Nearly a week after a judge ordered The Real Housewives of Potomac star to spend a year behind bars as punishment following her fourth DUI arrest, the Bravo host broke his silence on the reality star's legal troubles.
"I haven't been on since Karen was sentenced, and I don't have much to say," Andy told fans on his SiriusXM radio show Andy Cohen Live March 3. "I will say I am thinking of Karen every day. I've been thinking about her a lot, and I'm so sad about this. I'm so sad about how this entire thing is played out. I am a Karen fan. Drunk driving is no joke. It's so bad, so that this was her fourth situation was tough to hear."
And the 56-year-old believes the punishment fits the crime.
"I'm not surprised that the judge was not playing," the Watch What Happens Live host added. "I'm not surprised at all."
Andy also noted he was shocked when costar Gizelle Bryant claimed during the reality series' March 2 season nine reunion episode that Karen, 61, allegedly turned down multiple plea deals that could have potentially kept her out of confinement.
"Hearing what I heard on the reunion from Gizelle who said that she heard that she was offered a plea and home confinement for six months," he recounted in disbelief. "Who were her lawyers who were recommending going to trial on this when there was body cam footage like that?! It’s so sad."
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Of course, Andy is referring to that incriminating footage of Karen being arrested last March after she crashed her car near Bethesda, Maryland. She was later charged with eight crimes, including driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, driving a vehicle while impaired by alcohol and negligent driving of a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner endangering property, life and person.
Following Karen's Feb. 26 sentencing, several of her castmates reacted to the news their costar was going away for the next 12 months.
"I really do encourage everyone to keep Karen in your prayers,” Ashley Darby said during a Feb. 27 appearance on The Tamron Hall Show. "I really care about her. And I learned this on the train coming here today and I cried like a baby, I did."
Meanwhile, Gizelle told Us Weekly Feb. 26 just hours after the news broke, "I am shook. I do not have her wigs. I am concerned. In all seriousness, I am concerned for her safety. Karen ain’t cut out for jail."
