Andy Cohen has apologized for a 2011 comment he made about Heidi Montag, calling it ‘mean’ 14 years later.
The controversy resurfaced after Spencer Pratt, Montag’s husband, took to social media to express his longstanding grudge against Cohen, stating that he would never appear on Watch What Happens Live.
Cohen addressed the issue on his SiriusXM show, Andy Cohen Live, acknowledging his past remark and showing remorse.
When talking about Montag maybe joining Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Cohen referred to her as “trash” in the 2011 tape Pratt was referring to.
He said, “I would sooner stab knives into my own eyes than see her on this network,” and then apologized a few days later.
“I realized that I did apologize for this on Andy Cohen Live several years ago,” Cohen told John Hill on the podcast this week. “I apologized, so what I will say also is that was mean. That was 14 years ago, and what I really don’t like about it is referring to her as trash. That is, I do not, that makes me, I don’t like that at all and I’m sorry about that, so I apologize again, I guess.”
Hill went on to tell Cohen that “I don’t know, once is enough. That was a very heartfelt apology, what you just said. That was taking ownership. That was taking accountability. You’re genuinely sorry.”
Cohen thanked Hill for his response and said, “By the way, there were things that we said and did on TV 14 years ago that we wouldn’t do now. It just was a different universe but that’s not, I’m not trying to justify it.”
Cohen finished the conversation with a final thought. “When I said, ‘I guess I’m apologizing again,’ what I meant was I did already apologize a few years ago on this broadcast, so I guess maybe this isn’t evergreen. Maybe I’ll apologize for it every three years.”
