Andrew Joseph Cohen (born June 2, 1968) is an American radio and television talk show host, producer, and writer. He is the host and executive producer of the Bravo's late night talk show, Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.
Cohen also has a pop culture channel on SiriusXM Radio named Radio Andy. He hosts a two-hour live show with co-host John Hill twice a week.
Cohen served as Bravo's Executive Vice President of Development and Talent until 2013. He was responsible for creating original content, developing innovative formats, and identifying new talent.
Andy Cohen Reacts to Kathie Lee Gifford Slamming Kelly Ripa’s ‘Very Fair’ Book That Details Regis Philbin Drama
usmagazine.comBFFs forever. Andy Cohen shared his thoughts about Kathie Lee Gifford refusing to read his longtime pal Kelly Ripa’s memoir — and why the book isn’t slandering the late Regis Philbin.“I think if Kathie Lee read the book, she would probably agree with everything Kelly said,” Cohen, 54, exclusively told Us Weekly on Friday, October 14, during an interview at BravoCon 2022. “What Kelly did was she told her experience and it was all so very fair and balanced.”Ripa, 52, recently made headlines when she got candid in her new memoir, Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories, about her relationship with her late cohost, who died in July 2020 at the age of 88.While the two weren’t close in real life — the Riverdale alum called the idea “a basic misconception” — she also revealed there was a power struggle that existed between them.”My name had to be smaller than Regis’ name on the Live!
title card and branding. A game of inches, which speaks for itself. But on that we agreed. Seniority, after all,” Ripa penned in her stories, noting that “seniority” soon turned into an “elusive” term never used in reference to her experience.Gifford, 69, who helmed Live!
With Regis and Kathie Lee for more than a decade until she exited the show in 2000 (Ripa’s takeover began in 2001) — responded to the former soap star’s claims during an October 10 interview with Fox 5’s Rosanna Scotto.“I was very sorry to see the headlines,” she said. “You know, you never know what’s true and what’s not true.
I went, ‘I hope this isn’t true. I just hope it isn’t.’ ‘Cause what’s the point? I don’t get it. I don’t get it.”The Lipstick Jungle alum went on to state that she’s “not gonna read the book” before adding, “I know what Regis was to me.”She continued, “He was
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