EXCLUSIVE: ANDY COHEN LAUGHS OFF BETHENNY FRANKEL’S PRODUCING ADVICE — “SHE HASN’T MADE A HIT WITHOUT ME”
Bravo boss shrugs off shade from RHONY’s loudest alum — “Why would I take tips from a failure?”
Andy Cohen is brushing off Bethenny Frankel’s unsolicited advice about the demise of The Real Housewives of New York City — and insiders say he’s doing it with a smirk.
“Why would Andy take producing tips from someone who’s failed at every show she’s done without him?” a Bravo insider tells #ShuterScoop. “Let’s not forget — Bethenny’s talk show was a disaster.”
And while Bethenny loves to act like she was running the show behind the scenes, Bravo sources are setting the record straight.
“Bethenny was never part of the process,” one network source says bluntly. “She was Andy’s favorite — he coached her, guided her, and gave her a platform. The only reason anyone knows her name is because of him.”
While she’s now slamming the reboot and tossing out producing critiques, insiders say Bethenny has no real producing chops — and never did.
“To be honest, Bethenny is a terrible reality star when left to her own devices,” another Bravo source confides. “She makes every decision thinking about just herself, burns every bridge, and then blames everyone else when it fails.”
Behind the scenes, staff say Andy gave Bethenny the best edit of any Housewife — ever.
“He literally carved a performance out of her,” the insider spills. “If you saw the raw footage, you’d see how awful she really was. Moody, controlling, impossible to work with. What aired was Bravo magic.”
While Frankel once helped launch RHONY into pop culture royalty, her track record post-Housewives speaks for itself: a canceled daytime talk show, a series of flopped development deals, and a barely-watched YouTube channel.
“Bethenny is loud, but the hits are all Andy’s,” the source adds. “She’s out here rewriting history — but we remember the receipts.”
Meanwhile, Cohen is focused on building new franchises, like the surprise buzz around The Real Housewives of Rhode Island. Frankel, on the other hand, is leaving New York behind for Florida.
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