For those who do not know Kelly and Andy Cohen are very, very close friends. They frequently schedule vacation time together and travel together. Michael pointed out that when Mark comes he has his own dressing room but when Andy comes he gets dressed in Kelly’s dressing room with her. Kelly says that Andy punched Michael in the abs a couple of times really hard before the show. Michael didn’t seem particularly thrilled by that. I read a rumor yesterday that Kelly and Michael don’t actually get along. I looked for signs of that today but could not make a call either way. I’ll keep watching and let you know.
Andy’s book actually sounds really interesting. He talked a lot about his trip to Montana to write at John Mayer’s place. You can read my post on that trip here. They hung out in bars and had a great time. People mistook him for Carson Daily. Even with my poor facial recognition they look nothing alike. John Mayer said he thought they meant Carson Kressley now I am really confused. He also went to Brazil with Anderson Cooper. Kelly was very jealous of that trip. You can read my posts on the trip to Brazil here. And Here. She and Andy went to Croatia with Anderson Cooper I wonder if they will mention that. They did not mention that trip but you can read all the tea on that here. I actually had someone IN CROATIA giving me info. I KNOW! Andy says he managed to cause Anderson Cooper to lose his luggage (and his) by mishandling it in an airport and they were without luggage for the first night. In Brazil they did something to figure out which Sex in the City character they were. Andy was slutty Samantha and Anderson was finicky Miranda. Both are spot on but Anderson was unhappy to be Miranda.
Andy says the book was inspired by the Andy Warhol diaries and the Bridgett Jones Diaries. Apparently, talent manager and broadway producer, Sandy Gallin called Andy fat and it made Andy obsess about his weight which is documented in the book a la Bridgett Jones. Ah, that is what kicked off that month of January when Andy did a sober month and didn’t even drink on WWHL. He then got really into fitness so that Sandy would not call him chubby anymore. He’s so vain and concerned with the perceptions of others. Andy loves candy. Kelly says that in her house, she keeps a drawer of candy just for Andy that no one else is allowed to touch. Andy says he stopped by her house the other day and she and Mark were not home and her daughter let her in and he raided his candy drawer.
Andy writes a lot in the book about how he rescued Waca and the experiences of having your first dog. Okay. I have to get this damn book. Aw, and talks about how and why Waca rescued him. He says he was lonely and really needed the companionship. He says Waca reminds him of Hugh Grant. He’s very cute but sort of withholding and Andy is seeking his approval. Of course he is seeking his approval. Because, Andy.
It was a cute interview. I was hoping for some housewives tea but they were not even mentioned. It really did make me want to buy the book. Will you be reading it?
Good morning Tamara! The candy story was cute.
I’ll save the price of the book and get a copy from the library. I liked his first book so this one should be fun.
Love the public library for just this reason.
He’s doing an AMA on reddit today!
OMG! Can you email me the link at TamaraTattles @ gmail.com? I am Reddit impaired. 🙁
On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
>
Andy is a Gemini. Gemini rules “words” , its opposite, Sag? Sag rules “meanings,” so uh, yeah, I’ll be reading it…soon as a pal loans it to me. 🙂
NotthatKenya… if Andy rules “words” then why are Those HW reunions SO damn boring?
Maybe the written word? Saggies have a bad case of verbal wordiness sometimes and then, after engaging in verbal diarrhea, they get mad if you don’t understand! Imagine,”notthatkenya”, being married to a Saggie with a Gemini rising…
I’m a casual viewer of the show and actually think Kelly and Michael genuinely get along. I’ve seen Hope & Faith and Kelly is NOT that good an actress!
I always thought they were BFFs! Hopefully the rumor was about someone else, I think it was a blind but everyone was guessing them and it was pretty obvious and it was on CDAN which has an impressive rate of accuracy. So I’ll be keeping a close eye.
lol at not that good of an actress.
how is Andy so lonely with ALL these A list pals and good looking besties am I detecting some….insecurities?
He lives alone. While it is great, but there is never anyone to come home too. A dog is nice to come home to, without all the drama of a person. Or so I’ve heard.
On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
>
doesn’t andy have a fine-ass boy -toys?
2 years ago I went to Kelly & Michael’s After-Oscar show taping in Los Angeles at the Kodak theater. I was in the third row so I got a pretty good look at what was going on. First of all during commercial breaks they could not have been more appreciative and gracious of the audience (since we had to bet there at 2:00 a.m.) They were sweet and took time to take selfies with people, signed autographs and were just generally very nice. During some of the performances, they stood together to the side of the stage, joking and laughing with each other. They seemed quite comfortable with each other. Can we talk about how tiny she is????? She must be a negative zero!
The Carson Kressley reference HAD to be a slam. I’d bet my last nickel that Andy would HATE to be compared to him – a very effiminate gay guy who is quite…shall we say…looks-challenged.
