Kathy Griffin once claimed Andy Cohen offered her cocaine before appearing on his late-night show, “Watch What Happens Live,” years prior to Leah McSweeney filing her bombshell lawsuit against him claiming he had a penchant for the powder.
“Right before we went live, Andy Cohen privately asked me in an office in Embassy Row — which is the production company that does that s–t show — if I wanted to do blow,” Griffin said in a 2017 Twitter video.
“You guys know I’m no prude but I’m like, kind of a straight edge — I thought he was kidding the first time,” Griffin, now 63, continued.
“Just so you know, Jimmy Kimmel or Seth Meyers never asked me to do blow before going on their show. No one from ‘The View’ has ever asked me to do blow before a show.”
The “Suddenly Susan” alum further alleged that she got the same invitation the second time she appeared on Cohen’s show.
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“That’s why I don’t do that show, and I don’t know why he gets away with that,” she said.
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Cohen, now 55, vehemently denied Griffin’s claims at the time.
“I am completely stunned by this story,” he wrote in a since-deleted tweet. “It is 100% false and totally made up.”
A Bravo spokesperson followed up with a statement, writing, “This is completely false and we are not going to credit it with any more attention.”
Griffin’s anecdote is resurfacing in light of the former “Real Housewives of New York City” star, 41, claiming the King of Bravo snorts cocaine with a group of his favorite reality stars.
The lawsuit, obtained by Pvnew, also alleges Bravo “thrives off” hard drugs, encourages alcohol abuse and turns a blind eye to sexually predatory behavior — claims “RHONJ” alum Caroline Manzo also has made in her own lawsuit.
“The claims against Andy are completely false,” a rep for Cohen shared Tuesday.
Following Pvnew’s exclusive story, the Married to the Mob designer took to Instagram to call out Cohen and Bravo’s “diabolical” behavior.
“It’s a workplace culture where toxicity, alcoholism and pain are not only expected but encouraged and facilitated,” she wrote.
