{"id":4736432,"date":"2026-06-04T12:37:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T16:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=4736432"},"modified":"2026-06-04T12:39:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T16:39:02","slug":"andy-cohen-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/andy-cohen-kids-4736432\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Cohen\u2019s Kids: Meet the Bravo Icon\u2019s 2 Children Benjamin &#038; Lucy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Andy Cohen is a proud father of two adorable children. Learn more about them here!<\/h3>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-1\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/andy-cohen\/\"  data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"  ><strong>Andy Cohen<\/strong><\/a> wears many hats as the Bravo boss, but his favorite role to play is undoubtedly that of super dad to his two amazing kids! The 55-year-old TV personality\/producer has welcomed son <strong>Benjamin<\/strong> and daughter <strong>Lucy<\/strong> into his life via surrogacy and he couldn&#8217;t be more in love, as he consistently <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2020\/01\/05\/andy-cohen-toned-abs-son-benjamin-miami-vacation-see-pics\/\"  >gushes about them<\/a> on social media. Find out all there is to know about Andy&#8217;s adorable brood below!<\/p>\n<h2>Benjamin Allen Cohen<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CYhQo3tpc3P\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CYhQo3tpc3P\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\"  style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\"  target=\"_blank\"  > <\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\"><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">Andy <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2020\/01\/05\/andy-cohen-toned-abs-son-benjamin-miami-vacation-see-pics\/\"  >welcomed<\/a> the first member of his family, son Benjamin, in February 2019. \u201cHe is named after my grandfather, Ben Allen,\u201d Andy wrote at the time on Instagram alongside a snap of the newborn. \u201cI\u2019m in love. And speechless. And eternally grateful to an incredible surrogate. And I\u2019m a dad. Wow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">Even with his busy schedule making sure his Bravo empire stays on track, Andy makes sure Ben is a priority. But as luck would have it, the hectic timetable has proven to be quite a godsend. \u201cI mean, fatherhood, it\u2019s changed my life in every way,\u201d he told <strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2019\/07\/02\/andy-cohen-son-fatherhood-benjamin-more-kids-interview\/\"  >Hollywood Life<\/a> <\/strong>in June 2019. \u201cThe funny thing is, I leave for [<a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2022\/03\/16\/teresa-giudice-catsuit-khloe-kardashian-wwhl-photos\/\"  data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"  ><em>Watch What Happens Live<\/em><\/a>] between 9:00 and 9:30 every night, so that\u2019s great. He goes to bed at 8:30. But, the other thing is I\u2019m a single parent so I want to spend as much time as I can with him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CdBL9lZuyvq\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CdBL9lZuyvq\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\"  style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\"  target=\"_blank\"  > <\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\"><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">\u201cThe cool thing is, I\u2019m really in and out all day with my job,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;So, I\u2019ll go to the radio sometimes in the morning for two hours, come home, get to put him down for his nap. He goes to bed, I\u2019ll leave. He wakes up, I\u2019m with him for two more hours and then we put him down, go to work. So, it\u2019s like I\u2019m kind of here and there throughout the day, which is nice consistency.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">Almost three years in with the bouncing baby boy and Andy is as smitten as ever. \u201cHe\u2019s a cheerful, great kid. He makes it fun. I learn things every day,\u201d he explained to <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/kmox\/news\/local\/andy-cohen-still-upset-he-got-kicked-off-hs-water-polo-team\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  target=\"_blank\"  >KMOX radio<\/a>. \u201cI think also having a kid later in life is really fun, because you do sweat things, [but] I\u2019m trying to be as laid back as I possibly can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-11\">The news of Andy fitting into the groove of parenthood is especially heartwarming considering he didn&#8217;t think he would ever become a father. \u201cAs a gay man, I never thought it was in the cards for me,\u201d he told <a  href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/parents\/andy-cohen-talks-becoming-dad-as-gay-man\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  ><em>People<\/em> <\/a>shortly after Benjamin was born. \u201cWhen I came out to my parents in 1988, my mom said she had to mourn the life that I wasn\u2019t going to be able to have. And that life meant getting married and having kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Lucy Eve Cohen<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CdJCLtiuy7u\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CdJCLtiuy7u\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\"  style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\"  target=\"_blank\"  > <\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-12\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-13\"><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-14\">With Andy taking to fatherhood like a fish to water, he soon made room for a sibling for little Benjamin, welcoming his second child, daughter Lucy, via surrogate on April 29, 2022. \u201cHERE\u2019S LUCY!!!!! 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