Lisa Vanderpump is defending Andy Cohen after a sequence of allegations made in opposition to him by former Bravo stars.
In a latest interview, Vanderpump got here to Cohen’s protection after the Watch What Occurs Dwell host was accused of sexual harassment and interesting Actual Housewives stars to make use of medication.
It was just lately reported, and subsequently shut down by Cohen’s reps, that he was negotiating his Bravo exit. Whereas showing on The Speak, Vanderpump was requested in regards to the rumors, to which she stated, “Nicely, I hope not. I actually do.”
“I’ve had a really shut relationship with Andy through the years,” Vanderpump continued. “Andy and I’ve at all times had a really playful relationship. I feel I’ve been one of many few those that have carried out Watch What Occurs Dwell on their very own for a few years, and had a form of very related relationship, and he’s playful. He’s appropriately naughty, like I’m, too. I imply, that’s what Bravo is plenty of the time.”
She added, “Nevertheless it’s innocuous. He’s a homosexual man that we have now a variety of enjoyable with. So, am I on his aspect? Rattling proper, I’m on his aspect.”
Vanderpump famous that it was “unusual” that “these allegations appear to come back from folks which can be now not working for Bravo.”
In regards to the drug allegations, Vanderpump stated, “We’ve seen Watch What Occurs Dwell. It’s a type of discuss reveals the place you might be barely inappropriate [and] barely naughty. However in terms of these drug allegations, a thousand % I’d know and no means does it ever occur.”
In February, former The Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis star Leah McSweeney filed a lawsuit alleging that “Cohen deliberately makes use of cocaine along with his staff to additional promote a office tradition that thrives off drug and alcohol abuse, which ends up in a failure to accommodate staff who’re disabled and making an attempt to stay substance free.” A rep for Cohen later replied saying the claims have been “fully false.”
Former The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills star Brandi Glanville named Cohen in a letter despatched to NBCUniversal, Warner Bros. Discovery and Shed Media by which they cited a video from 2022 the place Cohen allegedly seems “inebriated” and “boasted of his intention to sleep with one other Bravo star that evening whereas pondering of her and invited her to observe through Facetime.”
Glanville’s attorneys declare “this was a rare abuse of energy that left Ms. Glanville feeling trapped and disgusted.” Cohen would reply to those claims saying, “The video reveals Kate Chastain and I very clearly joking to Brandi. It was completely meant in jest, and Brandi’s response clearly communicated she was in on the joke. That stated, it was completely inappropriate and I apologize.”
Watch Vanderpump’s interview on The Speak within the video under.
