“Watch What Happens Live” host Andy Cohen opened up about his relationship status and how the dating scene can be “hard” now that he has two kids.
Is Andy in a Relationship?
GettyOn the November 25 episode of “TODAY with Jenna and Friends,” Andy mentioned “hosting parties” in time for the Thanksgiving holiday. Former “TODAY” host Hoda Kotb laughed when Andy inquired about her “hosting gentleman callers” before referring to Hoda’s 6-year-old daughter Hope, joking, “‘Are there gentleman callers? Knock-knock, Uncle Tony’s here! Hope, go make Uncle Tony that drink he likes, extra olives.'”
Their banter eventually led to Hoda questioning Andy about his own dating life as a dad to Benjamin Allen Cohen, 6, and Lucy Eve Cohen, 3.
“You know what, I haven’t dated that much with kids, it’s hard,” Andy admitted. “But, you find a way. You start rolling up in guys’ DMs, come on.”
The show’s host, Jenna Bush Hager, added, “[Andy] says it’s the best way to meet people,” to which Andy replied, “Absolutely, why not?”
Andy Discusses Dating Life as a Celebrity & Father
GettyOn the October 29 episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, he confessed he used dating apps. “I’m on every app.”
“You know, it’s interesting,” Andy said. “Some people are too cool for school, and they’ll say nothing. Some people are like, ‘You look like him.’ Some people are, ‘Why are you sending his picture?’ Some people are like ‘Ew!’ I mean, like, I get it all.”
Andy has discussed the difficulty with using dating apps as a high-profile celebrity in the past.
“I am not on Raya,” he said at the time during a 2018 appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”
“I am on Tinder, and there is a gay dating app that I’m on that I keep getting kicked off of because they think I’m impersonating Andy Cohen. They’re like, ‘Your photos don’t meet our guidelines,’ and I keep trying, I’m like, ‘No, it is me!'”
Andy also told The Hollywood Reporter that he was kicked off the dating app, Grindr, for impersonating Andy Cohen.
Not only has the dating landscape changed in recent times due to the myriad of apps, but it’s especially different for the host now that he has children.
“I have kids, obviously, and so dating has really changed, and I meet two kind[s] of people,” Andy explained. “People that I want to sleep with and people that I want to date, and we all do. And people that I want to date and sleep with, obviously. That’s the goal.”
“Being famous isn’t what makes dating weird to me — it’s being a single dad,” Andy admitted. “A guy I was dating said one night, ‘There’s an elephant in the room here.’ And I thought he meant that I have two kids. But he said, ‘No, it’s that you’re famous.’ And I thought, ‘Wow, that’s something I never think about!'”
