Andy Cohen reveals what he pays babysitter to watch his 2 kids — and Jeff Lewis isn’t impressed
Andy Cohen revealed he pays his babysitter $30 an hour to watch his two kids — a rate his longtime friend Jeff Lewis called “cheap.”
The pair discussed Cohen’s childcare costs on Monday’s episode of “Andy Cohen Live,” where Lewis weighed in after learning what his pal’s 23-year-old babysitter makes.
“Oh, hmm. That sounds cheap to me, especially from someone with your money,” the “Still Flipping Out” star, 56, said, according to the Daily Mail.
Lewis then asked, “She was there for two hours and you gave her 60 bucks? Did that even cover the cab?”
Cohen, 58, corrected him, explaining that the babysitter was actually there for two hours and 15 minutes and received $70.
“I probably would’ve given her 100 for two hours, two kids,” Lewis said.
The “Flipping Out” alum, meanwhile, revealed that his babysitter earns $37 an hour to watch his 9-year-old daughter, Monroe, whom he shares with his ex, Gage Edward.
Cohen welcomed his son, Benjamin “Ben” Allen, 7, via a surrogate in 2019, before expanding his family with daughter Lucy Eve, 4, in 2022.
He later revealed that Lucy was one of the first babies born via gestational surrogacy in New York.
The “Watch What Happens Live” host got emotional during an episode of his SiriusXM show “Radio Andy” last year while recalling a sweet conversation he had with Ben after they returned from a trip to Disney World.
The father-son pair were at a playground when Ben noticed an older kid who appeared to be around 13.
“And I go, ‘That’s going to be you. … One day you’re going to be like, ‘Dude, I don’t want to hang out with you,’” Cohen recalled. “And he goes, ‘No, I’m not going to do that.’”
Ben then told his dad, “You know, Daddy, when I’m 60, … I want to take a pill so I can come back and be little like this so I can just be with you.”
More recently, Cohen opened up about his relationship with boyfriend Kevin Sobieski and how he has approached introducing him to his children.
“This man is kind and strong and smart, and he is an adult, and he loves my children and they love him,” the Bravo honcho said on “Radio Andy” in June.
“I love him, and we have been so slow and deliberate and methodical about getting to know each other and introducing him to the kids and just entering him into the equation of my family so slowly.”