Wow Andy Cohen is on TV right now claiming he created the Real Housewives.

I hope Bravo and Scott Dunlop sue the shit out of him. He is on Willie Geist right now. Not only did the chyron say creator and executive producer or the Real Housewives and then he goes on to talk about how he created it....holy fuck man. This is what got he released from Bravo in the first place.

by Anonymousreply 23October 26, 2021 11:27 PM

No one cares about this person

by Anonymousreply 1October 24, 2021 2:51 PM

They should be happy anyone wants to take credit for that mess.

by Anonymousreply 2October 24, 2021 2:51 PM

Sue him for what? What are their damages?

by Anonymousreply 3October 24, 2021 2:55 PM

r3 Libel. I can't go on tv and say I invented Coca-cola.

by Anonymousreply 4October 24, 2021 3:23 PM

R4 That would not be libel - you'd be closer with "slander" but I don't think even that would fit here.

by Anonymousreply 6October 24, 2021 3:28 PM

r4 I don't know. It was in "print" on the television and could be harmful to Dunlop's reputation. In case no one knows. Cohen was asked to step down from Bravo for just this reason. He was taking credit for the Housewives franchises. Bravo's cash cow. Cohen was going to be fully let go. He retaliated. He threatened to tank the franchise, get the housewives to side with him. It was going to be messy. In the end, he was allowed to keep his WWHL job but was let go as an executive at Bravo. He retained executive producer credit on the Housewives Franchises. He has been trying to leave Bravo and the housewives for years. When Strahan left Live, Andy thought he was a shoo-in for the co-host. This was at the same time so he felt like fuck you Bravo I am going to Live. Then Seacrest got the job and Andy had nowhere to go.

by Anonymousreply 7October 24, 2021 3:38 PM

Well, Al Gore invented the Internet.

by Anonymousreply 8October 24, 2021 3:39 PM

Well, it looks like Dunlop did his fair share of mischief with his now former partners who developed the show with him.

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by Anonymousreply 9October 24, 2021 4:05 PM

r9 More to my point. You notice who's name is now where in that article? Andy Cohen.

by Anonymousreply 10October 24, 2021 4:09 PM

Andy is the Housewives mascot and has hosted every reunion. He’s the closest thing the franchise has to a show runner. I just read the oral history of the Housewives and you see how influential he is in every city.

Still, the creator credit is a tacky misstep and very disingenuous. Scott Dunlop is still technically creator even though his concept was completely different and the show almost automatically left his hands.

by Anonymousreply 11October 24, 2021 4:42 PM

Cohen is seconds from losing WWHL. The numbers are terrible (even for Bravo) and they’ve been wanting to drop it forever.

Also, the book out right now was written by a flunky of Andy’s. Of course he’s getting all the credit for creating and cultivating the Housewives. Most of that book is 100% bullshit.

by Anonymousreply 12October 24, 2021 4:50 PM

Lying about your own accomplishments is not defamation. If he had said “Scott Dunlap didn’t create the Housewives, I did,” then there might be a concern. Even then, Andy could find a good enough attorney to argue that he “created” them by attracting publicity to them or some other such nonsense.

by Anonymousreply 13October 24, 2021 4:52 PM

[quote]Most of that book is 100% bullshit.

Well, with this Paul Kael-esc review, I've contacted my library and released the hold I had on their solo copy.

by Anonymousreply 14October 24, 2021 4:52 PM

Andy Cohen is an asshole and knows it, that's why I like him. Willie Geist, on the other hand, thinks his shit doesn't stink.

by Anonymousreply 15October 24, 2021 4:53 PM

It's intellectual property theft.

by Anonymousreply 16October 24, 2021 4:54 PM

[quote] Andy is the Housewives mascot and has hosted every reunion. He’s the closest thing the franchise has to a show runner. I just read the oral history of the Housewives and you see how influential he is in every city.

Cohen has an producer credit. As do a long list of other people. Cohen is not actually working on these shows. How did you come to the conclusion that someone who does no day to day work on these shows is anything close to a “show runner.”

Scott Dunlop also has executive producer credits and is the only person listed as the creator.

by Anonymousreply 19October 25, 2021 12:13 AM

r11 You do know that housewives secrets book was published by Andy Cohen books...right?

by Anonymousreply 20October 25, 2021 2:53 AM

Andy is a whore who wants to live inside the vaginas of all these stupid vapid housewives.

by Anonymousreply 21October 25, 2021 11:00 PM

R14, it was actually a really fun read with lots of juicy material. That poster is probably just a Cohen hater who never read a word of it.

by Anonymousreply 22October 26, 2021 11:01 PM

Everyone knows Meghan McCain created the Housewives.

by Anonymousreply 23October 26, 2021 11:27 PM

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