Crystal Kung Minkoff

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798 appearances 8 recordings 1 series first heard Nov 2024 last heard 20 Jan

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The Viall Files · E880 - RHONY w/ Rebecca Minkoff, Southern Hospitality w/ Maddi Reese, Paige/Craig Split, RHOBH, and Beyoncé · 6 Feb 2025 podcast

I land on the topic, first and foremost, I 100% believe what Brynn said happened to her. And I think that any woman who has had to go through that experience, I can't even imagine what's going through your mind and how you talk about it afterwards. Being there in that moment, seeing it all go down in real time, it was very clear that Uba did not know.

And that once again, as we saw throughout the season, Brynn was stirring the pot and it went too far. The pot overflowed. And I think none of us were recording this and maybe we should have. Cameras were down, everyone had gone home. And when she was telling us the story... of how it got, you know, how she told Uba and details were missing and things were changing.

It just became clear that Uba did not know. I don't think that anyone swears on their deceased mother or their future unborn child or has the visceral reaction. I was in the room with Uba. I was the one sitting in front of her getting her to come back down to earth because she was not here. I was packing her a bag for her so she could leave for the hotel.

Someone doesn't act like that if they knew. So I think two things can be true. What Brynn went through sounds horrific and a nightmare. But to weaponize that, as Sai said, is it's unacceptable. And we watched these little lies and these twisting of truths all season. It was very obvious, you know, happened to me right away almost. So I think that, yeah, it's sad.

I don't think she goes, ooh, let me weaponize this. I think she said, ooh, let me start, you know, this fight and have it be chaos. Because all night, if you look back, you know, for 24 hours, she was throwing out bait to different people. She threw it out to Aaron. She threw it out to Jessel.

You know, she, in one scene, and if they ever want to play this footage, you know, she's like, why don't you start this? And I was like, I wasn't there. I'm not doing that. And, you know, she takes a shot, rolls her shoulders back and throws out the bait. So to me, I think she was just looking for someone to bite. And unfortunately, it was the wrong topic to have someone bite.

I think she knew what she was saying. I don't think she knew the drastic consequences. I think she thought maybe this will end and erupt like any other situation. But this topic, you can't do that with. But I don't want to assume and put words in her mouth or tell anyone what she was thinking because I have no idea, to be honest.

I think it was just a bad, bad move on the chessboard to have that be the topic. Do you think Bryn is trying to produce the show? I think that at times she tried to produce. Yes. Yeah. And I think that no one wants that. So I think we didn't like it. The producers didn't like it. The fans didn't like it. But at the end of the day, you need conflict. And would we have had conflict without Brynn?

I don't know. So in a way, she can be great for that franchise.

Listen, I would sit there going, OK, none of us are naturally and organically going to fight. And you know what? Sometimes I'm like Brynn took one for the team in a way that she she was aware of of the conflict that needs to happen in order for this to be interesting, good or bad. And I think that, you know, at the end of the day, though, it needs to be real. It shouldn't be produced.

Well, luckily, it was only two people brashing my brand.

I think it was only two. I think it was just Brynn and then Aaron at the end.

Oh yeah, that was Erin. Uba said she liked the bag and so I don't count her as fashion. Okay, okay, okay. I guess it hurt more when Erin did it because Erin's my friend. Right. It hurt less when Brynn did it. It was actually a gift because I was like, oh, I see you now. Okay, this is the game we're playing? Cool. It did not hurt me in the way that I think everyone expected.

They were like, why didn't you stand up for yourself? I'm like, I don't even need... This is petty to me. Do you know what has happened to me in the 20 years I've built my business? I have been single white female in my own company. I have had things thrown at me. You name it, I've experienced it. So someone trashing a brand just shows that they don't understand business, frankly.

So that was not upsetting to me. It was just like, thank you for the gift. my gut is right. I see you. For Aaron, I was like, that sucks. That really sucks. And then I went low as well. And I clapped back. And here we are today not talking.

You know, that was the disappointment I had because going in and I truly believe this when I had my conversations with production, it was like eight elevated women, all self-made, diverse backgrounds, fun, funny, you know, with who I am and what I stand for and what I do all day long. I would never, I think, have agreed to come into this type of environment had I known.

And maybe someone can say that was naive of me, but that's what I was genuinely told. And it was reiterated many times. And so I think it's just this, you know, like, all right, how am I going to navigate this in a way? I have to remain authentic to me. And I did show more.

There are scenes on the cutting room floor, you know, of fun office stuff with my daughter and photo shoots and dinner, you know, A dinner event, me and Jenna and Jessel and Raquel would too. Jessel and I did this fashion and founders event for 30 incredible designers. That was all there. You know, Uwe put together an amazing panel with Fern Malice and me and Melissa Wood Tepperberg.

And we talked about our careers, all gone. So it was there. Yeah. If people had made the decision that that was important. And I think women are ready to see this stuff on TV. You can have both. You can have these powerful, awesome moments. And then you can have the petty fighting. But for whatever reason, it was all just this. Becky doesn't talk and she's boring.

You mean in how I was viewed?

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