We Liked Mr. Bravo Before We Found Out He Was a Bitchy Queen

Once upon a time Andy Cohn was King of all things Bravo. We loved Mr. Bravo's winning smile. We loved the way he made well-tailored suits look hip and young again. We loved the grace and skill he separated angry housewives. And yes, he always seemed to ask the right questions, but he did so with a sense of bemused detachment. It made us feel like we were part of an inside joke. Innocent fun. And he never, ever, ever, seemed to take himself too seriously.

But as Andy Bravo has transitioned to his own talk show, all that has changed. He is more like the reality cartoon characters he interviews and less like one of us. Suddenly, he seems to care a little too much about who has a weave and who has had work done. And the fan-questions he used to ask apologetically, hew now embraces enthusiastically.

All this new-found intensity is ... well ... a bit unsettling. We always thought Andy had ... well ... a life! Taking reality TV too seriously robs the experience of it's inherent frivolous fun, and reminds us that being too into reality TV is a bit sad.

To make matters worse, Andy Cohen has a segment on his show where he shares his opinions variety of topics. We never new our sweetly smiling Andy could be such a bitter, nasty, queen. He's ridiculed people with weight issues. He's ridiculed nerds. It's all a bit much to handle. We never new such meanness could be delivered with Andy's signature on-air smile, and now, every time we see his smile, we do so with a bit of suspicion.

Andy seems oblivious to his fact that some of his audience are nerds, are overweight, lack perfect bodies and a New York fashion budget. When Andy attacks these people, he's attacking us.

We've gone from being inside on the joke, to being the brunt of it. It hurts, much like it hurts to watch Cohen fit into this new one-sided reality show persona.

We love you Andy. Please come back to us. Oh, and forget anything Isaac Mizrahi tells you about socks. It doesn't matter how much lotion you put on your feet, not wearing socks is a unsanitary!