Andy Cohen slams ‘insane rumor’ Meghan Markle faked podcast interviews

Andy Cohen jumped to Meghan Markle’s protection after it was claimed that she didn’t conduct her personal interviews on her newly-axed podcast, “Archetypes.”

The “Watch What Occurs Stay” host, 55, who appeared as a visitor on the Duchess of Sussex’s Spotify undertaking in 2022, known as the rumor “insane.”

“After all, I [spoke with Markle], And he or she positively [interviewed me]. That’s an insane rumor,” the Bravo honcho informed Us Weekly Wednesday.

“Her podcast is conversations with individuals. How would she not have, after all she did.”

Whereas he didn’t point out the publication by identify, PodNews this week claimed that a number of the exiled royal’s sit-down interviews have been really carried out by her staffers.

The baseless declare added that Markle’s voice was edited into the episode at a later time.

Brushing the rumor off, Cohen mentioned the “Fits” alum, 41, was “fairly well-researched,” “well-informed,” and “considerate” throughout their 2022 dialog.

Throughout their chat, the pair mentioned Bravo’s triumphant “Housewives” franchise, particularly after Markle admitted she was serious about showing on the present throughout her look on “WWHL” over a decade in the past.

“Everyone seems to be like: ‘Oh, she ought to be a part of the Beverly Hills housewives,’” Cohen mentioned on “Archetypes.” “And I’m like: ‘She ain’t becoming a member of the Beverly Hills housewives, everyone. That’s not occurring. She’s Meghan Markle.’”

Within the early 2010s, Bravo handed on having Markle seem within the present — a call that had left Cohen kicking himself, calling it “the largest blunder within the 13 years of the present.”

In response, the mother of two mentioned that she had “by no means heard” this rumor.

She runaway royal added that there “shall be no actuality present” about her life, regardless of beforehand releasing a bombshell 6-part Netflix documentary.

Final week, Spotify introduced that it has parted methods with Markle’s podcast.

In a joint assertion to The Publish, Spotify and the royals’ Archewell Audio mentioned they’ve “mutually agreed to half methods and are pleased with the sequence we made collectively.”

The Sussexes signed a $20 million-plus deal between their Archewell Audio and the streaming big in 2020.

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There have been simply 12 episodes of “Archetypes,” which featured friends like Serena Williams, Mariah Carey and Paris Hilton.

Cohen, Trevor Noah and Judd Apatow appeared within the closing “Archetypes” episode, “Man-ifesting A Cultural Shift,” which dropped on Nov. 29.

Spotify introduced this month it is going to minimize 200 jobs because it reimagines its method to podcasting.