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Speaker 1:
[00:01] Hey, it's Andy Cohen here with this week's chapter of Andy Cohen's Daddy Diaries Podcast. The high highs and low lows of my life as a daddy to two kids, and dozens of housewives. This week on the podcast, we're off for Thanksgiving, but we're giving you my BravoCon Diaries from Las Vegas. Jordan and I recorded backstage from BravoCon Live every day, with behind the scenes info, my recaps from the panels and some housewives, cameos you will definitely want to listen up for. This is Andy Cohen's Daddy Diaries Podcast. Wednesday, November 12th, 2025. Hey everybody, it's Andy Cohen from BravoCon. Specifically, I am backstage at the theater at Planet Hollywood Casino. And it is Wednesday. This is the first day that we are recording this. Jordan is here. Jordan is actually helping out the talent department, the Watch What Happens Live talent department. So you'll be escorting Housewives all weekend long?
Speaker 2:
[01:11] Yes.
Speaker 1:
[01:12] And Bravo Leberties?
Speaker 2:
[01:13] Yes, I'm a little nervous.
Speaker 1:
[01:15] I know, I see that on your face. So today, Wednesday, we have been running through the opening number for the Brahma, Bravos, which by the time this airs, y'all will have seen. And it's very complicated. There's magic involved. We have Portia Williams sawing Sheena Shay in half. There are a lot of moving parts. I am singing. And I guess the most alarming piece of business that happened today is that y'all who are listening know full well about my journey with my contact lenses and iDoctor. I standing on the stage of the theater at the Planet Hollywood Casino, which is by the way, a theater that holds 7000 people. Okay, no pressure. I could not see the prompter, the words on the prompter. So I am having a huge, I'm freaking out basically. So tomorrow I will be calling my iDoctor and saying, I may need to wear my old hard lenses. They've got me in these soft lenses so that my eyes will change shape. I don't, you know, it's been several months since I've worn hard lenses. Anyway, this is so boring, but it's actually not boring because it, I kind of feel like my whole success as a host for these shows is hinging on what is going to happen with my eyes. Rocco, my director said he is ordering a bigger television for the prompter, which will now be like 90 inches or something. It's already, I think, 60. I don't know. We'll see.
Speaker 2:
[03:18] Do you have the old contacts on you?
Speaker 1:
[03:21] Yes, I actually have an old pair of contacts from earlier this year on me.
Speaker 2:
[03:26] Oh, good. Okay.
Speaker 1:
[03:26] So we will see. We will see. What else is happening? You know that I took my Watch What Happens Live team to Sphere last night. That was amazing. Tonight, there's a smaller dinner that I'm hosting at the at Carbone, which will be really fun. And there you go. We're off to the races. I feel very I've got a lot of energy and it may be the prednisone that I took that John Hill says is going to turn me into a beast. But I thought my singing sounded decent enough for you.
Speaker 2:
[04:06] It did. I was I was pleasantly surprised because you went in cold.
Speaker 1:
[04:10] Yes.
Speaker 2:
[04:10] Well, I mean, I've been warmed up the pipes.
Speaker 1:
[04:12] Yeah. Well, I mean, my pipes warming up. What can I say? But yeah, so there's that. And then, you know, I'm doing a kind of a roast before the show. I mean, in the intro of the Bravos and I'm just now, you know, trimming jokes that I might that might be too harsh. We will see. I'm also right now talking to Jeff Lewis because he and I are doing one of the first panels at BravoCon and I was just making a couple suggestions to him about things that he might want to ask me about and things that maybe he wants to stay away from. We'll see how that goes. I was a big advocate of Jeff doing this. I requested Jeff doing this. I feel like people like seeing us together and I also feel like he's not going to do a softball interview and people don't expect that from me. So I want to give the people what they want at the Friday panel. So that's where we are. We are 24 hours away from our first BravoCon live show. That's going to be a celebration of 20 years of Housewives. Now, Jordan, will we be able to walk around with these little mics? Like if I wanted to walk around backstage and talk to some Housewives backstage tomorrow? Yes. Great. So we will do that tomorrow. Yes, there's a lot of energy in the air here in Las Vegas. We are really feeling it. Okay. We will be back with more from BravoCon tomorrow. Just pray for my eyes, everybody. Pray for my eyes.
Speaker 3:
[06:04] Thursday, November 13th, 2025.
Speaker 1:
[06:07] All right. It is... What day is it, Jordan?
Speaker 2:
[06:10] It's Thursday.
Speaker 1:
[06:11] It's Thursday. We've spent the day rehearsing for the Bravos. And I think rehearsal went really well, actually. I have my hard contact lenses in. That is how I rectified it. I have my old contact lenses in, with permission from my eye doctor. So there you go. I can see relatively decently. I am now backstage. We are about to tape our Days of Our Wives special, celebrating 29 years of The Housewives. Hi, Lou. Hi, darling. Lou Ann is here. Oh, you're going first. Oh, she's going for a smoke. She looks great. Anyway, so we've got 29 Housewives backstage. I'm going to walk around and see if I can talk to a few of them. Hi, beautiful Shannon.
Speaker 4:
[07:05] How are you Andy Cohen?
Speaker 2:
[07:07] I really love the long hair.
Speaker 1:
[07:09] Thank you. You look beautiful.
Speaker 2:
[07:11] Thank you.
Speaker 1:
[07:11] Victoria.
Speaker 4:
[07:12] I love when you call me Victoria.
