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Andy Cohen is opening up about feeling like an outsider within the late-night TV panorama.
Cohen, 56, is celebrating 15 years of Watch What Occurs Stay this 12 months, however admits he has prior to now felt “salty” concerning the present being not noted of the late-night dialog.
For instance, in 2015, varied late-night discuss present hosts together with Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Conan O’Brien and Trevor Noah appeared in a photoshoot collectively for Vainness Honest. Cohen wasn’t included.
“I used to be very aware that I needed to be a part of the late-night dialog,” Cohen instructed Deadline in an interview printed on Friday, June 21.
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“I do know what we’re doing. I do know what it means to individuals and I do know what it means to me,” he instructed the outlet.
Cohen stated that he thought on the time, “This type of sucks.”
Cohen added that one of many causes he believes he’s “discounted” from the late-night dialog is as a result of he’s not a comic like his fellow discuss present hosts, however an interviewer.
Nonetheless, WWHL has managed to lure some main visitors through the years, together with Hillary Clinton and Jennifer Lawrence.
“Late-night [TV] is a really intimate factor for individuals as a result of they’re going to mattress and typically you’re the final person who they see,” Cohen stated, reflecting on 15 years of the Bravo present. “They’re additionally selecting you, they usually’re snug sufficient to be with you. The connection that you’ve together with your viewer is basically particular. I’ve an amazing quantity of gratitude. I do know it sounds very hokey, however I actually do.”
Cohen additionally stated that he hit a stumbling block internet hosting WWHL across the six-year mark. ”I feel it was in 12 months 6, I began to hit the wall just a little bit,” he stated. “Craig Ferguson stated that’s quite common. I began to really feel like I used to be type of ticking a field. However I got here to, and I used to be like, ‘Oh my God, dude, you might have your absolute dream job. This can be a present of your creativeness and all the pieces about you,’ and I simply type of snapped out of it. I haven’t appeared again since.”
