Andy Cohen grilled for stating he hoped scammer Jen Shah would get no prison time

He got a taste of his own medication.

Bravo honcho Andy Cohen was grilled about why he stated he hoped “Genuine Homemakers of Salt Lake City” star Jen Shah would get no prison time– after she pleaded guilty to running an across the country telemarketing plan.

” You’re on the record, last November, as stating that you hoped she would get no prison time,” CNN’s Chris Wallace, 75, stated to Cohen throughout a sit-down interview on Sunday.

” And the concern I have is: Why would you take her side versus the countless individuals she defrauded, consisting of a great deal of senior [people]?”

Recoiling as he listened to his own cringe-worthy take, Cohen, 54, attempted to describe, “I believe I was hoping that she was in fact innocent,” however Wallace rapidly fired back, “She pleaded guilty!”

” That was prior to she pleaded guilty, I suggest, that I stated that, I would believe?” an unpleasant Cohen reacted.

” No,” Wallace responded, “I believe it sought.” Shah altered her plea in July 2022.

” Oh, truly?” Cohen stated, entirely shivering in shame. “Oh, God. Um, anyhow! Wow, this is enjoyable.”

Though the truth tv officer declared he didn’t keep in mind the precise “context” surrounding his remark, he remembered audiences “requiring” to understand Shah’s “status” on the program.

” And I resemble, ‘It depends on the judge. She will get sentenced to a great deal of prison time,'” he informed the “Who’s Talking With Chris Wallace?” host, who advised his visitor that Shah “did something bad.”

” Yes, she did,” Cohen stated in arrangement. “Therefore, she must go to prison.”

” You understand, in some cases, if you are familiar with somebody and you get to like them, you hope that they are innocent of something terrible,” he included.

The quote in concern was throughout a November 2022 interview with United States Weekly, in which Cohen responded to whether Shah would be back for Season 4 of the program.

” She’s being sentenced on December 15, so I do not understand what to state to individuals who desire her on the program. I hope that she gets no prison time whatsoever and she can come right back … however I sense that she’s not going to be readily available to be on the program.”

Shah, 49, did not go to the “RHOSLC” Season 3 reunion, which shot last month. She was likewise missing from BravoCon, which happened in October 2022.

When a convention participant asked Cohen why that was, he responded to thoroughly– and cryptically.

” As soon as we covered [Season 3 and] she pled guilty, I believe that was type of, regrettably, completion of, you understand, the engagement there,” he stated at the time.

” However I wish to take a seat with her and talk with her eventually on cam due to the fact that I have a great deal of concerns for her.”

Previously this month, Shah was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in federal jail.

Hours later on, the mom of 2– who was dealing with an optimum of 14 years behind bars– was seen commemorating with a group of 20 at an Italian hotspot in New york city City.

She is set up to give up on Feb. 17.