Designer Koa Johnson - Breaks Silence on RHOSLC Jen Shah's Mistreatment

BEHIND THE VELVET ROPE

David Yontef

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🗓️ 13 March 2021

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Koa Johnson steps Behind The Rope. If that name sounds familiar to you it is because he is the designer that The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’s Jen Shah was seen berating in the now leaked viral video mere days ago. Koa starts at the beginning explaining how, where, when, and why he came to work for RHOSLC’s Jen Shah. Koa details what their working relationship was like as designer and official Shah Squad member which, if you have seen the video, you know was not all that pleasant. Speaking of the viral video, Koa chats about when it was taken, what caused Jen Shah to lose her sh&t, who else was in the room and, whether this type of behavior was a common occurrence, and just who does he think leaked the video to the media. Koa explains the circumstances surrounding the end of his employment with Jen, why he never spoke out about their working relationship before, the long term effects their time together has had on him, what he would like to say to Jen and his recommendations to Bravo and her fellow RHOSLC cast members going forward in regards to Jen. Finally, we chat with about Koa about his design aesthetic, his own personal style and inspirations, his best and worst dressed RHOSLC Housewife, his best and worst dressed other franchises Housewife and what his plans are now that he is no longer a member of The Shah Squad. FULL INTERVIEW CAN BE HEARD: https://www.patreon.com/posts/48518018 @designerkojo @behindvelvetrope @davidyontef See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, this is David. Welcome back behind the velvet robe. We were able to secure
0:07.7	a sit-down chat with Coat Johnson. Gen Shaw's dress designer. I'm sure you guys have heard
0:13.4	all about Coat throughout this past week. You've seen the viral video. You've heard the
0:18.6	viral audio. We sat down to talk with Coat about everything about his designs, where he's
0:25.2	from obviously our HOSLC, what working with Gen Shaw was like, and you know, the video
0:32.6	and the audio and really the aftermath and where we are now today. Everything seems to be
0:39.2	changing by the day. This was a few days ago. Here is an excerpt from that. And for the full
0:45.5	video, it is out now on our Patreon account. There is a link, link right here in this bio.
0:54.9	It was an interesting chat. I was a video too. We might share the video at some point, little
1:01.7	clips. But head on over to Patreon for the full chat with Coat Johnson earlier this week.
1:09.3	And here is a clip of some of how that went. Again, on our Patreon link in our bio on Instagram
1:16.9	and there is a link right here on Apple and Spotify and everywhere you're listening to
1:22.0	this. Thanks. Love you all. So when did like some of this abusive behavior start? Like
1:31.0	the scrum before we even get to this video, which we saw, like I mean, when did that start?
1:36.2	You know, like to be honest with you, David, when you're in a position where you are conditioned
1:51.9	or groomed to be how you're being treated is okay, you don't realize, like time goes by,
2:00.6	like I just realized like, oh my gosh, I've been here for almost a year. And living under
2:06.0	those conditions, you don't realize how you're being treated and that if it's okay or not,
2:11.6	okay, and you just lose a sense of time, a sense of what you're at in moment and your groomed
2:18.2	to feel like that's okay when it's not. And the only times that you only realize that is when
2:24.0	other people around you know this as well. And that's when I started to see that, yeah, this
2:32.0	is not okay. This behavior is definitely not okay. And the situation that I am in is not okay.
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