Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper share the whole lot from equivalent initials to comparable professions, which makes it straightforward to see why the twosome are finest good friend targets.
Cohen and Cooper met within the early ’90s after they have been nearly arrange on a blind date. Nevertheless, the pair’s dynamic by no means grew to become romantic as a result of Cohen broke Cooper’s “cardinal rule” of courting — mentioning his socialite mom, Gloria Vanderbilt.
Though the duo by no means went on a date, they cast a friendship that developed into an equally sturdy working relationship. Cohen and Cooper have hit the street collectively yearly since 2016 for his or her conversational stage tour, “AC2: An Intimate Night with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen.” The pair have additionally cohosted CNN’s New Yr’s Eve Stay collectively since 2017.
The BFFs have been by one another’s facet as they’ve each grow to be mother and father. Cohen welcomed his son, Benjamin, by way of surrogate in February 2019. Cooper, for his half, introduced the beginning of his son, Wyatt, by way of surrogate in April 2020.
Cohen revealed by way of Instagram in Could 2020 that he hopes their sons will “be finest mates” after they grow old — identical to their dads. He and Cooper have since welcomed daughter Lucy and son Sebastian, respectively.
Scroll all the way down to see Cohen and Cooper’s sweetest BFF moments: