Andy Cohen says he is “extremely upset” after learning that Jen Shah pleaded guilty in his ongoing fraud case.
“I’m upset, and I’m especially upset by his victims,” Cohen, 54, said Wednesday on his SiriusXM show “Andy Cohen Live.”
“I’m upset he lied for so long and he told me he was an example of someone being unjustly accused.”
Andy Cohen said he was “extremely upset” after prosecuting Jen Shah’s conviction. NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
The host of “Watch What Happens Live” added that seeing Shah’s “dogmatic” proclamation of innocence at the “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” meeting made him believe that “this woman [should] have your day ”in court.
“I’m very upset about what she did, I’m also upset because, frankly, you know someone and you like her,” Cohen explained, noting that he wanted to “encourage her.”
Cohen raised how Shah professed his innocence during the “RHOSLC” meeting. NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
Cohen’s new comments are a far cry from his initial reaction, where he said he didn’t “know how to feel” about the reality star’s guilt statement.
“When we were on the air on Monday, there was news of Jen Shah pleading guilty,” Cohen clarified.
Cohen explained that knowing Shah on a personal level also complicated his feelings about his guilty plea. Charles Sykes / Bravo via Getty Im
“I didn’t have time to read anything, to process it, we were in the air. I really didn’t have time to react, to process it. “
Cohen, who serves as executive producer on the “Real Housewives” franchises, said they filmed all-season 2 with 48-year-old Shah earlier this year. However, he did not clarify whether the Bravo cameras were filming when Shah pleaded guilty.
The host of the “Real Housewives” meeting added that he hopes to be able to ask Shah some questions before his sentencing in November. NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
“I have a lot of questions for her, and I’m sure the public, especially those who supported her and are by her side, do too,” she said. “I really hope to have a chance to talk to her and ask those questions.”
Shah shook Bravoverse on Monday when he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit electronic fraud in connection with telemarketing a week before she was tried.
Bravolebrity changed his conviction a week before his trial began.therealjenshah / Instagram
The sentence of the reality star is set for November 2022 and he faces 30 years in prison. She asked in her statement agreement that her sentence be reduced from 11 to 14 years.
Shah, whose arrest in March 2021 was filmed for “RHOSLC,” initially pleaded not guilty to allegedly defrauding hundreds of mostly elderly victims in a telemarketing plan.
Shah faces up to 30 years in prison. Alec Tabak
“Jen pleaded guilty because she wants to pay off her debt to society and leave this ordeal behind her and her family,” Shah’s lawyer, Priya Chaudhry, told Page Six after appearing in court. Monday.
“Madam. Shah is a good woman who crossed a line. She accepts full responsibility for her actions and deeply apologizes to all those who have been harmed.”
Shah herself has not yet addressed the guilty plea.