Andy Cohen Posted Some Anderson Cooper Thirst Traps Because He Was Really Bored

Andy Cohen has a lot to do right now. Watch What Happens Live! comes back in one week. He has Real Housewives reunions to tape, and “jokes” to fire off at the president on Twitter. Seemingly, this is not enough to keep him busy, as he’s “bored” and posting thirst traps of Anderson Cooper instead.

On Instagram yesterday, Andy Cohen wrote: “If it were a normal year, I’d be on vacation with my pal…threatening to post shirtless pics of him. Well, it’s 2020 and I’m sitting on my deck so I figured I’d just post without asking and piss him off!” Ha ha, Andy! Good joke. You got him.

For what it’s worth, these photos will probably have some intended effect on their audience—chiefly, Real Housewives of New York star Sonja Morgan, who commented: “And we love you for it . And him. ” Or Diane Von Furstenberg, who simply wrote “hot.”

On Instagram Stories, Cohen explained his motivation as being “bored under a blanket” on his deck. He asked followers: “What else am I supposed to do?” He also claimed that Cooper was “pissed,” and while this isn’t a story that necessarily lends itself to controversy, I have a personal theory that Cooper asked Cohen to post the photos, but to be coy about it. And Cohen, not knowing how to do anything without pomp and circumstance, concocted an elaborate reveal for them. Cooper could be pissed, but maybe only because Cohen didn’t stick to the plan.