Jeff Lewis recently provided an update on his current relationship with Andy Cohen during his radio show, following a recent disagreement at BravoCon.

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Reflecting on various incidents, including his remark about Monica Garcia’s financial situation and a comment made to a sober fan that drew criticism from Lala Kent, Jeff shared his thoughts. He also addressed rumors about whether he was the mysterious caller during the Real Housewives of Orange County finale. Despite Andy initially being upset, Jeff noted that their relationship has improved.

“We’re doing much better now,” Jeff revealed on the November 21 episode of SiriusXM’s Jeff Lewis Live. “I have no problem apologizing. We’ve been friends for 18 years, and I have a lot of love for Andy. Honestly, I couldn’t care less about the opinions of 5,000 strangers.”

Jeff admitted feeling genuinely upset for having negatively impacted Andy’s day.

According to Jeff, he was “really upset” that he hurt Andy and “f*cked up his day.”

“I screwed up his panel, and that was what I was really most upset about … I was aggressive. I was negative. I was, I got frustrated with him. I am sorry,” he explained. 

As for his comment about Monica being on food stamps, Jeff clarified that he “insinuated” she was on food stamps before seemingly doubling down.

“Five kids and no job? That’s a lot. Kids are expensive. Can I tell you? I can’t afford to have five kids. If I can’t afford to have five kids, she certainly can’t afford to have five kids,” he noted. “I was making a joke, which was an inappropriate joke, and it didn’t land very well.”

“[But] my whole point of that was saying, ‘What happened to hiring affluent women?’ That’s what I was saying to Andy … that was the first example that I brought up,” he added.

Moving on to his interaction with a BravoCon fan who was in recovery, Jeff said his comment about the convention not being the place for a sober person was “taken out of context.”

“He was very long-winded, and he could not read a room, and he was a downer. He killed the vibe … People are taking what I’m saying out of context … what happened was, I said, ‘Do you think, now that you’ve fallen off the wagon, you were in recovery, do you think BravoCon is a good place to be?’” he explained. “I don’t know. I’m not in recovery, but I would think there would be a lot of temptation to drink, and that’s why I said that, and yes, it was snarky, and maybe it was insensitive, but I did say that.”

Regarding Lala specifically, Jeff wondered why she didn’t contact him directly before calling him out on Instagram.

“I must’ve talked to her for 30 minutes at JSX before we flew to Vegas. I thought we were friends. If she has a problem, call me. We’ll talk about it,” he encouraged.

Also on his radio show, Jeff clapped back at the suggestion that Shannon Beador, 62, put him up to the phone call seen on the RHOC finale in which a mystery person accused Tamra Judge, 58, of being behind a series of leaked stories.

“Have I ever hid behind anybody? I would not do that because I don’t believe it anyway,” he stated.