikTok with the dousing rods. You guys had me in it. I thought it was almost a Ouija where it moves itself. But I feel like there's an open space for like crystals in the housewives space. Definitely. I got like, Raquel was trying to get into that like, Allie Lubbers doing the star charts. Like there's some momentum there. The star charts.

I've always want a. from her. I've always wanted. Does she, did you get a reading or anything? Again, we're anti-wooo-woo. I saw, I saw, I saw Ellie and James once at the parking lot of the grove in L.A. A common meeting place. That was fun. No, I've never had her do my star chart, though.

I don't know what time I was born. So I don't. That's always the big question. Like, we get down to the nitty gritty. They're like, what's your star sign or you're rising, falling, whatever? And they go, now what time are you born? I go, who knows these things? And the thing is, my mom hasn't written down.

somewhere. Okay, great. But she doesn't know off the top of her head. Right. So if I were to call or text her and say, hey, what time is I born? Right. Do you, how do you, do you need it now? I guess. Is your mom a, I'll have to go to the, it might be in the basement somewhere. I do you, how, when do you, do you really need it? Yeah, they run on a different clock because my mom will go into some spiel. She goes, well, your father was stressed out. I remember it. And we had to stop at CVS on the way to the hospital to get him some emodium because his stomach was upset. I said, listen, I didn't need this long, winded-ass story. I'm like, I know you have the, the baby book is somewhere. Was the sun out or was it nighttime? Give me a ballpark area for when I was born. I don't think I've

ever seen my birth certificate. So that's, okay, so that's where it would be, right? Like, that's where that's the information. It's on there. It's. I suppose. Yeah, it's like time you were born, place, hospital, all that. All that jazz. Middle name. Middle name. middle name. What's your middle name, by the way? Michael. What about you? Michael.

What about you? Juliana. I like that. In college, I had a Delancey. Jay, but nobody. I love her. That doesn't come out too much anymore. Every time I see you now, at the Grove,

Delancey. Every time I'm just at the grove. Classically at the Grove. Just love the cheesecake factory. I mean, yeah. For me in New York, do you have like a meeting? Some place that if you're somewhere in the city, there's always that one place and you can be like, you know what?

We're just going to go here. I don't know that I do. The Grove is a very, it's a very big place. I mean, LA is so spaced out. But. Because what would the New York, what we're going to meet at like the mall in Hudson yards. Right.

Either that. Well, I worked at Italy for a little bit. And because they have three locations in the city, you. Usually somewhere, someone is usually around there. You can't. I'm like, just meet me at Italy. Italy's good. Italy's a good one.

That's a good one because it's a large place. There's options for a lot of people. And here I am, just the Italy rep, I guess. Pay me for that. There's like Italy's in airports some places. Okay, that's crazy. Like I know the Rome airport has one, but I think somewhere in the U.S. just opened one.

I would be up in there in the airport. Seriously. Getting cured meats to bring on the plane. Yes. Right. I mean, I can't get into any of the lounges. I think I'm a member of like 15 lounges like Delta, the Sapphire. And yet they always deny entry. Ma'am, we're at capacity. There's an Italy and G. There's an Italy and G. Wait, what terminal? Four. I was just there. Four, five. Four and Delta. Four Delta. Okay. Well, um, got to go. There's an Italy literally three minutes from here. I'm about to go to JFK. And you know I was going to hit it up after. You should. Yeah, my old friends are there, so they're always like, what's going on in your life, you know?

Oh, you know, once upon a time I used to work at Uniclo. And like, then it was rough after I stopped working there because if I want, I'm like, oh, I just want to go buy like socks. Like, can I just chop in peace? I don't know. And I love it, but you do feel the need to like, you got to stop and see your friends, you know. See what everyone's doing. I love talking about Italy. Could do it all day.

Back to the reality TV, the Bravo angle. I want to rewind the clock a little bit and ask you, what is your like Bravo reality origin story? Like what was the first thing you remember watching? What got you hooked? How did we get here? How did we get here? This won't surprise a lot of people because I think for many, New York was kind of their home place. But born and raised on the East Coast, I just, these women were so memeable.

They were so funny, so real. I fell in love with Sonia Morgan and just her whole persona. And I had to know more, especially doing kids. characters and impressions. I'm always looking for those people that are so interesting to watch. And they've got taglines. And so for an impressionist, Bravo is a ones a land. Because there's never, there is just so many people that you could impersonate

that you can take to another level. Ergo, Teresa. That's where that whole thing started. But yeah, for me, it was really New York. I loved, always loved New York City, eventually wanted to move here. Similar to Abby's origin story, really. It was just that escapism of New York City and getting to see how the other side lives is so fun. And then, of course, I loved the whole Teresa of it all.

