Andy Cohen Dubs Al Roker the ‘Jackhole of the Day’ After “Today” Co-Host Teases Him About Fraud Scam
After Cohen shared his fraud scam story on 'Today,' Roker asked the host if he may have been scammed by “one of the Housewives”
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Andy Cohen and Al RokerAndy Cohen is jokingly holding a grudge against Al Roker.
Cohen gave the Today co-host, 69, a new designation on Wednesday night’s episode of Watch What Happens Live hours after Roker gave a playful quip in response to his fraud scam story.
“Today’s Jackhole goes to Al Roker for being a troublemaker this morning on the Today show and asking this question after my segment about being scammed by hackers,” Cohen, 55, deadpanned, before cutting to a clip of Roker asking the host if he may have been scammed by “one of the Housewives.”
The WWHL host jokingly continued, “Oh my God, Al, how could you? That was basically the Today show’s version of this…” A clip then played from a previous season of the Real Housewives of Miami showing Marysol Patton’s friend asking the group, “Who here do you trust the least?”
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Similar to that Miami Housewives’ incident, Cohen appeared to be at a loss of words after Roker asked the question — even as Savannah Guthrie chimed in to ask, “Who is most likely?”
“You know — well, there is someone most likely,” Cohen began, before saying, “We’ll talk about that later. I’ll explain.”
Roker shrugged his shoulders in response and lifted his eyebrows, prompting Cohen to quip that the co-host was “a smart man.”
The CNN New Year's Eve co-host appeared on the morning show to share details about his recent financial fraud experience. Cohen told Guthrie, 52, and Hoda Kotb that shortly after losing his bank card, he received an email that “looked like” it was from his bank’s fraud alert system.
However, when he clicked it and logged in, it actually gave scammers access to his account. He became suspicious when they asked for his Apple ID and tried to log out — but by then it was too late.
Multiple “sizable wire transfers” were initiated out of Cohen’s bank account, and he had inadvertently given the scammers access to his phone after they had called him back to verify his past purchases. This allowed the scammers to approve the wire transfers.
The TV personality said he finally realized what was happening when he went down to his bank. He filed a report with the New York Police Department cybersecurity unit, but added that “when money is wired out of your account, it’s gone.”
Cohen made sure to share some of the lessons he learned from an unfortunately easy scenario to “fall prey to.” He advised, “Trust no one who calls you. Don’t get sucked into the urgent moment of it.”
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