Andy Cohen Addresses Plastic Surgery Rumors After New Year’s Eve Special

Andy Cohen is taking aim at speculation that he went under the knife.

Cohen, 57, responded to a user on Meta’s Threads who seemingly implied he had work done on his face after seeing him on CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live, which he hosts annually with friend Anderson Cooper.

“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 user asked in a Threads post on Jan. 1.

Cohen responded to the comment the following day, writing, “Did the smallest amount of Botox and lost 20 pounds! And had a lot of makeup on.”

The Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen host has been candid about his weight-loss journey, previously revealing that he lost weight after “micro-dosing” a GLP-1 — and that he felt it would be “hypocritical” not to disclose that he has used the popular weight-loss drug.

“Given that for 20 years I have been asking people about their body regimens and that I’ve been pretty vocal about every time I go on a diet … I do think it would be completely hypocritical not to share that I did this summer lose a good chunk of weight by micro-dosing a GLP-1,” he said during the Sept. 9, 2025, episode of Radio Andy.

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“I was really unhappy with my weight,” he added. “My doctor and I talked about this last year, had recommended a GLP-1 a few times to not only address what I was feeling about my weight, but treat plaque in my arteries and high blood pressure.”

While he didn’t specify which GLP-1 he used, Cohen said, “It really helped me with cravings, which I was having a very hard time with, and really forcing myself to be more disciplined with my diet and with working out.”

“I am on a pretty rigorous health journey,” he added. 

Cohen went on to say he feels “great about this decision” but knows he is “privileged” to have access the medication.

“I think everybody should through insurance. This is a revolutionary drug,” he said.

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Although he’s no longer on the microdose, he said his time on the medication caused him to “reframe” his relationship with food, adding, “because it was s—– before this.” 

He continued, “I feel so strongly that I can’t be the one asking all the personal questions of, specifically, the Housewives. ‘How did you do it? What did you do to your face? How did you do the weight loss?’ And then be the guy who’s suddenly lost 25 lbs. but isn’t mentioning it.”