‘False and upsetting': RHOM star Lisa Hochstein addresses rumor about her boyfriend

Miami Herald

2 days ago

Calm down, Internet.
Trolls were out in force Wednesday night after 'Real Housewives of Miami' premiered (and the following day when Peacock streamed it).
The cause of the crashout is a a little complicated, naturally.
The drama started when Lisa Hochstein, who was throwing a birthday party for boyfriend Jody Glidden at their sprawling apartment, got into an argument with Larsa Pippen.
The hostess, 42, accused her costar of 'faking' her breakup with now ex Marcus Jordan for publicity. (Pippen and NBA great Michael Jordan's son dated for about a year and a half, calling it quits in March 2024.)
The 50-year-old influencer took offense, saying there was nothing 'fake' about their split, then called her the b-word. Before the situation escalated, Hochstein asked her to leave.
WARNING: VIDEO CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE
'Where's Jody?' someone yells.
As a distraught Pippen gets up to go to the bathroom with Kiki Barth, one of the Housewives yells, 'Where's Jody?!'
That's when the cameras pan to a closed door, where two men are speaking inside.
One says, 'The AC is so good in here.'
Under one fan account's clip of the scene, people were more interested in what went on in that room than the cat fight. Among the comments:
'Okay… AC is the new code word for coke??'
'What's up with Jody ? What was he doing with that guy and the AC?'
'Oh, I missed Miami ... crying at parties, real beef and not them doing coke in the bedroom.'
Soon enough, the term 'AC' went viral on various 'RHOM' Instagram pages. After one account called The Real Housewives Zone dedicated an entire post to the matter, Hochstein and Glidden clapped back.
'I can't believe I have to address such ridiculous rumors, but last night's episode was a gross misrepresentation of what actually happened and manipulated editing,' explained the mother of two in the comments. 'Jody and our non-cast friends were hanging out in our primary suite and lounge area, which we use as a common space with friends and family — they were not crowded in some solitary bathroom. Our friends did not want to be filmed, so they sought out privacy in our hangout spot. Any implication beyond that reality is completely false and upsetting.'
And for the record, she concluded, 'AC' stands for air conditioning, 'something essential in Miami!'
Glidden, a fellow Canadian, also wrote in:
'Sigh… I live in Miami and I'm a grown man. If I were doing that, who cares? It's probably a safe assumption for 50 percent of Miami. It just happens that I'm a fitness fanatic, that barely even drinks.'
The tech businessman, 49, went even harder, saying that he'd rather not be in the spotlight at all; hence, why he bailed to a different part of the house.
'The reality is simpler: I don't like being on camera, but I'm dating a reality star, I love her, and that's my life,' Glidden wrote, adding the living room where the ladies were shooting was '95 degrees.' 'Production already said the scene wasn't meant to imply that and that it was added just to explain why I wasn't in the room during the argument. 'Spoiler: I'm barely ever in any group scenes because this isn't my thing. I'm there to support Lisa, not get pulled into chaos.'
We reached out to Bravo for comment but did not immediately hear back.