‘RHOBH’s Crystal Kung Minkoff On The Housewives She Connected With The Most At BravoCon & The Scene That Was Cut From Her 40th Birthday Episode

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Crystal Kung Minkoff of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills had an eventful weekend attending BravoCon in Las Vegas and an upcoming episode of the Bravo reality series will see her celebrate her 40th birthday in Sin City.

Minkoff said she “had a great time” at the three-day fan convention despite the drama she was thrown into when Flipping Out alum Jeff Lewis said unpleasant things about her during the “Ask Andy” panel, the first one of the weekend.

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“I think that’s just his style,” Minkoff told Deadline about why she thinks Lewis was coming after her. “Normally I take the high road and I don’t say anything but I just felt like … I had to say something and I’m happy he apologized. I wasn’t going to stay quiet anymore and I just thought he needed to know that it was too much.”

With over 150 Bravolebrities at BravoCon, Minkoff was able to mingle with fellow housewives and said she enjoyed her time with The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Marlo Hampton. “She’s so lovely,” she added.

“I got to spend a lot of time with Candiace [Dillard Bassett of The Real Housewives of Potomac] the final night,” Minkoff continued. “I really enjoyed speaking with Dorinda [Medley of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: RHONY Legacy]. I loved talking to Heather Dubrow [of The Real Housewives of Orange County] — we’re going to get dinner together.”

Dubrow recently moved to L.A. with many fans thinking she’s vying for a diamond with the cast of RHOBH. When asking Minkoff what she thought about the idea of Dubrow joining the show, she also revealed a connection she has with the RHOC star.

“Would love Heather to join the cast. I really enjoyed her — we have a lot of mutual friends and we really connected this week on a level that I didn’t expect,” Minkoff said. “We’ve been texting each other and I just think that she is fabulous and I think that Beverly Hills makes sense for her.”

She continued, “She’s moving here. She actually bought my friend’s house. I spent a lot of Thanksgiving’s in that home, so I would love to be back in that house.”

When the taglines for Season 13 were released, Minkoff had some fans confused after hearing her say, “They say wisdom comes with age, but I’m proving otherwise.” Many interpreted the tagline as Minkoff proving she’s not getting more wise with age and the entrepreneur clarifies that it’s all about perspective.

“I loved it,” Minkoff said about her tagline. “And then I saw the chatter online. I’m like, ‘Oh, I could see if you read it that way…’ But I think it’s funny. It was my favorite one that I’ve had in three years.”

“It’s like the blue and gold dress. It’s like, which color do you see? I never saw the other color,” she added. “I still stand by the tagline. I actually love it.”

During Season 13 of the Bravo reality series, the girls take a trip to Las Vegas to celebrate Minkoff’s 40th birthday and things get wild when they attend the Magic Mike Live show. Despite showing excitement about attending the show by getting a pack of $1 dollar bills to give to the strippers and wearing pants to get chosen to get on stage, Sutton Stracke threw a temper tantrum that messed with the vibe of Minkoff’s birthday celebration.

“I think it was a combination of a lot,” Minkoff said of Stracke’s reaction. “I think part of it was that she wasn’t called up and she thought, ‘Why did I dress up like this?’ And to this day, she says that’s not what it’s about. She [says] she felt embarrassed for herself, for us [and] the show was too much. I’m like, ‘I think it was the pants. I think you wanted to go up there.”

Despite the drama, Minkoff said that she had “a good time and I did not want her to ruin the trip for me.”

Minkoff did get called up on stage and one of the dancers gave her a lap dance. Although she usually watches the episodes with her husband, Rob Minkoff, this particular one she saw by herself.

“We normally watch together but I watched it privately,” Minkoff said. The RHOBH star says that after filming that episode earlier this year she called her husband and he told her, ‘Great, have fun. I don’t want to see it.'”

During the episode, viewers will also see Garcelle Beauvais open up to the ladies that she’s not comfortable talking about her kids with them following last season when some girls made light of an incident involving Erika Jayne and Beauvais’ younger son that ultimately led him to receive death threats on social media.

Minkoff gave us insight into a scene that was left on the cutting room floor revealing that she stood up for Beuvais in that moment.

“They didn’t show it but I actually stood by her in that and I was defending her saying that had this happened to one of your children you might have a different tune,” Minkoff explained. “I also said that had this happened to my children, I probably wouldn’t forgive anyone, ever. I would try to move on but I don’t think I would ever forget.”

Minkoff doubled down saying that “kids are always off limits” and said she “one-hundred percent understood where Garcelle was coming from.”

This season also sees the introduction of a new housewife Annemarie Wiley, who will be introduced to the group by Kyle Richards.

“We’ll see how the reunion goes,” Minkoff teased about where she stands with Wiley.

Of the dynamics shifting when a new housewife joins the cast, Minkoff said that any new person joining changes things. Minkoff said that Wiley is “very outspoken” and “likes to make sure her views are out there and that’s going to always ruffle feathers whether they’re good or bad.”

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