{"id":106928,"date":"2024-06-24T07:51:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T07:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/24\/andy-cohen-felt-salty-about-wwhls-lack-of-recognition\/"},"modified":"2024-06-24T07:51:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T07:51:22","slug":"andy-cohen-felt-salty-about-wwhls-lack-of-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/24\/andy-cohen-felt-salty-about-wwhls-lack-of-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Cohen Felt \u2018Salty\u2019 About WWHL&#8217;s Lack of Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3641984\" style=\"width: 150px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:143%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Andy Cohen.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Frederick M. Brown\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/andy-cohen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Andy Cohen<\/strong><\/a> is opening up about feeling like an outsider in the late-night TV landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Cohen, 56, is celebrating 15 years of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/watch-what-happens-live-with-andy-cohen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch What Happens Live<\/a><\/em> this year, but admits he has in the past felt \u201csalty\u201d about the show being left out of the late-night conversation.<\/p>\n<p>For example, in 2015, various late-night talk show hosts including <strong>Jimmy Fallon<\/strong>, <strong>Jimmy Kimmel<\/strong>, <strong>Seth Meyers<\/strong>,<strong> Conan O\u2019Brien<\/strong> and <strong>Trevor Noah<\/strong> appeared in a photoshoot together for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2015\/09\/late-night-tv-colbert-fallon-kimmel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Vanity Fair<\/em><\/a>. Cohen wasn\u2019t included.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was very conscious that I wanted to be part of the late-night conversation,\u201d Cohen told <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/06\/andy-cohen-watch-what-happens-live-late-night-interview-1235979741\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deadline<\/a> in an interview published on Friday, June 21.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/every-real-housewife-defending-andy-cohen-after-bombshell-lawsuit\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Feature-Andy-Cohen-Every-Real-Housewife-Defending-Andy-Cohen.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Feature Andy Cohen Every Real Housewife Defending Andy Cohen\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Feature-Andy-Cohen-Every-Real-Housewife-Defending-Andy-Cohen.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/every-real-housewife-defending-andy-cohen-after-bombshell-lawsuit\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Every Real Housewife Defending Andy Cohen After Leah McSweeney Lawsuit<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tGetty Images; WireImage; Getty Images Several Real Housewives franchise stars are coming to Andy Cohen\u2019s defense following Leah McSweeney\u2019s bombshell claims against the Bravo boss. The former RHONY star filed a lawsuit against Cohen and Bravo on February 27. After news of her civil suit went public, she alleged in a lengthy Instagram post that [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI know what we\u2019re doing. I know what it means to people and I know what it means to me,\u201d he told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Cohen said that he thought at the time, \u201cThis kind of sucks.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.7%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2128653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Watch-What-Happens-Live-With-Andy-Cohen-Canceled-After-12-Years-Air-001.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Canceled After 12 Years Air\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Watch-What-Happens-Live-With-Andy-Cohen-Canceled-After-12-Years-Air-001.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Watch-What-Happens-Live-With-Andy-Cohen-Canceled-After-12-Years-Air-001.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Watch-What-Happens-Live-With-Andy-Cohen-Canceled-After-12-Years-Air-001.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Watch-What-Happens-Live-With-Andy-Cohen-Canceled-After-12-Years-Air-001.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Watch-What-Happens-Live-With-Andy-Cohen-Canceled-After-12-Years-Air-001.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Watch-What-Happens-Live-With-Andy-Cohen-Canceled-After-12-Years-Air-001.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Watch-What-Happens-Live-With-Andy-Cohen-Canceled-After-12-Years-Air-001.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Watch-What-Happens-Live-With-Andy-Cohen-Canceled-After-12-Years-Air-001.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Watch-What-Happens-Live-With-Andy-Cohen-Canceled-After-12-Years-Air-001.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Charles Sykes\/Bravo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cohen added that one of the reasons he believes he\u2019s \u201cdiscounted\u201d from the late-night conversation is because he\u2019s not a comedian like his fellow talk show hosts, but an interviewer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Still, <em>WWHL<\/em> has managed to lure some major guests over the years, including <strong>Hillary Clinton<\/strong> and <strong>Jennifer Lawrence.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLate-night [TV] is a very intimate thing for people because they\u2019re going to bed and sometimes you\u2019re the last person that they see,\u201d Cohen said, reflecting on 15 years of the Bravo show. \u201cThey\u2019re also choosing you, and they\u2019re comfortable enough to be with you. The connection that you have with your viewer is really special. I have a tremendous amount of gratitude. I know it sounds very hokey, but I really do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cohen also said that he hit a stumbling block hosting <em>WWHL<\/em> around the six-year mark. \u201dI think it was in Year 6, I started to hit the wall a little bit,\u201d he said. \u201c<strong>Craig Ferguson<\/strong> said that\u2019s very common. I started to feel like I was kind of ticking a box. But I came to, and I was like, \u2018Oh my God, dude, you have your absolute dream job. This is a show of your imagination and everything about you,\u2019 and I just kind of snapped out of it. I haven\u2019t looked back since.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/andy-cohen-felt-salty-about-wwhls-lack-of-recognition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Cohen. Frederick M. Brown\/Getty Images Andy Cohen is opening up about feeling like an outsider in the late-night TV landscape. Cohen, 56, is celebrating 15 years of Watch What Happens Live this year, but admits he has in the past felt \u201csalty\u201d about the show being left out of the late-night conversation. 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