Is Andy Cohen Married and Does He Have a Husband, Boyfriend or Partner?
Andy Cohen is not married or dating at this moment but he is a father of two. The American radio and television talk show host was in a high-profile relationship with John Hill who currently produces Watch What Happens Live with Cohen.
Though their relationship didn’t work out, Andy and John are still good friends who work in the same space. According to Cohen, he is still interested in meeting the right guy and settling down someday, but he definitely wants him to be perfect for him and won’t be settling for less.
Is Andy Cohen Married?
Andy Cohen is yet to tie the nuptial knot with anyone. He has been open about his relationship fails but has not given up on love yet. He is openly gay, the first host of an American late-night talk show to come out.
The closest Cohen has come to getting married is probably during his relationship with John Hill but things didn’t work out for the duo. Cohen is not averse to the idea of marriage but he won’t be settling for less. According to the TV host, it would have to be a very special person to make him want to spend the rest of his life with him.
Who Is Andy Cohen’s Partner?
It seems like Andy Cohen is currently not in any known relationship at this time but his history with romance goes a long way. He is openly gay and has only been linked to only men so far, including American singer-actor Lance Bass. His link to Bass was just a hook up as Cohen once shared on his show that he had sex with the American actor.
Cohen was also linked to Brazilian doctor Clifton Dassuncao, but it was a brief affair that ended in 2018.
The significant relationship Andy Cohen has been in was with John Hill. They dated for about 3 years before their split which happened in 2020. Born on October 23, 1978, in the United States of America, John Arthur Hill is a musical theatre actor and TV host who is popularly known for his depiction of Jason McConnell in the Off-Broadway run of Bare: A Pop Opera.
Hill is a Los Angeles resident, serving as a producer on television shows, including Cohen’s. He is currently the producer of Watch What Happens Live with Cohen. Though things didn’t work out between them, the two men have remained close friends after their breakup. They have a good professional relationship that has seen them work together on different projects despite their split as a couple.
Truth About Andy Cohen’s Relationship with Anderson Cooper
Though there have been speculations about them being together as a couple, Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper are just BFFs and they spare no moment to show off their friendship goals. They share many things in common, including the same initials ad profession.
Cooper and Cohen are also both openly gay, but they have never dated each other. They have been friends for more than 25 years and actually met after a blind date set up for them in the ’90s failed to happen. According to Anderson Cooper, the reason he didn’t proceed to date Cohen was because he broke his cardinal rule by asking him about his socialite mother – Gloria Vanderbilt the first time they talked.
“Andy and I were first set up on a blind date, which never happened because we had a phone call and after two minutes I said, ‘I’m not dating this guy. He broke my cardinal rule … he mentioned my mom within the first four sentences of meeting me.”
Though they didn’t end up together, they built a strong bond over the years and became best buddies. The two are also professionals in the same field and this has helped them build a career together.
Their strong working relationship has seen Cooper and Cohen hit the road every year since 2016 for their conversational stage tour – “AC2: An Intimate Evening with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen.” Cohen also joins Cooper as a cohost on CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live where they have been working together since 2017.
Another aspect of their lives they share in common is the fact that they are both fathers. Just a year after Cohen welcomed his son, Cooper welcomed his own son through a surrogate in April 2020. Cooper named his son Wyatt and while announcing his birth on Instagram, wished his son and Cohen’s kids would turn out to be BFFs like their dads. Cooper later welcomed a second son named Sebastian Luke.
Anderson Cooper has dated a handful of men but the most prominent among them is his off-and-on relationship with the property owner and businessman Benjamin Maisani. The two started dating in 2009 but went public with it in 2015. They dated off and on for a few years before calling it quits for good but they have remained good friends. The split was based on the fact that Cooper was spending time with Doctor Victor Lopez in Dallas. However, this did not affect the good rapport he shares with Maisani who has now adopted Cooper’s first son and the young lad’s name is now Wyatt Morgan Maisani-Cooper.
Andy Cohen Has Two Children
As of 2022, Andy Cohen has two children, a son, and a daughter. The TV presenter was able to father his children with the help of a surrogate. The first child born to Cohen is a son named Benjamin Allen Cohen. His son was born on February 4, 2019, in the United States of America.
Andy Cohen welcomed his daughter, Lucy Eve Cohen, on April 2022, through a surrogate as well. It is only known to him who his surrogate is. Cohen told People magazine how he made up his mind to have his own children, especially when it was clear that marriage was not forthcoming.
“I didn’t want to wait” any longer to become a father, even if it meant doing it as a single parent.
“It’s not something in your mind – ‘Oh, I want to do this alone.’ But I like being alone. I didn’t want to wait. To me it would have to be a very special person to say, ‘Let’s do this together,'” Cohen told the media giant.
Cohen also shared how he would often show off pictures of his children to his romantic dates which mostly freaks them out. However, he is proud of his decision and would not trade it for anything in the world.
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