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Andy Cohen was challenged over his earlier hope that Jen Shah would serve ‘no jail time’ after the Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis pleaded responsible to fraud. She was lately sentenced to six.5 years in jail.
Final week, Andy shared his hope to interview Jen, who reportedly refused to attend the reunion on the recommendation of authorized counsel. Jen is about to start her sentence on February 17.
Throughout a CNN interview with Chris Wallace, shared by @queensofbravo on Instagram, Andy was questioned over his earlier feedback about Jen.
Chris identified that Andy beforehand acknowledged his hope that Jen would serve “no jail time.” Chris then requested why Andy would facet with Jen in opposition to the folks she defrauded, which included the “aged.”
As Andy expressed that he’d hoped she was “harmless,” Chris pushed again, saying his remark was made after Jen pleaded responsible.
At this level, Andy appeared to squirm in his seat, and he shared he wasn’t certain of the quote’s “context.” He finally expressed, nevertheless, that he now thinks Jen ought to “go to jail.”
After the CNN clip unfold on social media, Andy took to Instagram to deal with it.
After complimenting Chris on his interviewing abilities, Andy mentioned “the factor” that’s getting “picked up” is the concept he didn’t need Jen to go to jail.
“I simply wish to make clear the context,” mentioned Andy, who defined that his earlier quote was an handle to individuals who nonetheless needed Jen on the present. On the time, Andy was suggesting he had little management over that given her potential sentencing.
“I ought to have requested [Chris] what [the context] was … as a result of the context is totally different than the quote by itself, as usually occurs,” mentioned Andy, earlier than sharing a screenshot of his quote, which was made in an interview with Us Weekly.
“She’s being sentenced on December 15, so I don’t know what to say to individuals who need her on the present,” mentioned Andy on November 17. “I hope that she will get no jail time in anyway and she will be able to come proper again … however I’ve a sense that she’s not going to be out there to be on the present.”