Andy Cohen Fires Back at Leah McSweeney’s ‘Categorically False’ Cocaine Allegations: ‘The Truth Matters’

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Meredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.com Andy Cohen — executive producer of Bravo‘s “Real Housewives” franchise and the host of its nightly talk show “Watch What Happens Live” — has fired back against allegations made in a lawsuit by Leah McSweeney, a former cast member of “The Real Housewives of New York City.” In a letter sent on March 6 to McSweeney’s representation from his attorney, Orin Snyder, Cohen calls her allegations “false, offensive and defamatory.” On Feb.

27, McSweeney filed a complaint against Cohen, Bravo and NBCUniversal alleging that Cohen fostered a “rotted workplace culture,” as she told the New York Times in an interview.

McSweeney also claimed that the executive producer had“discriminated against, tormented, demoralized, demeaned, harassed and retaliated against Ms.

McSweeney because she is a woman with disabilities, such as alcohol use disorder and various mental health disorders, all in the name of selling drama.” The lawsuit also accused Cohen of using cocaine with various Bravo cast members, and claimed that he would reward the cast members who participated with “favorable” edits in their respective series.