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Andy Cohen posted a throwback video from his college days, and fans – and Bravo stars – had a big reaction.
The Bravo TV host stunned his Instagram followers in October 2023, when he shared a vintage clip of himself “fumbling” through a sportscast back in the late 1980s.
Cohen has worked for Bravo since 2004. Before that, he had an interesting career path that started back at Boston University.
Here’s what you need to know:
Andy Cohen Joked About His Sportscast – & His Hair
On October 5, 2023, Cohen, 55, posted a throwback clip of himself doing a college sportscast. At the time the video was shot, Cohen had long hair which he pulled back into a ponytail. In the video, the future Bravo host was first caught off guard and then laughed when he realized the camera was on him. Cohen started off with a report on a possible trade deal for MLB player Kent Hrbek as he waved open around and looked down at notes.
“Fumbling through a sportscast at Boston U a loooooong time ago,” Cohen captioned the clip. “After an awkward start, I KINDA catch my groove… though I’m desperate for a teleprompter. Also – how about my hairline! #TbT #CohenBackInTime.”
According to Insider, Cohen studied broadcast journalism at Boston University’s College of Communication, graduating in 1990. It was during his last semester that he scored an internship with CBS News. After graduation, Cohen was hired as a news clerk with “CBS This Morning. ” He was later a producer for the morning show, before moving on to an NBCUniversal-owned and Bravo.
Cohen wrote about his college days in his 2012 book, “Most Talkative: Stories From the Front Line of Pop Culture.” In the book, he revealed that he earned money in college selling items in one of the student halls.
“I ran a pushcart in Faneuil Hall selling Deadhead gear, Mexican blankets, Baja pullovers, and little woven bracelets,” he wrote in his book, per The Boston Herald.
Andy Cohen’s First Big Interview in College Was With ‘All My Children’ Star Susan Lucci
Tomorrow on @Andy Cohen Live @Susan_Lucci in studio, with audio of their first interview from almost 30 years ago!
One of Cohen’s biggest moments in college came when he had the opportunity to interview actress “All My Children” star Susan Lucci.
During an interview on Anderson Cooper’s self-titled talk show, Cohen said meeting Lucci when he was a college was his “first brush with someone I had really looked up to.” He explained that he lied and said the interview was for the school newspaper.
“It was an assignment in my news writing and reporting class. I was a journalism student. But she agreed to the interview,” he said.
In 2016, Cohen reunited with Lucci on his Sirius XM podcast, “Radio Andy.” During the interview, he revealed when he was a sophomore in college he was given an assignment to try to book an interview. He sent a letter to the soap star’s publicist and received a response. Lucci said she saw the letter and Cohen “jumped off the page.”
Cohen also shared audio of the vintage interview, in which he gushes over Lucci and calls her “the goddess of television” and “the queen of daytime television.” “I am so in love with you I can’t get the words out,” he told her in 2016.
He also mustered up the courage to ask Lucci a “hard-hitting” personal question about her salary. During the college interview, Lucci laughed and declined to answer. But nearly 30 years later, Cohen told her he has since made a living off of asking people “the rudest questions ever.”
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