From Dorit Kemsley vs. Kyle Richards to the most recent Bravo reunion tapings, Us Weekly caught up with Andy Cohen to talk Housewives scorching matters, New Yr’s Eve and extra.
Talking to Us forward of his Fresca Combined vacation blissful hour at Magic Hour Elephant Lounge on Monday, December 16, Cohen started with ideas for his the proper NYE social gathering (if you happen to aren’t internet hosting a dwell broadcast on CNN, in fact).
“I might say [arrival at] 9 o’clock. I might invite extra individuals than you suppose you may slot in your residence as a result of it’s New Yr’s Eve and it’s loopy. And individuals are social gathering hopping!” Cohen instructed Us. “You additionally need a movement to be occurring via your residence all evening. So individuals can go away and be like, ‘Hey, I’m going to Rod’s home.’ ‘Oh, OK. See you guys later. ‘After which different individuals present up and so they’re like, ‘Oh, we simply got here from this place.’ And it’s enjoyable! I might not inform all people who’s coming – go away just a few names off the checklist, so it seems like they’re shock company. I threw a celebration the opposite evening and I didn’t inform people who, like, three totally different previous buddies have been coming and so they have been actually shocked and it felt festive!”
Cohen was additionally keen about lighting — “You need everybody to look lovely. Tremendous dim is nice” — earlier than circling again to the time.
“The explanation I say after 8:30 or 9 is you don’t actually should serve meals. You may simply have snacks and, like, cookies and sugary issues. You really want to give attention to having sufficient spirits for everybody. And one of many causes I really like Fresca Combined is just not solely as a result of I’ve been ingesting Fresca with tequila for a few years, famously — I feel I gave them the concept, however that’s high-quality — I additionally find it irresistible as a result of it’s simple and so they have a ton of flavors,” he stated. “Your company really feel completely taken care of and so they’re like, ‘Wow, you’ve got mango citrus, you’ve got tequila Paloma.’ And it’s like, yeah, I’ve no matter you need!’” (For the report, Cohen’s BFF Anderson Cooper is a tequila Paloma fan, whereas Cohen is at the moment into mango citrus.)
Hold studying to see Cohen spill the tea — or a Fresca Combined — on the most recent Bravo information:
‘RHONJ’
When requested when there’s going to be an replace on the standing of the Backyard State, Cohen made it clear he had nothing new to share. “You’re not gonna get it for, like, a 12 months, so everybody cease asking,” he instructed Us. “And I maintain saying you will get nothing, so cease asking!”
‘RHOBH’
Over in Beverly Hills, Cohen acknowledged that followers are seeing one other aspect of Dorit as she navigates her separation from husband PK — cigarette and all. “She’s at a fork in her life and he or she’s redefining her personal life. And I feel that that course of isn’t a clear course of,” he stated. “You’re seeing that as she’s residing via it.”
OG Kyle can be documenting her break up from husband Mauricio on the present, however as viewers know the respective breakups aren’t bringing the 2 former BFFs collectively — but. “Kyle’s at the same place in her life. So I feel you’re coping with two people who find themselves truly, I imply, I feel it’s unhappy as a result of they may [support each other],” Cohen stated. “You will note them, at occasions, this season being an awesome help for one another. They really weirdly want one another extra now than they most likely have.”
When requested his No. 1 query for the group when he shoots the reunion within the 90210, Cohen stayed mum. “I don’t need to spoil the season!”
‘RHONY’
Cohen instructed Us that the latest RHONY reunion taping went “actually good” — and promised the pranks is not going to be a spotlight. “We talked in regards to the pranks for about three minutes,” he confirmed earlier than teasing extra to come back on the present regardless of followers’ criticism. “This journey from this journey to Puerto Rico is explosive during. And it tees up the reunion very decisively.”
