A Week of Vacation, Another Blizzard, and Getting Our Ears Waxed

Hey, it's Andy Cohen here with this week's chapter of Andy Cohen's Daddy Diaries podcast. The high highs and low lows of my life is a daddy to two kids and dozens of housewives. Hey everybody, it is Andy. Joining me as always is my co-host John Hill. Hey John. Hi. This week John and I are back from winter break while I was hatched down at home during the Blizzard. All about the Bahamas, the kids, the traders reunion. John and I went on a Valentine's Day field trip to a waxing center. John went on a mission to find his David Beckham sunglasses. My kids wreaked havoc. There was everything happened this week. This is Andy Cohen's Daddy Diaries podcast. Monday, February 23rd, 2026. Good morning everybody. I'm Andy Cohen for broadcasting from my office. It is, it's, it's massive. This is a massive, massive snowstorm. I'll take a picture of my office and post it for y'all on my stories. Good morning John Hill is in Los Angeles. He's in his t-shirt. He's smiling. Hi John. Hi. It's so nice here. Now dear, remind me, why are you in Los Angeles? Well as you may recall, on Thursday Friday of last week I had the trip of a lifetime to smile Texas. Smile Texas, yes. Yes. Where I received the gift of a gum lift, gum graphs and two dental implants. So I'm a little, well then still. Yes. I received the luxury of that experience. Yes. I can't wait to see the results. Well, they're only temporary in right now, but it's going to be a, you know, long process, but a beautiful one. Enjoy. Anyway, when I booked the trip, I didn't really look at the treatment plan and I said, well, I'll be halfway across the country. It's freezing in New York. I'll just stop back through LA. I have to pick up mail from my old apartment, get a haircut. I'll just kind of like spend some warm time out there. I shouldn't have traveled maybe after these procedures. It wasn't fun to travel with the Smollon mouth, but now it's fine. I'm on the mend and I'm stuck here while you're in a blizzard. So. Wow. Not bad. Looks like you made the right call, John. That's right. That's right. I will say I did get back yesterday from the Bahamas. It felt super counterintuitive, racing back into this storm. Yet, you know, we've had so many snowstorms and here we are yet again, another and at 10 o'clock, three a.m. East Coast time. Let me say we are still getting pummeled with snow right now. I mean, it's Jordan. You are in where you right now. I am at home in Westchester. And how is it where you are? I mean, I'm assuming you can't even leave your house. Yeah, it was like one of those like, it was like a cartoon where you open the door and then there's like two feet of snow just like snowing you in. So yeah, it's right. I got a lot of work to do later. And all y'all's kids have snow days, right? They sure do. Yes, they sure do. I wish I could be there. On my face. Yes, sure did. Well, Ben's little friend, Nikki from down the street has just arrived. So hopefully Nikki, they're going to leave me alone. The remote's not working in the family room. That's the crisis inside the house right now. So he was in my bed watching. Jordan, are you familiar with this show about like the big bear and all the little cute little things around the bear? It's on Netflix or something. I'm familiar with a children's book, The Bear Snorlaxon. And it's like a, oh wait, I know it's like a bear in Lemmings, right? Yes, yes, yes, yes, it's like, they're like seven minute episodes, which is very annoying to me. Anyway, yada yada yada. I hope they don't show the part where the Lemmings all commit group suicide and jump up with it. No, no. They're always jumping off cliffs and stuff, but they live in this. Okay. Um, I came back from the Bahamas. I was watching your location right when my flights were getting canceled. I saw that you were in the Bahamas and then all of a sudden you were back so quickly, that seemed very easy in the middle of a storm. Are you flying commercial? Uh, I wasn't. Wow. Incredible. Incredible. I was not, to be honest. And also, yeah. And so I was thinking I was like, wow, the one time that I spring for a plane. Here you go. Oh, you made the right decision. You pay for efficiency. You get efficiency, right? I thought I was literally on the phone with Delta and they were saying that no, I can't get out until Thursday. And I was like, wow, what's Andy going to do? Hopefully he's back. And I saw you were at the Bahamas airport. And I almost said, why are you wasting your time? You can't get back. And then I got distracted. And the next thing I knew you were safe and sound like I was stunned. I thought they were going to say, sorry, all the runways are closed. And you're stranded. And then I thought, this is the best possible worlds I already paid for this plane. The plane is in the Bahamas. You know, maybe this plane will be able to get out on Tuesday. So I was thinking, you know, I'm now, I'm live tonight after below deck on Watchwood Up and Slive, we're going to be doing a, you know, snowstormy show from the clubhouse, which should be fun. And here we are. But yeah, I couldn't believe it. I was ready to do a Zoom show from the Bahamas this morning. And I was, yeah, anyway, there we were on the plane watching the finals of the hockey, which was very exciting. My nanny is a huge hockey fan. And she knows a lot of the players on Team USA. And it was like a very big deal for her to the point that our departure time, our wheels up time got moved up a few hours. They were like, we can slot you into Titoboro, but you have to leave at 11 a.m. I'm like, okay, we got to get out of here, guys. We were packing and going crazy. My nanny was so focused on the game that I was scared of her. Like I was like, is there anything else I can do for you? Do you need this? Do you need that? Like I was a psycho. It was actually kind of funny. But the trip itself was so great. I did everything. It was my first trip since my summer vacation, by the way. I've not gone with the family anywhere. I stayed in town for Christmas. Oh, well, we went to St. Louis for Thanksgiving. Does that count? I don't think it counts. I read two books. I spent so much time with my kids. I slept so much. I was going to bed at like 9.30 or 10 and sleeping 9 or 10 hours a night. It was lovely. It was just everything I wanted the vacation to be. It was really, really nice. So thanks for asking how it was. And Ben learned how to play backgammon. John, you know what a huge deal this is for me now. Yes. Go backgammon, buddy. Yes. In the house. Lucy, by the way, for months has been saying that our nanny is taking us to the Bahamas. And she and I'm like, and I keep saying, I'm taking us to the Bahamas. It's daddy and the morning we were leaving last Monday morning at 6 a.m. I overhear her saying to the nanny, is daddy coming? Yeah, daddy's taking us. It's my thing. It's crazy. Anyway, I suppose that little homeless kittens in the Bahamas. Oh my god, that kept up. I mean, we're trying. How long do I let this homeless kitten thing go on, Jordan? Oh, you have to let it play out. Just let it. I mean, forever. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Just why stop it? Yeah. Cause she's literally like my own now, my own this morning. She's like, oh no. She's, she's, she's how she's processing something, whether it's stress or she's trying to dissociate from something. Just let it go until she demands you like pin a tail on her 24/7. Then it's, then maybe it's gone too far. But for now, it seems really cute. I took them out last night. We went out for our Sunday dinner and Ben at the table was saying, he's like, I have a tummy ache, daddy. Cause I was like, eat more of your spaghetti and meat sauce. He's like, I have a tummy ache and I'm like, then stop drinking your chocolate milkshake. And he's like, I don't have a tummy ache. I'm like, okay. So he's like, who wearing his chocolate milkshake? Well, his beautiful green rug and his hallway outside of the, the, the, the, the, the, the out of his room is now stained with chocolate milkshake and spaghetti barf that was my night. Welcome back to New York City daddy. A blizzard of vomit. I spent a lot of time with that. It's been a lot of time. I was using fresh snow to kind of water down the surface. It just seemed more glamorous to go on my terrace and pick up some snow. I woke up this morning thinking that the snow storm was a bust and but it's absolutely not. I I posted on threads. I'm like, is it me or is this a bust? And everyone was like, this is horrible. You're terrible. Like, okay, fine. Well, we have so much to talk about. So much happened while we were gone. It really did. There were a lot of things that happened. I mean, Nancy got three still missing. Like