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Water underneath the bridge! Andy Cohen revealed that he and Howie Mandel have exchanged messages for the reason that latter’s bombshell Tom Sandoval interview — and every little thing is copacetic once more.
“Guess who DMed me?” the Bravo exec, 55, teased through the Monday, June 5, of his radio present Andy Cohen Dwell on SiriusXM. “Somebody that I used to be in a feud with.”
When his cohost and pal John Hill didn’t appropriately guess, Cohen revealed that the comic, 67, lately reached out to him by way of social media. “Howie Mandel DM’d me over the break,” the Superficial writer recalled. “He DM’d me and mentioned, ‘You’re making wonderful TV. I used to be honored to be your jackhole.’ I beloved that and I DM’d him again and I mentioned, ‘Howie, being in a feud with you — feud in quotes — was my honor,’ with a bunch of hearts. So, I really feel like Howie and I, we’re again.”
Earlier this 12 months, the previous Deal or No Deal host invited Sandoval, 40, on his podcast to debate the aftermath of the truth star’s affair with Raquel Leviss, which led to his cut up from longtime girlfriend Ariana Madix. Many Bravo followers had been shocked by Sandoval’s selection of outlet, particularly after Mandel admitted that he didn’t know a lot about Vanderpump Guidelines. After the podcast debuted, Cohen known as out the America’s Received Expertise decide for not doing extra prep.
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“Tonight’s Jackhole [of the Day] goes to the truth that Howie Mandel apparently didn’t know what he was getting himself into together with his interview of Tom Sandoval right this moment,” the producer mentioned throughout an April episode of Watch What Occurs Dwell With Andy Cohen. “As a result of it looks like possibly he didn’t do his homework?”
In response, Mandel instructed Further that he didn’t “have to do homework” as a result of he knew who Sandoval was. “I wasn’t gonna weaponize his info and sort of, you understand, problem him on every factor,” the Canada native added.
Mandel’s disinclination to push again on Sandoval’s feedback led to some criticism of the interview, however the Monk alum mentioned final month he doesn’t remorse his method.
“I’d not do something in another way,” Mandel mentioned throughout a Could interview on Nick Viall‘s “The Viall Recordsdata” podcast earlier than explaining the backstory of Sandoval’s sit-down. “As folks have discovered, one of many individuals who works for me is married to his highway supervisor. … I [was] not going to place him in an uncomfortable place. I instructed him, ‘You need to converse, come on and discuss.’ My level is — and the rationale I needed to [have him on the show] — that I nonetheless don’t perceive [the outrage around Scandoval].”
In the course of the interview, the Pump Guidelines star claimed that he tried to interrupt up with Madix, 37, a number of occasions earlier than she discovered about his affair with their costar Leviss, 28. “Clearly, she was very upset. She freaking punched me and all this s–t,” Sandoval alleged, claiming that his Fancy AF Cocktails coauthor refused to simply accept the cut up. “A pair days later, I sit down and discuss together with her once more, and he or she’s like, ‘I’m not letting you allow me. You’re gonna should power me out of this relationship.’ I used to be like, ‘Ariana, I don’t suppose I could possibly be devoted in a relationship with you proper now.’ I hadn’t instructed her about Raquel but. She’s like, ‘For those who break up with me, you’ll successfully be ending my life.’”
Madix, nonetheless, denied this model of occasions through the Pump Guidelines season 10 reunion final month, claiming that her ex-boyfriend truly didn’t attempt to name it quits earlier than his affair with Leviss was revealed. Sandoval, in the meantime, claimed through the prolonged model of half 2 that he initially deliberate to inform Madix after season 10 wrapped manufacturing.
“I truly had a remedy session and we principally deliberate on that following Tuesday as a result of we had been to completely wrap filming and interviews so she wouldn’t should [say in] the interviews, ‘Oh, like, we’re right here for the sandwich store’ and discuss that when this had simply been instructed to her,” the TomTom co-owner mentioned.
