Andy Cohenis officially a father!
To celebrate the good news, Cohen shared a black and white photo of himself holding his son to Instagram.
Benjamin Allen is a special name for Cohen, coming from his grandfather, Ben Allen, on his mother’s side.
“I’m in love,” Cohen wrote on Instagram. “And speechless. And eternally grateful to an incredible surrogate. And I’m a dad. Wow.”
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“Tonight, I want you to be the first to know that after many years of careful deliberation, a fair amount of prayers and the benefit of science — if all goes according to plan, in about six weeks timeI’m going to become a father,” he shared.
“Thanks to a wonderful surrogate who is carrying my future,” he continued. “Family means everything to me and having one of my own is something that I have wanted in my heart for my entire life. And though it’staken me longer than mostto get there, I cannot wait for what I envision will be the most rewarding chapter yet.”
A source revealed to PEOPLE that after theWWHLbroadcast, “a smaller group went out to celebrate,” where an on-cloud-nine Cohen “was telling people that he was ‘relieved’ the news was finally out there and just kept reiteratinghow excited he was for the future.”
“‘I can’t wait to meet my kid,’ he said,” the insider recalled. “He’salways had that urge to be a fatherand felt like this was the right time. His parents are of a certain age, and he wants them to know his child. He said, ‘I know I’m single, but I haven’t met anyone and I want a family. I’m ready to do this.’ ”
“He’s going to be an amazing dad. He’s so filled with love,” the source continued of Cohen, who announced hissplit from Clifton Dassuncaolast March. “He’s going to give this child a wonderful life.”
A few days later, during CNN’s liveNew Year’s Eveshow, Cohen revealed that hewould be having a son. “It’s a boy and I got to tell you something, I cannot wait to meet this boy,” he told co-host,Anderson Cooper.
“When I was growing up and when we were growing up … I just never thought it would be possible, as a gay man, to grow up and have a family,” shared the proud then-papa-to-be.
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“And here we are in 2018, almost [2019], and anything’s possible,” Cohen continued. “And I’m sograteful to a wonderful surrogate thatI’m working with.”
Theexciting bash took place atThe Palm Beverly Hills, where Cohen’s BFF (and Radio Andy personality) Bruce Bozzi, Jr. serves as executive vice president. Guests sat at a long singular dinner table with gold flatware, long-stem candles and white and blue flowers as bundles of white balloons hung from the ceiling.
A second soirée days later saw the then-dad-to-be showered with love on the east coast from celebs likeSarah Jessica Parker,Kelly Ripaand more.
“I had a heart-boner for days after this crew threw me an equally epic affair on the East Coast. I feel loved & it’s all going to the 👶. Thank you@brucebozzi@kellyripa@sarahjessicaparker@jackie__greenberg,” Cohen captioneda cute picture, noting Cooper did a “beautiful job” making his ribbon hat.
source: people.com