there are huge things going on that are crazy. I'm starting to kind of crazy. Have weird conspiracy theory. Me too. I am. Yeah. Absolutely. You too. It's very shady, honey. Yeah. Well, then they were saying it could be like years until they find her, which is what is the bunkers? No. And then there's the doorbell cam where they clearly have somebody on there. I don't understand. Oh God. Poor Savannah. It's just reeks of shade. I know. We lost Savannah. I love her. I know. The great Eric Dane passed away the other day. ALS is just unbelievable. Absolute tragedy. And we loved him so much, but both are great on this show. Yeah. They're both up for you can listen on demand and you can hear how full of life he was and he was so he was so gay and emotionally mature. He was emotionally mature, but he was also gay and funny and he was flirty and he was a little dirty. I mean, he just he was one of those people that I remember we had him on because I was such a euphoria fan. And then I was like, wait a minute. This guy is just gold. He's great. So sending all of our love to his family and his two kids. Very sad. John, very excited. Yeah. Now what were his last words? No, we had there's this big thing. It's really amazing to watch. Netflix like has this last words thing. It's his long kind of letter to his daughters at the very end. He's like, and these are my last words. And and then it's the Dung from Netflix. I would just feel like they could leave the logo off. You know what I mean? Like if it was a transcript, and these are my last words duck Dung, it's on something is just you should watch the clip because when I was watching it, I was like, this is what the world needs now. This is going to pierce through the bullshit. This is wisdom and beauty and light and love. And then there's everything have to be branded like with Netflix logo. Right. Anyway, what were you going to say? I was going to say it was very excited to hear from you a couple times during break that you have become a fan of the key lounge. Oh yeah. It became part of my morning routine. This is very exciting to me. Oh yeah, I'm really, really I may have always liked the music, but I have a very specific morning routine and it is phone off until I finish my self care, you know, and make my beverage and everything. Just I have a morning to myself without any internet or anything. And but I always have music playing and it's a little bit of a hit and miss. It's been a little bit of like can't find the right groove, but I just started putting on the key key lounge on my very nice sound bar that I invested in. And you suggested that. And then I thought that's going to be too loud or whatever, but it's the perfect vibe in the morning. And it's perfect vibe late at night too. Yes. I'm very happy to hear that. What did you think of my McCauge ad campaign? The folks that my viral puffer jacket. The first thing I thought was that the production value was so incredible. I know what cameras they're using, but like it's beautifully done. Yes. And yes, I was very excited and amazing. For my trouble, they gave me a matching coat for Ben. I tell you that. It's so I already told you that. It's so I saw it in person. And he, but he has gotten his so filthy. It's like covered in grease. He's like, sorry, daddy. I didn't take it off a corner. Be strode the other day. I'm like, man, so we've already washed it once. I just, it's crazy. But when he and I trust and believe when he and I walk on the street together, wearing our matching coats, it's a little bit of a spectacle. I mean, it's the other day I can't remember where we were going, but I didn't wear it. And he goes, Daddy, why didn't you wear the coat? I go, it's just too much. I go, I don't need people coming up to us. He goes, do you not like it when people talk to you? Like it turned into this whole thing. Anyway, so that's that. Love my new coat. Thank you, very much. I love my new coat. Yes. I got John a macaque coat. I did the traders reunion while we were on break. And it was really good. I have to say judging by Rina and Candace on Twitter since the game, since they've been eliminated spoilers. Sorry. Do you think they realized that it was a game? Like I think Candace does. Candace's husband is tweeting all this crazy stuff about Rob. It's like, it's a game called the traders. But every housewife who's ever been on that show has this issue with the exception of maybe like Jaree. They, I mean, the worst case being Larsa where they forget that it's a game because they, they are so used to being triggered by what someone says about them or professionals that that just can't help it. But I think, like I think to Rinda knows that it was a game. I think I think their housewives know it was a game brandy as I spoke about last week. But their son has my skill is that is the drama. Right. Yes. Not the game. But anyway, it's just, it is, it's, it's wild to see some of the post, you know, tweets and stuff. I was on the flight back from the, from the traders reunion on like the day after and I was sitting there. I, you know, listening to this show that I love flying because I get so much work done. And I'm up there and I usually am screening a lot of housewives shows basically and doing, doing my notes on those shows. And I was sitting very rapidly, very rapidly watching the Potomac reunion. And this flight attendant came up and she said, so what's the news with Savannah's mom? And I said, and I had my headphones on and I said, I'm, I'm sorry. She said, what's the news with Savannah's mom? I said, I really don't know, but I'm very sad about it. And then, she, and then I went back to my thing. And then she comes over and she's like, so you don't watch ET. I go, what? She goes, you don't follow the news. I go, excuse me. What is it? She goes, you, you only know the housewives then. You don't know what's going on with Savannah's mom. Is that what you know? And I go, yeah, that's what I know, lady. Like I started getting a little crazy. Okay. And then she said, well, you know what? You're no fun. And I'm like, you know what? I'm doing my work. I'm not fun. I'm working right now. How's that? I am, I am not fun. So then I land and it's Friday night. And you know, I just want to get home. I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm done. And my driver has gone to the wrong terminal. Now I realize this is a, you know, first world problem. Your driver going to the wrong terminal. But I'm just standing there for 25 minutes, you know, and he keeps saying, I'm three minutes away, but he's not three minutes away. And I'm going crazy. And I get in the car. And I was, you guys, I was crazy in the car. Like I was like a little bit caged animal. You know, I was like, well, I mean, you know, I mean, I've just been standing there for 25 minutes. And it's like, now I'm not going to be able to see my kids because they're going to go to bed. And you know, when he's like, I'm sorry. And then, you know, whatever. And then I was like talking to my parents on the phone and my mom's like, God, it's late. I go, well, I, I said I was May 25 minutes later. And then now we're getting close to home. And of course it was so much traffic and it was over an hour to get home whatever. Now we're getting close to home. And now I'm doing that thing where I feel that I've been too harsh on the driver. And I am like, you know what? Well, I go, well, we're getting close. I go, I really hope you have a really nice night. And I hope the rest of your weekend is good. Like I'm like Mr. Kindness now. And like, and you know what I am? I'm a gas lighter. I'm gas lighting this person into forgetting what a dick I was. And he said, listen again, I want to apologize. And I said, oh no, I go, it's not even, I said that was not your fault. I said they told you the wrong German to go to. Now it was his fault by the way, but you know, I was totally changing. I said it wasn't your fault, all good. Now we've pulled up to the thing and he does what I hate a driver to do. And I always say, don't get out, don't get out. I never want my driver to get out of the car when I get out because it's just pointless. I don't need help. I got it. I was only traveling with a backpack by the way, but you know, whatever. So I said, all good, like thank you. He says to me, I would appreciate it if you would give me a five star review. And I said, oh no. I said, well I'm, I'm, he, he got me back. I go, well, I'm not doing that. And I said, but have a good night. I walked away and I didn't give him a review. But like, can you imagine I'd appreciate a five star review? Like I can actually, I don't, I think in those moments when you're raging, can you take a moment of pause to skip forward to say, would I like it? Am I going to feel