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Andy Cohen appeared to take aim at Bethenny Frankel on Monday’s episode of his radio show.
Years after the 55-year-old Real Housewives of New York City alum launched her “reality reckoning,” which called for reality stars to receive residuals and accused networks of exploiting their talent, the 57-year-old Watch What Happens Live host seemingly shaded her frequent TikTok videos.
Andy revealed he decided to scout Instagram to see what the feedback was about his New Year’s Eve hosting gig on CNN.
“[I] went on TikTok just to see what the kids were saying about New Year’s Eve,” Andy said on the January 5 episode of SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen Live. “Boy, that margarita lady. Oh my God, it’s suffocating. I couldn’t.”
Andy’s co-host, John Hill, also seemed to poke at Bethenny, saying that she shares “like 14 [videos] a day.”
“Anyway, that was a one and done for me,” Andy replied. John then responded, “I have her blocked.”
Andy added, “She doesn’t come up on my Instagram. I don’t even know if she’s on Instagram.”
As RHONY fans well know, Bethenny made it big with her Skinnygirl Margaritas when she sold her cocktail brand to Jim Beam in 2011 for an estimated $100 million. And when it comes to her relationship with Andy, they haven’t been on good terms for a while.
“I can tell you with great certainty that everyone at Bravo likely despises me, including Andy Cohen, because it’s very personal and because they have to protect the realm,” Bethenny revealed on an August 2023 episode of Rob Lowe’s Literally! podcast. “It’s a very complicated thing I walked myself into whilst also burning bridges and seeming like I’m biting the hand that fed me, but I fed myself. There are a lot of people who didn’t get fed.”
One year later, Andy fired back at Bethenny during an interview with Variety, saying he didn’t “really think about” her reality reckoning.
“My job is always focusing on making the shows that I produce — and as I said a year ago, and I’ll say it again now — I am so proud to partner with incredible production companies,” he said. “I am proud of the systems that we had in place a year ago, and I’m proud of the systems that we have in place now that are built to look after people’s mental health and also produce absolutely great television that people around the world love.”