I loved the Jersey family values. And that got me into Jersey. And yeah, I mean, I just binged it from start to finish, both of them. Were you, like, going back even further than that, like, what was your reality TV consumption like in, like the 2000s? Were you watching, like, MTV and stuff? were you Jersey Shore. Yes, definitely Jersey Shore. My brother and I, that was one of the things we loved watching together.

This is aspirational. Yeah, I said, I want to be Angelina showing up with plastic bags. The trash bags. The trash bag scene. Which, by the way, she finally did a tell-all. And she's like, I don't know why they showed me with those trash bags. Like, I had a bag, but they just liked that that was my trope. And so, you know, she's always been trash bag, girl.

Um, hello. Um, hello. What do you think? That is a good. Like, what the hell, Angelina showed up with no bags? That is like a tough break to be trash bag girl. Seriously. And that's like, that was like 16 years ago.

That was 16 years ago. And she's still trash bag girl. And people are still to this day talking about it. But if you're going to be known, whatever, you know, be known for something. I just saw it recently that it was like the 15th anniversary of Snooky like getting arrested. Like, where's the beach? And how iconic. She went to the beach, found the security police officer, replayed the whole scene.

She's an icon. So Jersey Shore was huge. Love Jersey Shore. The Real World, I also used to watch that. I grew up down the street from the D.C. Real World House. So we would always sneak in. I think my cousin went in, like a late night. He like knocked on the door and he tried to get in. And so that was a really big. Abandoned? No, this was during the season. During filming. You're like, hi. There was really no, not really a lot of police presence. There was no security guards. Like, you could legit go up and knock on the door. And the only reason we knew was because there was all these cameras around the house. It was

right in DuPont Circle, if you know, like the D.C. And so, yeah, my cousin was a lot older. He was their ages. So we went out and I think he like was trying to get in with a girl. I don't know the end of that story. But I think he, I think he was walking around the house. It's like, imagine if like the Love Island villa was just like in the middle of D.C. I'm telling you.

People would be up in there all the time. That's what it's like. That's why they have to go to some remote island. I did find like when I was watching Love Island. I always get curious. And so I found it on like Google Maps. Where exactly. Yeah, like you can like do the satellite view and you can like see the pool and like,

and then what I figured out was that they're like a hop, skip and a jump from where Survivor is filmed. And so I'm like, that's the crossover I need. That really is. Like send the Islanders to the Survivor camp. It's just two totally different vibes. Yeah. Let's do like a wife swap, but it's reality show swap. Location swap.

So have you heard about this wife swap that they're doing with housewives? No. So they announced it. They announced that it's happening. They haven't said like exactly who's going to be in it. But I've heard it's like Angie K, Emily Simpson from OC. Like it's going to be like maybe Wendy. But like different franchises and they're going to switch.

So this is my thing. That's what I wanted. It sounds like it's going to be the housewives swapping with like civilians. Civilians. Okay. Like it's going to be like. Peasant? Like my mom has to go to.

has to go to Angie K's house. Would not work. Also, Angie K's house, not for nothing. I mean, it is in Park City, but it's just white as snow. I would get lost in there. That house is like... It's an ice princess. It's kind of like a mausoleum.

It is. Do you remember when in the like Kim Ye days, when they had that like historic, ginormous home that they were like, look at our home that we've had renovated by this. out an architect and it was literally just like white walls with no furniture, no decor. Stones. They were like, this is the most pristine space ever. It's like, yeah, it looks like nobody lives there. Yeah, you're in a non, like, solitary confinement and you have a straight jacket on.

That's what I would go crazy. Angie Kay, I feel like has the like Utah equivalent of that house. Completely. It's just bare to the bones, bare necessities. I can't tell the chair from the floor because it all matches. Electra's like not allowed to have like any toys out. That's what it gets me about these homes. I just go they don't look lived in.

I loved the old Kardashian ranch where they used to raise chickens. Because I see myself sitting down in that chair chit-chatting with a glass of Pino. Yeah. Like it felt so homey. And those houses that are just so cold, you won't find me in there. Well, you mentioned right before we started recording that you love a Tuscan kitchen. Dill. Dill pickle.

And I feel like. De Blanche. Yes. I feel like the. that is like the warm like that's a home. You get me. That's a home. That is to be lived in.

Yeah. The experiences are shared. You feel like there is like a smell of fresh cooking. Absolutely. I'm just going to say that. Basil. There's going to be like some chotchky like a spoonholder that has like. McKenzie Child spoonholder.

You've got like a buzz over there. Like a first coffee thing is like hanging over the. Right. Yeah. And I'm not one for those those cliches. sayings in the home, but I'll take a but coffee first if it's in a Tuscan kitchen. I'll accept it. Like cooking and family lives here.

