Spencer Pratt Jokes He’s Already ‘On Strike’ After Bethenny Frankel Calls for Reality TV Residuals

Kandi Burruss has always been outspoken, and that’s why she’s not joining Bethenny Frankel's call for a strike by reality TV stars.Burruss, who is busy promoting her cover for magazine, recently spoke to ET's Brice Sander about the recent remarks made by Frankel about the possibility of reality stars unionizing and striking to demand better contracts and to stand with the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.«I feel like things that I feel or have felt that needed to be addressed, I actually reached out to the network, and we addressed them,» star said of Bravo.Last week, anonymous reality stars alleged in a legal letter sent to NBCUniversal and Bravo that they were subjected to «grotesque and depraved mistreatment.» Attorneys Bryan Friedman and Mark Geragos say they represent «a significant number of individuals» who have been «mentally, physically, and financially victimized by NBC,» and could «ruin» the network «should they decide to speak out about their mistreatment.»In response, a spokesperson for NBCUniversal told, «NBCUniversal is committed to maintaining a safe and respectful workplace for cast and crew on our reality shows. At the outset, we require our third-party production partners to have appropriate workplace policies and training in place.

Megan Thee Stallion is asking the Los Angeles County Superior Court to hold Tory Lanez fully accountable for shooting her in the feet as the 31-year-old awaits his sentencing.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer In the summer of strikes and labor action, calls for reality TV personalities to form a union are gaining steam. Bethenny Frankel unleashed a storm last month with her unvarnished criticism of Bravo and other unscripted-focused platforms for the way that unscripted stars are treated behind the scenes. Frankel was not shy about detailing what she described as commonplace abuses, including producers manipulating contestants for the cameras.

Megan Thee Stallion is asking the Los Angeles County Superior Court to hold Tory Lanez fully accountable for shooting her in the feet as the 31-year-old awaits his sentencing.On Monday, Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Kathy Ta read a statement written by Megan during Lanez’s sentencing hearing at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center. The GRAMMY winner, who wasn’t at the hearing, gave a pre-written statement detailing how she has suffered since the Canadian-born rapper shot her in the feet three years ago.«Since I was viciously shot by the defendant, I have not experienced a single day of peace,» Megan wrote.

Several California politicians have called on Taylor Swift to reschedule her Los Angeles concerts amid the ongoing hotel worker strike.

Erik ten Hag looks set to land his third major signing of the summer this week after Manchester United agreed a fee for Rasmus Hojlund on Saturday.

BreAnna Bell “Selling Sunset” stars Mary and Romain Bonnet might be sold on Bethenny Frankel’s idea of a reality stars union. “We’re not protected like everybody else is. Even all of our production team, they are union.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Speidi is still a thing, according to Spotify. Spotify’s Ringer Podcast Network announced “Speidi’s 16th Minute,” a video podcast hosted by Heidi and Spencer Pratt, the reality TV couple from MTV’s “The Hills,” which originally aired from 2006-2010.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Bethenny Frankel has enlisted two of the most high-profile attorneys in Hollywood to help in her self-proclaimed fight to help protect reality stars from what she says is exploitation by networks and studios. Power players Bryan Freedman and Mark Geragos are now working alongside Frankel to investigate the treatment of reality stars. Freedman tells me that he has heard from roughly 50 reality show cast members from various docuseries and competition shows who believe that they were “used and unfairly” treated by television networks and streamers.

Khloe Kardashian is not allowing critics to shame her for celebrating Tristan Thompson's younger brother, Amari Thompson. Amari, who is severely disabled, turned 17 on Thursday and KoKo threw the teen a birthday party at her Calabasas, California, home.

Bethenny Frankel is going off on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, and asking them to “go away for a long time…and close the mouth” after what she’s calling “the biggest botch job ever.”

Bethenny Frankel stands by her opinion of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

Tori Kelly is on the road to recovery after experiencing a medical emergency on Sunday night. The 30-year-old gospel singer was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital where she was treated for blood clots, a source close to Kelly told ABC News. On Wednesday, the two-time Grammy Award winner's husband, André Murillo, shared an update on her condition with her fans.

Ozzy Osbourne has shared a health update after cancelling his headlining slot at the Power Trip festival later this year.The “Prince Of Darkness” was set to perform in Indio, California this October alongside headliners Metallica, AC/DC and Guns N’ Roses. But a statement shared by the metal legend explained that he was not ready to perform due to his health issues.“Unfortunately, my body is telling me that I’m just not ready yet and I am much too proud to have the first show that I do in nearly five years be half-assed,” Osbourne wrote in the statement.Speaking to his co-host, Billy Morrison, on SiriusXM’s Ozzy Speaks, Osbourne shared that he had recently had a blood clot filter removed from one of his arteries.“When I had the blood clots in my legs, they put a filter in your artery to stop the blood clots going to your heart and your brain,” Osbourne shared.

Porsha Williams thinks Bethenny Frankel's call for a reality TV star strike has some real merit.Williams recently sat down with ET, to dish on her Fox celebrity competition series, and she addressed recent remarks made by Frankel about the possibility of reality stars unionizing and striking to demand better contracts and to stand with the ongoing SAG-AFTRA/WGA strikes.«I can respect a lot of what Bethenny had to say, actually. I mean, why would I have any problem with her speaking up for reality stars?» Williams shared.

Bethenny Frankel's advice to Rachel Leviss -- should Rachel choose to go back to the kind of environment that ultimately landed her in a mental health treatment facility — is don't agree to go back to  until she's hammered out a new deal with Bravo.Speaking to ET's Kevin Frazier after questioning why reality TV stars haven't gone on strike, Frankel says Leviss is the one still getting dragged for her role in creating Scandoval, an affair with Tom Sandoval, whose nine-year relationship with Ariana Madix was torpedoed when news of the affair surfaced earlier this year. While the rest of the gang have all returned to production for the highly anticipated season 11, Leviss has bee noticeably absent. And Frankel, host of the  podcast, encourages Leviss to keep it that way until both sides can come to an agreement.«She had an affair. She's not the first person in the world that's had an affair and, you know, bullying or beating someone down for a tragic error that, yes, everybody has, like,  grabbed and ripped the meat off the carcass.

Bethenny Frankel is calling for a reality TV union.

posted an Instagram rant on Instagram on Wednesday regarding the writers’ and actors’ labor issues, demanding that reality stars get paid residuals.“Why isn’t reality TV on strike?” Frankel, 52, said. “Reality stars should also stop shooting network and streaming content until their free content is taken down.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Bethenny Frankel says reality stars should take a page out of the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes and unionize. She says she believes reality stars should be earning residual-like payments when their series become hits and are replayed by networks and streamers across multiple platforms. Frankel shot to fame on the original “Real Housewives of New York.” She says she was paid $7,250 for the first season, but has never received any compensation based on the show’s massive success. She has a starred in a variety of reality series since “RHONY,” including “Bethenny Getting Married,” “Bethenny and Frederick” and “Bethenny Every After.”

Bethenny Frankel has one question — «Why isn't reality TV on strike?»The former  star posed the question Wednesday in one of her trademark sound-off posts, in which she shared that, during her first season on the hit Bravo show, she earned a paltry $7,250.«Hollywood is on strike. Entertainers are fighting for residuals, and no one will promote anything. Why isn't reality TV on strike?» she asked.