Andy Cohen revealed which Housewife was allegedly quoted in New York Magazine and was fired.
On an episode of SiriusXM’s Radio Andy, the Bravo executive, 56, opened up about who he thought was the anonymous source behind the negative quote, and the Housewife later confirmed it herself.
Previously, an anonymous Housewife from the New York City franchise was quoted in an article about Cohen titled The Last Inappropriate Man on Television, which was published on June 3.
In the story, the previously anonymous source slammed the show and said that ‘everybody dances for Andy Cohen.’
‘The show went from silly humor about middle-aged women getting drunk and being delusional about their status and having funny, petty arguments, to Housewives investigating and doing opposition research and making up false story lines and leaking stories on each other and trying to get one another fired,’ the former Housewive told the outlet.
Knowing that the Housewive was fired, Cohen — who slammed Bethenny Frankel for her ‘reality reckoning’ and is reportedly ‘paddling really, really fast under the water’ to maintain his TV career amid the drama — narrowed it down and shared the identity of the source, adding that it was ‘very obvious.’
Andy Cohen revealed which Housewife was allegedly quoted in New York Magazine and was fired. On an episode of SiriusXM’s Radio Andy, the Bravo executive, 56, opened up about who he thought was the anonymous source behind the negative quote, and the Housewife later confirmed it herself; seen in May 2024
Knowing that the Housewive was fired, Cohen said it was ‘very obvious’ it was Carole Radziwill. The Real Housewives of New York City alum, 60, responded to Cohen’s accusation with a series of harsh tweets; seen in May 2023
‘I know exactly,’ he said. ‘It’s Carole Radziwill, no question.’
He added: ‘It’s the one mean quote in there, and it’s the only anonymous quote. There are 18 reasons why it’s Carole. It’s not even a question that it’s Carole.’
The Watch What Happens Live! host added, ‘Carole has said a lot of unkind things that she’s tweeted and been quoted about. Why are you going off the record here?’
Because it was so ‘obvious,’ he said it was ‘weird’ that she wanted to be anonymous.
‘We haven’t really fired that many New York Housewives. It’s very obvious,’ he said.
‘I didn’t understand. Why not just put your name to it? That was so weird. Yeah, it was definitely Radzi, without question.’
Shortly afterwards, Radziwill, 60, responded to Cohen’s accusation with a series of tweets on X, formerly Twitter.
The reality TV personality, who was on the Real Housewives of New York City for six seasons until her departure in 2018, clapped back and called him a ‘bully’ and ‘nasty’ for outing her as the anonymous source.
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-Previously, an anonymous Housewife from the New York City franchise was quoted in an article about Cohen titled The Last Inappropriate Man on Television, which was published on June 3. In the story, the previously anonymous source slammed the show and said that ‘everybody dances for Andy Cohen’; seen in December 2023
‘I know exactly,’ he said about the identity of the anonymous source. ‘It’s Carole Radziwill , no question.’ Because it was so ‘obvious,’ he said it was ‘weird’ that she wanted to be anonymous. ‘We haven’t really fired that many New York Housewives. It’s very obvious,’ he said; seen in November 2023
‘Hey Carole here,’ she wrote in response to a clip from Cohen’s recent radio show episode. ‘Someone can make a truthful observation [and] there’s always one short-ish dude waiting to be offended.
‘At this point why would any normal person use their name? They’re all so vindictive which I believe is the point of the quote [and] confirmed by Andy’s nasty response,’ she continued.
She retweeted the same tweet again and added: ‘Can’t wait to catch up. @Andy so fun!!’
Then, Radziwill responded to a series of Bravo fans’ tweets and shared her thoughts.
One social media user replied to her and wrote: ‘I actually don’t think he was being nasty. Just stating what he thought was “unkind” commentary about him. Did I miss something?”‘
In response, Radziwill said that ‘condescending was too many characters.’
On the other hand, another X user defended her and claimed Cohen ‘needs to keep up the facade of uplifting, supporting, championing women’ but does the opposite.
