Jeff Lewis Responds to Lala Kent Calling Him Out Over Comment

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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.