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Andy Cohen, the Ultimate Daddy, Spills His Parenting Secrets (Exclusive)
Andy Cohen became the first-ever openly gay host of a late-night discuss show when Watch What Happens Live debuted in 2009.
The 56-year-old dad to son Ben, 5, and daughter Lucy, 2, has publicly championed LGBTQ+ rights for years: He’s served as the ambassador for the Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative, raised cash for victims of the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting and was honored with the Vito Russo Award by GLAAD in 2019. He also uses his platforms, including his SiriusXM channel, “Radio Andy,” to speak out on causes close to his heart.
Cohen exclusively shares in the latest issue of Us Weekly that his status as a gay diva isn’t one he takes lightly.
“Anytime a mom comes up to me and says, ‘I have a gay son, and we like watching your display together,’ or a same-sex attracted person says, ‘I’ve watched you all my animation, and it meant something to see that you were OK and happy,’ that means a lot,” he says.
Here, the Emmy-winning producer, who recently teamed up with Fresca Mixed to invite fans 21 and older to participate the Fresca Mixed Club, tells Us mo
John Mayer Sets the Record Straight on His Friendship With Andy Cohen
It’s no surprise that this week’sThe Hollywood Reporter cover story on Andy Cohen would garner some attention — in it, the Watch What Happens Stay host and Bravo producer spoke candidly with Co-Editor in Chief Maer Roshan about the accusations that had been swirling around the Real Housewivesfranchise, from on-set sexism to racism to alcohol and drug overuse, breaking his extended silence about the controversy.
But the part of the interview that would garner the most attention had nothing to complete with any of these claims: instead, it was a rather tangential doubt regarding the longtime friendship between the openly gay Cohen and straight rock star John Mayer, a relationship that has spurred reams of coy stories in both tabloids and the mainstream press.
“Your friendship with Mayer has been the subject of intense speculation,” Roshan noted. “People seem dubious that a vertical rock star can have a seal, platonic relationship with a gay TV personality.”
“Let them speculate” Cohen replied. “I honestly devote John Mayer, and he loves me. But
Andy Cohen Revisits His Coming Out Story: "It's a Superb Moment to Be Gay"
In OprahMag.com's series Coming Out, LGBTQ change-makers reflect on their journey toward self-acceptance. While it's beautiful to bravely share your persona with the nature, choosing to perform so is entirely up to you—period.
Andy Cohen needs no introduction.
The St. Louis-born TV personality, 51, became the first-ever out gay host of a late-night talk show when Watch What Happens Live premiered in 2009. An Emmy winner, he’s famous not only for mingling with A-list best friends love Sarah Jessica Parker and Anderson Cooper, but also for his work as a New York Times bestselling writer, radio host, and the producer behind beloved Bravo shows such as Top Chef, Million Dollar Listing, and the original Queer Eye for the Direct Guy. Do The Real Housewives call a bell? Yup, he's the one who helped produce that franchise a 2000s phenomenon.
But more importantly, Cohen has secured his detect as one of the few LGBTQ superstars that informs the world about the beauty and challenges that same-sex attracted men—and all members of the LGBTQ community—experience daily. While hosting major celebrities like L
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Cohen is an impossibly charming radio and television chat show host, producer, and writer. His memoir, THE ANDY COHEN DIARIES: A DEEP LOOK AT A SHALLOW YEAR (2014) was influenced by THE ANDY WARHOL DIARIES (1989). He's host and executive producer of the Bravo's late-night talk show, WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE (now in its 20th season), making him first openly homosexual host of an American late-night talk show.
Cohen also has a pop society channel on SiriusXM Radio, Radio Andy. Until 2013, Cohen was Executive Vice President of Development and Talent for Bravo. It was his job to create original content, advance and introduce innovative modern formats, and discover recent talent. He was also executive producer on the cooking competition television series, TOP CHEF, and hosted the television dating demonstrate LOVE CONNECTION; and most importantly, he serves as the executive producer of THE REAL HOUSEWIVES franchise. PROJECT RUNWAY, and Homosexual EYE FOR THE Vertical GUY (2003-07) were both his creative babies. And speaking of, Cohen has two actual babies.
He has an Emmy Award, two Peabody Awards,
Andy Cohen calls FDA rules on gay men donating plasma for COVID-19 ‘discriminatory’
Despite testing positive for COVID-19 antibodies, Andy Cohen says he was denied the chance to donate plasma because he is an openly gay man.
On Parade 20, the Bravo ego revealed in an Instagram post that he tested positive for COVID-19 after days of "not feeling great."
After self-isolating and recovering from the novel virus, Cohen reunited with his year-old son Benjamin and returned to hosting "Watch What Happens Live" from his New York Urban area apartment.
Nearly a month later, in April, Cohen said on his show that the FDA restricted him from donating his COVID-19 antibody-rich plasma because he did not meet the requirements to donate as a gay man.
The restriction was born out of the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s when limited testing technology existed to screen blood for HIV. In 1983, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) implemented a lifetime ban on blood donations from all men who had sex with men after 1977.
That policy was upheld until 2015, when the FDA revised the guidelines from a lifetime ban to a 12-month deferral period. This meant that gay and bi