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Andy Cohen spoke out (as a great deal as he’s legally authorized to with various lawsuits afoot) about the criticism Bravo, the Authentic Housewives Franchise, and reality Television set as a full have come less than not too long ago. In a Hollywood Reporter include story, Cohen spilled. And kudos for undertaking that. Bravo has been accused of racism by former RHONY star Eboni K. Williams, of undermining Leah McSweeney’s sobriety, and of enabling sexual harassment by Caroline Manzo and Brandi Glanville. Glanville has accused Cohen himself of sexual harassment, declaring he allegedly despatched her a online video expressing “his intention to rest with an additional Bravo star that night time when imagining of her and invited her to watch by way of Facetime.” All of these worries have been taken up by Bethenny Frankel in her quest to unionize reality Tv. Here’s what Cohen experienced to say about Bethenny, and the office of Bravo.
Eboni K. Williams, the initially Black Real Housewife of New York, states she attempted to give up RHONY around racism, specially racist opinions produced by fellow RHONY forged member Ramona Singer. Cohen explained he could not remark on Williams’ experience, and pressured that he’s “no for a longer period in demand of programming conclusions there.” But he says he’s proud of the get the job done Bravo has finished submit-2020 to diversify its exhibits. “George Floyd was an significant cultural shift that pressured us to look at all of our programming,” he mentioned. “Bravo built it a mandate to diversify its reveals.” He cited Southern Appeal and Summer months Dwelling as exhibits that had been beforehand “segregated,” and said there is now more illustration “across the dial.”
Former RHONY cast member Leah McSweeney is also suing Andy Cohen and Bravo. She statements the exhibit “intentionally plann[ed] scenarios” to exacerbate her alcoholism in get to “create morbidly salacious actuality television.” She statements producers hid liquor bottles on set and intentionally undermined her sobriety to trigger drama. Cohen explained to THR that “Unfortunately, I can not chat about some of these matters. What I’ll say about the alcoholic beverages is that we have so a lot of sober people and people today who have gotten sober on the display, like Countess Luann.” Cohen denied the allegation of producers hiding liquor bottles, stating “That’s preposterous. We’ve been quite supportive of people’s sobriety.” McSweeney’s allegation that Cohen does coke with housewives had been not resolved.
THR requested Cohen about nevertheless an additional former RHONY solid member, Bethenny Frankel, and her movement to unionize fact stars. Cohen explained he feels Bravo-style actuality stars are compensated with exposure. “Look, you’re not drafted into the Real Housewives. You possibly want to be on the show or not, and you both see it as obtaining some greater profit for you or not. You have a business you’re striving to launch, you have a new music job you are striving to start, you want publicity,” he said. “And so you say, ‘OK, I’m heading to seem at this for the lengthy video game and possibly parlay my publicity on the clearly show into other beneficial possibilities.’ And quite a few of them do just that.”
