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Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Andy Cohen posted on Instagram the first photo of his newborn son he received via a surrogate. "WOW! This is my son, Benjamin Allen Cohen. He is 9 lbs 2 ounces !! 20 inches !!," the Watch What Happens Live host said on Monday alongside a black and white photo of himself holding his son.
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"He is named after my grandfather Ben Allen. I'm in love. And speechless. And eternally grateful to an incredible surrogate. And I'm a dad. Wow," he continued.
Cohen announced that he was expecting his first child in December.
"Family means everything to me and having one of my own is something that I have wanted in my heart for my entire life and though it has taken me longer than most to get there, I cannot wait for what I envision will be the most rewarding chapter yet," he said at the time.
A number of celebrities including Cohen's friend John Mayer congratulated the television personality on social media.
"Congratulations Andy!" Mayer said on Instagram alongside a photo of infant-sized moccasins.
"Congratulations and Mazel Tov, Andy!! Can't wait to meet Benjamin, he's very lucky to have you as a dad," Mariah Carey wrote on Cohen's Instagram post.
"Awwwwww so cute!!!!! Congrats!!! Are you ready for breastfeeding? It's harder than it looks," Anna Faris also said in the comments.