bad about being such an asshole later and just, yeah, I know I am kind of surrendered to the moment. Right. So maybe like, and then that way you won't be an asshole and you'll have given away a little kindness. This person, what I've learned about the drivers is I hate when they get out to, but it's part of what they perceive to be an integral part of their job. And if they don't get out, they won't get a review. They won't get a tip. And I think it's just in there. It's, they're doing their job by saying, hey, give me five stars because I think their livelihood really depends on it. I don't think he was saying anything personal about it wasn't my fault. I think he would say it's anybody like, hey, give me five stars. That's part, that's part of the sign off. It's like, hey, thanks for writing me five stars. Like that is their bread and butter. And I think you should have given him five stars who cares. The world is burning. Just like it costs you nothing to get five stars. All right. All right. Well, now I feel terrible. Jesus. I would be mad if it was 25 minutes late too. But you're in control of how you were a dickness. Yes. I mean, but excuse me, you will admit that it is kind of funny that the guy is like, I had to appreciate a five star review. I mean, you have to admit that's kind of funny, John. My driver from Smaltex is we were almost, I almost was my flight because he said, hey, I could see his navigation. And it was, he had gone the wrong way. Oh, no. And he was trying to pass it off like, oh, hey, just so you know, like, I don't like this freeway. So we're going to go in this other freeway. I was like, girl, I can see that you missed the turn. That's fine. Like, why this charade? Just say like, oh, shit, I missed it. Like big deal. They don't have a Delta lounge in Houston, Bush. Wow. All I wanted was yogurt oatmeal or soup or something. I couldn't chew or and I wanted some ice. I was like, this is what I'm going to do. When we get to the airport early, I'm going to fill up a baggy with ice. I'm going to sit there with it on my cheek and I'm going to suck down yogurt and oatmeal. They don't even have a Delta sky lounge in. I'm sorry, babe. I was very mad. It's rough. Okay. Now, hold on. Back to the annoying flight attendant. Was that United or American? You're American. American. You got to change. They never do that to you in Delta one. I, you know, I'm concierge key on Americans. I'm just locked in. Anyway, we have so much to talk about today. We are going to take a break. We are going to come back. I do want to recommend the book that I read. I read two books. Post about them book, but special shout out. Long Island compromise. It is so good, you guys. It's out in paperback. It is excellent. It's about eight. It's a great book. It is about a middle, the upper, it's about a rich family on the island and kind of what money does. It's really good. Did you see all those videos from that plastic surgeon, Dr. Divya, who was like responding to Kelly Dodd and then got into like this like Instagram war with her? Oh my god. Oh, is she a plastic surgeon? She's like a double board certified doctor and one of them is plastic surgery and she was kind of a reconstruction surgeon. No, is that what she does? She's a breast cancer reconstruction surgeon. Read to constructive surgeon. Oh my god. She's so smart and was just, she became like the internet's darling on Instagram. I read. I actually, there was so much of it and it was incredible. I don't think I've seen someone get decimated like that in a long time. It was impressive. Wow. She got eaten alive by that board certified doctor. And it was like Kelly was also like deleting videos, but of course they live forever on the internet. So then like people were so cute. Margarita Lady deletes a lot of videos too. Anyway, Anderson announced he's leaving 60 minutes. What an incredible run he had on that show 20 years. And it seems like, listen, a good time to see a ship girl. Focus on your family. It was like a good time. Tuesday, February 24th, 2026. Woo! I am still home in my cozy apartment. Had a lot of fires going over the last 24 hours. Oh, kids are cozy. How you doing in LA, John? You know I'm good. I'm throwing out. Good. Yeah, enjoying my new temporary teeth from smiles. I'm fat. One of your Ben's lists of things he's going to do when I die. Yes. Spend the money. Not eat broccoli. Do whatever he wants. Not listen to me. He told me. Okay. He told me. Not listen. He said he hopes that my soul can see him doing all these things that I have told him not to do after I pass. He's very big on my soul either seeing him after I pass or hugging him after I pass or whatever. So it's very interesting. But you know what I said? It is interesting. I said, you know what Ben? That sounds like a good list. I agree with you. You know, yeah. He's processing and learning, trying to go up in his own belief system of what a soul is and what happens if you die? Like this is him figuring that out. It's amazing. He's sharing. You get a front row seat to this process that we all at one point or another did. He said to me on the trip. But we were in the Bahamas with two of my girlfriends that I've been friends with since junior high came. Jeannie and Jackie. And he told me at one point he thought that Jeannie and Jackie were sisters. And I go, oh my God. I go, no Ben. I go, they're not sisters. They're we're like old friends. And he put his hand. He's so funny. He put his hand on his head. He goes, oh my God. He goes, I've thought this the whole time. Meaning his whole time being alive. I go. Come as a pair. They kind of know what they really do. But it's so funny. The other night he was going to bed and he said, for the love of God, Lucy, let me sleep in the morning. I'm like, for the love of God, like he is such an old Jewish man. His kid is like an old soul. It's so funny. Um, anyway, funny, funny. John and I had a feeling. trip before I left and I will say it was spurred on by Ben Cohen and I played the audio here telling me that I look quote more like a grandpa than a dad and when I asked him why he thought that he said you have whiskers on your ears. So John and I took a field trip where did we go John? It was actually on Valentine's Day. Where else do you want to be in your life other than on a date with your ex at European waxing centers where we got our ears and noses waxed? And I guess who I brought is my Valentine's Day to watch. So cute. Ben Cohen came to watch. It was really, really cute. He was so enthralled because when they ripped the stuff out it's covered in nasty, nasty old man hair. And now I have like Brazilian like smooth ears. They're very sensual. My ears are so pristine. And let me say this when they rip that ball of wax off of your ear and then they show it to you and it is covered in the longest hairs. I was like, oh, wait a minute. I was not examined it. They had double dough on you. Oh, they went back twice. She goes, we got to go back twice. And then I'm like, Ben, come here. Look at it. It Ben lost interest in the hairy wax man that came out of my ear, my ear fetus. It was crazy. Yeah. I felt very well taken care of because it is such an, I didn't realize it was going to be that harrowing to see what actually comes out of you in that process. I thought it was just going to be a light peach fuzz. But men over 45 also. All right. There's no myself included. There's a jungle growing in the ears. And it's a beautiful purple wax, gorgeous hot product. Yeah. Our technician was lovely. And John, when did they tell me that I should be going back like two months? Six months. Yeah, I think it's two months, they said. Yeah. And I think that once you do it a few times, you can do it kind of, you can spread them out more. Yes. Yes. And back, I will be going back. You didn't see my results, but mine was less than you. Of course you did. Yes. But I have felt very like more confident. Oh. I didn't know that I was walking around with the shame of such a dirty ear. It was showing kind of like a, but now I just am very proud. Right. Right. Gorgeous holes. Yeah. And I'm actually just gorgeous. They're everywhere. Jordan, they can do things for you. I'm sure not. Oh, don't bring Jordan. No, they know it's a, they it's an industrial. I know, but this is a coming in HR issue. Yes, Jordan. We can't hear you, darling. Yes. Now we can. Oh, no, we can't hear you again. Oh my God. Jordan's microphone. Okay. Now. Here, I'll edit this. Yeah, just start talking Jordan. I'll head you off there. Oh. Now, can you hear me? Yup. Yes. I was going to say, my Instagram algorithm is full of like your waxing videos. So I actually kind of wish you took a picture of this. Well, we're going to take you algorithm is just full of hot guys. And every