Or like happiness lives here. They're like a well, a well loved kitchen is the sign of a well loved family. Happy wife equals a lot of wine and love something simple. Just like no no's cook an octopus. No, no. Oh my God. Wait. Another iconic scene.

No no cooking octopus at 6 a.m. And he's in his little like cute little. wife beater and he's got that huge octopus dumping into the sizzling water a time. RIP. Seriously, those are the scenes that I miss. Yeah. Well, and I think that's like obviously, I think when we think about Jersey now, it's become this like really like toxic ball of like, they can't be together.

The war of the families and whatever. But like the best moments were just like hanging out. Yes. Cooking. Yes. Taking Adriana to dance. Exactly. Like I really related to your conversation with Abby because it really was those everyday moments,

even though it was like heightened to a certain degree because they're opening their doors and they live in these grandiose, beautiful mansions. But it was just them doing real, you know, real life things. And it- Teresa paying cash for the furniture. Good. She's like, who pays cash? I would give so much to see like who's living in that house now.

I know. And like what they've done with the place. Well, they definitely switched up the, windows. I don't know if you ever. The window placements, listen. Yes. We bought it like that. I didn't like they had one triangle one on the left corner. They had a square one. They had an oval. They loved playing shapes. Yeah, it looked like some like a kid was having a little too much fun in like Microsoft paint or whatever. And then they're like, and that's how they built it. A Sims house. Yeah. I was unlocking all the codes on Sims. I was building mansions. If only life was that easy. The problem is that it's like you try to make a house like that more like content.

temporary and you buy all the furniture from like Z gallery or whatever. Yes. And then it's like, now there's no love in this home. It just doesn't work. It doesn't feel warm. The aesthetics don't match. It doesn't. It wouldn't clearly.

Teresa's house is beautiful now. I love it. I do love it. If there's an island, I'm all about it. You know, it's really bougie. The double island. When you got two islands, that's a new level. Like one is for the cooking and one is just for the hanging out.

Just for the lounging. They've got the tall bar chairs. Yes. Just for. you to, you know, if you need to convene elsewhere aside from the other island, there's a second one for you. That's what I, that's what I aspire? That's what I aspire. People go, what is your dream? I go, islands in my kitchen. Like no career goals, just do two islands. Nope. Seriously not. If I can just, people always ask, oh my gosh, what's the next step? Truly, this world is so

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What was the first, like, housewife or, like, reality person impression that you kind of, like, clicked into? I wanted to do best things. but then I fell in love with the Teresa and it was at the beginning of the pandemic and I was just playing around with different things. And my old Teresa impression is the worst. I can send you an old video. You'll say seriously, what is this?

It's a very specific timbre of the voice. Tabern cadence of the speech. And I feel like it's easy to imagine what it should sound like, but it's hard to recreate. I would, yes. And so I started with just getting the Jersey accent down. and then I started with her mannerisms. And the mannerisms is what really got me in. So she's always like doing this. Yes, the hands.

She's switching the hands. She's doing like Beyonce. So single ladies. And so then I realized she talks in like short spurts. So I started doing that. She's like, and that's what I say, you know? And then she always finishes with, you know,

once you get those idiosyncrasies down and the things they always say, it really helps to build. That's my process. Yeah. I feel like also the short set spurts, it's like, kind of like the influencer cadence before that was even a thing. Yeah.

Where it's like, okay, so you guys, I'm at the place and this switch. It's what? It's like, what's going on? What's happening? Why is there a comma between after every word? And they also, with these makeup tutorials that they do, you know, they tell a story while they're doing their makeup. Yes.

So every beat that they're doing, they're putting blush on, that's a sentence. Yes. And it just, right. And you have to cut it up that way because that's a new clip. Exactly. And so, and then clip it. So that's how, I guess, they start talking. But it drives me nuts.

Yeah. It is crazy to think about, like, in terms of the editing on Housewives, when you'll hear them say that it's like, oh, yeah, that dinner scene, we were there for two hours. Right. And they make it look 10 seconds. And it's like pretty seamless most of the time. It really is, yeah. Except for when it's not.

Like on Summerhouse. Right. On Summer House, like, you just hear like, so Jesse, why did you say that? Nobody's mouth is moving. That's so true. I was really laughing on the most recent episode of Miami. They're going to Seville, Spain for their trip. Seville, as Alexi's like, we cannot call it Seville.

I'm sure she's proper pronunciation. And they're like in the car. And you know how they always get like the hotel like promotion or whatever? They're in the car. And somebody just goes, Julia, where are we staying? And you just, you're looking at the back of her head. you just hear the Radisson Collection Hotel in Sevilla. And then it cuts back to her being like, they're going to have nice rooms and blah, blah, blah.

