Former “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Brandi Glanville accused “Watch What Happens Live” host and “Real Housewives” executive producer Andy Cohen of sexual harassment.
Glanville, 51, made the claims in a letter her lawyers sent Thursday to NBCUniversal, Shed Media and Shed’s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery.
Glanville said that in 2022 Cohen sent a video to her boasting about “his intention to sleep with another Bravo star that night.” The letter alleged that Cohen appeared inebriated and invited her to watch via FaceTime.
Cohen, 55, said the comment was a joke but apologized to Glanville.
As the executive producer of “Real Housewives,” Cohen was Glanville’s boss, the letter said. It accused Cohen of abusing his power and leaving Glanville “feeling trapped and disgusted.”
In his response to Glanville, Cohen wrote that he and former “Below Deck” star Kate Chastain had made a joke and that Glanville was in on it.
“The video shows Kate Chastain and I very clearly joking to Brandi,” Cohen said Thursday in a post on X. “It was absolutely meant in jest, and Brandi’s response clearly communicated she was in on the joke. That said, it was totally inappropriate and I apologize.”
Shed Media and Warner Bros. Discovery declined to comment. NBCUniversal, the parent company of NBC News and Bravo, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday.
The letter also addressed claims Caroline Manzo made in a lawsuit alleging that she was sexually harassed and assaulted by Glanville while filming “The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip” in Morocco in January 2023. The season of the show has not aired on television.
Manzo, 62, who starred on “The Real Housewives of New Jersey,” alleged in a lawsuit filed in January that an “intoxicated” Glanville groped and kissed an unwilling Manzo at a bar. It also accused Glanville of kissing Manzo on a couch and following her into a bathroom where Glanville allegedly groped Manzo.
Glanville said in her letter that…
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