Andy Cohen speaks out about Kandi Burruss’ surprising departure from RHOA
“She would call me anytime she had a thought about either the way the show was being marketed or not marketed or about the way that it was being scheduled,” he continued, “or she had a lot of really smart opinions and thoughts and she always wanted to know more. ‘What’s your strategy here? What are you thinking?’ It was always a great dialogue, and then, sometimes at the end of the conversation, she would say, ‘You know what? I’m glad I called. I totally get it now.’ Sometimes she would say, ‘Y’all are wrong,’ and you know, and a lot of times she was right.”
Cohen even shared details of the emotional moment Burruss told him she was departing the show.
“We had a long talk the other day, she and I and Todd on the phone,” the 55-year-old revealed. “I appreciate her saying, ‘You know what? I think this is just time.’ She knows the show is at a crossroads right now and I don’t even want to talk about where we’re going with it.”
Cohen admitted he and the Grammy-winning artist were both “crying a little bit at the end of the call,” adding that Burruss’ future on the network isn’t exactly done for good.
“I kind of worked myself up into a lather as we were talking,” he said. “I told her I know that Bravo will be in business with her for a long time. They’ve got other things in development, so she is a talent that they’re not gonna want to let go.”
“She is one of the greats,” he concluded. “So, thank you Kandi for your service. I did tell her, I was like, ‘You know, Kandi, you could drop back in in a year or two.'”
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