Andy Cohen says daughter Lucy was one of many first infants to be born by way of gestational surrogacy in New York.

“I needed to have the newborn in New York, or I needed my surrogate to have the newborn in New York. And so Lucy was one of many first surrogate infants born right here,” the “Watch What Occurs Reside” host instructed Amanda Hirsch on the Might 30 episode of Pricey Media’s “Not Skinny However Not Fats” podcast.

Explaining that gestational surrogacy was unlawful within the Empire State in 2020, Cohen added that he “helped” get the regulation handed, which allowed for the start of his daughter, now 1, in his residing state.

Per the New York Division of Well being, gestational surrogacy differs from conventional surrogacy in that the surrogate doesn’t present their very own egg for fertilization.

The Bravo host — whose son Ben, now 4, was born by way of gestational surrogate in Los Angeles on Feb. 4, 2019, — praised then-Governor Andrew Cuomo, who “actually made it occur” when serving to to cross the regulation.

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“But additionally, it was good as a result of it gave me much more time to form of get good at it with Ben,” he shared, emphasizing that Ben “loves” his youthful sister.

Within the weeks earlier than Ben’s start, Cohen notably relocated to Los Angeles, recording “WWHL” from the West Coast, in order that he might legally facilitate the start of his son.

The “Daddy Diaries: The Yr I Grew Up” creator shared in a June 2022 interview on Sirius XM’s “Jeff Lewis Reside” that, regardless of utilizing completely different surrogates, Ben and Lucy are “organic siblings” due to the gestational surrogacy.

He additionally joked that the “couple” of leftover embryos that he has would possibly come in useful for his youngsters sooner or later.

“You realize what I’m pondering? That is loopy, but when both of [my children] can’t have children, perhaps in 20 years they’ll defrost their sibling and lift them,” Cohen stated, asking, “Is {that a} bizarre thought?”