“This is a few minutes after I met my son,” Cohen, 50, said of the clip, which was shot as he made eye contact with Benjamin as the newborn lay on his back. “That was obviously right in the hospital.”
Cohen also took time to thank fans for all their support. “So many of you have been asking about my son. I am so appreciative of all your good wishes,” he said. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
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Prior to the show, Cohen spent time backstage with guestsKim Zolciak-Biermann(Don’t Be Tardy) andEva Marcille(The Real Housewives of Atlanta),who both congratulated him on his new addition.
“You’re a daddy for real,” Zolciak-Biermann joked with Cohen before the cameras went up.
Cohen appeared to enjoy being back, smiling and laughing throughout the episode. During commercials, he even ordered himself a celebratory drink. “Ithink I would like a tequilaon the rocks,” he said, to the audience’s cheers. “Why am I drinking water? It’s my first time back in the clubhouse!”
“I had been hoping that he would have a full head of hair, and he really overdelivered,” the Bravo personality teased. “That was the first thing you see, the head of hair coming out. And I was amazed.”
After Cohen “cut the umbilical cord” himself, doctors cleaned Benjamin off and brought him over to the new dad,who then went skin-to-skin withhis newborn for the first time.
“He was so alert for the first two hours. His eyes were wide open. He didn’t cry; he was just calm,” Cohen recalled to PEOPLE. “I kind of have no words for it.”
The Emmy-winning show then aireda week of specials built for Bravo fansduring Cohen’s break, compiling a compilation of clubhouse moments from Cohen’s favorite “Funny Ladies,”Real Housewives of Atlantacast members, and “Divas” likeMariah Carey,Lady GagaandCher, among others.
source: people.com
