Talk show beef?
Andy Cohen puts James Corden on his ‘Watch What Happens Live’ set with his iconic bar for ‘The Late Late Show With James Corden’ claiming to have stolen it.
“I think there was a traditional idea of what a late-night talk show was. I would argue that Watch What Happens Live redefined what a late-night talk show was,” said the 54-year-old. ‘s Cohen told celebrity restaurateur Bruce Bozzi. A recent episode of his “Table for Two with Bruce Bozzi” iHeartMedia podcast.
“[WWHL] was the first bar at midnight [then] James Corden got the bar. “
Bravo’s executive producer then said, “James Corden kind of ended…” before Bozzi completed the sentence by saying, “I ripped off your set.”
“Here you go,” Cohen sarcastically. “I am very happy that we are still doing. [the show] Great, copy my set…Go with God.
Elsewhere in the interview, Cohen got candid with his peers about feeling left out among other late-night TV hosts.
“I don’t feel fully part of it. [late night television] The group and I have been on late-night TV for 13 years,” he explained.
“There was a massive photoshoot many years ago where Vanity Fair took all of the late-night talk show hosts, and they left me out of it, but they still didn’t air James.” We added Corden and Trevor Noah who are just starting out.”
Cohen’s iconic Bravo talk show has been on the air for 13 years.
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Cohen, who had been on the air for seven years at that point, said famed magazine editor Graydon Carter later apologized to him.
“Graydon later said, ‘You were right, you should have been in it,'” he recalls.
In addition to WWHL, Cohen is also preparing to host a New Year’s Eve special on CNN with his best friend Anderson Cooper. However, due to his behavior during a live broadcast last year, the network decided to limit his drinking.
Ryan Seacrest, the longtime host of ABC’s “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” recently said he supported CNN’s decision.
“I don’t recommend drinking alcohol on air,” the “American Idol” host told Entertainment Weekly on Monday.
“I don’t know how it started as a tradition, but it’s probably a good idea. [to scale back]CNN.
Seacrest, 48, adds: I’m sure you have some serious journalists and some really fun friends, and that’s probably a good idea. “