Speaker 1:
[07:15] So happy to see you. When there's Victoria, there must be Tamna.
Speaker 4:
[07:19] Yes. Hi, baby.
Speaker 1:
[07:21] And I haven't told Shannon to be polite at all tonight.
Speaker 2:
[07:23] It's very funny seeing you together.
Speaker 1:
[07:25] Hello, Heather Dubrow. I'm on the radio right now.
Speaker 4:
[07:30] Okay, I can't tell you what I was going to say. You look great.
Speaker 2:
[07:32] Oh, really?
Speaker 4:
[07:33] No, we'll talk later. What I texted you.
Speaker 1:
[07:35] Oh, yes. Heather and I talk about plastic surgery stuff. All the time. No, but I would like to get my neck done someday.
Speaker 4:
[07:44] We all want our neck done.
Speaker 1:
[07:45] I'll tell you. Here, look, Tamara.
Speaker 4:
[07:48] No.
Speaker 1:
[07:48] Andy, we're the same age, right? It's starting.
Speaker 3:
[07:51] It's starting.
Speaker 1:
[07:54] No, I'll wait.
Speaker 4:
[07:54] I mean, listen.
Speaker 1:
[07:55] I just feel like eventually I would like to do it. I really appreciate it. Thank you. Okay.
Speaker 4:
[08:02] But Andy, we have to go to the right.
Speaker 1:
[08:04] Wait, she's going to do it? No, she's helping me consult. She's helping me consult. Hi, Dorinda. I'm on radio, Andy.
Speaker 4:
[08:14] Right now?
Speaker 1:
[08:15] Yes.
Speaker 4:
[08:15] Oh my God. You're not lying.
Speaker 1:
[08:17] How's it going? Let's talk about her sexy legs. I've got to tell you something. Dorinda, for- Three times in the last month. And these legs are honest to God.
Speaker 4:
[08:25] Oh my God.
Speaker 1:
[08:26] Thank you. You look so hot, Dorinda. Dorinda is wearing hot pants and a tuxedo jacket. She looks so-
Speaker 4:
[08:35] Old Gucci.
Speaker 1:
[08:35] You look great.
Speaker 4:
[08:36] Well, thank you, Anderson.
Speaker 1:
[08:37] Isn't it great to see Radzy? Here's Radzy.
Speaker 3:
[08:40] Hi.
Speaker 4:
[08:41] Hi, true.
Speaker 1:
[08:41] Radzy, this is the radio. I think Radzy is so fucking freaked out to be here, Dorinda.
Speaker 4:
[08:46] A hundred percent.
Speaker 3:
[08:47] Literally, she-
Speaker 4:
[08:48] I've had to talk her off.
Speaker 1:
[08:49] I know. Okay, now I did hear a little story about Radzy a little while ago, which is why I ran to you and just said what I said.
Speaker 4:
[08:56] Oh, okay.
Speaker 1:
[08:57] Which is that the Bravo folks saw you walk into a room full of housewives at the Four Seasons, turn around and leave the room. Yes, I just think Radzy's like, how did I get roped into this?
Speaker 4:
[09:08] What am I doing here? She's like, what are we doing? I'm like, okay, come on now. No, I'm enjoying it.
Speaker 1:
[09:16] Well, I told Radzy, she's just here to be celebrated and that's it.
Speaker 4:
[09:19] I'm a guest. She's iconic.
Speaker 1:
[09:21] She's iconic.
Speaker 4:
[09:22] I said, Carol, everybody loves you and loves to see you. And we miss you when you're not around. When you were on Radio Andy.
Speaker 3:
[09:31] The Salt Lake City ones are just so lovely.
Speaker 4:
[09:33] When you were on Radio Andy, everyone freaked out. Yeah, okay. Thank you. Bye. By the way, Andy Cohen, I love this blazer.
Speaker 1:
[09:47] What's wrong with blue and green?
Speaker 3:
[09:49] That's just like a choice.
Speaker 4:
[09:53] What's wrong with blue and green?
Speaker 3:
[09:54] Oh, I love it.
Speaker 4:
[09:54] But I think you should top it.
Speaker 1:
[09:56] Navy doesn't go?
Speaker 4:
[09:59] I don't know. I wouldn't be happy.
Speaker 1:
[10:00] You wouldn't put Navy with green? I always wear Navy. It's like the two preppiest. It's prepping.
Speaker 4:
[10:07] By the way, I love a corduroy jacket. Carol, you're wrong on this.
Speaker 1:
[10:10] This is a corduroy suit.
Speaker 4:
[10:12] I think it should be black or white.
Speaker 1:
[10:14] See, I wouldn't wear black with the green.
Speaker 4:
[10:16] No, this is very chic.
Speaker 1:
[10:16] Yeah, I guess I could. Oh, wow. Oh, my God. Now I'm rancy. Radzy just fucked me up. Radzy just fucked me up in the head.
Speaker 4:
[10:25] He's very progressive now. He's very chic in him. I know, the long hair. Yeah, longer hair. It's a new thing now. Dark shirt on dark suit. It's a new thing. Okay.
Speaker 1:
[10:35] Wow. Okay. Now I'm a little fucked up. Oh, this is so cute. Look at this. Yeah, I'm going to. Adriana, do you know that I feel that I've been mispronouncing your name for years, that I say Audriana?
Speaker 3:
[10:50] You say it correctly, my friend.
