{"id":39668,"date":"2026-08-12T00:49:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T19:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=39668"},"modified":"2026-08-12T00:49:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T19:49:29","slug":"andy-cohen-defends-having-maga-women-on-real-housewives-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=39668","title":{"rendered":"Andy Cohen Defends Having \u2018MAGA Women\u2019 on Real Housewives Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5350451\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5350451\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5350451\" src=\"https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Untitled-design-2022-06-08T124114.596.png\" alt=\"Andy Cohen hosting Watch What Happens Live\" width=\"1200\" height=\"627\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5350451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot via Bravo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Real Housewives<\/em> franchise producer<strong> Andy Cohen<\/strong> defended his shows including &#8220;MAGA women,&#8221; after a complaint during a Q&amp;A session Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tag\/andy-cohen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cohen<\/a> answered fan questions this week through the social media platform Threads, where one user asked, &#8220;Why so many MAGA women?&#8221; The critic said they could no longer watch the Orange County version of <em>Real Housewives<\/em> anymore.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we didn\u2019t showcase people with different POV\u2019s there would be no show,&#8221; Cohen explained. &#8220;Also it\u2019s a show about the women and their relationships, not about politics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote id=\"ig-tp-Db1msf8DRIv\" class=\"text-post-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border-radius: 16px;max-width: 650px;margin: 1px;min-width: 270px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 2px);border: 1px solid #00000026\" data-text-post-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@bravoandy\/post\/Db1msf8DRIv\" data-text-post-version=\"0\">\n<div style=\"padding: 40px;display: flex;flex-direction: column;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"display: block;height: 32px;width: 32px;padding-bottom: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 15px;line-height: 21px;color: #000000;font-weight: 600\">View on Threads<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tag\/real-housewives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Real Housewives<\/em><\/a> cast members have actually complained that their conservative views have pushed them out of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/entertainment\/bravos-andy-cohen-defends-the-real-housewives-against-charges-of-racism-they-shouldnt-be-on-trial-for-their-political-and-cultural-views\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">franchise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Former <em>Real Housewives of Orange County<\/em> cast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/kelly-dodd-addresses-controversial-covid-19-comments-and-her-drunk-wives-matter-hat-157237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a> <strong>Kelly Dodd<\/strong> was fired in 2021, with the studio saying they wanted to move in a &#8220;different direction&#8221; after multiple seasons with her. The cutting of ties followed Dodd making remarks about Covid-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement that faced pushback. Dodd <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tv\/kelly-dodd-real-housewives-orange-county-fired-because-of-myself\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> at the time that she was told the decision was not &#8220;political,&#8221; but claimed she was being &#8220;politically discriminated against&#8221; in a podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5FlOQlK67Ro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> in June.<\/p>\n<p><em>Real Housewives of Beverly Hills<\/em> cast member<strong> Annemarie Wiley<\/strong> was also let go, and some reports suggested her conservative politics were behind the move, but the network execs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/exclusive-no-truth-claims-annemarie-170310280.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADtolRqI1xTp5hjv0XYt77ms40RQ8uFAuWLJmOqCJQ-Odyg_KDDc4kvbgxGxVYRmmW2p-BVmsN3bs2it-uhb7Ye110xJkxWl1vgDTTAkONHkm97AbAY09bogoPiorAHhAFCeifApFFhpRJv0k6_apdpf-ndIWFQYSVO1KwQRlROd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">denied<\/a> this.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was given a terrible edit by Bravo and I found out after the season was finished when they didn&#8217;t invite me back, that that was the reason that I was given that edit, apparently\u2026 because I was a conservative,&#8221; Wiley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/former-real-housewife-says-bravo-canceled-her-being-conservative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> in a 2024 interview with Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p>There have been a number of conservative and MAGA-supporting <a href=\"https:\/\/okmagazine.com\/p\/jill-zarin-admits-isolating-publicly-support-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">women<\/a> through the <em>Real Housewives<\/em> franchise, including <strong>Gretchen Rossi<\/strong>, <strong>Jill Zarin<\/strong>, and others.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, President<strong> Donald Trump<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/trump-real-housewives-siggy-flicker-holocaust-museum-board-1234741438\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appointed<\/a><em> Real Housewives of New Jersey<\/em> cast member <strong>Siggy Flicker<\/strong> to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/entertainment\/andy-cohen-defends-having-maga-women-on-real-housewives-shows\/\">Andy Cohen Defends Having \u2018MAGA Women\u2019 on Real Housewives Shows<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Screenshot via Bravo Real Housewives franchise producer Andy Cohen defended his shows including &#8220;MAGA women,&#8221; after a complaint during a Q&amp;A session Tuesday. 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