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William769

(55,145 posts) Fri Aug 16, 2013, 12:41 AM Aug 2013

Andy Cohen Drops Out of Hosting Miss Universe — Because of Russia

The Bravo host and executive will not host this year's Miss Universe event, which takes place in Russia.

Andy Cohen, the host of Bravo's Watch What Happens Live, has dropped out of co-hosting the Miss Universe pageant in Moscow, saying he doesn't feel safe traveling to Russia as a gay man.

Reacting to the nation's recent antigay "propaganda" bill, Cohen told E! News, "Their discriminatory policies make it unsafe for the gays who live there and gays coming to work or visit... The law is that anyone under suspicion of homosexuality can be arrested. [I don't] feel right as a gay man stepping foot into Russia."

http://www.outtraveler.com/travel-tips/2013/08/15/andy-cohen-drops-out-hosting-miss-universe-%E2%80%94-because-russia

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Andy Cohen Drops Out of Hosting Miss Universe — Because of Russia (Original Post) William769 Aug 2013 OP

He'd be arrested on sight! Behind the Aegis Aug 2013 #1

It's like the Russian government is trying to create their own version of the Tea Party. defacto7 Aug 2013 #2

Behind the Aegis

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1. He'd be arrested on sight!

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Fri Aug 16, 2013, 12:45 AM

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defacto7

(13,485 posts)

2. It's like the Russian government is trying to create their own version of the Tea Party.