Speaker 1:
[10:51] Oh, Audriana is correct? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, my God. Do you know that people correct me all the time and say it's Adriana? Why are you calling her Audriana?
Speaker 3:
[11:00] Because that's how you say my name, Audriana.
Speaker 1:
[11:03] Unbelievable. Can you believe how many people are talking about this Haitian mortician? I mean, honestly.
Speaker 3:
[11:09] We started a trend.
Speaker 1:
[11:10] I mean, you started a trend. I mean, my God.
Speaker 3:
[11:13] AC Anderson Cooper?
Speaker 1:
[11:15] That's crazy.
Speaker 3:
[11:15] The Sirius guy?
Speaker 1:
[11:16] Yes. Oh, you're going to see him? Yes. He tonight on Watch What Happens Live, he performed your monologue.
Speaker 3:
[11:24] I mean, it's viral. If AC, I mean, not this AC, the other AC is doing it, we got it, we made it.
Speaker 1:
[11:30] It's very true. Well, this is really fun. Although, Carol Ratzewel said that I shouldn't wear a blue shirt with a green suit. Do you think that that's true?
Speaker 3:
[11:42] No, I think-
Speaker 1:
[11:43] Blue and green? Is that weird?
Speaker 4:
[11:44] We break the rules.
Speaker 1:
[11:45] Oh, okay. This is breaking the rules? What do you think, Dave, my audio guy?
Speaker 3:
[11:50] I like it.
Speaker 1:
[11:50] Is it weird? Oh, okay.
Speaker 3:
[11:52] All right.
Speaker 1:
[11:52] She got in my head.
Speaker 3:
[11:53] I think it's passe to like to overly match.
Speaker 1:
[11:56] Okay.
Speaker 3:
[11:56] Nobody does it anymore.
Speaker 1:
[11:57] Okay, good. All right. Where is my phone? Where is my phone? Okay, Dave's putting my mic on. There's housewives everywhere.
Speaker 3:
[12:05] I have a photo with Andy.
Speaker 1:
[12:07] Okay, I'm gonna get off this. Where's Jordan? Where's Jordan? Hi, Jessel. Hi, Andy. How do you feel about being at BravoCon?
Speaker 4:
[12:14] Oh, my God. I feel energetic, revived. We belong here.
Speaker 1:
[12:18] Ah, Jessel always smells so good every time. Wow, Alexia and Lisa.
Speaker 2:
[12:25] Hola. Hola.
Speaker 1:
[12:27] Alexia, you're back with Tata in here.
Speaker 3:
[12:29] No, I'm not.
Speaker 1:
[12:30] Yeah, you're spotted all the time with him.
Speaker 3:
[12:32] No, I'm not. That's fake news.
Speaker 1:
[12:33] Oh, okay.
Speaker 3:
[12:34] Yeah.
Speaker 1:
[12:35] Okay, Lisa looks like the cat that ate the canary. Is Jodi here?
Speaker 3:
[12:38] He's coming tonight.
Speaker 1:
[12:39] Oh, good. Okay.
Speaker 3:
[12:40] Of course.
Speaker 1:
[12:41] Maybe you'll have a BravoCon proposal.
Speaker 3:
[12:45] I don't know about that.
Speaker 1:
[12:46] I don't know about that.
Speaker 4:
[12:47] Oh, I don't even think it's a good idea. Look how it worked out for me.
Speaker 3:
[12:50] Like, don't even get married on TV.
Speaker 4:
[12:52] I don't know if I ever want to get married again, but I would love an engagement.
Speaker 1:
[12:55] Okay.
Speaker 2:
[12:56] Yeah, I like that.
Speaker 1:
[12:57] It's fun to be engaged.
Speaker 3:
[12:58] Yeah.
Speaker 1:
[12:59] All right. I'm going to go do my thing. I'm going to give this back to Jordan. Okay, Jordan, I just talked to a lot of Housewives. This is we're signing out for Thursday. We're about to do the Days of Our Lives show, and we'll be back tomorrow for more. Tomorrow is officially the first day of BravoCon, Friday. I am hopped up on the Prednisone. I got to tell you something. John Hill said I was going to be like a zombie. I'm a zombie, but guess what? I have my voice. All right. Friday, November 14th, 2025. Okay, everybody, it's Andy, and it is day three of my BravoCon Diaries. It is Friday, officially opening day of the Bravos. You heard my backstage banter with a lot of the Housewives, and just to get back to that, Carol Radzowel saying that navy blue and green don't go together. Jordan, am I wrong? I mean, that's a very preppy color combination.
Speaker 2:
[14:04] Yeah.
Speaker 1:
[14:04] Green and blue.
Speaker 2:
[14:06] I think that goes together very well.
Speaker 1:
[14:07] Anyway, I haven't stopped thinking about this. I did wear the green suit and the blue shirt, and y'all can see for yourself how it looked. I think it looked okay.
Speaker 2:
[14:15] It looked great.
