Chris Wallace Grills Andy Cohen On ‘The Real Housewives’ & Hoping ‘RHOSLC’ Star Jen Shah Got No Jail Time Despite Guilty Plea In Fraud Case
Andy Cohen It is typically the one asking the question, but the tables were flipped. The Real Housewives A guest appearance was made by an executive producer HBO Max’s Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?
Cohen was put in the hot seat by Chris Wallace when he brought it up. The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Jen Shah, a star who was recently sentenced to 6.5 years in prison After pleading guilty, I was convicted of telemarketing fraud.
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“You’re on the record last November as saying that you hope she would get no jail time,” Wallace said. “And the question I have is, ‘Why would you take her side against the thousands of people she defrauded, including a lot of elderly?’”
Cohen looked perturbed and said, “I think I was hoping she was actually innocent. I wouldn’t have….”
Wallace interjected, reminding the Live: Watch What Happens Shah had already pleaded guilt at the time.
“That was before she pled guilty, I mean, that I said that, I would think,” Cohen said before Wallace corrected him saying, “No, I think it was after.”
Cohen was without words and only said, “Oh, really? Oh, God.” He then explained he didn’t know what the context was when he said that but he believes it was when fans were asking what was going to happen to Shah on RHOSLC.
The Bravo star agreed with Wallace that Shah should go to jail and reasoned that “sometimes you get to know someone and you get to like them, you hope that they are not guilty of something horrible.”
Wallace ran clips from some of the most memorable scenes The Real Housewives Cohen became defensive over the franchise over time.
“I think it can be really confrontational, it can sometimes be something that’s a little difficult to swallow,” he said defending the shows he produces. “But I think it’s also about, in the real great moments, it’s about being a wife, and a mother, and a sister, and a friend and a whole lot more. So, yes, there’s all that [fights] and then there’s a whole lot more.”
You can watch the interview in the video below.
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