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Andy Cohen has spent years putting reality stars in situations where cameras catch almost everything, but there is one part of his own life he would rather keep away from competition television, his dancing.<\/p>\n
The Watch What Happens Live<\/em> host revealed that Dancing With the Stars<\/em> approached him \u201cmany, many, many years ago,\u201d but he turned down the opportunity. \u201cI can\u2019t dance on TV. No one wants to see that,\u201d Cohen said in an interview with Variety<\/a> published August 25.<\/p>\n Cohen does dance when he is off the clock, particularly at Grateful Dead and Dead & Company shows. The problem, he explained, is what can happen once someone in the crowd points a phone at him. Cohen said videos of his moves have ended up on TikTok, where people have mocked him.<\/p>\n His preference now is considerably simpler than weeks of rehearsals and a run at the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy. \u201cLet me dance in peace,\u201d Cohen said. He did not suggest that DWTS<\/em> has approached him again for its upcoming 35th season.<\/p>\n Cohen was not speaking hypothetically when he complained about having his concert dancing documented.<\/p>\n In 2024, a candid TikTok video of him dancing at a Dead & Company concert at the Sphere in Las Vegas accumulated more than 1 million views. Wearing tie-dye, Cohen could be seen dancing enthusiastically and occasionally playing air guitar from a private box.<\/p>\n When the clip resurfaced months after the concert, Cohen reposted it to his Instagram Story. \u201cNot sure why this is going around,\u201d he wrote, before adding, \u201cTAKE ME BACK!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI used to be the greatest freeform dancer,\u201d Cohen told Variety. \u201cAnd I feel like every time I go to Dead shows, people film me dancing, and then I get made fun of on TikTok.\u201d<\/p>\n Cohen\u2019s connection to the music behind those viral dance clips goes back decades. In an August interview with NPR, he said he became a Deadhead while he was in high school around 1985, when his friend group moved from listening to Pink Floyd into the Grateful Dead.<\/p>\n He eventually stopped attending as many concerts after his career and move to New York made traveling to shows more difficult, but he continued listening to the band\u2019s music.<\/p>\n The live experience returned to the center of his life when he attended the Grateful Dead\u2019s 2015 Fare Thee Well concerts with his friend John Mayer, shortly before Mayer became part of Dead & Company.<\/p>\n Cohen remembered hearing the band at Levi\u2019s Stadium and suddenly feeling like he was 18 again. \u201cI was dancing, my body was moving in a way that I had not physically moved in so many years,\u201d he told NPR, describing the experience as feeling \u201creawakened\u201d and \u201creborn.\u201d<\/p>\n Dancing With the Stars<\/em> was not the only reality competition Cohen discussed with Variety. He also addressed whether he might eventually become a contestant on Peacock\u2019s The Traitors<\/em>, where he currently hosts the reunion specials.<\/p>\n \u201cThey haven\u2019t asked me,\u201d Cohen said. Even if an invitation eventually arrived, he sees several problems with accepting it. \u201cFirst of all, I think I would be eliminated immediately,\u201d he said, reasoning that his long career producing unscripted competition television would make other contestants immediately suspicious of him.<\/p>\n Cohen predicted he would be \u201csuch a target\u201d and questioned who would want someone with his experience in their cast. There is also a more practical conflict. \u201cI host the reunion, which I would like to keep doing,\u201d Cohen explained. \u201cI don\u2019t think I could do that if I were on it.\u201d<\/p>\nCohen\u2019s Dancing Has Already Gone Viral Without \u2018DWTS\u2019<\/h2>\n
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