How Deirdre Connolly, Showrunner of 'Watch What Happens Live', Is Handling the Scandoval

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Watch What Happens Live showrunner and executive producer, a position Deirdre Connolly has held since day one. Andy Cohen may host the interactive late-night talk show, but even he is in awe of her. “She hears and sees EVERYTHING,” he tells me via email. “A true keeper of secrets!”It's no surprise then that Connolly has been inundated with messages from just about everyone in her life—even friends she hasn't heard from in a long time—ever since it broke that has been cheating on his longtime girlfriend Ariana Madix with costar Raquel Leviss.

While gossip feeds the Bravo Extended Universe news cycle every day, Connolly and her team consider this event a particular outlier.

A scandal so big even the least Bravo-literate want to know what's going on. But ever the professional, Connolly is mostly just focused on how WWHL will cover it in the coming weeks. “It affects our booking," she says, adding that Vanderpump Rules' Katie Maloney was originally booked as the guest for tonight's show (Wednesday, March 8).

But then the reality series went back into production, which meant the cast was no longer available. “So then it went to figuring out who's the right person instead.