Jeff Lewis Responds to Lala Kent Calling Him Out Over Comment About Sober Fan, Addresses If He Was RHOC Finale Caller & Where He Stands With Andy Cohen After “[Screwing] Up” BravoCon Panel

Jeff Lewis offered an update on where he stands with Andy Cohen on his radio show, days after they suffered yet another falling out at BravoCon.

As the 55-year-old Flipping Out alum also reflected on his comment about Monica Garcia, 42, being on food stamps, reacted to being called out by Lala Kent, 35, over a comment he made to a sober fan, and shared if he was the Real Housewives of Orange County finale caller, he said that while Andy, 57, did get mad, they are now in a “better” place.

“[We’re] much better … I have no problem saying, ‘I’m sorry,’” Jeff shared on the November 21 episode of SiriusXM’s Jeff Lewis Live. “We have an 18-year friendship … I have a lot of love for Andy … I didn’t give a sh*t what 5,000 people thought of me that I don’t know. I don’t care.”

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.

“If You Hate It That Much, Just Play the Game Again” — Bella Ramsey Fires Back at The Last of Us Haters

Fans described the second season finale as ‘lacklustre’ and a ‘mess’

The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey has said if fans of the game don’t like the television adaptation, they “don’t have to watch it” and can simply “play the game again”.

Based on the hit video game franchise of the same name, the post-apocalyptic drama follows a society that collapsed after a mass fungal infection transformed hosts into zombie-like creatures. In the series, Ramsey plays Ellie, a young woman who is somehow immune to the infection and might be the key to a vaccine.

Season one debuted in 2023 to critical acclaim, with The Independent’s Louis Chilton declaring it a “proper TV show” that has “the potential to reel in a substantial audience of gamers and non-gamers alike”.

Season two saw criticism from fans for multiple reasons; fans felt that Ramsey’s youthful appearance didn’t suit their character’s age due to the time jump, homophobic fans review-bombed episodes featuring a same-sex romance between Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Riley (Storm Reid), and described the finale as “lacklustre” and a “mess”.

In a podcast appearance, Ramsey explained that they prefer to “steer clear as much as I could” from those that dislike the series.

“Because there’s nothing I can do about it anyway. The show is out. There’s nothing that can be changed or altered. So I’m like, there’s not really any point in reading or looking at anything,” Ramsey said on 

The Awardist podcast.

“People are of course entitled to their opinions. But it doesn’t affect the show, it doesn’t affect how the show continues or anything in any way. They’re very separate things to me. So no, I just don’t really engage.”

A forthcoming third season has been confirmed by HBO, but a release date has yet to be announced.

Ramsey went on to suggest that if people dislike the series, they can simply choose to not watch.

“You don’t have to watch it. If you hate it that much, the game exists. You can just play the game again,” they said. “If you do want to watch it, hope you enjoy it.”

Similar to the game, the forthcoming season is expected to shift to following Kaitlyn Dever’s Abby.

At a press conference in May this year, Ramsey said they hadn’t yet “seen any scripts” but believed their character would have a smaller role.

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