Event planners of BravoCon 2022 almost canceled the event this Friday after fans got uncontrollable; rushing the RHOBH panel. Things stirred up about 20 minutes before Garcelle Beauvais, Erika Girardi, Dorit Kemsley, Crystal Kung Minkoff, Kyle Richards, Lisa Rinna, and Sutton Stracke hit the stage.
The stars were to present their planned thrills courtesy of Tresemmé. Some impatient fans left their positions in the queue to push past security and rush the stage. In the process, composed and patiently waiting patrons were knocked over.
Bravo management had a thing or two to say concerning the untoward incident. Per People, the company pointed out that it was an overcapacity issue in the room.
“There was an issue where we failed to clear the room after one panel ended while the audience for the RHOBH panel entered, causing an overcapacity issue. Security acted immediately to ensure safety for all present. We want to ensure that everyone has the weekend and great experience they came for.”
Despite Bravo’s statement on RHOBH Panel being almost canceled at BravoCon 2022, fans took to social media to air their disappointments.
Today’s #RHOBH panel at #BravoCon was certainly crowded, but nothing like the Blair Witch style footage you may have seen 👀 Organizers opened up curtains and directed overflow to a new area. @BravoTV @andy pic.twitter.com/xQWVoHvLAT
— Katcy Stephan (@katcystephan) October 14, 2022
Fans React as ‘RHOBH’ Panel Was Almost Canceled at BravoCon 2022
As expected, many people were displeased with such an occurrence. Seeing the aisles flooded and the stage filled with onlookers was disgraceful. The experience must have been horrible for Twitter users to say it was scary.
The person stated that he was shoved and didn’t get any space to himself. Another fan was disappointed to have waited an hour for the show with friends, only for them to leave because of the whole thing.
So scary I got shoved and like then I was reacting to my friend and some girl got in my face.
— Nelini Stamp 🐺🐜 (@NelStamp) October 14, 2022
At some point during the event, an organizer announced that safety was a priority. Then people were redirected to the other side of the curtain. It wasn’t long before the crowd returned. People in the room started asking organizers to remove general admission attendees from the room.
Later on, the same organizer disclosed that the ‘RHOBH’ panel was almost canceled at BravoCon 2022. It would have been called off if they couldn’t manage the situation.
Aside from the ‘RHOBH’ panel issue, every other part of the convention went well. Lisa Rinna, who wasn’t supposed to be around, made a surprise appearance. However, she was booed by many attendees before addressing her long-criticized behavior from the show’s 12th season.
BravoCon 2022 will continue through Sunday at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City.