Andy Cohen Issues an Apology to Garcelle Beauvais After ‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Reunion Drama

25.10.2022 - 03:55 / usmagazine.com

Making amends. Andy Cohen issued a public apology after receiving backlash for his response to Garcelle Beauvais and Lisa Rinna‘s feud at the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reunion.

“I need to really sincerely apologize not only for diverting the topic but for not returning — even worse — to the serious conversation that was at hand,” Cohen, 54, said during SiriusXM’s Radio Andy show on Monday, October 24. “I have deep admiration for Garcelle.”

The Bravo producer explained he had a “really good, productive conversation” with Beauvais, 55, after the second part of the season 12 reunion special aired.

“I should have been more in tune with her feelings,” he added, before addressing the online response to the segment. “I just wanted to say that because I’ve been logging in and I get.”

During the RHOBH reunion, which aired part two on Thursday, October 20, Rinna, 59, revealed she was the one who threw Beauvais’ memoir, Love Me as I Am, into the trash. Their costar Erika Jayne previously took credit after posting a photo of the book on social media.

“I have to be honest — I’m the one that tossed Garcelle’s book in the trash,” the former soap star said at the time. “Garcelle and I had a handshake agreement the kids were off limits. And so, about a year and a half later, she put my daughter Amelia [Hamlin] in her book in not a positive light, in a negative light. And that’s what I did.”

The model, for her part, pointed out that she addressed Rinna’s criticism off screen. “I said, ‘What can we do? It’s a week before the book actually comes out, what can we do?'” Beauvais recalled. “And so we all came up with a second edition of the book, we will take it out as well as the audio and that’s what we did.”

Cohen quickly changed the