HIH recently met up with Leah McSweeney and has been promoting her ever since. Leah is a former Real Housewife who is suing Andy Cohen and Bravo, accusing them of encouraging substance abuse and intentionally fueling her alcoholism for ratings.
Jessica has been covering Leah VERY favorably, and even posted about Leah calling for Andy Cohen to apologize to Kate Middleton for his conspiratorial musings (oh the HYPOCRISY, Jessica, really) and today asked her followers in a poll if Andy Cohen is "funny & harmless" or "Women hating guised as 'entertainment'". it's 2 hours later and 79% voted 'women hating'.
Well it has just been announced that Andy Cohen hired Johnny Depp and Harvey Weinstein's crisis PR agent!
Facing legal action from current and former Real Housewives cast members, who have recently accused him of sexual harassment and doing cocaine with Bravo stars, Andy Cohen has enlisted the aid of top crisis communications expert Matthew Hiltzik.
Will Jessica now have to change her coverage to be pro-Andy Cohen? We've already seen a connection between JRK and Hiltzik clients in the past.
Edit: After doing some googling, Andy hired this firm March 1st. HIH seems to have aligned herself with Leah *after* Andy hired them. Seems suspicious. Is this some kind of inside job where she discredits Leah eventually? I guess we'll see...