Bravo has fired‘s Jennie Nguyen over multiple insensitive social media posts she shared in 2020, many of which mocked the Black Lives Matter movement.
07.01.2022 - 01:15 / usmagazine.com
How far they’ve come. Turn on any franchise of Real Housewives today and it’s safe to say you’ll see a fair share of Chanel, Dior and Louis Vuitton. But the ladies didn’t always rock such high fashion looks — and Andy Cohen has taken notice of the evolution.
“In the early of Orange County, the fashion was just terrible,” the 53-year-old Watch What Happens Live host recalled in a Tuesday, January 6, interview with Vanity Fair. “If you look at the first few years of reunions, Orange County, Atlanta and New York, they were basically wearing — I don’t even think what they would wear to a cocktail party. I think it was more what they might wear to a PTA meeting.”
But as the show has gone on, the stars have certainly stepped up their game. With stylists and glam squads on standby, there’s no shortage of fabulous beauty looks and designer duds.
“I think people have loved seeing what they wear now,” Cohen added. “They were meant to be aspirational and that’s what they are.”
Housewives have become such a fashion force in recent years that they recently teamed up for a special Project Runway crossover in which Leah McSweeney, Luann de Lesseps, Shannon Beador, Gina Kirschenheiter, Gizelle Bryant, Wendy Osefo and Karen Huger will work with designers to create a reunion dress.
“For the Housewives, getting ready for a reunion — this is like their prom dress. So in that same way, I think it makes for a logical challenge,” the best-selling author told the outlet. “I love the dynamics that play out when you have a Housewife as a client to a designer and seeing the interaction between the Housewives and the designer who wants to win the challenge.”
As one can image, the whole collaboration was fairly chaotic. Host Christian Siriano told
Bravo has fired‘s Jennie Nguyen over multiple insensitive social media posts she shared in 2020, many of which mocked the Black Lives Matter movement.
, Bravo announced on Tuesday. The decision comes after Nguyen apologized for offensive comments she made on her since-deactivated Facebook account.A source told ET on Friday that 44-year-old Ngyuen had not yet been fired from the show despite fan outcry.
Kate Aurthur editorAfter the firestorm earlier this month caused by caused by racist (and deleted) Facebook posts by “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” cast member Jennie Nguyen, Bravo announced Tuesday that Nguyen has been fired from the show. It had recently begun filming its third season in Utah with Nguyen, Heather Gay, Whitney Rose, Jen Shah, Meredith Marks and Lisa Barlow returning.
Andy Cohen is ripping "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" star Jennie Nguyen for her resurfaced comments that appeared to mock the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020. "The posts were very upsetting … and disgusting," Andy, the executive producer of the Bravo franchise, said on his SiriusXM show, "Radio Andy," on Jan. 24.Andy also addressed fans who were upset that he didn't address the scandal much on Sunday evening's "Watch What Happens Live," but he revealed on Monday that the Bravo show was pretaped before the scope of Jennie's posts were known."People were very upset about the lack of discussion on last night's episode relating to Jennie's disgusting and upsetting posts, and I've also seen all the tweets wanting to know what's being done about those posts," he said.
Andy Cohen speaking out about Jennie Nguyen‘s controversial social media posts that recently resurfaced.
Regina King is grieving the loss of son Ian Alexander Jr. after announcing his death at age 26.
Changing the channel? After being fired from her New Year’s Eve hosting gig, Kathy Griffin revealed that she still “hate-watched” Anderson Cooper and her replacement, Andy Cohen, on the CNN special.
Kathy Griffin still has some hard feelings when it comes to her former friend, Anderson Cooper, and his pal,Andy Cohen. Cohen replaced Griffin in 2017 for CNN's New Year's Eve show, following her controversial photo holding a fake severed head of then-president Donald Trump. “I wasn’t canceled,” Griffin, 61, said in a new profile, «I was erased.» Griffin admitted in the profile that she «hate-watched» Cooper and Cohen's recent New Year's Eve antics.
A post shared by Jennie Nguyen (@jennienguyenluv) According to, the posts were created at the height of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, after the death of George Floyd. In the posts, Nguyen, who is Vietnamese-American, shared racially insensitive memes and mocked protestors and compared them to “thugs.” After the posts resurfaced on Wednesday, fans of the show called for Andy Cohen and other producers to remove her from the franchise.
Mary Cosby is opening up.
Kylie Jenner’s daughter Stormi made an unexpected appearance during an interview with Kris Jenner, showing up at just the right moment for the famous ‘momager’. Kris Jenner had been speaking from her home in Los Angeles via Zoom to Andy Cohen, who was presenting the CNN New Year’s broadcast live in New York City’s Times Square.The 66 year old could be seen sitting in what appeared to be a lavishly large, minimally decorated living room, dressed in her signature black, with white embroidered panels shown on her jacket and dangly silver earrings to complete her look. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.
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