time I look at a hot guy, yeah, I know, John. Because every time I look, there's a like from John. I know. Well, because for a while, I was trying to train my algorithm to show me, you know, gym, aspirational stuff. Now I'm going back in unharding and unfollowing hot guys because I'm more enriching things in my feed. That's true. And I think why would those guys unharding them? Well, if I happen to see that if I get fed some hot guy and I've already liked it, I unlike it. Oh, okay. I'll go to them to show me enriching things for my brain. I know, but if, oh, okay. Now I was blown away while we were gone by the clips of Michelle Obama talking about the Jersey Housewives, but there is a clip of her describing me getting pushed by Teresa Judice. Did you hear it, John? Yes. And I would like to hear it again. Do we have it? Do we have it, Jordan? Yes. Do we have it? Okay. Let's hear this. It's so insane. Go to New Jersey. Okay. But you got to start. I go pick a season that you can start maybe right around the time she's about to go to jail. Okay. Would be a good one. But Teresa is a pill. And there was one time in the reunion when she like almost knocked out Andy Cohen. A fist going. She was going after another housewife and he was trying to stop her. This is the host. She takes one arm and just pushes him out of the way and she's a little, these are little ladies, but she's strong. I love that one. That was another one. Okay. All right. Say, Michelle Obama liked seeing me get pushed by Teresa. I don't take that. That is wild. My God. I couldn't believe it. I texted with Teresa about it. I was like Teresa. The way that she spoke about you, like because she, that wasn't all she said. There was like five minutes of clips and she refers to Teresa's daughters. It's beautiful. And I mean, she really, she, she notes what's up. It's wild. Yes. She really does. Now Jordan, should we do some viewer, listen to her mail now and then go to break or should we go to live? Yeah. Let's get into the mail back. Let's get into some, okay, let's get into some listener mail, John. Listener mail. Listener mail. Listener mail. Listener mail. Uh, hold on. Hold on. It's, it's a different system today. Oh boy. Hold on. No, it's good. It's coming. I just, okay. It's not, hey, my system is tight and right. We know. Listener mail. This is from Kay. Andy and John, this your neighborhood looked like the other parts of Manhattan with a piles of dirty snow dog poop in mountains of trash bags. Just curious. If so, what are your thoughts? Now, I will speak to this first as the owner of a dog who poops out the size of a raisinet poop once a day. I picked that up and sometimes I go, you know what? I'm wasting trash bags by picking up this little acorn. Right. I poop, but I do it because when I lived in New York before I saw it happen and my dog, Alison Janney was on this show and we talked about it. The, the, the people don't pick up their poop. Snow goes on top of that. It's just layers of poop. Snow, poop, snow, poop, snow. And then it all melts and then it's a river of poop and then your dogs are walking in it and they get jardia and then they die area in your house. So it's a cycle of poop. But no, why are people not picking it up? And I'm talking. These are big dogs. They're just leaving. They're leaving. They're leaving. But it's interesting, but here's what's happening. We had a huge snow storm. As you know, earlier in January, like massive. And it was followed by like three weeks of temperatures that were under ice. Ice. I'm going to say under 25 degrees. So nothing melted and it screwed up everything. And as a result, there are all these videos going around of New York City to make it look like it's this housecape. And everyone's blaming it on mom Donnie and he's a socialist. And the amount and before this snow storm happened like on Sunday, everyone was, and when I say everyone, everyone who doesn't live in New York City and doesn't know what they're talking about. And I was posting like, how do you feel about your new mayor now? New York. I got to tell you something. All of these posts, they are making me not only more proud to be a New Yorker, but they're making me support the mayor even more than I ever did. I think such a great job. Let us deal with what we have going on here. Don't you worry about it? Just by the way, you're posting from like Oklahoma, which has the worst educated people in the country. So just deal with your own problems. You're right. It does give you sense of pride because it's like, bitch, you wouldn't last two seconds. We say, yes, this is happening. Yes, it's annoying. Yes, there's snow that was six feet tall. It was frozen because it couldn't melt had nothing to do with anybody else. But we were like, all right, we'll walk around it. No one was exactly like we can handle it. Yes, and you could handle it. Yeah, this is what we do. This is what we do. Yeah, we're good. Yeah, we don't need it. What else is taking care of? What else? - That's a good listener, male, John. - Saludos from Corpus Christi, Texas. Shout out, John. So my husband and I have been obsessed with Whisper Wednesday since its inception. He works out of town and shit you not every single Wednesday when we call each other, we whisper. For like the last two years, if you recall, last year a woman called in instead of her son started hava juevis and tells jokes in Spanish class on Thursdays, you like my accent, I'm taking to a lingo. We do that too, except he tells me the same lame ass joke every week, but it's our thing. And I laugh like it's the first time I heard it. He even makes his employees tell jokes on Thursday and whispers in their daily meeting on Wednesdays. And we counted down the days to this year's Whisper Wednesday and chef's kiss as per usual. And side note, the husband who works out of town 90% of the year, secrets of marital bliss. - Wow, that's great. - Saludos. Christina from Indiana, I've been playing word chums with Andy for several years. I'm a dead head since the 80s and also a B-52s fan. I feel like we should have been besties. I have not like Whisper Wednesdays in the past, but this year made me laugh out loud when Andy cursed about having to do the live reads in a Whisper and nearly spit out my coffee, keep up the good work. I love you, John in your show is a highlight of my day. - I wonder if she is sea weaver because I have been playing with sea weaver. - Well, don't blow up her spot. - Yeah. What else? - Kelly Higgins, one year ago I called in from the hospital to announce the birth of my daughter, Liliana Rose. I'm happy to say that we have survived one year. - Yeah. - We just wanna let you know that listen to your show during maternity leave was a constant comfort. Last year it's a time that can sometimes be lonely as your snuggled up in a bubble. While the world moves on around you, your banter made it feel like I was surrounded by old friends, glad you're back in New York, John, and Andy your parenting stories always hit home along with great advice from Jordan. Best wishes to you all and if possible, wish, would you wish my girl, Liliana Rose, a happy first birthday. - Happy birthday, Liliana Rose. Feliz Coppagnano, yo, Liliana Rose. - Feliz Coppagnano, Liliana Rose. - Aile, Aile, A-Wile, how unbelievably 14 year old Mean Girls, John and Andy to get off on Jill Z firing from new show, King Gratz, you telling listeners to call E to complain, probably help get that done. Jill expressed an opinion, she didn't like the half time show. She murdered anyone's cat. That's why the live is largely election. - I did not express it. - Because it doesn't align with Hollywood politics and the woke culture, first of all, you, okay. Just because someone didn't care for something, doesn't make them racist. I have a coworker who commits fraud, lies every day on teams, call her husband's cast and her, she engages in conflicts, he can behavior, lazy as fuck, low, okay, this is crazy. Not everything is racism. Jill, all right. - All right. - To voice her opinion. - Yeah, well she did. And guess what? - It's a racist opinion, dumbass. - Well, no, guess what? I, I didn't express Glee. I will say, was I a little, yeah, let's see. Well, did I, I didn't, I don't think I express Glee. I think me saying, call E was, I mean, it was a little, what that meant was, don't complain to me. I got nothing to do with it. - Not your problem. - So, you know what, if there's something that's not my problem, yeah, consider me, you know. - How about this? - It's not be that something that's not my problem. What I couldn't believe in, what I expressed on the radio was, and it made me sad actually, was the Zeran Fabrics thing. I just couldn't believe it. I never thought I would see it. And I was, and I don't