It's like, oh, she recorded that in a studio six months later. That was post edit. You know she was in. They're like, yeah, can we just get five different line readings of Radisson Collection? That's so good. And I was like, clock it. Radisson. She did not say that.

Yeah, no, no shot. But it is, it is interesting. I mean, the producers have a really big job because they do need to create a story. Yeah. But that's my fear of reality TV. Like, do you, could you ever do it? I'm just afraid of how the whole story will be taken. I feel like, even before this was like what I was doing, I think I still would have said no,

probably. But I really feel like I've been like a little too close to the. You're in it. I've seen enough of the sausage that I'm like, I don't need to think about that too hard. pass. But like, I think in terms of like, oh, sharing my life or whatever, like, yeah, I just don't, I don't want to try that hard. Yeah.

And you really, especially on a show like housewives where you're, the whole goal is to like have longevity. Right. And really sustain yourself. Yes. And the group, like, you have to like stay at it. And you can't have, you know, you can have one season maybe where you're like, don't have so much going on or you're not like in the eye of the hurricane, but like you can't be boring.

You still got to have some storyline in case they decide that they want to take it far with you in that season. And even if it's somebody else's storyline, you have to be inserting yourself. You have to be like commenting on everybody else's drama. And I'm just like, I just want to like go to dinner and go home. That is also how I feel about social media. I don't feel the need to like share what exactly is going on when you're just trying to have nice dinner. Like, why do I have to share how good the food looks? It's kind of a similar way.

I'm, like, nostalgic for the time when it was like, it was, this was Coachella 2017. Like, in like 2014, if you were like going out with your friends, like I was in college then, it's like you would be pre-gaming in somebody's dorm room and there would be a 20-minute photo shoot of you in the dorm room, hiding the shot glasses. Every photo would go on Facebook the next morning. So many photos. And now I'm like, I can be, like, I, at my birthday party this year, I took like one picture. Yes.

I think it's just becoming, it's just too much for us now. I like, and it's like, I like living in the moment. Like, I don't want to be on my phone the whole time. Right. But even like when I'm on vacation, I'm like, I wish I had some more better photos of I get home and I go, what's this? I have a picture of like one salad. I'm like putting together the carousel.

I'm like, okay, so there's no photos of me. I started texting everybody else who was on the trip Like yo did you catch anything? Put it in the shared album Put it in the shared album I'm a big asking for the shared album Yeah I don't think I pull my weight in the shared album It's tough because you'll always have that one friend

Who's so good at capturing everything And I mean God bless them Because we need them But yeah I just Especially with this as our job We have to capture other things So it feels almost that our personal life Kind of just like sits by the wayside

Because we're tired Yeah it's like I don't want to put like thought into it. I don't. I got to be witty all the time. Yeah. Okay. And I think that's something like we were talking about like the level of like glam and styling. Oh my God. Yeah. And effort and I mean money too that goes into like you can be a housewife. And it's like obviously for the reunion you're going to have your glam. Obviously for you know, your confessional. You want to look your best. But it's like right. You see these women out at like a random ass, you know, moment in the city. And it's the exact same. They never are not completely done up.

It's really impressive. I mean, they know that once getting into that, you have to have a full beauty team and you're flying them in. And so, I couldn't even imagine. Were you at the next gen NYC premiere party? Yes. Do you remember when Drew Sedora just like pulled up? Yes.

And our next turn, we snapped because she was, she stole the room. She was wearing this like macramee dress, full glam of course. I met, I was introduced to her stylist. And I'm like, okay, so not only is, do you have a stylist? Yeah. But he's traveling with you. With you. Literally to the event.

It's like, I can, I cannot imagine having to like, I mean, I'm not having to, but like feeling like I had to do all that. Yes. And it is so much. You have to build your team. You got to travel with them. But then showing up to these events, you know, it's, they're three hours long. You know, I don't know if they get paid for these appearances.

I would assume so because they are like the real talent. Yeah. I think it's probably a mix because there is, I think there's a sense of like, you have to sort of maintain your own relevance. Yeah. And obviously, like, if you're going to BravoCon, they're like setting you up and paying for your hotel and all of that. But it's like, if you hear something is happening and it's going to be a moment. You better go. If it's going to be a carpet, you got to go.

I just went to this other event. It was a DirecTV Bravo event. Yes. And they called it like this rooftop sware kind of at the purpose. It was at Tupin Plaza. It was a stunning venue. But they said there may be a carpet. So in my mind, I'm thinking, oh, this is going to be a cute little raw bar.

We're going to have some spritses on the rooftop. So I showed up with like my lobster and oyster shirt that I just bought from like a beach store. And I had my short skirt. And then I had these nice espedrills with straw. Let me tell you, it was nothing of the sort. Okay. There was a raw bar. But everybody was dressed to the nine.

