Danny Booko cancelled an appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen after publicly apologizing for his behavior on The Valley.
“To the person I love most, my beautiful wife [Nia Sanchez Booko], I am so sorry,” Danny, 42, wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, May 20. “Watching these last few episodes back hasn’t been easy.”
The couple were at odds in recent Valley episodes over a drag competition, as Danny felt Nia, 36, wasn’t devoting enough time to help him prepare. The couple had a blowout fight that broke the fourth wall during Wednesday’s episode, as they both reminded one other they were still wearing microphones.
“It was a difficult season of life and a version of myself that I’m embarrassed by and not proud of,” Danny went on. “A short fuse, stress, alcohol and lack of sleep are never a good combination, but that’s not an excuse. I should never have taken any of it out on [Nia].”
Danny confessed that “balancing parenthood and life” while filming The Valley created a stressful environment for his family.
“I love, honor, and respect you deeply, and I did not show that in some of these moments,” he wrote to his wife. “Nia, I love you so much. I’m grateful for you, our family, and this beautiful, chaotic life we’ve built together. I thank God for you every day.”
Danny released his public apology hours before he was supposed to be interviewed alongside Luke Broderick on Watch What Happens Live. Host Andy Cohen confirmed on air that Danny had pulled out of their interview but suggested it was not due to the backlash over recent episodes. (Danny was replaced on WWHL by costar Tom Schwartz.)
“[Danny] booked a job and had to cancel to work,” Cohen, 57, explained. “I believe him because if he canceled because he was scared to come here, we would have heard from our publicist that he’s not up for it.”
Cohen added, “Listen, he’s coming to the reunion so he’s going to deal with it!”
The Valley viewers did get some additional insight into Danny and Nia’s tension on the latest After Show episode. Danny insisted that his blowup with Nia was not at all related to the fact that they welcomed their fourth baby, daughter Adelaide, last summer.
“This is number four,” Danny insisted on Wednesday’s After Show. “You think I haven’t done this three other times? I know exactly how to support my wife.”
Meanwhile, Nia suggested that the heated argument was not indicative of how she and Danny communicate in their marriage.
“One thing with me and Daniel, in our relationship in general, yes, we have tense moments; yes, we can be short with each other,” Nia said. “Sometimes we’re in this beautiful season where everything is really good, and sometimes it’s not. And what people will see through this window of time is, there were so many tense moments, and we were short with each other and had short fuses a lot.”
She continued, “That doesn’t mean that we have a bad relationship. It just means that we were having hard moments. And we’ll keep working on it, because we’re in it for the long run. And we’ve been together for a long time. And we know that those moments don’t define our entire relationship.”
The Valley airs on Bravo Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET.