I’d have to hear the delivery of course, but if it was like: “Carson Daly? More like Carson Kressley…” total BURN!
Funny. He was on The Colbert Report talking about his book, too. Seemed out of place with the banter coming from Colbert.
He did an interview on Goodreads a few days ago. I haven’t looked at it yet.
I’m about 1/3 through the book on Audible right now, and he names a lot of names in this one. There’s gotta be some pissed off people out there this morning! It is really good if you know/like Andy and/or Bravo. I listened to his first book on Audible too, I think it makes it easier to understand that he’s not taking himself too seriously.
He REALLY struggled with the recording for audio books. I imagine it would be hard to read the whole thing outloud redoing stuff over and over.
On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
>
I’m sure it’s much harder than it seems, but he does do a good job.
The first book was more about him growing up and his career, this one is a day by day account of the year starting September 2013.
Give us some names and stories from the book, especially the pissed off folks.
I wont be putting any money in Andy’s pocket.
Trying to remember, at 1/3 in there’s been at least 300 names dropped, haha. He calls out Will I Am for not wanting to talk to him, makes fun of Martha Stewart (but also seems to like her), describes a very awkward and sad meeting with Britney Spears, he calls out someone (can’t remember!!) for drinking on his show when they are supposed to be sober, talks some smack about Terrence Howard. He’s talked minimally about the housewives so far, but says one househusband called him up crying after the wife was let go, and called another housewife out for being a bitch after being let go and demanding her own spinoff. I was walking the dog at the time and couldn’t look up who the likely suspects were for a lot of it, I suspect Jim Bellino (possibly Simon from NY), and Adrienne/Taylor/Alexis… I’m going to have to relisten to some parts!
There is a lot of stuff about adopting his dog, and falling in love with him, and I can relate.
I just read this part. He actually talks about two husbands. The first was a phone call begging for his wife’s job back, as “they had no back-up plan”. Then Andy says it reminded him of a phone conversation he had had “a couple of years before” with another husband, for the same reason, except this husband had been crying during the call. He goes on to mention things about Nene and Jill Zarin, and sums up the section saying, “Drama in four cities. I kind of love it.”
Now, as to who the husbands were, we can eliminate the ones in New York and Atlanta, as he said “Drama in four cities” so my guesses are: Chris Laurita for the first husband, begging for his wife’s job back, since the time-frame fits and he’s pretty much the only husband with essentially nothing going on professionally. And for the second one, crying on the phone: Frank Curtin, (now ex-) husband of RHoOC’s Lynn Curtin. I think it has to be him, also given the time frame, and the fact that he was already in trouble financially when Lynn was on the show. If I were in his shoes I’d break down crying too if my wife lost our household’s only steady paycheck!
By the way, the thing about Jill he mentions in the same chapter is that he had invited her back to shoot one scene as a participant in a tennis game. Ramona found out and called Andy to complain and say there’d be a cast revolt if she came back at all. So he had to call Jill and disinvite her from the shoot. I thought that was very juicy…and I guess that would lay to rest any speculation about her returning to RHoNY!
I thought the book only discussed things over a one year period.
TT: it does, in diary form, but there are a lot of instances where he says things like, “I ran into so-and-so, and we talked about last summer when blah blah happened” or “That reminded me of the time a couple of years ago when so-and-so did umpity ump”.
As others have said, if you are into the Housewives, this book is very juicy. He will “blind item” many of the anecdotes, but then 5 pages later he’ll say something which makes it blatantly obvious who he was talking about. This is how I now know that both Kathy Wakile and Countess LuAnn were both PISSED about being demoted to “friend-of” status, and that Richie said on a phone call complaining about the demotion that “At least we pay our taxes, unlike some other cast members”!
OOOhhhh that is juicy!
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 8:33 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
>
God why are all the cute guys gay?
54321
I ask myself that every day…. 🙂
I like to think it’s God’s payback for all of the alienation/bullying/disapproval/rejection that we go through while growing up!
Okay, why did the terrific trio go on a vacation to Croatia? Is Anderson still with that boyfriend who was caught kissing someone else in public? I believe Kelley and Michael still like each other, but they have become worn down by the rumors about the two of them having an affair. Like all work relationships, some times you need some time away from your co-workers to refresh yourself. I think Mark Consuelos is unhappy in the marriage, but is trying to stick it out because of the kids and his traditional Catholic upbringing. He wants to be taken seriously as an actor, but it has been difficult to be seen as an individual when he is always associated with Kelley Ripa. I still love Waca and his emotional facial expressions. I may read the book when the next winter storm shuts down the ATL.
Croatia was the new it place to go in 2012. It is really a beautiful country on the water. Lots of yachts and beautiful sites. It’s on my wish list. It’s also pretty inexpensive when you get there, if you don’t charter a yacht like they did. 🙂
Sounds good~ Book my reservation too!! 😉
I traveled around Croatia last summer. It’s one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen and for Americans it is still relatively affordable!
