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I want to get into the reunion show ... but first let me remind you that tonight is a brand new Top Chef Masters featuring a French chef who blows his stack. It's a fun one!

I just came from The TODAY Show where I was on with Hoda and Kathie Lee playing "Who Knew" about reality TV. Kathie Lee is supernice and superstrawberryblond and I would like to formally retract all the hatey stuff I said about her in the '80s. Hoda is fantastic and looooves her Housewives. It was a fun segment.

So last night I went to some OUT Magazine party at Stonewall, which I thought would be fun given that it's Gay Pride Week and that's the epicenter of the gay rights movement. And because Lady Bunny was DJing. Well, Bunny had a sore throat and a hurt ankle and kind of disappeared, and the party kind of took it's cue from Bunny's cankle. It wasn't as amazing as Stonewall itself, let me put it that way. (Few things are, really.)

Speaking of gay pride, let me get to my (I know it was SHOCKING) self-outing last night and the "offensive" comment in question. I am getting a lot of e-mails saying that I have no sense of humor, that the remark was not offensive, and that I am being hyperpolitical.

First of all, I think the debate itself is valuable, and that's one of the reasons I'm glad we kept this dialogue in the show. To reiterate, I do not think Joe made the comment out of hate or disgust. I think he was joking around and meant nothing by it. I just had to point out that it's offensive to some people (and me) to use the term "gay" as a synonym for "stupid." Save Danielle, no one in the room seemed onboard with even the remote possibility that this might not be Kosher.

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198 Comments
06/24/2009 - 10:43am
JS

Hey Andy,

As of 10:43a.m. Wednesday morning central time, you are still not findable on Twitter. But I'll wait.

BTW, I love you, Bravo, your shows, everything you do, and your denim suit was fine.

06/24/2009 - 10:43am
Andy

Andy,

I am a 27 year old gay male who was once an Abercrombie & Fitch model now turned BANKER!!! HA! HA! I think you are way cool and I would LOVE to work with you. Can I be you assistant???

ANDY

06/24/2009 - 10:34am
Viewer

I know it has been said by those in the biz that you should not be the one conducting the reunion shows.
And finally I have to agree.
I think perhaps your bias and relationships get in the way of really getting to the crux of the events.
I think that is why with all the reunion shows it looks like you let some get off easy (Tamra and Bethenny) and others you pounce on because of your own personal bias.
Time to retire the reunion shows to someone who is a skilled interviewer.
Doesn't mean I don't like you but we all have to realize where are skills are best utilized.

06/24/2009 - 10:32am
kelly

Andy,

I think you are great. 2 questions for you...

Is there any way you and Jeff Lewis could get together and get married?? I think you 2 are wonderful!

Also, would you please find out if Teresa from NJ housewives is functionally retarded and find a way to get her and her equally "smart" husband to stop reproducing??

Keep up your great interviews and style!
love you

Kelly (previously a Jersey girl, now thankfully living in Tampa)

06/24/2009 - 10:32am
loika

Enjoyed the reunion show. Really didn't like the set and was concentrated on watch Danielle "become one" with the couch at each return from break. Just not sure where I want these folks to go from here. I DO enjoy them, but am already NOT missing them as I did the others. Love the family cementing. Danielle needs to disappear or lay real low. NO BOOK Danielle. Why would you do that???

06/24/2009 - 10:30am
Viewer

ANDY ,
"NEW JERSYANS DO SAY "THATS A LITTLE GAY" BUT ITS NOT MEANT TO BE OFFENSIVE..IT ALSO MEANS HAPPY IN THE DICTIONARY. TERSESA WAS NOT BEING VERY ARTICULATE BUT WHAT WE (JERSEYANS) NEW EXACTLY WHAT SHE MEANT
ZULMA TREJO
AVENEL,NJ

06/24/2009 - 10:29am
Viewer

NYC Prep is another addictive train wreck from Bravo. A perfect combination of neuseating and scintillating. Of course we know these kids exist, but seeing them live is just too much. Parents letting kids live on thier own in Manhattan is shocking and bordering on child abuse. Shame on them.
Finally, when will PC come out? It's painful to watch him. It's so.......gay.
Love the shows!! And Andy too!!

06/24/2009 - 10:26am
mary

andy

well that was a bit intense & uncomfortable last night. you did a great job with the jersey girls. i do agree that joe's remark was offensive but i do believe he wasnt being hateful, also there was an apology. i will move on.

glad you mentioned the set decoration cause i thought it was just me. i felt it was like alice in wonderland moment.

i swore i was not going to watch NYC Prep, but once again i lied to myself. i too hope there is some kind of redemption.

love you, love your posts!

