{"id":241575,"date":"2026-05-21T17:12:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T17:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/andy-cohen-explains-why-real-housewives-in-st-louis-hometown-is-a-hard-no-dont-need-this\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T17:12:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T17:12:57","slug":"andy-cohen-explains-why-real-housewives-in-st-louis-hometown-is-a-hard-no-dont-need-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/andy-cohen-explains-why-real-housewives-in-st-louis-hometown-is-a-hard-no-dont-need-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Cohen Explains Why \u2018Real Housewives\u2019 in St. Louis Hometown Is a \u2018Hard No\u2019: \u2018Don\u2019t Need This\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Out of all the potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/tag\/the-real-housewives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Real<\/i> <i>Housewives<\/i><\/a> locations, there likely will never be a season set in executive producer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/andy-cohen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Andy Cohen<\/b><\/a>\u2019s hometown of St. Louis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI think it is a hard no,\u201d Cohen, 57, recently told local news channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DYibVjtFiNV\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">KMOV<\/span><\/a>. \u201cI can\u2019t imagine how annoying it would be for my mom, dad, sister [and] everyone I know to be like, \u2018Oh, so-and-so auditioned\u2019 or \u2018So-and-so is on it and is mad at the edit.\u2019 I don\u2019t need this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Cohen, who grew up in St. Louis before moving to New York City amid his broadcast career, helped conceptualize the <i>Housewives <\/i>franchise. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/inside-the-real-housewives-renaissance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bravo behemoth<\/a> now features series based in Orange County, Beverly Hills, Salt Lake City, Potomac, Atlanta, Rhode Island, New York City and New Jersey. There were also iterations in Dallas, Miami and Dubai that have since been canceled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI have enough drama with <i>The Real Housewives of Orange County, Rhode Island, New York, Atlanta, Potomac,<\/i>\u201d he acknowledged. \u201cIt would be multiplied if it was in my hometown because it would be multiplying with everyone that I know having something to say to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Cohen added, \u201cI have so much noise in my life. I have<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/pictures\/andy-cohens-family-album-pics-with-son-ben-daughter-lucy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\"> two little children<\/span><\/a>. Also, trust me, it\u2019s good. We\u2019re good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Cohen welcomed son Ben via surrogate in 2019, three years before adding daughter Lucy to their family via a gestational carrier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI do not [want to have more kids]. I\u2019m good. Let me answer that very quickly,\u201d Cohen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/andy-cohen-gets-real-about-the-possibility-of-having-more-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">exclusively told <i>Us Weekly<\/i><\/span><\/a><i> <\/i>in 2022 of the possibility of expanding his brood further. \u201cThat being said, if I fall in love tomorrow and someone wants \u2026 I mean, then we\u2019re gonna have to talk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Cohen, who is openly gay, has long been candid about his search for love.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/andy-cohen-talks-parenting-secrets-being-a-gay-role-model-and-more\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Ultimate-Daddy-Andy-Cohen-Spills-His-Parenting-Secrets.jpg?crop=0px%2C115px%2C1692px%2C956px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Ultimate-Daddy-Andy-Cohen-Spills-His-Parenting-Secrets.jpg?crop=0px%2C115px%2C1692px%2C956px&amp;resize=200%2C113&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Ultimate-Daddy-Andy-Cohen-Spills-His-Parenting-Secrets.jpg?crop=0px%2C115px%2C1692px%2C956px&amp;resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Ultimate-Daddy-Andy-Cohen-Spills-His-Parenting-Secrets.jpg?crop=0px%2C115px%2C1692px%2C956px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Ultimate-Daddy-Andy-Cohen-Spills-His-Parenting-Secrets.jpg?crop=0px%2C115px%2C1692px%2C956px&amp;resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Ultimate-Daddy-Andy-Cohen-Spills-His-Parenting-Secrets.jpg?crop=0px%2C115px%2C1692px%2C956px&amp;resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Ultimate-Daddy-Andy-Cohen-Spills-His-Parenting-Secrets.jpg?crop=0px%2C115px%2C1692px%2C956px&amp;resize=900%2C506&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Ultimate-Daddy-Andy-Cohen-Spills-His-Parenting-Secrets.jpg?crop=0px%2C115px%2C1692px%2C956px&amp;resize=1000%2C563&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Ultimate-Daddy-Andy-Cohen-Spills-His-Parenting-Secrets.jpg?crop=0px%2C115px%2C1692px%2C956px&amp;resize=1200%2C675&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Ultimate-Daddy-Andy-Cohen-Spills-His-Parenting-Secrets.jpg?crop=0px%2C115px%2C1692px%2C956px&amp;resize=1600%2C900&amp;quality=74&amp;strip=all 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"The Ultimate Daddy Andy Cohen Spills His Parenting Secrets\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/andy-cohen-talks-parenting-secrets-being-a-gay-role-model-and-more\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">The Ultimate Daddy Andy Cohen Spills His Parenting Secrets<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tAndy Cohen became the first-ever openly gay host of a late-night talk show when Watch What Happens Live debuted in 2009. The 56-year-old dad to son Ben, 5, and daughter Lucy, 2, has publicly championed LGBTQ+ rights for years: He\u2019s served as the ambassador for the Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative, raised money for victims [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI feel for me, whenever I find someone that I\u2019m like, \u2018Wait a minute, this is a quality person,\u2019 I will make time,\u201d he told <i>Us. <\/i>\u201cThere\u2019s actually someone that I met recently who doesn\u2019t live here who was saying, \u2018Oh, well, maybe I\u2019ll come in town and are you busy that week?\u2019 And I said, \u2018I\u2019m busy every week, but there are 24 hours in a day.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Until then, Cohen is focused on parenthood and running his Bravo empire in between visits back home to St. Louis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019m not moving back, but I love to come, and my family\u2019s here. I actually have been coming a lot this year,\u201d Cohen added to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstalert4.com\/2026\/05\/20\/first-alert-foreward-andy-cohen-reflects-st-louis-roots-calls-downtown-revitalization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">KMOV<\/span><\/a>. \u201cThe more I come, the more it reignites my love.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/why-andy-cohen-says-housewives-in-st-louis-is-a-hard-no\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Out of all the potential Real Housewives locations, there likely will never be a season set in executive producer Andy Cohen\u2019s hometown of St. Louis. \u201cI think it is a hard no,\u201d Cohen, 57, recently told local news channel KMOV. \u201cI can\u2019t imagine how annoying it would be for my mom, dad, sister [and] everyone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":241576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-241575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}