want anyone to think I was gleeful talking about that Zeran Fabrics thing. Couldn't believe it. Yeah. What else, Jill? - I hated this email. - Okay, Reg from New Jersey writes, "John is an icon in a legend, so I hate to say this, but Andy is somewhat right about Starbucks T. It is indeed jet fuel, contained in a small bag. However, it tastes like the liquid from a bar mat. Embarrassed to say that I still drink it for the euphoric buzz, sorry, John. Andy, get the Fortinam and Mason brand and make it at home. It actually tastes good. Just don't expect the associated high. Now I will say, our listeners should-- - Well, I only do it for the whole-- - For the whole-- - For the whole Fortinam and Mason T. And I was drinking the bags at once. And I loved it. Thank you to our listener. - Yeah, it was great. It's really, really good, yes. But I do, it is like jet fuel. And that's why I'm addicted to it. - Well, I got a espresso machine and I do two double espressos with a little bit of oat milk in the morning. And if you want to get cracked out of your ass, give it a try. T-what. - T-what. - I tell you-- - I tell you. I did not cover any of my outdoor furniture for the entire winter. All of these couches from Restoration Hardware that are, they ain't cheap. Well, Jordan, why are you looking like that? I mean, you think it's gonna be that bad on my furniture? - No, I'm making a face because I also didn't cover any of my outdoor furniture and then berated myself for not doing it. And then certainly had the opportunity in between snowstorms to cover it. - Yes, it's very hard. - And I still didn't do it. - Yeah, me too. - Okay. - We'll see. - I mean, by the way, the snow is just falling off the top of this green house-like structure that I'm in. So, I don't know. Interesting. All right, John, what else is in this? - Tali, what else is in our-- - Yes, yes. Mailbag. Take it or leave it. This is Tali from Oahu. After 15 years in education, it sounds like Ben is ready to start journaling to build his reflection skills. I'm into this. I recommend letting him pick out a journal and to start, you can do it together or you can put chosen stickers or short words by specific dates to reflect how the day or week was. This can be five to 10 minutes, once a day, once a week, whatever feels comfortable. I say it because you shared he was reflecting already on the slime birthday, getting too many sweets. It's truly great to start these impactful habits early. I don't think Lucy is ready, but if you get one for big brother, you're bestie. Andy, your great father from what I can tell, but there will never be enough for you to go around. And it's great to start showing them how to self-soothe early. Boom, love it. True. Yes, that is good. Yeah. Yeah. Myra. Andy, I wanted to tell you that I too have some human kitties at home. I have three-year-old twins, boy and girl, and they take turns pertaining to be a kitty. The cutest thing is that they are each other's own us. Thanks for making me laugh each day. (laughing) Oh no. Okay. Laura Quinn can Andy finally wash his hands with any Woody Allen support. Love you, Threaded the Moon heart. I'm not actively supporting Woody Allen. I don't know what is he one for me to publicly denounce Woody Allen. I don't, I love Woody Allen movies. I'm not gonna get over that. I don't, that's just where I'm at. Yeah. I mean, it's a big conversation. We have about a bunch of different people. I don't like hearing Michael Jackson music. It makes me think of bad things, but also a lot of people are, I mean, that shows a big hit on Broadway. People don't have any problem at all. It's different people. I just re-watched Vicky Christina Barcelona because I'm going to Barcelona and I was able to separate because you don't see, I don't think you know the Allen when I'm watching the movie "Sunday's Night in the Duel." When are you going to Barcelona, babe? Last week of May. Oh, great. We're off. That's our week. It's a little piece of viewer message. But that being said, Woody Allen, bad, bad, bad, bad. Yes, den out. Let's go ahead. I got a piece of viewer mail yesterday from someone called Angelique. If you're listening to you this morning on Andy Cohen Live, I realize how much of a rich, completely tone death, she said, "Tone death." (laughs) It's death. Ooh. Out of touch person you are. Also when someone calls you out a little bit and tells you perhaps you should be the bigger person or give a person some grace and explain why or explain their story or experience you immediately cut them off and go back to yourself. You need to get serious therapy and realize what a privileged life you lead and maybe show other people grace. People make mistakes all the time and not on purpose, but they're just mistakes. So what? They went to the wrong freaking terminal. Who cares? Was your life really that messed up? And like John said, their bread and butter depends on that review. But no, you have to be like, I was inconvenienced. You really are a privileged rich tone death. (laughs) "Tone death," she says again. (laughs) "Tone death." "Tone death." "Tone death." "Death." "Death." "Not tone death." "Tone death." And out of touch jerk sometimes. To which I responded, I agree Angelique. But I will say I thought that John gave me great feedback on that yesterday and I didn't discount it. What? Every single thing he said was true. So. Well, I also relate to how upset it. I get very upset at stuff like that too. I just in that moment, just I always think I don't wanna have to apologize later. Right. Of course. I don't wanna feel bad and I want this person to do. Yes. I wanna get out of this car, but I wanna be like, "Thanks, bye." And just get out of here. And you know, it's just that thing where you fly six hours. Totally. And you finally get to where you're going and you know you have an hour left in the car to get. No, we get it. And you can just make your kids bedtime. And the guys like, "Oh, I'm at the wrong terminal." And it's 25 minutes later. So I mean, whatever it's frustrating, but yes. By the way, I know how privileged I am. I really do. I promise you I do. You're grateful. You're grateful. Thank you. Hmm, let's see. Jackie from Florida. Just want to drop a line and say that you're both awesome. Your banter makes my day. With all the atrocities in the world, I look forward to your show every morning. John's unsolicited, child rearing advice is hilarious. It's solicited, honey. Keep up the fight against felon and chief. Love you both. Okay. I weigh in on the conversation that's happening. I would never give a parent. I don't give a shit about parenting. Yeah, I don't, you know, but we have the conversation. Okay. Suzy. Suzy from Ohio, there needs to be a survey to see if Jordan's laughing in the background. Is it agitating to others as it is to me? Oh my god. Awesome. You can't do it. Awesome. You can't do it. You can't feed back on Jordan's laughing. Have her laugh into the microphone. The background noise is so annoying. Please make it stop. You can say that sky is blue and she'll laugh at it. Stop the mad. Oh, oh, Jordan. Okay. First of all, I don't laugh. If it's not funny, there are a lot of things that do not land with me. But I keep my joy within. No, I know. We need to pay you guys dust going for it. Oh boy. No, no, no. Don't listen to this. It's really hard to be a funny person or trying to be an entertaining person and hear nothing. Nothing. I agree. It's almost as bad as when you say something brilliant or hilarious and your co-host goes, that's funny. Let's see. Well, that is how I do a lot of things that are funny. Back with more from this week's Daddy Diaries after this. Wednesday, February 25th, 2020 says, "Good morning, everybody. I'm Indico in right here in the radio indie studios. What studio is this studio 10?" Yes, studio 10. Yes, you can. In New York City, John is joining us in Los Angeles. Hey, John. Oh, hey. Hey, good morning. John's in a t-shirt just rubbing it in. Wow. I've been avoiding slush puddles all morning. I'm surprised you're in the studio. I know. They're huge. Snow banks everywhere. Snow banks, snow banks, and then lakes of slush, but there's still so much snow. It's bad. It is bad. I know you're coming back tomorrow. Don't rush. I'm going back right after this. Okay. Well, don't rush. Anyway, we are here. Yeah, I came in. I brought my baristas nerds today. I brought a huge thing of nerds for them because they've been begging. And I have, in my hallway, outside of my apartment, a case of so many nerds. So I'm the nerds guy. What can I tell you? I'm the nerds guy. How was your. Where are you staying in L.A. John? Like are you staying at a friend's or are you in a hotel? Yes, I'm staying at my friend Mike's house. Nice. And are you seeing