Andy Cohen shut down speculation that he got plastic surgery ahead of hosting CNN’s “New Year’s Eve Live.”
“Did the smallest amount of Botox and lost 20 pounds ! And had a lot of makeup on,” Cohen wrote via Threads on Thursday.
The comment came in response to fan Thread reading, “I just saw the new clips of Andy Cohen on NYE and WTF did he do to his face?!? Is he trying to find a new husband at Mar-a-Lago?”
The “Watch What Happens Live” host appeared alongside Anderson Cooper for the fan-favorite New Year’s Eve broadcast from Times Square on Wednesday evening.
Many fans sounded off on the Bravo mogul’s appearance with supportive comments.
“He looked like he always has … rested and refreshed no doubt. Handsome man. As well as Anderson too ❤️👏🏼” one person wrote, while another added, “Don’t pick on Andy ! He’s perfect 😍”
A third noted that Cohen is “obviously entirely entitled to do whatever makes him continue to feel fabulous!”
“Darling, you looked marvelous,” a fourth gushed.
Cohen, 57, confessed earlier this year to having used Botox to achieve a more youthful appearance.
“I just got it for the first time in my life,” he told Dr. Contessa Metcalfe during the “Married to Medicine” Season 11 reunion in March.
When asked “how long ago,” Cohen replied, “About a month ago. They gave me a little.”
“The millions of women who watch these franchises are tired of you asking women ‘what work they had done,’” a critic wrote on X at the time.
“This isn’t 2009 anymore and women can do whatever they want to their face/bodies,” they continued. “It’s time to retire this question. It’s rude and does 0 for the viewers.”
Cohen responded, “‘What work have you done’ remains at the top of the list of viewer questions every season, every franchise.”
“The HW have unabashedly let us into their beauty regimes since day one; It’s a big part of the series DNA.”
Prior to the social media exchange, “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” cast member Erika Jayne slammed Cohen for the line of questioning during a 2019 reunion episode.
“I hate it when people say ‘What work have you had done?’ What work have you had done? I think she should answer it, but at the same time it’s kind of rude,” Jayne interrupted Cohen as he relayed a fan question to Dorit Kemsley.
At the time, Cohen gently explained that there was “no judgment” in the question.
“I think since the ‘Housewives’ has begun, one of the tropes I think that is common among every city and every franchise is women chasing the fountain of youth and trying to look better and look great,” he said.
