Andy Cohen’s Days Reportedly Numbered at NCS As Bari Weiss Prepares to Take Over News Division: ‘He’s a Really Easy Person to Fire’

Andy Cohen‘s small however prized assignments with NCS may very well be going up in smoke as soon as CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss takes control of the cable community’s newsroom, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

The Bravo honcho is the favored co-host of NCS’s New Year’s Eve countdown with greatest good friend Anderson Cooper, and the duo simply hosted a July 3 primetime particular, Independence Eve Live with Anderson & Andy: Celebrating 250. However, Cohen’s days are reportedly numbered.

Andy Cohen Brought Solid Ratings to NCS’s New Year’s Eve Coverage

“He’s a really easy person to fire. He works for four hours once a year on New Year’s Eve,” Hollywood insider Rob Shuter defined about Cohen on Maureen Callahan’s The Nervepodcast.

“That show was always very controversial within NCS,” Shuter famous. “The drinking, the mouthing off, going after the mayor, going after Trump, going after public officials. It always made NCS journalists very, very uncomfortable, but the ratings were good,” he famous about Cohen’s run with Cooper.

The Watch What Happens Live host was introduced in to crew up along with his good pal after longtime co-host Kathy Griffin was fired in 2017.

‘New Bosses’ Don’t Want What Andy Cohen Has to Offer NCS

“Andy’s success is that he’s so over-the-top and has very strong opinions…That’s what made him so successful at Bravo, and it’s what made him so successful doing the New Year’s Eve countdown at NCS,” Shuter identified.

“The difference now is that the new bosses are not like that. They don’t want a show pony. They don’t want somebody acting as master of ceremonies. They don’t want somebody insulting the president and his family,” he mentioned about Weiss and her crew, as she’s poised to take over NCS’s information division as soon as Paramount Skydance’s $11 billion deal to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery, the cable information community’s mother or father firm, goes by.

‘Andy Cohen Would Love to Legitimize Himself’

Shuter famous that Cohen could have burned himself by “insulting” CBS’s present brass.

“They asked him what he thought about the new management, and he said it’s a mess, and it’s falling apart,” the previous Hollywood publicist claimed.

Shuter noticed that Cohen is about for all times with the cash he makes at Bravo as the manager producer of the Real Housewives reveals, his WWHL internet hosting gig, and internet hosting quite a few reunion specials. But he is reportedly pleased with the status and cachet working for NCS brings.

“Andy doesn’t need this job financially. I think he likes it because it’s another job. He loves being on TV, although he gets enough hours on TV every day, you’d think he would be happy. But Andy’s going to be out,” the It Started With a Whisper writer famous.

Shuter added, “Andy would love to legitimize himself. NCS legitimized Andy. He loved that.”

Anderson Cooper’s Future at NCS in Question As Well

While Cohen’s rumored exit would not dramatically reshape NCS’s lineup, Cooper’s future at the community may very well be upended if Weiss in the end takes the reins.

The longtime Anderson Cooper 360 host introduced in February that he was stepping down from CBS’s 60 Minutes after twenty years, simply as the long-lasting newsmagazine was being rocked by months of upheaval underneath the rising affect of The Free Press founder over editorial selections.

Although the Manhattan native insisted he wished to spend extra time along with his two sons and deal with his NCS tasks, insiders speculated he had develop into more and more sad with the environment at 60 Minutes underneath Weiss.

Those rumors solely intensified in June, when a report claimed Cooper had privately instructed colleagues he had little interest in working underneath Weiss once more if she grew to become his boss at NCS.