‘Vanderpump Rules’ Stars & Other Reality TV Participants Can Break NDAs To Reveal “Unlawful Acts,” Bravo Says, As Potential Lawsuits Loom

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The sordid underbelly of Reality TV might soon be brought out into the spotlight, and Bravo and NBCUniversal are saying they are alight with that and have been for a while.

Less than week after another letter from lawyers for  Bethenny Frankelwent to NBCU brass over claims of sexual violence, booze, and the “grotesque and depraved mistreatment of the reality stars and crewmembers,” the Comcast-owned outlet says the NDAs have never stopped series participants from talking about illegal activity.

That was made clear by a spokesperson from Bravo, home of Vanderpump Rules and the Real Housewives franchise, Friday:  Confidentiality clauses are standard practice in reality programming to prevent disclosure of storylines prior to air They are not intended to prevent disclosure by cast and crew of unlawful acts in the workplace, and they have not been enforced in that manner.

To be clear:  any current or former cast or crew is free to discuss and disclose any allegedly unlawful acts in the workplace, such as harassment or discrimination, or any other conduct they have reason to believe is inappropriate.