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Jeff Lewis threw major shade at Dorit Kemsley at BravoCon.
As he also found himself in trouble with Andy Cohen, 57, suspected Teresa Giudice‘s reconciliation with Joe, 51, and Melissa Gorga, 46, wouldn’t last, and shared his thoughts on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and The Real Housewives of Orange County, Jeff, 55, spoke of his new show, Still Flipping Out, and struggled to say three nice things about Dorit, 49.
“Oh … I think she’s very attractive. And actually, she is bright. She is very bright, actually. She’s bright and she’s attractive,” Jeff began before pausing. “I want to say she’s a good parent, but no. Let’s see … I want to say she has a good sense of humor, but no … I don’t know.”
Then, after asking the audience to “help,” Jeff added, “She’s thin. She’s thin!”
At another moment of his visit to Las Vegas for the fan convention, Jeff spoke on the red carpet about what Andy deemed “inappropriate and insensitive” jokes.
“Well, I thought I killed it, but Andy did not. And he said that I, I think that maybe a couple of my jokes were inappropriate and insensitive,” Jeff explained to Us Weekly. “He is upset.”
While Andy wasn’t happy with things Jeff said on stage, which included a diss against Monica Garcia, 42, who he suggested was on food stamps, Jeff confirmed they are still in touch.
“There have been some texts that have gone back and forth. I have apologized. Look, I know this guy. We’ve known each other for 18 years. He vents and look, and I sincerely did apologize. Now I gotta give him time to cool off,” he explained. “My experience with him, he’ll get back to me in one to three weeks.”
Regarding Teresa making up with Joe and Melissa, Jeff admitted, “I don’t think that’s going to work.”
“I think they have to do two separate shows. I just don’t see how they could be on the same show in the same room,” he continued. “There is a lot of damage there. I think it’s probably irreparable. I’m not trying to be negative. I’m just trying to be realistic and practical.”
Rather than moving on with one show, Jeff suggested a reboot with Melissa, since she has the deepest ties to the current cast, and a spinoff starring Teresa, since “she can carry it.”
As for RHOBH, Jeff said he was glad to see Rachel Zoe, 54, return and noted that he also loved Kathy Hilton, 66.
“Even [Kyle Richards] … she’s always shared,” he noted. “I think for a minute there, she had to process her divorce, and I think you can always count on her to really share her personal life, and from what I understand, she does.”
Jeff then commented on Vicki Gunvalson, 61, returning to RHOC, saying he was “absolutely” thrilled with the news.
“I think they should bring back several OGs,” he stated. “I think you could bring [Alexis Bellino] back as a friend. We have to have a villain. I wouldn’t mind a Lauri Peterson or a Jeana Keough … I love Kelly Dodd. She brings a different perspective, which I appreciate.”
Also during the interview, Jeff said he was “very excited” about his new show, saying that while it is “basically season 12” of Flipping Out, it’s also new, with “new people, new clients, new houses, new jobs.”
“Because it’s been on every streamer for the last 10 years, I think they wanted to make it very clear that this is a new season. So they’re calling it Still Flipping Out,” he explained.
In a press release about the new series, which was officially announced at BravoCon, Still Flipping Out was described as an outlet for Jeff’s “hit show on Radio Andy, design empire, and combustible personality [to] converge.”
“In his new Bravo series, Jeff Lewis is as outspoken as ever, but this time the mic is always on. Lewis navigates the hilariously unpredictable nature of his professional and personal lives as his trademark spontaneity collides with the people who work with him, for him and still somehow survive him. Jeff Lewis can still flip out when he wants to, and he calls that personal growth,” the release stated, via Bravo’s The Daily Dish.
“Jeff Lewis has always been authentically himself, and that’s exactly why fans have followed him across different platforms and mediums,” added Rachel Smith, Executive Vice President of Unscripted Content, Lifestyle and Documentaries, NBCUniversal Entertainment. “His humor and knack for beautiful chaos have only grown since Flipping Out. Bringing him back to Bravo feels less like a return and more like picking up right where we left off.”
No word yet on a premiere date.