Some were wearing like, you know, gown length dresses. I felt out of place. but there was all different types of outfits. So, I mean, it's a variety. Well, like, I'm convinced Alexia, like, wakes up in a floor-length dress with the cleavage sitting perfectly. Perfectly. Perched.

Perfect. I took one look at her. I said, oh, my God, that is Barbie. She, I've never seen her not be done up. It's. She does wake up like it. It's striking. Yeah.

It's, she is, especially in person, you see these people on TV. They look amazing. But in person, when they live up to that, you're like, damn. Damn. How do you? I aspire. I did see. They're like filming Beverly Hills right now. Did you see the photo the other day of Derreet with the shopping bags? No, I didn't. So she's like, she's out in L.A. and she's wearing this like these like long trout, like white trousers.

Like it's silk like a nice silk pant. And she's carrying like it's like two big orange Hermes bags. And then like a couple other designer bags too. Yeah. I don't want to accuse her of anything. the bags do not look fresh, I would say. Okay. And so it's kind of giving, again, I'm not accusing. I'm maybe wondering.

Right. Like, did she leave the house with those bags to go do a little lap somewhere that she thought she would get photographed? Do a little lap ski. And I'm like, having to think about something like that is my nightmare. I simply. To be like, what should I do today? What should I do?

Should I go mill around on Rodeo Drive with some bags that I pull out of my closet? Just the thought of that? Yeah, no. Could never. I mean, I loved the old school photos with like Lindsay Lohan with a cigarette in her hand with the Dorito bag and like a Target bag. Yes. To me, that's an aesthetic that I can live up to, you know? You're like, just go to the grocery store and your ugs.

No, seriously. I used to love, was it the Star Magazine when they would be like stars just like us? Lived for those. it was like Lindsay Lohan and that when she was dating the DJ era. Oh yeah. I loved it. They would just be doing everyday things. It's like, did you know that Misha Barton pumps her own gas?

Yes. She does. She always looked great. She does. It felt relatable and it connected with me. It's like we found Emilio Estevez at a Ralph's. Yes. Looking haggard.

Just like us. It's like, I felt that. Is that I can do it. Have you ever seen a housewife like truly in the wild, like not in an event or something like you just like laid eyes on someone? Into them. In New York, I want to say, no, it's always been at events. My friend did run into Teresa before I met Teresa in person and she was in L.A. And Teresa was walking with Louie down a major street.

They were just on a hike or something and they had just come down. And so she took a picture with Teresa. She's like, oh, my friend's name is Andrea. She does your impression. This was early stages. Yeah. Before you were like appearing with. Right.

Right. And Teresa was so nice, very gracious. And she took a picture with her. But yeah, I mean, sometimes we'll just be waltzing around, milling around. I one time saw Carol Radzwell running in her like marathon era. Yes. I was like, that's a good one. That's a really good one.

Yeah, I've seen a few of the, like I saw Kelly Ben-Simone looking frazzled one time walking down the street. Not frazzled. She looked good, but she was like in a hurry. I'm saying. Clearly doing something. hitting one of those bookings she's got, you know, she's a busy real estate agent. She's selling millions. I said, okay.

She's a hundred million dollars. Hamptus, Miami, Paris. Yeah. Well, that, you know that's Kelly Ben-Simone. I love watching her stories because they're very all over the place. Hey, guys. Hey, it's Kelly Clarene Ben-Simon. Hey, you guys.

It's Kelly Ben-Simone here. And living the best life that you can. Here are my top spots in Soho that I love. This property, $40 million. Sick. Sick. Unreal. I could see myself living here.

I could see myself living here. I'm not gonna, but like you should. Right. Yeah, I remember the last time she came here, it was like, I don't remember like if there was an occasion or anything, but we ended up talking about the real estate stuff. And I was just like kind of sitting here with my jaw. Yeah, aghast. Because she's like, $15 million.

The exclusive Miami, Paris going to Paris, showings. Real estate. Real estate. That's what it's about. I'm like, check that. Like, I don't know. The energy she has. It would be like seven o'clock.

It's insane. It's nuts. And she's so extreme with everything. So I wake up and she gives me energy because she's already been to Pilates a dance class and a run down, you know, down side of the park. Hey, guys, hey, I'm with my daughter Teddy today. And then I'm, I have showings. I've got showings. Rangers game. Don't forget the Rangers.

She's definitely going to be, you know, horseback riding at some point. And then she's popping over to Paris to sell a property. Running in the street. Running in the street. Hanging out in the bikini. Looking fabulous. She does like, but it has been interesting.

