Andy Cohen slams ‘dumb’ Martina Navratilova after tennis star’s controversial surrogacy comments

Cohen previously asked Navratilova's wife, "Real Housewives of Miami" cast member Julia Lemigova, about her spouse's views on surrogacy.

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Andy Cohen on 'Watch What Happens Live'; Martina Navratilova at the 2024 French Open. Credit:

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- Andy Cohen slammed tennis star Martina Navratilova amid her ongoing criticism of surrogacy.

- Cohen called Navratilova's remarks "dumb" and "ill-informed."

- Cohen previously asked Navratilova's wife, a *Real Housewives* star, about her thoughts on the issue.

Andy Cohen is used to corralling reality stars and their drama on* The Real Housewives* reunions, but the TV personality has engaged in a celebrity feud of his own with former tennis icon and *Dancing With the Stars* competitor Martina Navratilova.

On a recent episode of his *Andy Cohen Live* radio show, the Bravo figure took aim at Navratilova's controversial anti-surrogacy stance, which she has long spoken about on X — including a June post that said there's "nothing progressive about surrogacy" and an April message that read "surrogacy is just wrong."

"Basically, she's uninformed on the issue, so I just think she's not informed. It's a bad take. What can I tell you? She's just wrong," Cohen, who welcomed his own two children via surrogacy, claimed on the program.

Martina Navratilova speaks at a press conference in Madrid prior to the 2024 Laureus World Sports Awards.

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Cohen also brought up a recent *Watch What Happens Live* appearance by Julia Lemigova, who is a *Real Housewives of Miami* star and also Navratilova's wife. On the episode, Cohen grilled Lemigova about her spouse's surrogacy views.

"Um, that's a question? For me? Well, you know, Martina and I share a bed, but we don't share a brain, and we don't always agree on different views, but I believe in surrogacy," Lemigova said. "It was kind of put out of [context] and I completely disagree with her."

Back on *Andy Cohen Live*, Cohen said that he's "sure it will come up" at the next *Real Housewives of Miami* reunion.

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"I didn't want to start debating it [on *WWHL]*," Cohen added. "I will ask her this at the reunion. What she said is Martina's tweet was misinterpreted or misrepresented. What Martina tweeted was, 'Surrogacy is wrong.' I don't know how that's [misrepresented.]"****He concluded his opinion by again criticizing Navratilova.

"That's just ill-informed and dumb," Cohen continued. "And, yes, we will talk about it at the reunion."

Andy Cohen at the 2019 U.S. Open in New York City.

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** has reached out to representatives for Navratilova for a response to Cohen's criticism.

Cohen additionally recently called out another famous person for their views, as he singled out former *The View* cohost and conservative commentator Meghan McCain over her political alignment despite maintaining in the past that she is an LGBTQ ally.

After McCain voiced anti-trans sentiment regarding trans women playing sports, Cohen hit back at McCain on social media in March.

"Surprised you're buying into the vilification of the trans community given the real problems happening in this country, your previous ally-ship of the lgbtq community, and the fact that this non issue affects about four people in this country," Cohen wrote on X.

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In response, McCain clapped back, posting, "Surprised you're okay with violence against female athletes," and added that the player's account was "just one story" among many. "You have my cell, always happy to talk privately or publicly on either of our shows because these conversations are reductive to hash out on social media," she added.

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