--- title: Andy Cohen Welcomes Baby Son With Sweet Instagram Photo description: Andy Cohen welcomes new baby son Benjamin, announcing the news with a sweet Instagram photo. canonical: https://time.com/5521198/andy-cohen-baby-son/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-02-05T14:31:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:57:20.244Z og:title: 'I'm in Love. And Speechless.' Andy Cohen Welcomes His First Baby Boy og:description: "Eternally grateful to an incredible surrogate" og:url: https://time.com/5521198/andy-cohen-baby-son/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'I'm in Love. And Speechless.' Andy Cohen Welcomes His First Baby Boy twitter:description: "Eternally grateful to an incredible surrogate" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 'I'm in Love. And Speechless.' Andy Cohen Welcomes His First Baby Boy ## Video: The Costs of Hiring a Surrogate [Watch (HLS stream): The Costs of Hiring a Surrogate](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/m9g207lq.m3u8) (1:57)  _Published 2017-09-25. The Costs of Hiring a Surrogate_ by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Feb 5, 2019 2:31 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Feb 5, 2019 2:31 PM UTC [Andy Cohen](http://time.com/5486895/andy-cohen-baby/) is the proud parent of his first baby boy. The 50-year old host of Bravo’s [_Watch What Happens Live_](http://time.com/4939482/maggie-gyllenhaal-taylor-swift-scarf/) took to Instagram to announce the happy news that his son had arrived via surrogate on Monday night. “WOW! This is my son, Benjamin Allen Cohen. He is 9 lbs 2 ounces !!” he wrote on Instagram along with a black and white photo. “20 inches !! Born at 6:35 pm, PT He is named after my grandfather Ben Allen. I’m in love. And speechless. And eternally grateful to an incredible surrogate. And I’m a dad. Wow.” The baby’s arrival comes nearly seven weeks after he first announced that he was expecting a new family member last Dec. 20 on his show. “I’ve always tried to be as transparent as possible about my life. I overshare and I expect everyone around me to do the same and tonight I want you to be the first to know that after many years of careful deliberation, fair amount of prayers and the benefit of science, if all goes according to plan, in about six weeks’ time, I’m going to become a father thanks to a wonderful surrogate who is carrying my future,” he said. “Family means everything to me and having one of my own is something I’ve wanted in my heart for my entire life,” he continued. “And while it has taken me longer than most to get there, I cannot wait for what I envision will be my most rewarding chapter yet.” Cohen previously shared that the new family member would be a boy while co-hosting a CNN New Year’s Eve segment alongside Anderson Cooper. “This is the biggest year for me,” he said. “It’s a boy. I gotta tell you I cannot wait to meet this boy.” Cohen had a fun-filled Los Angeles baby shower that took place on Jan. 26\. In typical Andy Cohen fashion, the gathering drew plenty of stars of the hit reality show _Real Housewives_. Ramona Singer, NeNe Links, Kyle Rihards and Teresa Giudice hosted the festivities at the Palms Restaurant. The theme was the hit movie _A Star Is Born_ starring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga. The well wishes are already rolling in. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5521198/andy-cohen-baby-son/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5521198/andy-cohen-baby-son/"},"headline":"'I'm in Love. And Speechless.' 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