Gay cable TV provocateur Andy Cohen stunned Hillary Clinton Thursday, revealing to the former first lady that he had a fling with one of her Secret Service agents while she lived in the White House.
Cohen told the shocking secret as he interviewed Clinton, who later served as a U.S. senator and secretary of state, and daughter Chelsea on his “Watch What Happens Live” show on Bravo. The Clintons were there to promote their new show “Gutsy,” where they go around the country interviewing liberal female celebrities who they consider to be trailblazers of one sort or another.
“I do have to tell you, every time I see you, Secretary Clinton, I think I had a wonderful liaison with one of your Secret Service agents in the 90’s,” Cohen claimed. “While you were First Lady.”
A shocked Clinton’s eyes widened and she giggled.
“TMI,” Clinton said, using the slang term for “too much information.” “TMI.”
This was fun…. https://t.co/L8kTsZjkYR
— Andy Cohen (@Andy) September 9, 2022
Clinton, now 74, lived in the White House with her husband, former President Bill Clinton, from 1993-2001. While the former president’s sordid sexual escapades during the period are well known, the claim that a Secret Service agent and a future famous TV host had a tryst stunned the pair. Cohen was likely an unknown producer at CBS at the time.
“You did?” gasped Chelsea Clinton, who would have been a teenager at the time.
Cohen said the unnamed Secret Service agent always “had wonderful things to say about the entire family,” but shared no specifics.
“And I have wonderful things to say about him,” Cohen quipped about his alleged White House conquest.
While it is possible Cohen’s story is true, the claim that the Secret Service agent praised her runs counter to her reputation. Ronald Kessler, a former Wall Street Journal and Washington Post reporter and author of the 2015 book “First Family Detail,” said Secret Service agents he interviewed liked Bill and Chelsea, but couldn’t stand Hillary Clinton.
“Agents consider being assigned to her detail a form of punishment,” Kessler wrote. “In fact, agents say being on Hillary Clinton’s detail is the worst duty assignment in the Secret Service.”
Lloyd Bulman, one of several former Secret Service agents Kessler quoted in his book, said Hillary Clinton’s contempt for the help was legendary.
“Hillary was very rude to agents, and she didn’t appear to like law enforcement or the military,” Bulman said. “She wouldn’t go over and meet military people or police officers, as most protectees do. She was just really rude to almost everybody. She’d act like she didn’t want you around, like you were beneath her.”