I know, so like you're a New York like, you know, classic girl. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's been really interesting

to watch in the last two or three years how all of those women have kind of like navigated this. This space. Yeah. Question marks. Totally.

And it's like Luanne's doing her cabaret and then I think just like hanging out in Sag Harbor living her best life. I think so. I mean the, the, The cabaret is, it's a busy schedule.

Keeps her on her toes. She, you know, she did a Europe stint. That was fun. Yeah, she was performing at pride. Right, she's performing at pride. And then Ramona, you know, hanging out with all their best girlfriends. Drinking, drinking, white wine. Drinking.

Drinking. I just met in person, Miguel, who famously does the Ramona impression. Yes. He was just here on the show, actually. Yes. Oh, my gosh. So talented. Loved his stuff.

And I always wanted to do a Ramona, Teresa, because I just love, I love where he took his Ramona. You know? It's really leaning into the, yeah. The Doi Bambi Blinkies. I just. I'm sorry, okay? Okay, I'm sorry. Okay.

It just, you know, he does her so well. So we finally got to meet in person and we did her a little like Teresa Romona. Yeah. It was the best. It was the best. Yeah. I don't know about like Sonia. It seems, I don't know what she's going through these days.

I don't. Yeah. I don't. She actually, she has Sonia in your city dates all throughout the fall, but I'm like, okay, fantastic. It's going. Yeah, it is hard to sell. I mean, once you've done the show, you need to kind of like reinvent it all the time. You know what I mean?

For these like live shows. The singing is great because you can reach so many different people when you're singing covers, you know, everybody will go see that. Fiva. When you kiss me. I feel like she's done like my funny Valentine. Yes. It's always, yeah. Something.

I mean, she'll be, she'll do Christmas albums. You know, she touches all seasons. That's why she's so versatile. Now, I want Sonia to bring back, you know, we're doing a lot of revivals of movies. Sonia should bring back the toaster oven. She should bring back all these things that she wanted to do. It was, it was hard. I mean, we were talking before about like the business ventures and watching them in meetings and stuff like that.

And like there are, Sonia is one of those people where it's like she never quite got it together, even at the peak, it was not quite happening. We saw the potential, though. It was there. Yeah. We just needed it to follow through. We needed somebody to like truly believe in her and get her out the door. She needed us an assistant that was on her ass. Yeah, she needed to like ditch the interns. Yeah, the interns ain't doing it. She's always got a new intern. She's like, and I'm teaching the intern. I said, all right. Right. Like, you can't always be training an intern. The training takes away your creative genius. You need to drop the interns, you know, and all they're doing is like folding her monogram towels. Right. They're like,

Miss Morgan, it's time to get out of the bath. Right. I think you've had enough bubble time. That's what they're doing. Cleaning the kitchen. She's like, oh, yeah, yeah. Pickles, can you give me the iPad? Oh, I dropped the iPad in the bath again.

And the entrance is like, oh no, let me drain the water. Every time she has that iPad near her bath, I get nervous. Somehow or other, I think it's. an electric machinery and she's going to get electrocuted. Do you not? I don't think so because when your phone drops in, it just kind of dies, you know? That's true. It's not like, right? That's in my mind, I'm thinking it's going to be one of those accidents. But she seems to be, she seems to be doing fine. I love watching Quincy, her daughter. Yes. She has a, what's that live journal? She writes and she's an awesome writer and I just love reading about her, a substack. Oh, yeah. She has a really great

substack. Yeah, Quincy has like a good head on her shoulders. She really does. She did one time. This is so random. I'm like, no shade. But she did a post about her favorite nighttime hair looks. And I'm like, that's just hair. Like. So you're, so you're gorgeous hair.

What's your nighttime hair? I don't change my hair really for the nighttime. Right. Oh my God. I actually need to get better about nighttime routines. I'm always watching. TikTok either makes me feel bad about myself and my routines and what I do in life or or it makes me feel great because I'm watching.

someone else is like, you know, but the shedding at night, then the morning time, people are taking off like multiple layers of protection and, you know, those masks. Yeah. It ain't me. It's too much. I, yeah, I would, I just don't see myself wrapping myself up. I don't have the time also. I'm not, I'm not preparing for bed at 7 p.m. to be in bed by 10.

Like, I just don't have that. Oh, God. No, I fall in bed whenever I'm ready. Whenever I'm ready to go and it's lights out. I brush my teeth. I put on maybe some moisturizer, a little lip balm, and we're ready. I'm not wrapping myself up. I feel that.

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It's okay. It's okay. This is only on the internet forever. Start the clock. Okay. Do we have 60 seconds on the clock? Amazing. My opinion is that there should be more housewife franchises in small towns.

