Real Housewives of Atlanta alum Kandi Burruss weighed in on the discussion surrounding Leah McSweeney's bombshell lawsuit against Bravo and Andy Cohen.
Appearing on Thursday's episode of Tamron Hall's daytime talk show, the 47-year-old reality star made it clear how she feels about the fashion designer's claims that the producer is “promoting substance abuse to artificially create drama and cynically exploit the fashion designer's vulnerability.” to exploit employees.'
“I don't want to get too involved in their legal matters or whatever, but I had – and I hope continue to have – a good relationship with the station,” she told the 53-year-old broadcast journalist.
She continued, “And the reason I can vouch for how I feel… I've been on this show for 14 years and no one can make me do anything.” “So people know that I don't do drugs “I mean, I've never been drunk in my life, and yeah, I mean, some people ask for some wine or a drink or whatever because that's what they like.”
Real Housewives of Atlanta alum Kandi Burruss weighed in on the discussion surrounding Leah McSweeney's bombshell lawsuit against Bravo and Andy Cohen
The TV personality added that many members of the franchise “like to drink wine” and “drink drinks.”
“That’s what they do when they want to have fun.” Do I have drinks? “No. Just like I have a choice, they also have a choice,” Burruss concluded. “Nobody forces you to do anything.”
The appearance came after former Real Housewives of New York City star Leah McSweeney accused Cohen in a new lawsuit of “using cocaine with the housewives he employed.”
McSweeney said in court documents reviewed by Page Six that Cohen “tends to provide more favorable treatment to the housewives with whom he uses cocaine” and makes strategic edits to make them look better.
Cohen “intentionally used cocaine with his employees to further promote a work culture that thrives on drug and alcohol use, resulting in the disregard of employees with disabilities and attempts to remain drug-free,” McSweeney said in court documents.
A representative for Cohen told that “the allegations against Andy are completely false.”
During her appearance on Thursday's episode of Tamron Hall's daytime talk show, the 47-year-old reality star made it clear how she feels about the fashion designer's claims that the producer is “promoting substance abuse to artificially create drama and cynically exploit the fashion designer's vulnerability.” “Employee” (McSweeney seen with Cohen in 2021)
“I don't want to get too involved in their legal matters or whatever, but I had – and I hope continue to have – a good relationship with the station,” she told the 53-year-old broadcast journalist
McSweeney, 41, appeared on two seasons of “The Real Housewives of New York City” in 2020-2021 and one season of “Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip,” which aired last year.
McSweeney said in the legal documents that Bravo “lives off drug and alcohol use,” without naming any parties besides Cohen.
McSweeney said in court documents reviewed by Page Six that she informed Bravo producers before her casting on the series that she was focused on staying sober and that she went through a 30-day period of sobriety before the show have.
McSweeney told the court that producers did not make “reasonable accommodations” for her addiction-related disability, but instead provided her with “unlimited, free alcoholic beverages” and “encouraged her to consume these alcoholic beverages.”
McSweeney's legal team said that “this environment led to Ms. McSweeney's relapse into alcohol addiction shortly after joining Season 12 of RHONY.”
The appearance came after Cohen's former “Real Housewives of New York City” star Leah McSweeney accused him in a new lawsuit of “using cocaine with housewives he employed.” pictured in 2023
A representative for Cohen told that “the allegations against Andy are completely false” (Image 2023)
McSweeney said in court documents that Bravo producers tried to sabotage her sobriety by both aggravating it and preventing her from seeking treatment for her problem.
McSweeney told the court that Bravo executives violated her employment rights under the Disabilities Act by preventing her from getting help for her alcohol problems even though they knew she was struggling.
McSweeney, who has a fashion label called Married To The Mob, said in the legal documents that sexual harassment was also rampant at the company, claiming that a senior producer “routinely sends unsolicited images of…” [their] disclosed “genitals to lower-level…production employees” and that managers ignored the problems.
McSweeney said in legal documents that Bravo and Shed Media, a production company it works with on its shows, continued to promote the unnamed executive producer in question “to positions of greater power.”
McSweeney said in the court documents that Bravo and Shed officials “failed to take appropriate remedial action” in light of the lawsuits, thereby “tacitly signaling” to both the executive producer and “all other employees that they can engage in unlawful employment practices with impunity.” “.
McSweeney named Cohen, Bravo, Shed Media and Shed's parent company Warner Media in her lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages.