Executive producer of “Bravos” real housewives series star Andy Cohen has broken his silence on the recent scandal involving former Bravo stars who are suing after being accused of sexism and drug abuse on set. However, I have no regrets about the way I handled anything. ”
“I’m very proud of the close relationships I’ve built over my 20 years at the network. I’m very proud of what we’ve built and everyone who has been a part of it,” Cohen said. Said hollywood reporter After being asked if he had been “hurt by the criticism” he had received or if he had any “regrets” about his response.
“I think most of the people involved in these shows are very grateful for this platform, but there’s always going to be a few people who are unhappy,” the Bravo host added. “Of course it’s no fun being a target. So, yes, it hurts. But I have no regrets about the way I handled anything.”
Cohen continued, “I think everything that happens in your life informs what’s going to happen next in your life.”
“I look at this whole thing that way,” he said. “I know what the truth is, I know how I’ve acted, and I walk tall with that every day.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Cohen said that a lot has changed in his 18 years as a producer. real housewifesaid, “We now live in a culture of inhumanity,” and that people “can no longer say” the same things they could say on TV in 2009.
“Making a show about politically incorrect women in 2024 is different than making a show about politically incorrect women in 2009,” Cohen said. “In 2009, when one of the kids called her brother a fag, we kept it on the show and discussed it on the reunion episode.”
“It was a conversation in 2009 between two brothers. We thought it was a teaching moment,” the Bravo host explained. “In 2024, you will soon beep that word and cause an uproar.”
“Someone on the show today will say, ‘You can’t say that word anymore,’ and viewers will go crazy on Twitter,” Cohen said. “Sensitivity has changed over the last few years. Social media has a lot of influence. There’s not a lot of room for nuance these days.”
“We now live in an inhumane culture and everyone has had to adapt to it,” he added.
As reported by Breitbart News, fashion designers and real housewives of new york city Star Leah McSweeney sued Cohen on cocaine and booze-related charges, accusing him of encouraging drug abuse to boost ratings.
former real housewives of beverly hills Meanwhile, star Brandi Glanville accused the Bravo host of sending her an inappropriate video that included a suggestion to watch her have sex in 2022, but Cohen said the suggestion to watch her have sex was “a joke. It was,” he apologized.
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