--- title: "Jeff Lewis Calls for Improved Background Checks on Housewives" url: https://allabouttrh.com/2022/12/15/jeff-lewis-says-bravo-and-andy-cohen-should-be-better-at-doing-background-checks-on-housewives/ type: post date: 2022-12-15 modified: 2023-08-31 markdown_url: https://allabouttrh.com/2022/12/15/jeff-lewis-says-bravo-and-andy-cohen-should-be-better-at-doing-background-checks-on-housewives.md author: "Lara Sophia" --- # Jeff Lewis Calls for Improved Background Checks on Housewives Jeff Lewis thinks Bravo and Andy Cohen need to do a better job at doing background checks on the *Real Housewives* before they join their respective franchises. On the December 7 episode of *Watch What Happens Live*, the former *Bravoleb* gave Andy some sage casting advice that the Big Daddy of Bravo didn't seem too eager to hear. *“My suggestion to you is after all of these years of doing this; you still don’t do any background checks on some of these Housewives. Like it’s information that we find out later,”* Jeff explained. *“[But] that’s what makes the world go ‘round on that situation,” *fellow WWHL guest Bethenny Frankel noted, adding that Bravo probably likes that some of the Housewives wind up having scandals and/or legal troubles because it makes for good TV and increases ratings. While Jeff acknowledges that is probably the case, he still believes that the network could use a better vetting process. He points out that he never had any kind of legal woes on his former Bravo show, *Flipping Out*. *“My show was very different. I never had to worry about anything like that. I trusted the people that worked with me, and no one ever screwed me over,”* he said before shading his former co-star Jenni Pulos. *“Except for Jenni,”* he quipped. *“Well, she would probably say you screwed her over,”* Andy fired back. https://www.instagram.com/tv/CmKuVu1NXYu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link ## Thoughts on Andy Cohen and others? Sound off below! **[Follow](https://www.instagram.com/allabouttrh) **AllAboutTRH On **[Instagram.](https://www.instagram.com/AllAboutTRH)** **[Follow](https://www.twitter.com/allabouttrh) **AllAboutTRH On **[Twitter.](https://www.twitter.com/allabouttrh)****[Like](https://www.facebook.com/allabouttrh)** AllAboutTRH On **[Facebook.](https://www.facebook.com/allabouttrh)**