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Andy Cohen recalled a “furious” Jillian Michaels “screaming” at the staff of his talk show, Watch What Happens Live, during an interview on Tuesday.
Over a decade after the 51-year-old Biggest Loser trainer appeared on his show alongside Big Bang Theory actress Melissa Rauch, 45, the longtime host explained why Jillian would likely not be making a return to the late-night series.
“She was furious. I should watch it back, if I cared,” Andy shared with Entertainment Weekly on January 27. “I don’t see what she was upset about.”
During the 2013 episode of WWHL, Jillian seemed to be enjoying herself. However, after the episode wrapped, Andy revealed, “She left, and she was screaming at my staff.”
“And if you scream at my staff, that’s kind of it for me,” he noted.
“I don’t think there’s a market for her to return,” Andy continued. “[And] I don’t think she would come.”
He then reacted to the controversial comments she made about slavery on a 2025 episode of CNN NewsNight With Abby Phillip, saying, “She seems to be the leading expert on slavery somehow.”
As fans may recall, Jillian took aim at the Real Housewives franchise, which Andy produces, during an interview with Life & Style in 2018.
“I hate that sh*t … I hate watching women tear each other apart. Anybody who watches it, shame on you,” she stated, adding that the series was “created by someone that hates women … I mean, the guy hates them. He’s an a**hole.”
Although it was unclear if Jillian was referring to Andy or the actual creator, producer Scott Dunlop, Andy clapped back during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
“I love women,” he clarified. “[And the Real Housewives is] a show about women and it’s predominately for women.”
Shortly thereafter, Jillian slammed Andy as “extremely rude,” “condescending, and unprofessional.”
“We’ve not been friendly for years,” she told Us Weekly. “I did his show once, and it was a really awful experience … Like in all the years I’ve been doing this, nothing like this has ever happened.”