Talking of NYC, Cohen lately revealed that he and former star Carole Radzwill made amends. “She texted me. We have been conversing publicly slightly bit, and he or she texted me privately, after which we simply began texting,” he stated. “Then we bumped into one another. Weirdly, I’ve not seen her since she left the present — I’ve not seen her or run into her since [2018]. I [ran] into her, like, 10 days later on the Polo Bar, which was loopy. I’ve recognized her because the early 2000s, I feel, or late 90s. So we’ve an extended historical past collectively that predates the Housewives.”
When requested whether or not Carole could possibly be a part of the brand new forged of RHONY, Cohen stated, “Funnily sufficient, she truly says she is aware of or has seen a lot of the new ladies. I do know she’s recognized Jenna, most likely, for a very long time.” That stated, he made it clear he wasn’t hinting at something: “I’m not saying that. I’m simply saying she is aware of these ladies.”
‘Southern Appeal’
Cohen doesn’t produce Bravo packages outdoors of the Housewives franchise, however he does host reunions for exhibits like Vanderpump Guidelines, Beneath Deck and has the forged members on WWHL usually. Most lately, he hosted Craig Conover to talk in regards to the newest season of Southern Appeal — and pressed the longtime Bravo star to confess to mendacity on digicam within the final decade after he claimed he hadn’t.
“I can’t anticipate the reunion. We’re gonna watch it with him — we’re gonna play the montage.” Cohen stated, earlier than clarifying that he simply “made that up.”
“I can’t think about we’re not! …We’ll see what he says,” he continued. “He at all times has a solution for every part.” What stays unclear is that if JT Thomas will present up after claiming in November that he give up the present. “JT is a wild trip,” he added “I don’t know [what is going on with him] … however I’m a fan.”
‘VPR’
“Plenty of us have DMed or texted,” Cohen instructed Us in regards to the community’s plans to revamp Vanderpump Guidelines with a brand new forged. “I don’t suppose anybody was shocked, nevertheless it was actually the top of an period. I used to be like, ‘Let me have a look at the oldest footage that I’ve of those guys. And I went again and I posted footage of Jax, Sandoval, Stassi and Scheana. The 4 of them got here on WWHL at the start. It was simply very candy to see — they regarded so younger and never harmless.” When requested if Cohen has been in contact with James Kennedy, who was lately arrested for misdemeanor home violence earlier this month, Cohen replied, “No.”
‘RHOC’
“[It was] some of the beloved seasons of Orange County Housewives ever. And that’s 18 seasons and the very best rankings in a few years, over 3 million viewers,” Cohen stated when Us introduced up the unique franchise, which ended with Tamra Choose and Shannon Beador seemingly making an attempt to show over a brand new leaf of their friendship. When requested if they may actually flip the web page, Cohen admitted, “I might by no means attempt to guess.”
Relating to “good friend” Alexis Bellino‘s standing with the group, Cohen supplied: “Right here’s the factor in regards to the Housewives — and particularly the Housewives of Orange County — that could be a group of individuals that’s at all times form of weirdly in one another’s lives in some dotted line approach, or working into one another at Javier’s, The Quiet Girl. She’ll at all times exist within the universe.”
‘RHOSLC’
Calling Angie Ok.‘s viral comment about excessive physique depend hair “unbelievable,” Cohen famous that he loves “seeing a Housewife in bloom.” He continued: “The factor in regards to the Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis, they’re all in bloom. And that is 5 seasons in! And that is two seasons after the conjecture was, ‘Can they survive with out Jen Shah?’ And a season after the conjecture was, ‘Can they survive with out Monica?’ So it’s actually thrilling to see.”
Us additionally needed to ask about newcomer Britani Bateman and opting to have her as a “good friend” as a substitute of a snowflake holder. “I feel at this level, particularly if you happen to have a look at Miami Housewives, I feel the traces between ‘good friend’ and Housewife, you already know, have change into slightly blurred. I feel that it means, we use you at our discretion slightly otherwise, possibly, however I’m unsure that it issues so long as they’re a part of the ensemble.”
‘RHOP’
Cohen “completely agreed” with Us that it’s been fascinating to see Gizelle Bryant sans BFF Robyn Dixon on RHOP, including, “I feel Gizelle is having an awesome season.”
