Melissa Gorga, Luann De Lesseps, Andy Cohen, Leah McSweeney. Getty Photos(4)
Melissa Gorga and Luann de Lesseps are the most recent Housewives to come back to Andy Cohen’s protection in opposition to the claims made by Leah McSweeney’s lawsuit.
“I’ve been to private social dinners with Andy a number of occasions. [He’s] all the time respectful, all the time applicable,” Gorga, 44, mentioned on the Thursday, March 7, episode of her “On Show With Melissa Gorga” podcast. “Pay attention, is Andy a enjoyable man? Sure in fact he’s. It’s why everyone knows and love him. He’s a character.”
Gorga shared that she believes Cohen, 55, “would by no means” provide any of his workers or the Actual Housewives stars “any kind of drug.” De Lesseps, 58, agreed that she didn’t imagine the allegations in opposition to the Bravo exec, both.
“I’ve recognized Andy for a very long time… for the reason that very starting. Like I mentioned, it’s been 16 years and it’s simply not his character,” De Lesseps mentioned. “He’s not going to be that silly to begin providing issues to Housewives.”
Getty Photos; WireImage; Getty Photos A number of Actual Housewives franchise stars are coming to Andy Cohen’s protection following Leah McSweeney’s bombshell claims in opposition to the Bravo boss. The previous RHONY star filed a lawsuit in opposition to Cohen and Bravo on February 27. After information of her civil go well with went public, she alleged in a prolonged Instagram submit that […]
Gorga and de Lesseps have been referring to the current allegations McSweeney, 41, made in opposition to Cohen and Bravo. The Actual Housewives of New York alum filed a lawsuit in February claiming that the community pressures its stars to eat alcohol whereas filming.
Whereas filming RHONY, McSweeney was sober and wished to remain on that path. She claimed producers pressured her to drink and “deliberately failed to supply cheap lodging that may support her efforts to remain sober and capable of carry out,” per courtroom docs obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.
Along with the alcohol claims, McSweeney additionally alleged that Cohen does cocaine with some Bravo personalities and rewards them with “extra favorable therapy and edits.” Cohen has vehemently denied all of the allegations.
Whereas de Lesseps was sympathetic in the direction of McSweeney and her struggles, she admitted that her time filming whereas being sober was utterly completely different.
“Leah has her expertise and I’ve mine. It’s by no means been my expertise what Leah needed to undergo. God is aware of we’ve had the identical expertise,” she defined to Gorga. “You have been with me on the primary Final Ladies Journey. I didn’t drink the whole journey as a result of I used to be sober.”
Gorga agreed that she remembered being on the present with de Lesseps and confirmed that she “didn’t have one sip of alcohol.”
“No person is forcing you to drink. No person is pouring alcohol down your throat,” de Lesseps mentioned. “It’s your selection to select up a drink or not.”
De Lesseps famous that she “understands” the quantity of “stress” to drink within the surroundings. Nonetheless, she reaffirmed that everybody has the choice to not attend and never put themselves in that place.
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Gorga and de Lesseps aren’t the one Bravo stars coming to Cohen’s protection. Lisa Vanderpump additionally shared that she believed that McSweeney’s lawsuit was “bulls–t.”
“I do know Andy Cohen very nicely. He does his edible or no matter he does, however no, he by no means does [cocaine]. I’ve seen others do it however not him, that’s for positive,” Vanderpump, 63, informed TMZ in February. “I’ve been on that present. You drink in the event you wanna drink. Who’s pressuring you? I don’t get that. Be liable for your personal actions.”