You know why? Because small towns have big drama. Okay? I'm talking about the upstaters. I'm talking about middle, Midwest type of thing, like maybe outside of Chicago, but it can be outside of a really big city. But I think there's a lot of drama. There's a lot of people getting together. You know why? Because things that happen in slower towns, people get bored, okay? Which then means turns into more drama, more infidelity, more cheating, more, I don't know,

gambling. You see where I'm going with this? You never know, but there's a lot of secrets in those sleepy towns. But I love to watch it. I especially want to start with upstate because I'm obsessed with upstate. I went to Syracuse. Shout out everybody from the upstate. There's a lot of upstate hotties, and I think it would just be a really, really good watch. Secondly, do I have enough time? All right, 15 seconds. There should be more crossovers with shows. Okay, I want to see like a below deck slash real housewives slash, I don't know,

like a survivor, just like mix and match all of the reality TV and we'll get the biggest drama. And that's my opinion. Wow, perfect. Thanks. You know, they're doing the new season of Salt Lake City. They went on below deck med, I think. Okay. So this is happening.

Yes. Okay. Amazing. It's in the new season trailer, like, just came out as we're sitting down. Okay, wait, stop. And Captain Jason is there. And Captain Jason. Now, this is the thing about my with below deck.

People, they're such big below deckers. I am a dabbler. I can't do it anymore. I'm a below deck dabbler. Yeah. If I see something interesting, I'll watch it. I had a good run where I would keep up with it. And then it was just like when they, when they had a franchise going every week throughout the year.

Yeah. It's like, I need to breathe. I need to take. And Mondays an hour when I breathe. And Monday has cleared on the schedule. That's breath day. That is. I do my breathwork on Monday.

Okay. Yeah. Can I? Okay. 60 seconds. It has come to my attention that there is no plan for there to be a way for Americans to watch Real Housewives of London without resorting to legal measures such as a VPN, which I support, but also I'm not supposed to. And I just think that this is a travesty because we are living in the age of global. It is easier than ever. I can send a WhatsApp message to somebody in Mongolia right now and talk to them all I want back and forth throughout the day. Why in 2025 going into 2026 is there a Housewives franchise, something that I have centered probably too much of my life around. It's happening. It's fresh. It's new. It's in English. And I cannot watch it legally. It makes no sense. It makes no sense. Who came up with this? Why is this happening? Why are we not dialoguing back and forth?

It should be a cultural exchange. I know they're watching our shit over there. Why can't I watch their shit over here? I just, I want to fix. I want to solve. And that is my opinion. Excellent points were made. Also, fly me the fuck out there.

Get me out to London. They had a premiere event yesterday and somebody I know. Well, because it's Hey You, which is in like the UK and Canada, somebody I know who's from Canada was there. And I was like, I should have been there. I absolutely agree. And also, Hey, You has confused me for eons now. Well.

You just explained. it to me. I really thought it was kind of like the, I don't know, subsidiary of one of the big ones. You know what? It is. Okay. Heyu is owned by Comcast NBC Universal. And I'm like, why are we not talking?

So why not cross-open? Yeah, exactly. I don't understand. Fix it. Jesus. Fix it. I did have a little run-in, juicy Mayhew. Well, that's her name on Instagram. But she's one of the Real Housewives of London. I'm like, of course. You know, juicy.

Juicy. I'm picturing like Miss Juicy from Little Women, Atlanta. Miss Juicy. How y'all doing? Hey. Juicy Mayhew. And she was doing a podcast back when I was interning in D.C. And she was absolutely, I mean, like, breathtaking.

I just wanted to know everything about her. So I'm so happy that we actually do get to see her on the screens. You know. I'll find a way to watch. We'll find a way to watch. So what are, what is the. options right now. Like a,

you're like, girl, there is none. Like VPN. You have to like use a, you have to like work around. Dial up internet. You know, it's going away. Is it?

It is. Like they're absolving it completely because one percent of Americans are still using dial up internet. For somebody's grandmother, that is going to be devastating. No, it's going to rock her world. She was going to be like,

first it was the connector telephones on the wall and now my dial up. You're telling me. You telling me? I don't want a laptop. What's the girl to do? You know she's screaming at her family about it. She's giving them hell. She's like, I'll call a, call AT&T.

Well, call them up. I want to talk to somebody. Oh, yeah, I heard AOL's like going away. That's what AOL dial up internet. Got it, got it, got it. And I just, I was emailing somebody. I do private parties, by the way, if anybody wants to hire me. I'm doing a birthday party.

And I was recently talking to the, to the husband, getting everything ready. He's doing a surprise party for his wife. And he had an AOLS. email and I said haven't seen one of those in a while. Wow. Yeah. So are those getting absolved? Like, absolved.

