-Welcome back to "Late Night." We're here with Andy Cohen.
So obviously, New York has a new mayor but, even more exciting,
a new cast of New York Housewives.
-Yes, this is a big deal. -It's a huge deal.
-Wow, I didn't know where you were going with that.
My God. By the way, there is a Housewife,
a former Housewife in the universe
who I found out today has a major crush on Seth Meyers.
-Really? -Yes. Yes.
She is a former peach holder
from "The Real Housewives of Atlanta."
-Okay. -She is Phaedra Parks.
-Phaedra Parks? -Yes.
She is an attorney at law and a mortician.
And she likes you. -Wow! That is great.
-She could handle your legal bills.
And she could plan your funeral.
-Yeah. -Yes. Absolutely.
-I was going to say, if there's a funeral she needs to plan,
it's my wife's.
-Well, I was going to say that,
but I didn't want to.
-That's really kind. That's your host at heart.
You left the nicer joke for me. -I did. I did.
I also -- I was like, am I going to make a joke
about his wife like that?
It's like, I'm not -- I don't think I'm doing that.
Yes.
-I'm realizing your restraint
was probably the smarter of the two paths.
-Well, by the way, not a great week
to make jokes about people's wives.
-No. -Yes.
-So, you are no stranger to slaps.
-Yes. -In the "Housewife" universe.
-That is true. -Yeah.
You've seen, you've observed tempers rising
and someone making the terrible decision to slap someone else.
-Yes, I have. -Do you --
-Where are you going with this? -Do you think this is --
I mean, obviously, these two people were friends.
Do you think there's a chance, even after the stage slap --
-That they could come together? -Yeah.
-Oh, my God, well, I live in a universe
where Housewives do and say terrible things to each other.
And then they're like, "You know what?
I think we're gonna be okay." -Yeah.
-Yeah, so in my universe, yes.
-I think there is a path out.
-I do, too.
-I think we fix this. -Yes.
-Now, unfortunately, we all had to watch it.
-That is true. -Yeah.
-What's the worst heckling experience you've ever had?
The very worst, where you were, like, shaky after?
-I -- My improv partner and I did the mistake.
We were in Edinburgh at the Fringe Festival,
and we performed at a stand-up night,
and so it was a Scottish audience,
and we tried to do, like, American improv.
We were asking Scots late at night for suggestions,
and they were very angry. -Right.
-And I remember at the end of the night,
the emcee was naming all the acts,
and when he said our names, it was dead silent.
-Wow. -And then one guy just went,
"[Bleep]"
[ Laughter ]
And it was like -- it was so solitary,
as if they had agreed ahead of time,
no one will say anything and then, whatever,
Pat over here will yell, "[Bleep]"
-Right. Right.
-So that was probably -- -That was it, yes.
-You've also got -- You've got a "Real Housewives"
not just new here in New York. -Right.
-But Dubai. -Dubai. Dubai.
-How'd you pick? Why Dubai?
-I just watched the first episode this very day,
as a matter of fact. It was really exciting.
You know, I think Dubai -- when you deal with a city
that winds up making Beverly Hills
look, like, pedantic... -Yeah.
-...it's kind of -- you're like,
"Oh, well, I'm paying attention here.
So I'm excited for -- It's a totally different --
And I think there are a lot of people
who have ideas about Dubai that,
you know, all women are X, Y, or Z.
And this is really going to blow the lid
off of a lot of preconceived notions.
-Yeah, that's true. -So to speak, yeah.
-I'm not even realizing. I'm like, "Oh, yeah.
I would have a lot of preconceived notions."
And then how much of it --
Obviously, you pick a place, and that's a huge part of it.
-Right. -Having done all these seasons,
how quickly do you realize you've nailed it with the cast?
That you've gotten the right people to be engaging?
-I mean, typically we don't launch until we have a cast
that we feel like is a great cast and we love.
But, I mean, usually, you can tell pretty quickly.
I mean, they make you laugh.
I mean, these women are superstars.
It's why we're still going 16 years later.
And the New York thing, it's super exciting.
We announced a couple weeks ago,
we are recasting "The Real Housewives of New York City"
from the ground up. -Yeah.
-And what an exciting thing to do,
because there are so many stories to be told in New York
and so many that we haven't told yet.
-Is there a higher standard when you're doing New York?
Like, do you feel a little bit more anxiety
about trying to do that again?
-I mean, we just want to find stars.
We just want to find great people.
-That's exciting. -Yeah. Yes.
-And they must, at this point --
the other nice thing is you've had this go on so long,
this franchise, people must be so excited to be a part of it.
-They are. -Yeah.
-There are two types of people.
People who want to be on the "Housewives"
and people who don't, yes.
We are looking for the ones who want to appear.
-They're like, "I'll be on your show,
but I'd like to keep my private life and my work life separate."
-Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, exactly. Great!
-Thank you so much for being here.
-Thanks, man. Great to see you.
-Guys, that's Andy Cohen.
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