Jeff Lewis positively issued an apology to Andy Cohen after BravoCon 2025’s first “Ask Andy” panel.
“I believed I killed it, however Andy didn’t,” Jeff, 55, informed Us Weekly completely on Friday, November 14. Andy, 57, apparently took difficulty with some jokes that would have been seen as “inappropriate and insensitive,” Jeff defined.
The Flipping Out alum (who’s gearing up for his return to Bravo) stated he and Andy have “exchanged” some textual content messages.
“I’ve apologized. Look, I do know this man. We’ve identified one another for 18 years. He vents and, look, I sincerely did apologize,” Jeff stated. “Now I gotta give him time to chill off. My expertise with him, he’ll get again to me in a single to 3 weeks.”
Jeff added, “I’ll discuss to you in three weeks, Andy.”
It was introduced in the course of the “Ask Andy” panel on Friday that Jeff is returning to Bravo for Nonetheless Flipping Out, seven years after his unique present got here to an finish. Jeff informed Us that he’s “very excited” concerning the comeback.
“Did you ever see a present known as Flipping Out? I imply, it’s principally season 12,” Jeff defined. “I believe what occurred is, as a result of it’s been on each streamer for the final 10 years, I believe they needed to make it very clear that it is a new season. So that they’re calling it Nonetheless Flipping Out.”
Jeff defined that it’s just like the “previous present,” however there are some completely different components, together with “new individuals, new purchasers, new homes, new jobs.”
Rachel Smith, Government Vice President of Unscripted Content material, Way of life and Documentaries at NBCUniversal Leisure, shared a press release concerning Jeff’s return on Friday.
“Jeff Lewis has at all times been authentically himself, and that’s precisely why followers have adopted him throughout completely different platforms and mediums,” Smith stated. “His humor and knack for lovely chaos have solely grown since Flipping Out. Bringing him again to Bravo feels much less like a return and extra like selecting up proper the place we left off.”
Apart from gearing up for his personal present, Jeff continues to be taking the time to look at the Actual Housewives — and had some Bravo scorching takes for Us.
“I used to be very pleasantly stunned [by] Rachel Zoe‘s return. I additionally love Kathy Hilton,” he stated, referring to The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills. Jeff additionally famous that Bravo viewers “can at all times rely” on Kyle Richards to “share her private life” on the present.
Jeff was extra “reasonable” when requested about Actual Housewives of New Jersey stars Teresa Giudice and Melissa Gorga’s surprising reconciliation after years of household drama.
“I don’t assume that’s going to work,” he admitted. “I believe they need to do two separate exhibits. I simply don’t see how they may very well be on the identical present in the identical room.”
He continued, “I do assume that there’s a lot of injury there. I believe it’s most likely irreparable. I’m not making an attempt to be unfavourable.”
Whereas he thinks both Teresa or Melissa have to be excluded from “a reboot,” if there may be one, Jeff did say he was “down for a by-product of some form.” (RHONJ has been on an indefinite pause after season 14 resulted in 2024 because of some main drama between members of the solid.)
“Given the relationships that Melissa has with Margaret [Josephs] and Dolores [Catania] and Jen Fessler, if it had been me, I might reboot with out — and I like Teresa — I reboot with out Teresa, and I might give Teresa her personal present,” he added. “She will carry it.”
