Rachel Zoe speaks onstage during Cannes Lions 2026 in Cannes, France, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. Getty Images for Cannes Lions After Rachel Zoe publicly dragged her former assistants and colleagues in several interviews, accusing them of disloyalty — and alleging they forced her to flee the fashion biz — the celeb stylist and reality star is now getting her comeuppance as the target of a vicious WhatsApp chat group, we hear.
Former colleagues are sharing alleged horror stories about working with the 54-year-old “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star.
It’s the latest salvo in an ongoing feud that first erupted between Zoe and her ex-assistant-turned-TV personality Brad Goreski, but has broadened to include at least a half-dozen other assistants who are on the chain.
Stylists Brad Goreski, left, and Rachel Zoe attend MOCA’s gala in Los Angeles on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010. Stefanie Keenan “In full disclosure, I just couldn’t trust assistants,” Zoe told People earlier this year. “I think after being completely betrayed, for lack of a better term, in various ways, by enough assistants and not being able to trust them with my clients and stuff to represent what I do and how I am with my clients, it just wasn’t worth it anymore.” She also told the mag: “You have to be able to entrust that in people that represent your work, and if you can’t do that, the system is broken.”
“The Rachel Zoe Project” star, who has worked with everyone from Jennifer Garner to Kate Hudson to Nicole Richie, then doubled down in a conversation with Interview magazine, saying that working with some assistants was “triggering.”
That interview prompted Goreski to respond in an Instagram comment: “Triggering for the assistants as well – Taylor, Jill, Jordan, Tara, Me.”
View this post on Instagram In recent months, the WhatsApp group has been buzzing as former co-workers trade tale after tale of Zoe’s alleged incidents of bad behavior and poor management.
Zoe, who joined Bravo’s “The Real Housewives” franchise in 2025, didn’t respond to an email seeking comment.