Speaker 1:
[14:16] We had a great show last night with 29 Housewives called Days of Our Wives. As you can hear, my voice is not amazing. I'm trying to kind of speak softly. I don't know if that will preserve it or not right now, but we had a great show. I will say, having 29 women with egos all on stage for a, even though it was an hour show, it's really impossible to have any kind of meaningful banter with 12 women for an hour. So I feel as I sit there in the middle of them, co-dependent, because I'm looking at women who either haven't gotten the chance to talk, or I know want to say more, and it's, I always leave of kind of tapings like that, feeling a little kind of worried that I've offended someone, or that someone's leaving with hurt feelings. There were two people who were a little annoyed with me at the end of the show, and I'm going to leave it at that, out of respect for them. But it was a really good show, and it was good that we did that first. We realized we have some audio issues on stage. We need a monitor so that the women can hear each other. I was asking Teresa a very softball question at the beginning, which was, how do you look back on your journey on New Jersey? She asked me three times, so what's the question? What's the question? I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt and think that she couldn't hear me rather than the question was too large. I do believe that. Anyway, I was a good boy last night after the show. I went back to my room and I was in bed by 1230. So that was something. I'm still hopped up on Prednisone. Is that one I'm taking? Yes. For my voice. Well, you know, last night after the show, I felt myself. I was like, oh man, my voice is starting to go. And here I am day one of BravoCon. It was a wild day. Drove there, was driven there around nine. By the way, the mayor of Las Vegas, who I kind of went off on to the Las Vegas newspaper today. Hopefully, that doesn't bite us in the ass. But they've closed down the roads in such an insane way for F1, which isn't for like eight days. So what?
Speaker 2:
[17:10] They're building like huge apparatuses and like stands and like.
Speaker 1:
[17:16] Oh, okay. Well, so that's why they closed the roads.
Speaker 2:
[17:18] Yeah.
Speaker 1:
[17:19] Oh, well.
Speaker 2:
[17:20] I mean, it's still annoying.
Speaker 1:
[17:21] Guess I didn't have all the information. Anyway, so we'll see. Hopefully, that's not in the paper, but that was me mouthing off in the press room. I also may have inadvertently leaked the names of a full cast of Housewives to someone who I don't even know who the guy worked for, but I gave him a scoop if he figures out that I gave him info that hasn't been released. But anyway, driving up was really surreal. I mean, it's very surreal for me seeing my face on the marquee of Caesar's Palace, and then driving up and just seeing these lines and lines of fans waiting. I mean, it was just incredible. And got to meet a bunch of fans in front of BravoCon, ran in. It's so funny who you run into in the hallways. I mean, I was like, immediately it was like Kiki Barth, and then Slade Smiley, and then Gia Giudice. I mean, where are you going to see this group of people? So tonight are the Bravos, and I'm singing tonight. And I said to Slade, I do have a joke. I have, there is a little Slade Smiley joke. Maybe. He goes, maybe. I go, yeah, there is one. Anyway, it was a great day at BravoCon. I started it by surprising Meredith Marks at her DJ set outside, which was really fun. Jumping up and down with Meredith. By the way, there was a caller who called in a few weeks ago saying that, it would be great if Mary Cosby did a sermon or a prayer or something, like a Sunday service to start the day. I just want you to know whoever that listener was, I did go back to Bravo with the idea they all loved it, but it was too late for us to add an event. But that was a great idea and hopefully next time we'll do it. Yeah. What else happened? I went, then I was on some live stage with Kate Chastain, who I love, and I brought Carol Radzowel and Maryam Cosby out, and we had a little kiki, which was a lot of fun. I have to say the fans are dead for Mary Cosby. They love her so much. So some documentary was released last week where they're trying to talk about Maryam Cosby. I got to tell you something, the fans love her and nothing is coming between them and their love for Mary Cosby. So I really love to see it. I can imagine when that news was announced about that doc that, you know, coming to BravoCon, maybe she had a thought, but she has, it's been nothing but love here. Tonight at the Bravos, we'll be bringing Karen Huger out for her first appearance. That's going to be huge. There's another huge thing happening. Jordan, did you hear about this today? It's what we were just talking about relating to Vicki.
Speaker 2:
[20:31] No.
Speaker 1:
[20:31] So I am going to give Vicki her orange for Season 20, the Real Housewives of Orange County, as a surprise to everyone in the room. And we've been trying to figure out the choreography. I'm going to pull it out of my back pocket. We just moved it up earlier in the show.
Speaker 2:
[20:48] Do you think she's going to cry?
Speaker 1:
[20:50] I would think that she's going to cry.
Speaker 2:
[20:53] She's going to have a really good reaction.
Speaker 1:
[20:54] I think so. Vicki is one of the great reactors. And so, this was my idea like three weeks ago. And I sold it up through Bravo. And I just thought it would be such a great moment because we wanted her back for season 20. And we, you know, haven't figured out completely who else we're bringing back. But I just thought it would be such a fun way to announce that she's coming back and to see her reaction. And it's never been done. I mean, we've never, like, I think because Housewives fans are so funny, I think that they want me to, like, hire and fire people on the spot. And so I think that this will be something happy, you know.
Speaker 2:
[21:41] The reaction is going to be really good.
Speaker 1:
[21:43] The reaction is going to be so good. And to see the other House, Orange County Housewives react, I just.
Speaker 2:
[21:49] Is that going to be news to them?
Speaker 1:
[21:50] Yeah, no one. It's news to everyone. Was news to you, Jordan, and you've been at rehearsal all day.
Speaker 2:
[21:55] Wow.
Speaker 1:
[21:56] I haven't told any. Yes.
Speaker 2:
[21:57] That's amazing.
