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It’s hard to believe that The Real Housewives franchise has been on for 20 years at this point.
Along the way, one person has been there to have a front-row seat to all of the action – Andy Cohen.
This week, Andy, 58, released his new book, Andy’s Bravo Scrapbook.
The book features a collection of personal photos he’s taken over the past 20 years of working alongside The Real Housewives.
He also included anecdotes, memories, and confessions of his own.
One topic that is featured heavily in Andy’s latest literary endeavor is each reunion.
Interestingly, Andy shared that the most difficult reunions for him to film are The Real Housewives of New Jersey ones.
“When people ask me which reunions are the hardest to film, I always think of Jersey because the family dynamics became more intense and fraught as the series went on, making it harder to drive to any resolution and more impossible for me to be heard in the room,” he shared. “I have a headache just looking through all these reunion pictures.”
“My frustration with this group also has to do with some of their inability to listen, own responsibility for things, and move forward,” Andy added. “There are a lot of hardheaded people in the Garden State!”
In another section of the book, Andy also revealed what his least favorite reunion from another franchise was – namely, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season ten reunion.
“This is the COVID virtual reunion,” he wrote alongside pictures from that day.
“This was probably my least favorite Beverly Hills reunion, not only because it was virtual, but also because it lacked the humor and levity that usually balances some of the drama,” he later added.
Andy recalled that the women were in their homes while he filmed from the basement of the executive producer of Watch What Happens Live‘s house.
“We shot until after midnight East Coast time, and afterward I remember just sitting alone deep into the night with a much-needed tequila as all the women’s voices rang in my head,” he shared.
Andy’s new book is available wherever books are sold.