Andy Cohen addresses Brandi Glanville’s sexual harassment allegations
Andy Cohen, Brandi Glanville.
Charles Sykes/Bravo; Joy Malone/Getty ImagesAndy Cohen has addressed Brandi Glanville‘s recent allegations of sexual harassment against him.
“The video shows it Kate Chastain and I was clearly joking to Brandi. It was definitely meant as a joke, and it was clear from Brandi’s reaction that she was in on the joke,” Cohen, 55, wrote via X on Thursday, February 22. “That said, it was completely inappropriate and I apologize.”
Cohen referred to a video he allegedly sent to 51-year-old Glanville in 2022, where the former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star alleged that Cohen was drunk, according to a letter from Glanville’s legal team sent to NBCUniversal, Shed Media and Shed’s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, per Variety.
The letter claimed that the Watch what’s happening live The host told Glanville that he wanted to “sleep with another Bravo star” while he was “thinking” about her. Cohen allegedly invited Glanville to watch him have sex via FaceTime. The letter did not reveal the identity of the other reality star.
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According to VarietyThe note also claimed that Glanville felt “trapped” and “disgusted” by Cohen’s “abuse of power” as he was her “boss” at the time.
Glanville’s allegations against Cohen come almost a month later Caroline Manzo filed a lawsuit against Bravo over an alleged incident between herself and Glanville. In 2023, the women filmed a season of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip in Morocco. (The season has yet to air due to the allegations.)
This is evident from court documents obtained by We weeklyManzo, 62, alleged that Bravo would regularly push the reality stars to drink alcohol so that they would become “severely intoxicated, and then direct, encourage and/or allow them to sexually harass other cast members because it would be for good ratings.” is.”
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In January 2023, it was reported that Glanville and Manzo left filming of the Housewives spin-off early after Glanville allegedly kissed Manzo multiple times without her consent.
The documents alleged that Glanville did not attend the mandatory sexual harassment class for the cast and that she allegedly faced no consequences for it.
The filing also included details of the alleged meeting between Manzo and Glanville.
Glanville then kissed Manzo with his mouth closed. Glanville then kissed Manzo again. Manzo felt very uncomfortable,” the doctors said. “Glanville then proceeded to mount Manzo on the couch while holding Manzo down with her body, forcibly squeezing Manzo’s cheeks together and sticking her tongue into Manzo’s mouth while fucking her.”
Although Glanville was named in the lawsuit, she is not listed as a defendant. Glanville previously declared her innocence in a series of tweets from December 2023.
“The producers ask you to do something. And then it gets you into trouble. The producers must follow the rules,” Glanville wrote via X at the time. “Producers may not be shoving alcohol down our throats, but they are encouraging it, even in Morocco during the day where it is illegal to drink!”
Glanville’s legal team addressed Manzo’s lawsuit in a statement Us, writes: “Unfortunately, Brandi had to wake up to yet another lawsuit involving defamatory, false allegations about her. During filming, Brandi followed what the producers asked of her, and there was no sexual assault. She is innocent of these absurd accusations that have weighed on her mental and physical health for far too long without a word of support from Peacock, Shed or Bravo.