a lot of people? Yes. I have seen. I have like run this trip like a networking event or a speed dating for singles events. It's crazy. I've seen so many people. I've really taken advantage of the time. And now that you've spent a couple days there, how are you feeling about your New York mover? Are you regretting it at all? No. Not at all. Not even a. I don't like being in a holding pattern. I didn't pack the right panties. Like I don't like being in a treading water, liminal space. If I would have come out here and said, okay, I'm going to go out open ended. No return flight. That would have even been better. But this is like, I planned on smile Texas recovery, gum surgery. I'm in comfort clothes. I had to go to a really fancy dinner last night. I'm like, girl, I'm in $60 Nike sneakers. Right. It's been good. I took it. It was at a place called the living room here. It's this art space. Have you heard of this place? No. It was amazing. It was for my friends, the host brother, so I told you about their Jackie Knows who they are. They're big huge artists. Oh wow. And they. Yeah. And it was one of those big dinners where everyone is seated with a name card. Yeah. They split everyone up. And I, you know, I don't always love to make new friends. How did that go? How did that go? It went amazingly because every single person at the party was cool. And I sat next to this artist named Lauren Halsey who is a sculptor. She has sculptures on the roof of the Met. I sat next to an architect to my right who designs hotels and stores and it was great. Oh, okay. I don't know. And I gummed my food. I kind of sucked on the risotto. Oh, are you having to gum your food? Well, I'm having to kind of suck. Oh, sweetie. You don't suck in it, right? Oh my god. Have you been doing any suck in it while you've been there? No, but I did have a friend who I had hooked up with in the past and he was like, oh, you're in town. And I said, yeah, but I can't. I can't. My mouth won't open. I can't do anything. Oh, boy. And he was like, well, do all the heavy lifting and I was like, oh my god. That's kind of embarrassing. Wow. Okay. Oh my god. It was Jeff Lewis. That's funny. Oh my god. Oh my god. Have you run into Jeff Lewis in the studio? No, I haven't. I haven't. That's too bad. He and I had coffee last week, by the way, when I was in LA or two weeks ago when I was there for the traders. Now did you guys go to psychglass right here here by the studio? No, we went to the sunset tower. He came to the house. Oh, yes. They have coffee there. Yes, they do. I had tea. Um, I've got Lisa Rina on watch what happens live tonight. And that's also headlines about this. Yeah. She, she writes in her book that she burned my book. She's so dramatic. I'm like, I texted her. I go Lisa, you burned my book. Like, I mean, really? And she's like, I know. I go, you're so extra or something. She laughed. But I saw it. The traders reunion. And, um, you know, did I say this already? I apologized to her at the traders reunion. I was that morning. I was in bed and I was thinking about why I printed those two text messages in my book. And part of the reason I did was because she is like the queen of mention at all. You know, you know, she's in what remind me what those texts said. Well, this is what's so funny. We went and we looked back. I had Nick Rizzo check for me, um, are my, my brain at watch what happens live, my head researcher. And he checked. There were two. One was that she texted after the Beverly Hills reunion and said that she quit. The other one was that she said that she felt that I was too hard on her at that reunion. And I said, I didn't think I was hard enough on her at that reunion. And I was thinking, you know, I was justifying printing them. And I also thought that I thought she would like it that I printed that she quit the housewives. People love the optics of quitting as opposed to being fired. That makes her look kind of in control above it, et cetera, et cetera. In charge of her narrative. But then what I realized is, as I was laying there the morning of the traders reunion thinking about this, what I realized is there was a time, a few years ago where Jeff Lewis read some text messages that I had sent him any red them on the air. Now they were a little more inflammatory than the ones Lisa sent, but that doesn't matter because maybe in her mind, whatever they were her messages. And I didn't like it that he put those on blast. And so it is her right not to like it. And I was like, I said to her at the traders reunion off camera, I said, I need to apologize. What are you? I can barely read with this last. What I just said you, Annie, it was just funny because the. For her new book, she has a disclaimer at the beginning that says none of the names have been changed in this book because everything here is just my opinion and I'm entitled to it. So, fm. Oh, okay. Which is, you know. Okay. So, mention it all. Well, she's mentioning it all. Anyway, I just felt like, you know what? I get it. And I said to her, I apologize to you. And I'll apologize on the show tonight. You know, publicly. That's very big of you. [BLANK_AUDIO] When you hear Lisa Rina's coming out with a book, I can only assume that you assume there's gonna be some dramatic moments and shit talking in there. - There is, and there is. And there's some things in the book that I might that I remember completely differently. But there you go, we all have our own experience, we all have our own memories. I think she has a conflicting relationship with the housewives, and I think she has had a conflicting relationship with me. But I, she was on the show for, I believe eight seasons, which is a lot. And she was really important to that show. And I want, you know, I, she's done some things for me that have held a really important place for me in my life, which I will explain tonight in front of her. And I wanna say that to her. So. - And vice versa, I mean, she says, I've read some of the book and it's, you know, housewives is such a great gift. She's grateful for it. And in that, I'm sure there are some resentments and things like that. - Yeah. - But I think she acknowledges that it's a huge deal. So I'm sure she's grateful. - But now I read something about her being Roofied. - Were you Roofied at that party? Were you at that party? - I wasn't at that party. That party wasn't the Abbey. - Oh no. - But you know, watch your glasses at the Abbey. - Yes, always comfort her. - Yeah, yeah. Yeah, so I saw that. So she's on the show tonight. And then we've got Amanda Francis on the show tomorrow from the housewives of Beverly Hills. Now, I want her to be able to speak her piece on the show. I want her to be able to say what she needs to say because everybody else certainly has a lot to say about her. And I don't love to see when people, you know, all go in on one person, you know? - Right. - But there's a lot, there's a lot being said. - There's a lot being said. I tend to like her. And then sometimes I'll see a clip that's kind of just taken out and isolated and I'm like, girl, I'll throw this phone. - It's just landing. (laughing) - Now is Mercury in retrograde right now? - I don't think it is right now. - Scott, do you have an opinion on this? You're opening your mouth. - I did see something that's, so there's next week, I don't think it's Mercury in retrograde, but there is something happening in the universe. I'll report back in a second. - Let me tell you this, things have been messed up at what's going on. - Electronically, technologically. - Yes. - What is it? - Monday night. We did, do you have something? - Mercury is in its first retrograde of 2026, starting tomorrow and continuing through March 20th. So she came a little bit early, I think. - Well, she touched me on Micholders, starting on Monday, because actually, I got back in town, and that's big. I made it back to town on Sunday, but man, she messin' with me. She messin' with me, Mercury, Lady Mercury, because on Mondays, watch what happens live, we pre-taped the cold open from the terrace, and it was me in the snow in Mablu Parka, and saying some rhyme and doing a shot, and the cold open of the show, before Andy Cohen's got the 4-1-1 plays. Well, I don't know what happened in the control room, but I've certainly been hazing everybody in there, even though the truth is, we very rarely make, well, let me change it. I make a ton of mistakes on what's going to happen live. My team never makes mistakes. I'm the one that makes the mistakes. So, and guess what? I wind up looking dumb. And, I mean, yesterday, we taped Sunday's show, and I have to wear these glasses for a week, because they're measuring my eyeballs without my contact lenses, to see if I can get this freaking cataract surgery, but