Are those getting obliterated? What's a good word for this? I have no fucking clue. You know, in these old archaic things start leaving? What if you just call Taylor up? Right. I don't know. It does.

It becomes like this whole crazy thing about. AOL and New Jersey. Two things we don't have anymore. Two things that went bye-bye. By the way, I think. if they just had a little bit of like a reorg, I think Jersey could work. Or maybe too much damage has been done. There has been chatter just in the last week or two. And I don't know whether it is like wishful thinking slash like just people talking or if it's like where there's smoke,

there's fire of like maybe there's going to be an announcement at BravoCon. I saw just this week that somebody was like, oh, like reportedly Teresa and Melissa. are willing to you know, willing to do something. Let bygones be bygones. Some form of connection to let the show go for it.

And it's like, I welcome that, but also I don't know if I trust it. Yeah, I know. And then, of course, I think I saw Melissa repost something and she's like, fake news. So they're quick to deny any swirling rumors. Yeah, it was just the one year

anniversary of that last supper dinner. Rails. Yeah, Rails Steakhouse. Dolores's last stand. Yeah. I don't know. I remember that one. I still have yet to go to Rails, actually.

We should go to Rails. I all, okay. Oh my God, we should do like a group dinner at Rails. Exactly. Delonse, you know me. I'm saying, I've been trying to get this together for so long. Let's do it. And we could get like a-

It's on camera now. We could get a Sprinter van. Oh, Sprintervan. Oh, Sprintervan. Everybody's coming. I got seats to everybody. We got a reservation for 40. Reservation for 40.

We're just going to take. that whole room. Oh, my God, rails. No, it would be fantastic. I, another opinion, love a steakhouse. Okay. No, no. Live for a steakhouse.

If there's not a steakhouse in the town or whatever, if I've got an appearance somewhere, I always look up the closest steakhouse. Keeps me alive. Like a suburban. Yes. Yeah, okay. Dark wood, mahogany. There's nice booths with like a leather interior.

A little like mint jelly on the steak. Absolutely. Don't get me stuck. Mint julep? Yes. Yes. Dirty Martini with blue cheese stuffed olives if they have. Okay.

But I'm not going to cause a stir. You're not going to go back there in the kitchen and stuff them yourself. Some people are petty and they go, we don't carry that, but I can bring you blue cheese and you can stuff it yourself. I's like, okay, you're not getting a tip. Doct. Attitude. I'm sensing a little bit of attitude and I don't appreciate it. I don't know what I've done to you.

Seriously, I'll have peanut grigio and blue cheese stuffed olives. Please. Not in the peanut grisio though. Not in the peanut ratio. No, no, no. Just, you know, on the side to calm my nerves. Well, Andrea, this has been so fun. I'll see you at Rail's Stakehouse.

No, we want. It is happening. And it's going to be a full, let's get some camera people in there. Mm-hmm. Okay, I'm taking it too far. We're hiring a crew. Absolutely. Everybody's coming, getting the sprinter van.

It's going to be so fun. Perfect. Love you. Tell everyone where they can follow you, listen to you, all that. You can follow me at Andrea Lopez Comedy, uh, TikTok, Instagram. and I also do a weekly podcast that we're bringing back. It's called Big Wigs, Big Wicks podcast with Anna Royceman, and that is usually airs every Thursday. But we are reorging and coming out new for the fall.

I love seeing, I see like your clips and stuff where you're just like in full like Kristen Cavalry drag. Completely. And my wigs are so, I don't know, a little messy. I just, I cart them everywhere. So I think you don't, you don't want it to be to. too perfect. I think so too. Because there needs to be that element. It needs to be a comedy wig, not a glam wig.

Right, exactly. This is meant for comedy purposes. And we never want people to take it offensively. It's always supposed to be in fun. Right, right, right. So I just did Todd Crisley. And, you know, he has like a short wig. Jolie. He's got a short wig. And so some of my hair is like coming out of it because it's very hard to, you know, capture all the hair in these like tiny little wigs. You know, when you're doing it, yourself. So Anna and I had a really fun time. He's got a little pixie cut. I gloss my face. I don't know if his face was shiny for maybe Botox injection or he just keeps it extremely moisturized. But I had, the only thing I had was lip plumping lip gloss. And so I put it all over my face. Face was burning the entire episode. I'm just sitting there like, Jolie, when I was in jail, was going off the rails. Wow. I know. Sorry. There's a lot to keep up with.

I could go on tangents. But thank you so much for having me. I love. you and this was so much fun. This was fun. Thanks for being here. We'll see you next time at Rail Steakhouse or an Italian kitchen somewhere. Absolutely. Thanks everyone for watching, listening. Don't forget to rate, review, subscribe. And until next time, be cool. Don't be all like uncool.

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