I went to Dubrovnic (which is one of the locations used to film Game of Thrones) it is really beautiful. Most of the town is inside the walls of an old castle complete with a moat. A few of the Mediterranean cruises stop there and in Split (also Croatia.)
My youngest son took a 10 day Mediterranean cruise this past summer and told me Croatia was his favorite place of all. Took pictures from atop the wall Lawstangel was referring to and it was beautiful. Wish I could have gone with him.
Kelly hates Michael because he is so damn popular! She wanted the show to herself after Regis quit. Michael came on, was loved by everyone and she can’t stand it!
If I made 20 million a year or whatever obscene money she makes, I would be grateful and kissing every hairy pimply ass that works to keep my show popular and on the air.
I’m over Michael and Kelly. Kelly is likable. Michael has no talent and is awkward on the show. Kelly can act but she’ll never get an Oscar, Tony or Emmy. Some people are just lucky. Good luck to both of them but I won’t be watching. Yawn.
That is the rumor. Everyone loves him and GMA gave him a desk job before the show. Jealous. Allegedly. That said, I’ve never seen any signs of it.
On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
>
I’ve caught a few episodes randomly while waiting at doctor’s offices. They seem to get along great, at times even better than Regis and Kelly did. I think they’re a good team and hope the rumor mill moves on to another set soon.
I didn’t read his first book but for whatever reason I want to read this book. Was his first book worth reading?
Yes it was, very much so for me anyway.
I agree with Karma, if you like Andy and/or Bravo shows, both books are pretty good.
I don’t consider Andy a star. He makes a lot of money on the RH series but I’m not interested in his life. Good luck to him but I wont be reading his book. He’s a wanna be and totally phony to me.
He’s a wannabe? Please tell me what you think he wants to be that he isn’t…
Well he’s been pretty successful behind the scenes and now that he’s had a taste of being in front of the camera, he seems to crave the attention now. It seems like he’ll do anything for attention…remember the twerking he did on WWHL? Lol. Perhaps I’m primarily annoyed with him because he continues to kiss Nene’s derriere even after she disrespected him last reunion. And, I don’t agree with the Porsha situation. She should’ve been fired by Bravo for assault and battery against Kenya.
So it’s not that he’s a wannabe, you just don’t like the choices he’s made. And it’s not that he’s phony, you just don’t like the choices he’s made. Ok.
I’d totes watch some Andy/Anderson porn….actually Andy Anderson is a great porn name in itself.
Wasn’t that Kate Hudson’s screen name in How to al
Damn phone…How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Im about half way through. He explains that he had worked on his deal with bravo for 2 years to be his own boss and own his production company, and that he wasn’t fired, but left for the above reasons, while keeping his hand in as EP of the Housewives.
So far I’m really enjoying this, and it was cheap and instant to get it on kindle.
Thanks. I downloaded the sample preview on Kindle earlier so I’m sure I will end up reading whole book.
Oh, and Andy says he’s been in love 2 1/2 times in his whole life. His first college love, John Hill, works as director or producer on WWHL. He’s also a frequent dinner and travel companion.
who is the half??
On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
>
I am ordering Andy’s book tonight. You bet. I love that doggie of his too!
I think it’s pretty good, if you like Andy and/or Bravo shows. If you don’t, you won’t care, but if you do, it’s really good – and I really love the Audible versions of both his books.
I can’t wait to get this book. Have his first on my kindle app but getting this one in audio format to listen to when Rex and I go for our daily walks. Not a huge fan of audio books but slowly getting into them.
I especially like Audio books when they are memoirs read by their authors, and Andy does a good job. Tina Fey also did a really good job with hers.
There is an old memoir by Anne Heche (one of my favorite mostly soap opera actresses) about her um, especially crazy period (when she dated Ellen DeGeneres because she thought she was a lesbian for a hot minute) that she reads which was a really good road trip book.
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
>
Thanks, Tamara!!! I am always on the lookout for new great (fun, not necessarily quality LOL) memoirs, and that one will be juicy.
I love Heche. She’s a brilliant actress. And Crazy. She goes into her family history which will give you some compassion for the crazy…
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
>
Thanks for the recommendation.
Lol TT at “who’s the half
Although I rarely watch their show, I like both Kelly and Michael and I hope they get along!
Andy was on Howard Stern yesterday. Great interview.
That Andy and Kelly are super tight besties would pretty much explain why I’m not keen for either of them.
The pair on WWHL is way beyond my ability to tolerate them. I don’t particulary dislike them. I just don’t like them. The two together are like nails against a chalk board. They demand that I change channels away from them.
My husband was just watching The Stephen Colbert Report from the other night and as soon as he saw Andy waiting to be interviewed (right before Stephen sat at the table to do the interview) he says, “Oh no, definitely not!” and turned it off. It makes me laugh because I love Andy and his wonky eyes 🙂