After a week of rumors circulating that Andy Cohen has a new beau, the Bravo exec has finally broken his silence.
The host of Watch What Happens Live was caught on camera holding hands with businessman Kevin Sobieski on his birthday, sparking rumors that the two are dating, according to celebrity gossip sites and paparazzi photos of the two men that went viral on June 2.
Popular internet gossip account DuexMoi posted the photos of Cohen and a man identified as Sobieski holding hands with their fingers interlocked, alongside the caption, “Andy Cohen and his boyfriend Kevin spotted at Via Carota.”
TMZ also quickly ran with the story, alleging that the two men have been dating for a “few months.”
Now, Cohen has confirmed that he is officially off the market.
Does Andy Cohen have a boyfriend?
"For his birthday this year, it looks like Andy Cohen got himself a new man," TMZ reported. "He was snapped walking through New York hand-in-hand with Kevin Sobieski."
The now viral date night happened on Tuesday, June 2, at celebrity hotspot Via Carota in New York City’s West Village neighborhood, but on a new episode of SiriusXM's Radio Andy, Cohen finally spilled the tea about his new relationship that started long before the two men were caught on film.
Cohen admitted that he met his boyfriend at a July 4th party last year, where he was forward enough to insist that Sobieski take his number. This is the first time Cohen has dated anyone publicly since his relationship with John Hill in the early 2000s.
What is Andy Cohen saying about his new relationship?
On the June 8th episode of his radio show, Cohen said it took him a long time to find the right person because he was waiting for the right person to come along.
”People have asked me for a long time, 'When are you going to get a boyfriend? Why don't you have a boyfriend?' And I have always said, 'I will know when I meet the person," Cohen, 58, said. "I don’t want to be with the wrong person. I value my time too much. I value my life too much. I have great friends and a great life and great kids. My criteria about what I was looking for never changed. It’s always been a feeling for me. I’ve always followed the feeling."
Cohen, who has been dating Sobieski for 11 months, also gushed about just how wonderful his new man is.
"This man is kind and strong and smart, and he is an adult, and he loves my children, and they love him, and I love him," he said. "We have been so slow and deliberate and methodical about getting to know each other and introducing him to the kids and just entering him into the equation of my family so slowly.”
Although Cohen managed to keep his new boyfriend a secret from the public for almost a year, he admitted that he told some of the Real Housewives stars.
"The Housewives can keep secrets," he shared. “I showed them pictures of my guy at Bravo Con. I’m walking around to Kyle [Richards], Heather Dubrow, I mean, I’m showing them all pictures, and nobody, nobody said a word. It never got out."
Who is Kevin Sobieski?
Sobieski is a businessman who works at the asset management firm TPG as part of the organization’s portfolio operations team, where he focuses on healthcare investments, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Before being linked to Cohen, Sobieski dated composer and songwriter Benj Pasek from 2018 to 2022.
The two were photographed on the red carpet a number of times throughout their relationship, including at the opening of the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen, which Pasek composed. He also created the music for films like La La Land and The Greatest Showman.
What are people saying about Andy Cohen's potential relationship?
The dating rumors spread quickly, and the internet has already made up its mind and is busy passing judgment on the pairing.
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