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11:50 am, August 15th, 2013
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Andy Cohen, who’s hosted the 2011 and 2012 Miss Universe pageants, is boycotting this year’s competition, set to take place in Moscow on November 9.
The Bravo star has turned down hosting the pageant because of Russia’s recently passed anti-gay legislation.
Cohen, speaking to E! News’ Giuliana Rancic — his Miss Universe co-host for the past two years — said Russia’s “discriminatory policies make it unsafe for the gays who live there and gays coming to work or visit.”
He explained, “The law is that anyone under suspicion of homosexuality can be arrested,” adding that he “didn’t feel right as a gay man stepping foot into Russia.”
A replacement host has yet to be announced.
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