BRAVO star Andy Cohen and CNN journalist Anderson Cooper have had a close relationship for over two decades.
Their friendship has often been questioned by the media, though they have always been transparent and claimed they’re just best friends.
Have Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper ever dated?
CNN journalist Anderson Cooper was set up on a blind date with Andy Cohen in the 1990s by a mutual friend.
The pair sat with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show to discuss their friendship, with Cooper saying: “I knew within 45 seconds, I was never going on a date with Andy Cohen."
He continued: "I imagined him in like a Bluetooth headset, gesticulating. He was all excited, and he violated my cardinal rule, which is he asked me about my mom within the first minute of talking to me."
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Cohen chimed in saying: "I wanted to date the Vanderbilt boy! I was excited."
Fallon asked Cohen if he remembered the call that way, and he responded, "I remember that something that I did made him shut down, so now I know."
Cooper added: "It wasn't even a question. It was just, 'Your mother is Gloria Vanderbilt,' and I was like, 'OK, yeah, this is not happening.'"
Despite the encounter and questions about Cooper's mother, the two went on to become best friends and traveled together with mutual acquaintances on several occasions.
Cohen told USA Today that the pair’s relationship has blossomed through the years, saying: "We've gotten much closer since I've had the talk show, and since we've been on tour together.
“I mean we've been friends for 25 years. He's just an incredibly loyal and caring and sensitive and great friend."
The platonic pair have hosted CNN's New Year's Eve show live from Times Square in New York City since 2016.
In 2021, the co-hosts were barred from drinking alcohol during the festivities by the network, and fans demanded they reverse their decision.
Is Andy Cohen dating anyone?
Cohen is not married, and his latest relationship with ex-boyfriend John Hill ended, The New York Times reported in December 2020.
Hill is most famous for appearing in Broadway musicals like Hairspray and The Boy from Oz.
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Hill currently produces Watch What Happens Live with Cohen.
Hill and Cohen have remained good friends despite their breakup.
Cohen was also briefly linked to Brazilian doctor Clifton Dassuncao, though the pair split in 2018.
Who has Anderson Cooper dated?
Cooper was on and off with Benjamin Maisani, a property owner and businessman for a few years.
The pair started dating back in 2009 and were together for nine years before confirming they had split back in 2018.
Despite being together since 2009, they only went public with their relationship in 2015.
They called it quits after it was revealed that Cooper had taken at least five trips to Dallas, where he had been spending time with Doctor Victor Lopez.
At the time of the breakup, Cooper told ET Online: "Benjamin and I separated as boyfriends some time ago, we are still family to each other, and love each other very much."
Cooper and Maisani may no longer be involved romantically, but in February 2022, Maisani officially adopted Cooper's oldest son, Wyatt Morgan - whose name has been changed to Wyatt Morgan Maisani-Cooper - and has been co-parenting Cooper's second son, Sebastian Luke.
"It's awesome," Cooper told PEOPLE last September. "It's probably an unusual setup, but I knew he would be a great dad, and he is.
"We're exes, but we're family to each other, and we love each other as family and as co-parents."
