“Real Housewives” heavyweights are hitting back at Leah McSweeney’s claims against Bravo honcho Andy Cohen and the franchise at large.
spoke exclusively with Margaret Josephs, Kyle Richards, Heather Dubrow and Meghan King, each of whom felt compelled to defend Cohen’s character after the former “Real Housewives of New York City” star leveled a myriad of accusations at him in a lengthy lawsuit — including alleged cocaine use with his favorite employees — all of which he has categorically denied.
“I just want to also say about the cocaine allegations, Andy has never offered me cocaine. I am friends with every ‘Housewife.’ He has never offered any ‘Housewife’ cocaine,” insists Josephs, 56, a staple on “The Real Housewives of New Jersey.”
“Those allegations are nothing but to assassinate his character and that is disgusting,” she continues. “I’ve never seen Andy do anything like that, so I am appalled that someone would just go so low to assassinate and target someone’s character in that way.”
Following the allegations, a rep for Cohen told , “The claims against Andy are completely false.”
“Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” OG Richards, 55, notes that, of all Bravolebrities, she is among the closest to Cohen — and has never seen him indulge in any illicit activities.
“I’ve never seen Andy do drugs, offer drugs or do anything inappropriate ever, ever,” she tells . “And I’m one of the closer ones to Andy.”
Despite their close bond, Richards notes that Cohen keeps a safe distance between himself and the dozens of “Housewives” hired by Bravo.
“There’s a reason he doesn’t follow any of them on Instagram. He likes to keep somewhat of a distance from all of them. He’s professional,” the “Halloween” actress says. “That’s been my experience.”
In addition to accusing Cohen of offering hard drugs to certain talent and…
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