Radziwill concurred and wrote: ‘It’s just [a] classic [bullying] tactic. Imagine outing a woman for whatever reason chooses to remain anonymous. He’s absurd [and] should apologize immediately. But I’m not holding my [breath].
Shortly afterwards, Radziwill, 60, responded to Cohen’s accusation with a series of tweets on X, formerly Twitter; seen in May 2022
The reality TV personality, who was on the Real Housewives of New York City for six seasons until her departure in 2018, clapped back and called him a ‘bully’ and ‘nasty’ for outing her as the anonymous source; seen in February 2023
In response to a clip of Cohen on his radio show, Radziwill slammed him for his ‘nasty response’ and also called him a ‘short-ish dude waiting to be offended’
When one X user reacted to her calling him ‘short-ish,’ Radziwill laughed and said she was ‘not above being petty’
In response to one fan coming to her defense, she claimed Cohen was a ‘bully’ and ‘should apologize immediately’
She also tagged Cohen and tweeted to him that she ‘can’t wait to catch up’
One social media user defended Cohen and Radziwill clarified that she thought he was ‘condescending’
When one social media user tweeted in defense of Cohen and said Radziwill ‘talked mad s*** on him publicly,’ she replied: ‘Well I haven’t sued him or threatened to destroy him.
‘He should focus on the people who are gunning for him. I’ve said nothing except to stand up to all of his nonsense,’ she added.
One user emphasized that Radziwill used the word ‘short-ish’ to describe Cohen and she retweeted, adding: ‘Lolzzzz. I am not above being petty.’
Meanwhile, one fan theorized that Radziwill chose to stay anonymous to avoid ‘being called a clout chaser’ and she agreed.
‘I couldn’t have said it better myself,’ she wrote in response to the X user’s tweet. ‘I didn’t want to put my name in an article in which I had no idea of the context.
‘I told the writer they’re all vindictive [and] then Andy proves it by outing me. He’s lost his mind likely from all the legal trouble. Hope he gets [the] help he needs.’
This comes shortly after Anderson Cooper has claimed Cohen is battling to maintain his TV career amid a series of explosive lawsuits from former Bravo stars.
He has endured a turbulent few months after RHONY star Leah McSweeney alleged in a lawsuit that he shared cocaine with Real Housewives cast members, played favorites, fostered a toxic workplace culture — all of which he has denied.
When one of her fans defended her choice to stay anonymous, she agreed and said she ‘couldn’t have said it better myself.’ The reality star then said her former boss ‘lost his mind likely from all the legal trouble’
Another X user said she ‘talked mad s*** on him publicly,’ and Radziwill quipped that she hasn’t ‘sued him or threatened to destroy him’
She also suggested that she was successful before Cohen when one X user said he gave her a ‘platform’
She also referenced Taylor Swift’s song Karma in one response
Radziwill also shared a meme about the ‘war’ between her and Cohen being ‘reignited’
In the ensuing weeks, NBCU revealed a workplace investigation, New York Magazine’s Vulture reported, as ‘rumors swirled that Cohen was hiring a crisis-PR team and negotiating a “departure package.”‘
Cooper said he ‘makes it look easy’ but is ‘paddling really, really fast under the water’ without adding specifics.
Lawsuits mentioned in the story included a 2022 suit from The Real Housewives of Atlanta alum Nene Leakes against him, Bravo and NBCU alleging racism.
Another noted was Dorinda Medley’s butler Marco Vega’s filing against Bravo and NBCU over Real Housewife of Beverly Hills’ alum Brandi Glanville’s conduct during production of the Bravo series Ultimate Girls Trip: Return to Bluestone Manor in 2021.
Another suit was filed by Real Housewives of New Jersey alum Caroline Manzo, against Bravo and NBCU over Glanville’s conduct during production of Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip.
Glanville earlier this year publicly accused Cohen of sexual harassment.
Cohen told Vulture that he ‘didn’t like’ being at the center of the storm, adding that ‘there was a lot of noise’ and he ‘was definitely sad about it.’