Andy Cohen certainly had to grow up and FAST in this comical continuation of his diary series! With one toddler, Ben, he seemed to be able to handle most of his many jobs and friends and parties, but when his second child Lucy was born via surrogate, making two children under 3, on top of building his dream house in the Hamptons, renovating his apartment, working on his Watch What Happens Live show, Sirius Radio show, hosting New Year’s Eve on CNN with bestie Anderson Cooper, and dealing with temperamental housewives, well, I’m exhausted from just writing the above!
It was his year of reflection, informing the reader he realized he had overshared in his previous diary and promised his friends he would do better. This, I was not too happy about, but he does sometimes give clues as to whose name he is NOT dropping. He also begins to understand that being a single parent, even with all the help he has can be exhausting. Being a single gay dad with a son in preschool can also be a bit lonely.
The diary is a day by day of his non-stop life. His days include Teresa drama, The Housewives of Beverly Hills reunion drama, buying a toddler bed for Ben who takes full advantage of not being in a crib anymore and Cohen trying (begging) him to please stay in his room when he wakes up! And planning a Thanksgiving dinner in which his mother feels is more a party for his friends.
He relents about his parents, especially his mother and how no matter what he does she’s not happy. He tells a very funny story about getting his father a winter coat, which his father is perplexed at, and Andy having to tell him it’s because you live in St. Louis and it’s cold in the winter? But he also knows they are proud of him as they all gather to see him get his star on The Walk of Fame in Hollywood.
The name droppings are everything! We have SJP of course, Amy Sedaris, John Hickey, Anderson Cooper and John Mayer. So many more! Some who drop in for “night nightcaps” which is a thing in his world, but perhaps not in too many other places?
How he juggles it all is amazingly exhausting! But organized. Although he still goes out sometimes after shooting Watch What Happens, it is not as regular, and he certainly cannot stay out very late. Especially with Ben in that stupid toddler bed!
He charts for us his progress, and failures at trying to lose the extra weight he put on during Covid because he’s too cheap to go buy new clothes! And by the way, his favorite food is French Onion Soup which makes an appearance sometimes more than some celebrities!
But all in all, for anyone who enjoys Andy Cohen and I do find him very funny in the I think of him as a friend in my head kind of way, you will certainly enjoy his latest amusing, sarcastic, embarrassing and warm stories.
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