Andy Cohen Responds After Tituss Burgess Calls Him 'Messy'

Andy Cohen is speaking out in response to his Watch What Happens Live guest Tituss Burgess calling him a “messy queen.”

Tituss, the Emmy-nominated star of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, was seemingly unhappy with some of Andy‘s questions during their interview on Sunday night (July 28). He went on a rant on Instagram the next day and told the host to “learn how to do his job.”

Andy responded on his SiriusXM radio show on Monday (July 29).

“He wasn’t having me,” Andy said. “What can I tell you? From the jump. I was trying, but no idea.”

“He ran out of there. Did not sign the guest book — he ran out,” he added. “He was like, ‘He knows I was here.’ That’s what he said to the person who asks to sign the guest book. It was something else, alright.”

Andy said that tensions seemed to rise when he brought up the musical adaptation of The Preacher’s Wife, which Tituss is working on.

“I think that was the first moment that he was pissed,” he said. “I said, ‘Oh, you wrote the musical for The Preacher’s Wife. And then I said, ‘I didn’t know that, that’s a great idea.’ And he said, ‘You talked about it two other times on this show!’ And I was like, ‘Ugh oh…’ I think that was the first point.”

“I’ve done 1300 episodes. Forgive me for forgetting you wrote the musical about The Preacher’s Wife,” Andy added. “By the way, I still think it’s a great idea. I’m still excited to talk about it. I was being supportive. But yes, I had forgotten. I’m sorry that I forgot your upcoming project. I know I shouldn’t have forgotten. I like the guy. I ran into him at a bar in Harlem like, eight months ago, and we had a really nice talk. So I don’t know.”

“He made an entertaining show, I’ll tell you that,” he said. “Sometimes it’s fun to watch the show when the guest hates the host.”