Andy Cohen reveals why Madonna refuses to appear on Watch What Happens Live
Cohen hasn’t given up hope that she’ll eventually take a seat in the Bravo Clubhouse - but he’s realistic
By Callum Wells
Andy Cohen has revealed why Madonna refuses to appear on Watch What Happens Live – despite years of hoping she might finally say yes.
Speaking on the How to Fail with Elizabeth Day podcast, Cohen revealed that the pop icon once branded him a “troublemaking queen” after he laughed along to Patti LuPone‘s scathing remarks about her during a 2017 episode.
“Hopefully at some point before we wrap it up, she will do it,” Cohen began, before explaining how the tension first started.
“A lot of people have slagged Madonna off on my show” – Andy Cohen on upsetting the Queen of Pop
“She called me a troublemaking queen. The problem is that a lot of people have slagged Madonna off on my show and because of that it gets picked up.
“Patti LuPone said something bad about her and it was picked up worldwide and so I think she sees me sitting there with the guest and I’m guilty by association.”
According to Cohen, things escalated after Madonna used the phrase directly to him. “So, I wound up, after she called me a troublemaking queen – we do have each other’s numbers – and I texted her and I said, ‘You know, I love you so much.’ And she said, ‘You have a funny way of showing it.’”
Keen to defend himself, Cohen asked his team to compile evidence of his ongoing admiration for the star.
Cohen hasn’t given up hope that she’ll eventually take a seat in the Bravo Clubhouse
“And so I called my booker. And I basically had overnight, I had my team put together a comp reel of five minutes of me kissing Madonna’s ass on my show, just saying positive things. And I sent it to her and I said, ‘This is the stuff that doesn’t get reported on.’ And I think it landed very positive. She was like, ‘Oh my god, that’s so nice. Let’s keep the positivity going, whatever.’”
Cohen hasn’t given up hope that she’ll eventually take a seat in the Bravo Clubhouse – but he’s realistic.
“So, who knows? Maybe she’ll do it. If she doesn’t, it’s fine because she’s Madonna, so she can do whatever the hell she wants. Listen, I’ll take what I can get. I don’t care.”
When asked about Madonna’s role in the film adaptation of Evita, Lupone – who played the role on Broadway – had replied: “I was on the treadmill when MTV used to have videos, and I saw, I believe it was ‘Buenos Aires,’ and I thought it was a piece of s**t.
“Madonna is a ‘movie killer!’ She’s dead behind the eyes, she cannot act her way out of a paper bag. She should not be on film or on stage.”