Speaker 1:
[21:57] Yes. Yeah, it's going to be great. So. So that's going to be very exciting. I feel pretty good about my song. We had Stacey Russian today and Dorinda and Sheree. You two have lines in the song. It's a very fast song. It's like two minutes. There's so much. There are a lot of moving parts here. A lot. We've got Portia sawing Sheena in half. I mean, it's a lot that has to happen. And I'm really praying we only have to do it once. Because it would be a huge drag to have to do the opening number twice. You know, but so I'm hoping we nail it the first time. We've certainly rehearsed it enough. Yeah.
Speaker 2:
[22:48] How many times do you think you sang that song? And so many days.
Speaker 1:
[22:51] But I am a little worried about my voice. I think it'll be OK.
Speaker 2:
[22:55] I think you'll be OK.
Speaker 1:
[22:56] OK. Anyway, on that note, maybe I should sign off, given that I'm worried about my voice. Drink some tea. I've just been here rehearsing all day. Oh, I did a panel with Jeff Lewis. Um, today, I really requested Jeff. I really wanted him to interview me. Um, and it was interesting. It was really interesting. I don't know what he was going for, but I'll kind of leave it at that.
Speaker 2:
[23:31] I did meet a bunch of Radio Andy fans at that panel.
Speaker 1:
[23:35] Oh, that's good.
Speaker 2:
[23:35] The gal who wrote in who wanted you to tell her mother that they were going to BravoCon and it surprised her. I met them.
Speaker 1:
[23:44] That's insane.
Speaker 2:
[23:45] And the surprise worked out. She was so surprised to hear it on the radio.
Speaker 1:
[23:47] Did she recognize you? Is that how you met her?
Speaker 2:
[23:49] She, you know what? She heard me talking and then laugh. And then they were like, oh my God, that's Jordan.
Speaker 1:
[23:54] Oh my God.
Speaker 2:
[23:55] So I thought that was so sweet.
Speaker 1:
[23:56] That's so sweet. That is so funny.
Speaker 2:
[23:58] I love closing the loop on that.
Speaker 1:
[24:01] Absolutely.
Speaker 2:
[24:02] And then you were at it. You surprised another panel. You came up with the Q&A.
Speaker 1:
[24:06] Oh, I surprised Casey and Danielle at the Reunion Roundup Panel and asked a question of Teresa and Dr. Simone, which was a lot of fun. So yeah, there were a lot of surprises. I'll be back at BravoCon tomorrow. Wish me luck for tonight.
Speaker 2:
[24:23] You're going to do great.
Speaker 1:
[24:24] Okay. Thank you. All right. Signing off, everybody. Back with more from this week's Daddy Diaries, after this.
Speaker 4:
[24:40] Saturday, November 15th, 2025.
Speaker 1:
[24:43] All right. It is Saturday, everybody. It's my BravoCon Diaries. And well, the Bravos are over. Jordan and I are in my dressing room. We're getting ready to tape two shows tonight. The reading room and the number one guys in the group. And the Bravos were outstanding. I think it was, I'm so proud of the team. It was an incredible award show with several hugely emotional moments, including Karen Huger's first appearance back on Bravo. Teddy Mellencamp coming out to a big standing ovation. Me giving Vicki her orange back. And Candy Burris getting the Lifetime Achievement Award. And absolutely just making an incredible, incredible acceptance speech. It was really incredible. Let me start with my song. I was disappointed in myself. I, um, my voice, I just felt that I did it better at rehearsal. That's all. I missed a few lines. I just, I don't know. But you know, as Erica Jane told me today, I ran into her at BravoCon and she said that you always do it better in rehearsal. I'm like, oh, okay. Anyway, um, people seem pretty happy with it though. Uh, um, and I'm just, I'm so relieved it's over to be honest with you. I mean, I was in that magic box waiting to go out there. It's quite, you know, they're wheeling this box out that I'm coming out of. Now, what I feel great about is my suit. How good was that suit, Jordan?
Speaker 2:
[26:44] That suit was incredible. Under the lights, it was amazing.
Speaker 1:
[26:48] It was just amazing. And I wore it all night and I wore it to the party after. I got more compliments from women and men. And by the way, people with great tastes like Rachel Zou and separately Brad Koreski, who was at the party and just people who actually have great taste, you know? So that was really wonderful too. I just, this suit was amazing. It was a John Varvado suit that was bedazzled with like 40,000 embellishments by someone on Instagram who reached out to me named House of Gods. And he made an incredible, incredible suit. He did this and I just can't thank him enough. Now, the Vicky moment was so special. And I have to say, here's a little backstage tea. I was waiting with her to go in. She was originally going to present the Wifetime Achievement Award with me. And then we were going to hand it out to Cynthia, we handed over to Cynthia and Riley to then do to Candy. But it seemed like too many steps and too many people and whatever. So we moved Vicky to earlier in the show. We kind of didn't tell her what was up. We just, you know, we kind of confused her. And she and I were waiting backstage to go on. I said, look, we're going to introduce the next category. And she's like, hold my hand. And I said, okay. And we were standing there. And now it was a very long wait because Tamra had left to take Teddy to the bathroom. And so we wanted to wait for Tamra to be back in the audience so that we could get Tamra's reaction with the other Orange County women. So Vicky and I were standing there just waiting and waiting and waiting. And it was so interesting. Vicky was holding my hand so tight. And we were standing there and we went really deep in this moment, you guys, and she was like, and I have an orange in my back pocket, which she cannot see, which I'm getting ready to give to her. And I was like so wanting this delivery to go off really well. And I was very worried the orange was going to fall out of my pocket because it was halfway in, because I wanted it to be easy to grab. And if it fell out, she would have absolutely known what was going to happen. But she was like, can you believe it's been 20 years? And we were really going back and she's like, we've been through so much together. And we really went there and she said, this is all been incredible and life goes so fast. And I mean, it was, we had a real moment and just talking about our lives and talking about her kids and my kids. And she's like, are you glad you're a parent now? And we just were really kind of taking stock with each other. And it was quite beautiful. So I have to say, when you do see this moment of me bringing out the orange, she was in such shock, you guys, she was absolutely shocked and she had no words. And I think she told me later that there was a part of her that thought that I was like playing a prank on her. And or that I was kidding or doing a, you know, she just didn't know. So anyway, it was incredible. And seeing all the housewives stand up, I mean, it was just really beautiful. And so it was it was really great. And it was an incredible award show. We all hustled over to the four seasons where there was a big party for every Bravo Liberty. And it was so fun. I took a lot of photos with people, just fellow Bravo Leberties. Toya from Married to Medicine came up to me and she goes, So Andy, can you sing? I go, well, Toya, no. You know, I mean, I guess I can't.
