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Andy Cohen Reveals Why He Didn't Want Bethenny on Real Housewives of New York, Plans for Black Cast Member

Exclusive! Bethenny turns the tables on Andy in a new Watch What Happens Live special

By Chris Harnick May 20, 2015 1:00 PMTags
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Andy Cohen is revealing all in a new special with Bethenny Frankel. And we mean all. In the exclusive clip from Watch What Happens Live: Bethenny Turns the Tables, The Real Housewives of New York City star tasks Andy, who executive produces the Real Housewives shows, with revealing which Housewife he was totally wrong about. The answer? Well, it'll surprise you.

"Initially, when I saw the first casting of New York, I was reticent about you because you had been on The Apprentice," Andy tells Bethenny. Prior to The Real Housewives of New York City and launching her Skinnygirl empire, Bethenny was runner-up on NBC's The Apprentice: Martha Stewart. And boy was he wrong about her!

"It was so relaxed and comfortable interviewing Andy. I really wanted it to be an impromptu and natural kind of conversation and it turns out, Andy is as equally amazing as a guest as he is a host," Bethenny said in a statement exclusive to E! News. "How fun it was to be able to have an open and honest conversation with no agenda except curiosity and fun."

But Bethenny wasn't the only person Andy thought wouldn't be right across the franchise there are ladies who have gone on to be big reality names that Andy was unsure about, one of them Bethenny is taking all the credit for. "I've been wrong a thousand times," he says. Click play on the video above to get all the scoop.

The other biggest takeaway? There were almost two black women as part of the NYC cast. "We almost had an amazing black woman…Anyway, they fell through, so maybe next season," Andy says.

Watch What Happens Live: Bethenny Turns the Tables airs Tuesday, May 26 at 10 p.m. on Bravo.

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