When it comes to hanky panky, Andy Cohen describes himself as “pretty uncensored.”
“I talk about poppers and about bottoms on my show,” he says in a new interview for Attitude’s October issue. “That’s the thing, I’m really open about who I am and am unapologetic, so I think there’s something freeing in that.”
It didn’t always used to be that way, though. The 50-year-old Bravo exec, who was recently the subject of a shockingly homophobic story published by the National Enquirer, reveals that when he first came out, sex “scared” him.
“I came out in 1988, at the height of the [AIDS] epidemic,” he says. “I was so scared to have sex. And it’s why I’m alive today, because I was really scared.”
“It was a scary time to be gay, it was a scary time to be sexual… It’s always kind of there in one way or another. It’s not something you can erase from your experience.”
Nowadays, it isn’t sex that scares him so much as dating, which he says can be a real challenge given his celebrity status.
“I think it’s harder for other people to sit down with me and have a date because they have preconceived notions,” Andy says.
“If I had never dated myself or I didn’t know me and it was just based on TV, I don’t know what I would think. I have no idea.”
As for dating apps, Andy says he uses them. But only on occasion. Hooking up was a lot easier before he was a TV star.
“I have been, kind of on-and-off because it’s challenging,” he explains. “It’s weird. It was probably more uncomplicated hooking up before I became famous.”
“I still hook up,” he adds. “I mean, a guy’s gotta eat!”
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justgeo
So WTF is the point of this ‘note’???????????????
BGinBigD
REALLY!!
talktalktalk
I’d have thought his biggest challenge in hooking up would be not being very attractive and being 50 years old
jpcolter
There are always bitter queens like you lurking. Lots of guys think Andy is plenty hot.
Chrisk
Wrong and wrong. He is attractive and only a 12 yo would think 50 is too old to hook up.
EricRaul
You wish you’d look like him and be as successful as him at 50
johnnymcmxxx
Thank you. He is disgusting.
MatthewHall
Another gay peter pan…he just doesn’t see a need to engage the emotional vulnerability and attachment of a relationship and NYC and his celebrity allow him to constantly distract himself. Hardly a personal role model for gay men.
Chrisk
Peter Pan implies someone that hasn’t grown up which I don’t see. He seems to be very successful and happy with his life. Marriage is not for everyone.
iona flaps
Andy is a great modern gay man. Warts and all (and not that many warts). I love him.
Ashke113
He’s a pig who preys on others using drugs and alcohol and his “celebrity” to get starry eyed young guys into his bed. But then that’s all he has because he sure as hell doesn’t have a personality……
Mojohood
And you speak from experience? Or are you just some jealous queen who he ignored once upon a time?