Speaker 2:
[31:06] You have to ask.
Speaker 1:
[31:07] I know, which didn't make me feel good. I was standing, talking to Luanne and Craig. Luanne had a hat on, like a chapeau.
Speaker 2:
[31:19] Was it another fedora?
Speaker 1:
[31:20] It was a fedora. Luanne had a fedora on, was talking to her and Craig Conover. And then Joe Bradley came up and I saw those two kind of chatting and he got her a drink. He was being very kind to her. I mean, nothing happened, nothing. But it was very funny watching them. I was like, and I was of course, gossiping with Craig about it. It was a little bit out of the loop. And then he was like, Oh no, no, no, I know. Casey Wilson and Danielle Schneider from Bitch Sesh were in the party and they were like, they just, they couldn't believe what was happening around them. And I have to say it was, it was really fun watching them. I brought West Wilson over to introduce, because Casey is in love with West. It was, you know, I made a, I made a joke about Erica and Jesse Solomon in my monologue and I ran into Jesse. I was like, so he said, you know, the camera was on me for like a minute before you made the joke. So I knew something was coming. He said, and then when you brought up Erica, I was like, oh my God, what is he going to say? But he thought it was very funny. And he was, he was into it. He thought it was a very funny joke. And it was just a great time. I got to tell you, everyone was in their cups, as they say, a very funny conversation with Larsa Pippen and Sheree. Larsa was lecturing Sheree and I about how nice she is. She's like, you know, I mean, I'm the nicest person on my show and da da da da da. Sheree is like, are you? And Larsa is like, if people are going to call me a villain, I'm going to start acting like one. I go, you know, that's a good tagline actually. I go, that makes sense. I go, you know, you have. Now Austin was, Austin was like trying to get me to go to Hakka San with him to see Kyle Cook DJ. And all the summer house guys had gone. And Austin was like, I'm going to go to Hakka San. Let's go, let's go. And I was like, I go, you know how sometimes you guys, when it's really late at night, something seems like a great idea. I was like, I think this could be a great idea. And then I was like, is it a great, and then I was like, I don't want to leave right now. Like I'm talking to Craig, I'm talking to Casey and Danielle, Matt Rogers was there. So Matt Rogers, I guess he's public with Frazier from Below Deck. They are dating and they were together and they were lovely together. I love them together. It was so cute. It was just great. They were so wonderful. And so I had a really nice hang with them and just had some, you know, really nice chats throughout the nice night, as it were. But I did not ultimately wind up going with Austin to Hakka Sign. I hear it was really fun and that Kyle did a great job, by the way. I was running around BravoCon today and during the day, and I ran into Kyle and a variety of people who felt like, who felt like it was great. And by the way, I had a really nice talk with Gia Giudice at the party last night, who gave me her perspective on the whole Teresa and Joe making up. And I have to say, she really was telling me about things that they've done as a family in the last couple of weeks. That made me really feel like this was not a stunt. You know, that I was like, oh, wow, because Gia has no ulterior motives. Like when I'm talking to her and I'm looking at her in the eye, and I was getting emotion from her, and she was like, this is all I've ever wanted. And, you know, she kind of took me inside to some of the concessions that each had made to each other. And it was really heartening to hear. I was really happy to have this conversation. So there you go. That is today's Backstage Update from my BravoCon Diaries. Jordan, anything that I missed, do you think?
Speaker 2:
[36:00] I don't think so. I think that's it.
Speaker 1:
[36:02] What was your take on my opening number?
Speaker 2:
[36:04] You know, I actually can't wait to watch it on TV because I was backstage running around making sure that Sheena and Portia were moving. So I actually didn't get to see it full out. Got it.
