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Jeff Lewis Apologizes to Andy Cohen After SNAP-Related Quip About Monica Garcia at BravoCon

He has not apologized to Monica Garcia, with his team instead highlighting that SNAP payments resumed after a recent funding lapse.

RHOSLC Alum Monica Garcia Blasts Jeff Lewis After He Makes a Joke About Her Being on SNAP Benefits: “Elitist, Entitled, Privileged PRICK"
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Overview

  • At BravoCon in Las Vegas, Jeff Lewis questioned casting wealth on Real Housewives and joked that Monica Garcia’s food benefits were frozen.
  • Andy Cohen pushed back, crediting Garcia for a strong Salt Lake City season and stressing the franchise’s longstanding range of wealth.
  • Monica Garcia denounced the comment on Instagram, and responses included objections from SNAP recipients who said the joke trivialized real hardship.
  • Lewis said he apologized to Cohen on Instagram and by text but has offered no direct apology to Garcia, as his representatives referenced SNAP payments resuming.
  • Bravo announced Lewis will return with a new series titled Still Flipping Out, and the network has not set a premiere date.