Photo: Courtesy Sant and AbelNavigating the dating world has become a little more complicated forAndy Cohenin recent years.Cohen, 53, opens up to PEOPLE about how his dating life has changed since welcoming sonBenjamin Allen, 2, in 2019, saying the stakes are “absolutely” higher now that he is a father.“Now there’s an endgame,” he says, noting that he has more than just himself to consider when choosing a potential partner. “Are you going to be a good stepfather? It’s changed everything.“For more fromAndy Cohen, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday, or subscribehere.So what does theWatch What Happens Livehost look for in a relationship?“I like very independent people who have their own things going with their own lives, who are very strong in their belief systems,” he explains. “That’s very attractive to me.“Andy Cohen.Larry Marano/ShutterstockCohen is currently the host of Peacock’s newest seriesEx-Rated, in which contestants face candid feedback from their exes.“You get to hear straight from contestants' exes, and they use the information to make themselves better at dating — and in bed. I love how sex-positive the show is,” says Cohen. “You can’t turn away!“And while Cohen is still on the hunt for “the one,” he says he would be curious to know how he’d fare if his exes scored him in different relationship categories.“I’m dying for my exes to fill out the survey to see how I scored! The show makes you want to put yourself in other people’s positions and say, ‘What would people say about me?’ It’s really made me wonder how I would be rated in certain categories,” he says.All eight episodes ofEx-Ratedare now streaming on Peacock.

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Navigating the dating world has become a little more complicated forAndy Cohenin recent years.Cohen, 53, opens up to PEOPLE about how his dating life has changed since welcoming sonBenjamin Allen, 2, in 2019, saying the stakes are “absolutely” higher now that he is a father.“Now there’s an endgame,” he says, noting that he has more than just himself to consider when choosing a potential partner. “Are you going to be a good stepfather? It’s changed everything.“For more fromAndy Cohen, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday, or subscribehere.So what does theWatch What Happens Livehost look for in a relationship?“I like very independent people who have their own things going with their own lives, who are very strong in their belief systems,” he explains. “That’s very attractive to me.“Andy Cohen.Larry Marano/ShutterstockCohen is currently the host of Peacock’s newest seriesEx-Rated, in which contestants face candid feedback from their exes.“You get to hear straight from contestants' exes, and they use the information to make themselves better at dating — and in bed. I love how sex-positive the show is,” says Cohen. “You can’t turn away!“And while Cohen is still on the hunt for “the one,” he says he would be curious to know how he’d fare if his exes scored him in different relationship categories.“I’m dying for my exes to fill out the survey to see how I scored! The show makes you want to put yourself in other people’s positions and say, ‘What would people say about me?’ It’s really made me wonder how I would be rated in certain categories,” he says.All eight episodes ofEx-Ratedare now streaming on Peacock.

Navigating the dating world has become a little more complicated forAndy Cohenin recent years.

Cohen, 53, opens up to PEOPLE about how his dating life has changed since welcoming sonBenjamin Allen, 2, in 2019, saying the stakes are “absolutely” higher now that he is a father.

“Now there’s an endgame,” he says, noting that he has more than just himself to consider when choosing a potential partner. “Are you going to be a good stepfather? It’s changed everything.”

For more fromAndy Cohen, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday, or subscribehere.

So what does theWatch What Happens Livehost look for in a relationship?

“I like very independent people who have their own things going with their own lives, who are very strong in their belief systems,” he explains. “That’s very attractive to me.”

Andy Cohen.Larry Marano/Shutterstock

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Cohen is currently the host of Peacock’s newest seriesEx-Rated, in which contestants face candid feedback from their exes.

“You get to hear straight from contestants' exes, and they use the information to make themselves better at dating — and in bed. I love how sex-positive the show is,” says Cohen. “You can’t turn away!”

And while Cohen is still on the hunt for “the one,” he says he would be curious to know how he’d fare if his exes scored him in different relationship categories.

“I’m dying for my exes to fill out the survey to see how I scored! The show makes you want to put yourself in other people’s positions and say, ‘What would people say about me?’ It’s really made me wonder how I would be rated in certain categories,” he says.

All eight episodes ofEx-Ratedare now streaming on Peacock.

source: people.com