these glasses, the prescription ain't great, or my eyes have changed or something. So, I can't read this prompt or that well, and I have lights blaring in my eyes, and so we are taping Sunday's show. And at the drinking word, it says, and we probably should take this out of the prompt, or 'cause I don't need a stage direction, 'cause I'll say, if you hear this word, and then I point, it says in parentheses, point here, I read points here on the show for Sunday. I'm like, and if you hear this word, point here, can you imagine? You've been doing this for so long, that's been in the script for so long. I know. Oh, it's crazy. But on Monday's show, we're sitting there with the gas, and all of a sudden, the cold open isn't playing, and it's like, oh man. Oh no. What is going on? And I just, we could not figure it out. And then, and I'm like, am I on? Am I on? And poor John Jude was in my ear. He's like, just talk, just talk. I'm like, I just started talking. It was so bad. But yesterday, last night at the show, Nick Rizzo, who I mentioned a little bit earlier, my our head researcher. He has a way fancier title than that, but he's just incredible this guy. He came in, and I saw him, he usually sits in the back row, and he's got a big smile, and he's always sitting there with a big, gesture cat grin. And I'm looking at him, and I thought, wow, where did he go on the break? Like, he got a little, he got tan, didn't think anything of it. And then like an hour later, he's sitting towards the front of the control room, and I looked at him, and I was like, Nick, and he, I mean, I don't want to say like, he looked like he was Luanne Delisaps pretending to be Diana Ross, if you know what I mean. But it was bad. And I go, what, I go, Nick, dola's all? No, he, yeah, he was dola's all like, no, he had gotten a spray tan. That afternoon, and I guess you're supposed to shower, right, honey? No, we go to the same place. He goes to Sugarton, bronze, and you're supposed to wait three hours, rinse off the makeup layer, and then it keeps, well, cooking for eight hours. Well, guess what? She didn't rinse. You have to rinse. It looks so crazy if you don't. It was cooking, and the more, I got a selfie with him. I went, I go, can I have a selfie? Like, he was famous. Like, I kept going, and meanwhile, I mean, it's black history month. This is not the time to be doing. I mean, it was bad, and it was just, but we needed it so bad. We all needed something to laugh at, so bad. It was really, really funny. Hold on, Jordan, I'll show you this. I wanna see it. Send it to me, too. Hold on here, I'm gonna show you. Oh, well, I posted it on my finster here. I'm putting it on the Zoom. Oh, yeah, that's, that's, yeah. I mean, he looks like Lou Ann Beak, Diana Ross. He looks like Julian Huff in 2013 is crazy, guys. Yes. Oh my God. That's funny. We haven't had a celebrity wearing blackface in a while. We need a celebrity blackface scandal to unite us. I am stunned that no one in Trump's cabinet has, there's gotta be a Pete Hague Seth blackface. I'm sure from Halloween last year, he was probably doing it. Oh my gosh, anyway, it was really funny. You wanna know something insane that I did? What? Okay, I'll try to make it quick. Okay, well, we got all the time in the world, dear. All right, well, buckle up. I can't tell if you're gonna think I'm crazy or you're gonna love the dedication. So maybe for Christmas, you and I both received a generous gift from Lady and Sir Beckham. Yes. Sunglasses from the David Beckham line of sunglasses. As one is one thing, so I have had them - Don't tell me that you one. - Don't tell me that you one resold that. Oh God. Okay, are you kidding me? Okay, go ahead. I would rather jump off a bridge and end my life. - What? - I fell in love with one pair and I have posted about it. I love them. I brought them with me. - Yes, he reposted you. - He sure did, to 80 million people. - Yeah. - Great photo of me. I was in a waymo. I got out of the waymo and I was screaming very much like you. See, that's why you take a waymo. There's no driver to insult. You can scream at it and someone's remotely driving it from the Philippines. Anyway, I get out. I was screaming at it because I didn't like where it was dropping me off. I had to run into Target. I left the sunglasses in the waymo. there's no one to call because there's no driver. So hours later, I get back on the app and there's an option to call someone I call say hey I left my sunglasses in there and they go okay well in this situation we send the car back to the Waymo Depot where all the way mose go oh my god and if we find it we'll send you a QR code within eight hours eight hours came and went and last night at this fancy dinner I got an email your sunglasses have been found and it goes you can come and get them 24/7 at the Waymo Depot and I'm like well that's probably a TV city it's CBS over here because that's where they all park overnight oh girl yeah I'm sure in this month I'm near you don't tell me you took like a $60 Waymo to the Waymo factory well first of all Waymose are cheap that's why you take them oh so I took yeah because you're putting your life in danger disagree so I took a $20 Waymo 30 minutes to Santa Monica I got my David Beckham sunglasses and I took away Mo back home for $19 wow and I have I was so mad they were the only I it's so hard to find sunglasses that fit my tiny little face do you have a tiny face I have a tiny little face you don't have to you're so big glasses don't fit I know my head is small what about your little ear fetus beanie it's a work in progress that's still there do you think they could hack it off it smile Texas oh yeah if anybody good they could hack that off it's my Texas oh my god anyway I have my David Beckham sunglasses so happy that I just I couldn't bear the thought of having them lost in a way Mo oh my god wow I'm a travel day L.A. you can have sunk not have sunglasses yeah no you need it you need it oh let's go to Jackie from Maryland hey Jackie hi how are you good how are you oh my god I can't even believe that I'm even talking to you right now this is unbelievable oh you're kind all right well I am calling honestly because I'm calling the sense of Jordan I feel like you had somebody right in the other day and they said they hated Jordan's background laugh yes I find it absolutely delightful oh yeah and I feel I really felt like you know someone on P.M. Jordan needed to call in and really defend her and just the joy that she brings to our morning so that one person does not represent all well Jordan have you ever been told that you bring joy to people's mornings at the risk of sounding full of myself yes I have oh oh oh we did get we did get a couple a few other emails in defense oh okay and my giggles in the back we will thank you okay we will be reading doing viewer mail tomorrow so we'll we'll get into that but that's well that's very nice to hear Jackie and Jordan if you've been told that in the context of this show or just in your daily life wow that's some would say I have a very sunny disposition well not my husband but other people right um well that is very nice of you to call in Jackie absolutely I felt like she needed somebody to have her back and I got you girl oh thank you Jackie no absolutely very nice Thursday February 26th good morning everybody I'm Andy Cohen with John no hey John good morning darling good morning it's a sad morning um no and I just want to start with this bravo news um and then kind of clear our palette a little bit uh we're so sad to um read the news about Mary Cosby's son Robert um and I just I can't think of anything worse than losing a child and in this way um and you know John you and I have talked so much on this show about addiction and the heartbreak uh that is associated and I just I have so much love for Mary and I spoke to her uh I spoke to her on Tuesday for a while and you know it's just it's I think it's every parents' worst nightmare and of course um you you know and I want to say we you and I talked about this too just about how much respect we had for the way that she spoke to Robert uh when we saw them yeah talking about this on air and what what I really admired was that she kind of met him where he was in a way and she was kind of gently steering him or guiding him and we then loving him with loving him yes and last season as you know when we shot the reunion he he was in jail and she was really hoping that he would be scared straight um and I guess you know I guess that didn't happen um and John would you have anything to add as someone who knows this topic very well about um I guess you know I really just feel like everyone around that person is probably second guessing their own actions and you know what more could