{"id":44138,"date":"2026-01-28T14:36:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=44138"},"modified":"2026-01-28T14:36:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:36:33","slug":"heres-why-andy-cohen-is-suddenly-getting-loads-of-backlash-online-and-whats-going-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/01\/28\/heres-why-andy-cohen-is-suddenly-getting-loads-of-backlash-online-and-whats-going-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s why Andy Cohen is suddenly getting loads of backlash online, and what&#8217;s going on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Out of nowhere, <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/10\/29\/andy-cohen-reveals-the-one-thing-that-instantly-gets-celebrities-blacklisted-from-wwhl\/\">Andy Cohen<\/a> is getting online backlash. A lot of the criticism comes after a <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/01\/07\/here-are-all-the-real-housewives-who-have-shockingly-been-involved-in-cults\/\">Real Housewives<\/a> viewer, who runs a meme account, shared their alleged DMs with Andy on X, addressing getting <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/01\/21\/traitors-michael-rapaport-reveals-where-he-and-colton-underwood-stand-now\/\">Michael Rapaport<\/a> on Watch What Happens Live.<\/p>\n<p>Andy&#8217;s show, Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, was scheduled to have <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/01\/23\/the-traitors-lisa-rinna-just-found-out-colton-underwoods-stalker-past-heres-what-she-said\/\">Colton Underwood<\/a> make an appearance, who is under fire for stalking allegations, and is now on The Traitors. That was cancelled, and in his place came Michael, known for being controversial.<\/p>\n<p>The Real Housewives account holder, who calls themselves Yolanda Fister on X, claimed to show Andy&#8217;s Instagram account allegedly saying: &#8220;This man has been coming on to talk Housewives for years. We aren&#8217;t discussing his views on Israel and Trump.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">i\u2019ll show you how a bitch goes down a slide <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rmAzZSOHg3\">https:\/\/t.co\/rmAzZSOHg3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1ljY5hrlma\">pic.twitter.com\/1ljY5hrlma<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 yolanda fister (@yolandafister) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yolandafister\/status\/2016160557150146918?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Another DM allegedly from Andy&#8217;s page said: &#8220;I&#8217;m horrified by it all. I wonder what would&#8217;ve happened had Hamas not taken those hostages. It&#8217;s so sad. This war has been going off and on for many years and I have always stayed away from speaking about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Before this exchanged was shared online, Andy addressed the current ICE events going on in Minneapolis. He said: &#8220;I\u2019ve seen a lot of gaslighting on the Housewives<em>, <\/em>and that is all fun and games, but we need to believe what we\u2019re seeing with our own eyes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DT_3qLDjo5T\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DT_3qLDjo5T\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by @bravowwhl<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\u00a0&#8220;Our government is allowing anonymous masked agents to execute its own citizens and then lying about it. Also, if these are paid protesters, as we\u2019re being told, show us the receipts \u2014 even one receipt,&#8221; he continued to say on WWHL.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reality Shrine has contacted Andy for comment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like <\/i><i><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Reality Shrine<\/a><\/i><i> on <\/i><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Facebook<\/a><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His alleged DMs with a Real Housewives viewer have gone 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