06/24/2009 - 10:25am
jennifer

Do you address the whole cash issue with Teresa and Joe?
I think Joe has the mentality of a 12 year old boy. Teresa should have just apoligized and not said another word.
I have to say, even though I watched it all, I was appalled by these women...I find them all too trashy for words. My least favorite group for sure.
Not interested in watching the Prep show....maybe the teenagers will watch. I am awaiting the return of Atlanta and my girl, Nene

06/24/2009 - 10:21am
Jaide

I am aghast at the stereotypical behavior of these teens. I'm truly disturbed, not so much that the show is on Bravo, but that the kids seem so spoiled and already neck deep in an adult world (and not the constructive kind). I'll keep watching if only in the unrealistic hopes they are all pretending. Sebastian is, sad to say, already a prick at his age. Good Lord!

06/24/2009 - 10:19am
Viewer

The problem with this show is nothing has been explained. There is so much that has not been said. What about all of the cryptic remarks Danielle made about Dina and Caroline all season? Also, people don't hate someone for something they did 25 years ago. It still doesn't make sense. They just look like mean girls.

06/24/2009 - 10:15am
Viewer

Andy,

I was applauding and screaming "THANK YOU!!" at the television when I heard you make the comment that you did about Joe's remark. You were totally spot on and I think millions of self-respecting gay people everywhere would say the same thing you did.

The question is not about whether Joe was joking or not. It is simply not appropriate to use "gay" as a synonym for stupid, or to bandy about any type of slur based on someone's race, disability or sexual orientation. This is an ignorant way to behave and I might expect it from a 13-year old, but adults should know better. Do I have a sense of humor about who I am as a gay man? You bet I do, but being gay does not equate to being stupid and why is that funny? Humor has to be funny in order to work and if the only people who are laughing are the ones outside of the selected group that is being pointed out, then it is NOT appropriate. I think the only gay person who would be okay with the use of gay as a synonym for stupid is someone who is trying to kiss the A** of the person who said it or is genuinely not self-aware of what kind of hurt words can cause.

If ANYONE says that word in that context in my presence (and they have), I correct them immediately and show them how offensive it is to me as a gay person who has been harassed, called much worse words and physically threatened because of who I am. People like Joe might think they are joking, but what they are really doing is saying that it's okay to make fun and treat people who are gay as less than equals...if gay=stupid, then all gay people are second class in their minds...they don't know any better, but ignorance is no excuse and it is not harmless knowing that people are tortured or killed or ostracized for being gay to say "lighten up." Anyone who says that to you has not walked in a gay person's shoes...

So, I tell people who use gay as a synonym for stupid to find another word, because they are just showing how ignorant and intolerant they really are, end of story.

Thank you again for being bold enough to say something...I never talk back to the television, but I was really cheering. Teresa needs to stop trying to make her point and LISTEN to what other people say. All of those NJ housewives are more intent on drowning each other out with some vapid comment than in truly HEARING each other or anyone else for that matter. They all need serious therapy...

Rob

06/24/2009 - 10:13am
Viewer

Andy I think you handled the obvious tension in the room VERY well and touched on all the right topics in the appropriate amount (i.e. your offense to Joe's comment but not pushing it too far). I have to say that of all the casts, I liked this the absolute best for the "realness" that their story lines evoked and where their personal focuses lay. They do not seemed obsessed with status and accumulating materialistic items like the others. I have to add that I am in awe of how beautiful Dina presents.

06/24/2009 - 10:11am
LeoFromEdgewater

Dear Andy-

As I wrote in a previous comment, your remarks were totally correct and appropriate in last nights show. Thank you for sticking up for us. Even though Joe's connotation of the word 'gay' wasn't hateful or even mean-spirited, the way he used it did have a negative tone to it. Thanks for bringing that up especially during Gay Pride week.

Leo from Edgewater

06/24/2009 - 10:11am
may

Hey did you see "yourself" on Chelsea last night? They did the NJ reunion for you. some was very funny, some was over the top, and I can't figure out why joe's cousin from facts of life was there (and why "you" grabbed her boobie).
the guy playing caroline cracked me up.
will not twitter. will not twitter.

06/24/2009 - 10:00am
Jim

I did not see the real reunion show last night but on Chelsea Lately there was a GREAT take off on it - check it out on the E online webpage!

Love ya Andy!

06/24/2009 - 9:59am
cent

Teresa acts and thinks she is better than everybody else, what makes her god also she seemsto be a follower, also Dina came from nothing so why does she put Danile down.

06/24/2009 - 9:56am
Justin Riley

Okay, so this comment has nothing to do with the housewives. Andy is hot. I dare someone to disagree.

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