they have done or what that's a natural thing but I think it's uh you have to just focus on he was so lucky to have a mother like Mary I'll never forget that conversation they had which I think helped a lot of parents who may have a child who goes through the same thing they'll hopefully remember how brilliantly she showed up for him and it's it's tough to talk about because it is a real risk when you have someone who's so seriously in addiction it's a it's a risk that they may not make it right and you you it's always in the back of your mind and I've known a lot of people since I started to try to get sober that have passed and it's real and it's dangerous and you are rooting people on but it's like it always is it is that serious it is a life and death matter and one thing I learned from you uh through the through your journey is that you you just you cannot help people who don't want to help or don't want it for themselves right is that would you say that yeah yeah that is true but I also think that there are people who do want to help themselves but it's it is the hardest thing to do and so like even if even if the people like I I wanted to for years but I didn't know how and so that's why people like Mary are so important because they you have to adapt you know I'm here when you need me I'm here when you need help and you don't want to pressure them you don't want to push them but you also you kind of do I think tough love is important you know and I think it's if there's no silver lining to any of it the the only thing is just gratitude for how lucky he was to have a mother like Mary and hopefully the way she showed up will help other people even people who are struggling who need help and realize that the you have to ask for help sometimes yeah I know through Mary's faith that she um that that there's a belief that you know in the Jewish religion it's like when you pass you just pass and one of the things that I am inspired by in other religions is the idea that when you pass you go to another life that is better than this or another place that is you know yeah she'll see him in the afterlife I'm sure she's that's the that's the hope that's the right that's the grace that's the belief they'll be reunited at any point anyway all our love we are sending all our love to Mary and Robert's you love you Mary yeah we love you so much um I have to say I'm I was looking at pictures on Instagram everybody posting my friends posting pictures of their kids out playing in the snow on the snow day and uh mine refused to leave the house even to go on the terrace to play they're smart and you know what that's how I feel well you want to go out and that's shit yes frozen it's ice they want to be cozy under a blanket hello eatin donuts those are my children I'm late why yeah although I got to tell you something my daughter on the way to school today um she she she was all when I left to take bend to school she started getting so upset because I was leaving the apartment and I said don't worry I will be home and she's like and will you take me to school daddy yes I will take you to school I get home fine I change to go to work I she's all bundled up and we get in the elevator and she looks at me and she's like I'm tired I'm tired and I go, oh no. She goes pick me up. I go, no, I'm not picking you up. I'm not picking you up. Starts bawling and I look at her, by the way, we're now on floor like 11 of the building. Okay, so like the elevator ride has, it's been 10 seconds and I said, and she's like crying, I go, are you gonna cry the whole way to school? And guess what? She cried the entire way to school. And you know, there's nothing worse than bringing, than dropping off a child who is in hysterics crying to school. Because also to me, I just look like a bad parent. Like she doesn't wanna be with me, something terrible has happened. And I feel everyone's judgment looking at me, like, oh, what did Andy do? Why doesn't she wanna be with him? Or it's just, it's ripe. It is our blanche, but you are. Yeah, I mean, it's just, it's awful. So, I don't know. You're a good parent. Thank you. Baby's gonna cry. Yeah. I'm sure you're not the only parent who has dropped off a crying baby. I know. Then on the way to school goes, you know, daddy, I just, I gotta tell ya. He goes, you're the best daddy in the world. I go, thank you. I go, that is so nice. He goes, you know, but when you think about it, all the kids at school say that their mommies and daddies are the best mommies and daddies in the school. I go, well, that's true. He goes, but I know my daddy's the best. And I go, oh, thanks. He goes, wanna know why? I go, why? He goes, you're famous. I go, Ben, that's not, I go, that has nothing to do with anything. He goes, I know, but it is fun to watch you on TV. I go, when do you watch me on TV? He goes, nerds, daddy. I go, okay, well, that is true, but like, anyway, I go, don't do the same thing, Ben, that ain't it. I'm the best daddy because I, I'm taking you, I'm going to St. Louis tomorrow to spend the day with my mom and dad to kind of check in and see how my mom is doing. And I'm coming back Friday night, I happen to find out straight Dave's daughter goes to wash you in St. Louis. And straight Dave texted me the other day, he goes, hey, I'm gonna be in St. Louis Friday visiting my daughter. I wanna visit your parents. I go, Dave, I am gonna be in St. Louis. Oh, fine. I go, oh, this is so exciting. Can we hang out? Da, da, da, da, da. So that was, that's exciting. And then I was thinking, maybe I'll stay in St. Louis on Saturday night too. And I could have two nights with straight Dave in St. Louis. But I go, I have nothing going on Sunday. Well, guess what? Sunday is a chest tournament, which Ben is participating in. There's a chest tournament at his school, school from like, by the way, 10, 30 to like 130. And I'm, and I've made such a big deal that I'm taking him. Jordan, any idea what I'll be doing during that time? Watching. I'm probably sitting and watching other kids play chess and then just waiting for Ben's turn is what I imagine it's gonna be. What's Ben gonna be doing during that time? Probably sitting with his little chest friends being, getting antsy. Does he have chest friends? You tell me. Yeah, I don't know. Well, there's a chest club, right? So he's just a little. Seems like I'm gonna be on Instagram a lot on Sunday. If anyone's wanting to DM me, I am feeling I'll be looking and respond. Do an A and A. Yeah, exactly, exactly. Ask me anything from, I'll be taking selfies. I will be causing such a ruckus in whatever corner of the room I'm in. You know, oh my lord. Anyway, I had spoken after Thanksgiving about sleeping in my parents bed and that there is a mountain in the middle of the bed. And there are two valleys on either side. And I've come to realize that there are mountains in almost every hotel bed I've slept in since. And so out of nowhere, my parents now, my parents also have this couch when they moved into this condo they're in, which was like at least 20 years ago, at least I'm gonna say 25. They got this couch, which is the most uncomfortable couch. It is like a big hard Cadillac Seville from God knows when it is terrible. It is so uncomfortable every time I go to St. Louis, I say when? Are you gonna get a new couch? And I say are you just gonna die with this couch? Like is that the plan? Like is this end game for you? And then my mom every time tells me how much the couch cost. So she is trying to amortize the couch cost. I mean, you know, I would like to buy her another couch at this point. I just should, but it would cause so much havoc in her home if I barged in with a new couch. But so they have this couch, but somehow my carrying on about this bed caused them to people who do not make a move to buy a new mattress after however many years. And the new mattress is there. Well, it's very hard. The mattress, it's extra firm. So I said to them, look, you can get a mattress topper for the mattress and you'll be fine. And so I think she's worried that the sheets now that they're gonna have to get new sheets because they're not gonna cover the topper and the mattress. But I think that I am going to be tasked with getting a new topper for them and then trying to get the sheets over and whatever, which is fine. I like a task. So if you're wondering what I'm doing before I make my chest journey, I'll be doing that. And there will be no further questions on the matter. That's all for this week's edition of Andy Cohen's Daddy Diaries podcast. To hear every minute of my Kiki with John plus interviews news and more, you can listen to my SiriusXM channel, Radio Andy, anytime on the SiriusXM app. We'll see you right back here with more Daddy Diaries next week.