Andy Cohen Biography
Andy Cohen is a radio and television talk show host, producer, and writer from the United States. Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen is the host and executive producer of Bravo’s late-night talk show.
How old is Andy Cohen? – Age
He is 53 years old as of 2 June 2021. He was born in 1968 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. His real name is Andrew Joseph Cohen.
Andy Cohen Family – Education
Andy was born to Evelyn Cohen and Lou Cohen in St. Louis, Missouri. Emily Rosenfeld is his sister. He is Jewish and has ancestors from Poland, Russia, and Lithuania. Cohen received his high school diploma from Clayton High School in 1986. He graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor of Science degree in broadcast journalism. Cohen contributed to The Daily Free Press, the student newspaper at Boston University. Later, he interned at CBS News alongside Julie Chen, who was also an intern.
Andy Cohen Wife
Cohen is the first openly gay late-night talk show host in the United States. He announced in December 2018 that he would become a father in 2019 through the use of a surrogate. Benjamin Allen Cohen Cohen, Cohen’s son, was born on February 4, 2019.
What is Andy Cohen Salary?
He earns an annual salary of $10 Million.
Andy Cohen Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $50 Million.
Andy Cohen Career
Cohen began his television career as an intern at CBS News. He worked for the network for ten years, eventually becoming the senior producer of The Early Show, a producer for 48 Hours, and a producer for CBS This Morning. In 2000, he joined the television network Trio, and in 2004, when the network was purchased by Bravo, he became vice president of original programming.
Cohen has appeared on the Today Show, Morning Joe, and The View, as well as co-hosted Live! with Kelly and The View. He has appeared as a guest on a number of other talk shows. He has appeared as himself on several television shows, including The Comeback and Saturday Night Live. Cohen began hosting a weekly midnight show in the summer of 2009. Cohen began hosting a weekly midnight television talk show, Watch What Happens Live, in the summer of 2009. Later, the show was expanded into a weeknight series. Cohen is under contract with Bravo until 2021 to host Watch What Happens Live.
Most Talkative (Henry Holt and Company), Cohen’s autobiographical memoir, debuted in May 2012 and quickly became a New York Times Best Seller in hardcover, paperback, and combined nonfiction categories. He declined to co-host the Miss Universe pageant in Russia on August 15, 2013, citing the country’s recent anti-gay legislation. He previously hosted Miss USA 2011 and Miss USA 2012. He played Zeus in Lady Gaga’s music video for “G.U.Y.” on March 22, 2014.
Cohen released his second memoir, The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year, in November 2014, inspired by the similarly titled The Andy Warhol Diaries. Beginning in September 2013, the book spans a year of journal entries. The Andy Cohen Diaries was a Times Best Seller in the Nonfiction Combined Print & E-Book category. On September 14, 2015, SiriusXM launched Radio Andy, a new radio channel curated by Cohen, on channel 102. Andy Cohen Live and Andy Cohen’s Deep & Shallow are two of the channel’s shows. Cohen also hosts a series of special Town Hall broadcasts for his station in front of a live studio audience. Sandra Bernhard, Bevy Smith, Dan Rather, Michelle Collins, Jim Parsons, Jeff Lewis, Amy Phillips, Jonathan Alter, John Hill, the producers of Watch What Happens Live, and the producers of World of Wonder all have shows on the channel.
Cohen and Anderson Cooper announced in March 2015 that they would embark on a national tour to perform their conversational stage show AC2. The tour kicked off in Boston, then moved on to Miami Beach, Chicago, and Atlanta. Cooper got the idea for the show after interviewing Cohen about his most recent book, The Andy Cohen Diaries, at a New York City event at the 92nd Street Y. Since then, the two-man show has toured to over 50 cities as of October 2018. Cohen hosted a one-time live edition of Hollywood Game Night on December 31, 2015, and co-hosted New Year’s Eve with Carson Daly for NBC.
Henry Holt and Company announced the launch of the Andy Cohen Books imprint in 2016. Superficial: More Adventures From the Andy Cohen Diaries, Cohen’s third memoir, was released in November 2016. The book, a sequel to The Andy Cohen Diaries, covers diary entries for the next two years. Among celebrity-written books, Superficial became a Times Best Seller.
In January 2017, Fox ordered a revival of Cohen’s Love Connection. On May 25, the hour-long game show debuted. Cohen appeared in the Netflix series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt the same month. Fox announced in August 2017 that Love Connection would be renewed for a second season. Later that year, Cohen took over as co-host of CNN’s New Year’s Eve coverage alongside Cooper, succeeding Kathy Griffin. He appeared as a friend of the Lodge family on Riverdale in 2018. In March 2018, he appeared as a guest judge on an episode of the VH1 reality show RuPaul’s Drag Race. He co-hosted CNN’s New Year’s Eve coverage with Anderson Cooper in December 2018 and 2020.
Andy Cohen TV Shows
♦ 2021–present – For Real: The Story of Reality TV
♦ 2020 – Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
♦ 2020 – The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo
♦ 2019 – The Other Two
♦ 2018 – RuPaul’s Drag Race
♦ 2018 – Riverdale
♦ 2017–present – New Year’s Eve Live
♦ 2017–2018 – Love Connection
♦ 2017 – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
♦ 2017 – Difficult People
♦ 2016 – Inside Amy Schumer
♦ 2016 – Nightcap
♦ 2015 – Lip Sync Battle