Andy Cohen is clearing the air.
03.11.2023 - 19:49 / variety.com
Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Andy Cohen put himself in the hot seat for a high-octane start to BravoCon 2023. The face and central nervous system of the Bravo network and its many reality franchises kicked off a weekend of panels, cocktail parties and a bedazzled trade show on Friday in Las Vegas. Held at the Caesars Forum just off the strip, Cohen sat with longtime friend and ex-Bravo talent Jeff Lewis to field questions from devout fans.
Not all were softballs. An attendee named Alexandra felt the line of questioning Cohen was receiving wasn’t “messy” enough, so she raised the issue of “the reality reckoning” — a concept introduced by rogue former “Real Housewives of New York” cast member Bethenny Frankel. This so-called reckoning seeks not only to unionize reality television stars, but also to call out alleged problematic behavior perpetrated by cast members, individual show producers and Bravo itself.
Many of these issues were outlined in a recent Vanity Fair story in which former cast members (including Frankel) discussed drinking to excess with no intervention from production, as well as alleged unchecked aggressions against people of color. While the exposé landed with a bit of the thud, Cohen was nonetheless asked how he felt about it. “My thoughts are that Bravo and the shows … bring millions of people so much joy and so much happiness.
Which is why we’re all here. I live in the joy that thee shows bring people, and that’s the place that I’m at,” said Cohen. Variety caught up with Cohen backstage following his opener, where he called the piece “a factually inaccurate rehash.” He did not elaborate on what elements of the story he found to be inaccurate.
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