So Cute! Andy Cohen, Son Ben Meet Anderson Cooper’s 2nd Youngster Sebastian

Two peas in a pod! Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper share every thing from equivalent initials to related professions, which makes it simple to see why the twosome are finest good friend objectives.

The Watch What Occurs Dwell host and Cooper first met within the early ’90s once they had been virtually arrange on a blind date. Nevertheless, the pair’s dynamic by no means grew to become romantic as a result of Cohen broke the CNN information anchor’s “cardinal rule” of relationship — mentioning his socialite mom, Gloria Vanderbilt.

“Andy and I had been first arrange on a blind date, which by no means occurred as a result of we had a telephone name and after two minutes I mentioned, ‘I’m not relationship this man,’” Cooper recalled on Watch What Occurs Dwell in December 2016. “He broke my cardinal rule … he talked about my mother inside the first 4 sentences of assembly me.”

Though the duo by no means went on a date, they cast a friendship that developed into an equally robust working relationship. Cohen and Cooper have hit the highway collectively yearly since 2016 for his or her conversational stage tour, “AC2: An Intimate Night with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen.” The Radio Andy host has additionally joined Cooper to cohost CNN’s New Yr’s Eve Dwell since 2017.

Cohen and the Nothing Left Mentioned author not solely assist one another professionally however have leaned on one another by the ups and downs of their private lives. The Bravo exec shared a touching tribute in honor of Cooper’s mom, Gloria, when she died in June 2019.

“Gloria Vanderbilt was an incredible lady who lived a life crammed with unimaginable peaks and unattainable obstacles,” Cohen wrote on the time through Instagram. “By all of it she remained eternally optimistic with a depraved humorousness. The truth is, Anderson’s iconic and infectious giggle comes from his mother. Sending Anderson all my love, and will she Relaxation In Peace.”

Cooper was additionally by Cohen’s aspect — whereas nonetheless respecting social distancing pointers — because the Bravo host recovered from coronavirus in April 2020. Cohen shared a photograph of his pal using by his New York Metropolis house through Instagram.

“That is about as shut as I’ll be attending to @andersoncooper for some time…. (on 10x zoom lens btw!)” Cohen captioned the blurry photograph.

The BFFs have additionally each achieved a serious milestone —turning into dad and mom. Cohen welcomed his son, Benjamin, through surrogate in February 2019. Cooper, for his half, introduced the start of his son, Wyatt, through surrogate in April 2020.

Cohen revealed through Instagram in Could 2020 that he hopes their sons will “be finest buddies” once they become older — identical to their dads.

Scroll all the way down to see Cohen and Cooper’s sweetest BFF moments.