Speaker 1:
[36:17] Okay. Okay. I see. All right. Well, there you go. Back with more tomorrow. Sunday, November 16th, 2025. Well, hello everybody. It is the final day of BravoCon. Sunday of BravoCon weekend. I am backstage with Jordan in the same seats I've been in every day of recording this. I feel depleted. I got about three and a half hours of sleep last night and had a very full day this morning. But let me start where we left off. And that is with the taping of The Reading Room and the number one guys and girls in the group. I thought that The Reading Room, it's always just such a great show. But last night, man, it was like these women were just on fire. Oh, is that my food? Sure, bring it in. These women were on absolute fire. Special shout out to Phaedra, of course, and Stacey Rush. I mean, she gives and she gives. Now, I will tell you a little behind the scenes scoop. When Phaedra showed up and saw that Heavenly and Quad were on the panel with her, I don't get the sense that she was thrilled. She had not, I don't think, spoken to the married medicine women since she quit that show. So there they were. Now, did I have a Squash That Beef planned for Phaedra and Miss Quad? Yes, I did. Did I kill it when Phaedra walked in and I saw how tired she was and how... I then took a step back, called the producer of Married Medicine and said, how big is this disagreement? And he was like, it's pretty big. And we kind of came up with something a little petty that we could focus on. But the truth is, I looked at it and I was like, usually the Squash That Beef, the beefs are something like, oh, well, you said this or whatever, but theirs was pretty big. So I did kill it. And they did have a little shade on the stage. I said, oh, you two haven't seen each other. And Quad was like, oh, we're often in the same rooms, but we don't see each other or something like that. I was like, oh, boy. Anyway, guess what? The show ended. And I don't know who went up to who, but they wound up walking off stage together. And in the course of walking kind of through the backstage, they talked and they talked. And it sounds like they kind of squashed their beef on their own.
Speaker 2:
[39:34] They hugged.
Speaker 1:
[39:35] Which they did? Oh, that's good. So it was really great. And I was glad that we, it would have gotten worse if we did the squash, that beef with them. But that was really fun. The next show was people from Summer House, Southern Charms, Southern Hospitality in the Valley. And we played an epic round of Mary Shag Kill, featuring like exes of everybody's. I mean, and you know, we gave Austin Craig's three exes. And so it was very shady. It was very fun and it was really funny. So really was excited about those about those shows and just had a ball, went into them pretty tired and came out really energized, which is why I went at it again for my last Saturday night in Vegas. What can I say? We went back to my room and just wound up hanging out with some folks from the show. And then some other friends of mine came and then the I feel like, I feel like Nick and Anthony and those guys actually got good night's sleep.
Speaker 2:
[40:51] They left.
Speaker 1:
[40:52] Anyway, I didn't. So I was up and Adam at BravoCon. I had a I had a Ask Andy panel first thing this morning at 10 or 1015. And it was great. It was just me on stage, the audience asking questions. It was such a great dialogue. I played a teaser for the Real Housewives of Rhode Island, which you can find on my Instagram. It's really good. I announced that we have a cast for the new Rony and we'll be starting to shoot that soon. No, haven't confirmed who's on it yet publicly, but we have a great cast. And then also that Ultimate Girls Trip is coming back in the form of Ultimate Road Trip, a celebration of 20 years of the Real Housewives. You're going to have iconic Housewives going from city to city to the Housewives cities and celebrating the legacy of that show. It's going to be really fun. So that was great. Ran into so many fun folks today at BravoCon. Did a meet and greet, did photo shoots. Who did I see? Talked to Erica, Gina. I hadn't seen all weekend. I texted with Giselle today. I go, I haven't seen you all weekend. She had to leave because her daughter was joining the sorority that she was a member of. So I know that was a big weekend for Giselle. We posted my opening number for the Bravos.
Speaker 2:
[42:20] So good.
Speaker 1:
[42:21] And my friend Jackie was with Ben and Lucy, taking them out for dinner. And I texted her, I go, please show them. And because they knew I had been rehearsing and she said they were cheering. They wanted to watch it again. And Ben was like, can we watch my famous daddy again? So it was very sweet. I think it's, I like it that they know that they knew like six weeks ago that I had to learn a song. And then I kept saying, I'm learning my song. And then that they saw that I did it. You know, it's like, oh, wow, daddy followed through with something. Maybe he wasn't just having fun in Vegas. He had to like do this thing. So I know that they're going to love my sparkly suit. God, is that suit great? Oh, I'm really anxious to hear what everyone thinks of the Bravos tonight. We are taping our holiday special. Very excited at airs on Thursday. We've got Melissa, Luanne, Lisa Barlow, Jesse Solomon, Drew Sedora and Shemeah Morton all singing, which is going to be great. We've got a lot of hijinks, a lot of Salt Lake City ladies, Captain Jason. And yeah, it's going to be really good. Who else? Oh, I saw Jeff Lewis today. We were across the room from each other and I went up to him and gave him a hug. Didn't want him to leave, feeling like I was mad at him. And so he's like, oh, you're being nice to me now. I said, I am always nice to you, Jeff. You know. And who else did I see? I don't know. It was great. Ran. I went home after BravoCon for a half an hour home, the hotel. Packed my bags, came back here. I've been rehearsing all afternoon. There's a tasty cheeseburger sitting in front of me that I'm about to devour. And I'm really excited about this show. We've got a little wrap party tonight afterwards. We'll see what happens after that. I am on a 10 o'clock flight in the morning. Can't wait to see my kids. I just can't wait to see them. And then, yeah, we're back live on the radio on Tuesday, huh? So I'm going in for that.
Speaker 2:
[44:52] Yes you are.
Speaker 1:
[44:53] All right. Well, I will be looking forward to coming back. Jordan, what was your highlight at BravoCon?
Speaker 2:
[45:01] Oh, wow. I love being back with this group. It is so fun.
Speaker 1:
[45:05] Yeah.
Speaker 2:
[45:05] It feels like coming home. I mean, seeing, I love seeing the Bravo Liberties intermix. I love seeing all the backstage stuff like who's talking to who.
Speaker 1:
[45:16] By the way, I didn't think that there were that many temper. I mean, there were a couple of people who were pissed about things. I got a couple of things in my face of people mad at things.
Speaker 2:
[45:25] It really wasn't bad.
Speaker 1:
[45:27] In terms of dramatics and histrionics.
Speaker 2:
[45:30] It wasn't bad. It's mainly I did like these how these Bravo loves are working hard. They are hustling. They're going from panel to panel. They're doing meet and greets.
Speaker 1:
[45:38] They're tired.
Speaker 2:
[45:39] Like every time I turned around, I saw Erica Jane doing something else over at the forum. So it was more, I think, a lot of just people being tired, but to their credit, doing their best to bring it and find the energy for the shows, which was amazing. Yes. I did see Carl and Lindsay take a photo together backstage.
Speaker 1:
[45:56] Yeah, that was a big deal.
Speaker 2:
[45:57] Then afterwards, Carl came over and he was like, this is like the best it's ever been with Lindsay. I feel like we're like really kind of getting over the hump.
Speaker 1:
[46:07] Then also Carl and Venita. I do too.
Speaker 2:
[46:13] I always love the BravoCon love connections. Then West and Ariana or he seems interested in her. I don't know if she's interested in him.
Speaker 1:
[46:22] Ariana Bierman? Yes. Well, that's interesting because West kind of looks like her ex. He looks like a grown up kind of glowed up version.
Speaker 2:
[46:32] Yeah, kind of like same font.
Speaker 1:
[46:34] Yes. Oh, I didn't know that.
Speaker 2:
[46:37] So we'll see. We'll see what transpires.
Speaker 1:
[46:39] Okay. Okay.
Speaker 2:
[46:41] Did you want to address, there's things going around that Craig canceled last minute for the number one guy.
Speaker 1:
[46:47] No, he didn't cancel last minute. He was never in that show. He was on this show. And I think the truth of the matter is, look, what would have happened if he came on that show is I would have confronted, you know, I mean, it would have been a big brawl basically between others, you know, him versus the Summer House people. And he's his relationship is over. So I get why he didn't want to do it. You know, he's not on Summer House. Right. So, you know, what can I say? Now, he's on the show we're taping tonight. And I'm going to mention to him what was said last night as I do, because I'm a shady little carrier pigeon. So, yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 2:
[47:47] Okay, great.
Speaker 1:
[47:48] He'll be there tonight.
Speaker 2:
[47:50] Fantastic.
Speaker 1:
[47:52] You know, I will say overall, the fans were so happy. I did two meet and greets where I signed books. And more people said to me this was so worth the money. And, you know, it ain't cheap. It ain't cheap on any level, but people really felt taken care of, I think. And, you know, I was certainly way more visible around BravoCon than I've ever been. And I made a point because I got that note that people felt like I wasn't around. But that's because I was always at Watch What Happens Live rehearsing for the show. So it's just a lot. I will say, I truly do feel quite depleted. And I, this week is gonna be, I just really need to recover. Which is why there is a possibility that I wind up doing radio from home on Tuesday. Just so you know, just preparing Jordan and Scott Marlowe for that. Because do we have any guests? No guests on the Tuesday show.
Speaker 2:
[48:58] It's just you and John.
Speaker 1:
[48:59] Then.
Speaker 2:
[49:00] You know what? I sort of assume.
Speaker 1:
[49:02] Yeah. Tell me that seems like kind of a good idea. Actually, I need to be gentle to myself. Yeah. I need to get a lot of sleep.
Speaker 2:
[49:12] I did love. I saw those gals had a, I haven't met Andy Cohen yet t-shirt.
Speaker 1:
[49:18] Yes. So a lot of great radio Andy listeners. Yeah. I got a lot of yet here and there.
Speaker 2:
[49:23] So cute.
Speaker 1:
[49:24] So fun.
Speaker 2:
[49:24] The Bravo fans are like tops here.
Speaker 1:
[49:26] They really are. I wish I could have seen more of the kind of homemade t-shirts and stuff that they were all wearing, but it's hard for me to go out on the floor.
Speaker 2:
[49:36] Yeah. There's a lot of good ones. At Nick and Danny's panel, someone was also wearing Denise Richards upside down jacket.
Speaker 1:
[49:42] Oh, that's funny.
Speaker 2:
[49:42] And then there were women in the Bronwyns heart shaped plush jacket. People really go all out.
Speaker 1:
[49:50] It was great to see Denise this weekend. I saw her today. It was great to see Camille Donatacchi-Kramer-Meyer this weekend. She looks the same. Everybody looks the same as they ever looked. And Vicki's still carrying her orange around. God bless her. I love it.
Speaker 2:
[50:07] So incredible.
Speaker 1:
[50:07] I absolutely love it. It's just the endearing. That's, I think, my endearing moment from the weekend, giving Vicki the orange. It just felt good. All right. Well, this has been my BravoCon Diaries. I hope you guys enjoyed it and I hope you followed BravoCon. You can watch it all on Peacock. Check out the Bravos, please. It was so fun. And we will be back tomorrow. Have a great day, everybody. That's all for this week's edition of Andy Cohen's Daddy Diaries Podcast. To hear every minute of my Kiki with John, plus interviews, news and more, you can listen to my SiriusXM channel, Radio Andy, anytime on the SiriusXM app. We'll see you right back here with more Daddy Diaries next week.
Speaker 2:
[51:01] Radio Andy, always unpredictable, a SiriusXM podcast.