Audiobook Review: The Daddy Diaries: The Year I Grew Up by Andy Cohen

The Daddy Diaries: The Year I Grew Up by Andy Cohen
Narrator: Andy Cohen
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Release Date: May 9, 2023
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Publisher’s Description:

Andy Cohen has taken on the most important job of his life—father—and boy (and girl!) does he have a lot to say about it!

One of Andy Cohen’s most momentous years starts off with a hangover the morning after an epic New Year’s Eve broadcast. But Andy doesn’t have time to dwell on the drama, as his role as media mogul is now matched with the responsibilities, joys, and growing pains of parenthood.

This fast-paced, mile-a-minute look behind the scenes of living the so-called glamorous life in Manhattan now takes firm aim at life at home. With a three-year-old son, Ben, and a daughter, Lucy, born in May, stories of late-night parties are replaced by early mornings with Ben, drama at the playground, and the musings of a single dad trying to navigate having it all. All this is set against the backdrop of constant Housewives drama, hijinks behind the scenes at Watch What Happens Live, a revolving door of famous faces, and a worried mother (and newly minted grandmother) in St. Louis.

Buckle up, bottle up, and get ready for a laugh-out-loud and surprisingly poignant look at the ways in which family changes everything and the superficial gets very real. Watch what happens!

Andy Cohen’s new book is his third book of published diaries. It starts when his son Ben is three and his surrogate is pregnant with his daughter Lucy to when Lucy is a few months old.

Even though Andy is wealthy and has a nanny, his struggles as a single dad were actually relatable. He writes about feeling insecure at one of his son Ben’s birthday parties because he doesn’t feel he measure’s up to the other parents. My favorite relatable moment is when he moved Ben to a toddler bed and Ben would not stay in it and would get up super early. Andy wrote, “This toddler bed is ruining my life!” I’ve totally been there, Andy!

I listened to this on audio, which is a must. Andy reads it himself which makes it even funnier. His comedic timing is spot on. And he spills tea all over the place, which I love.

I hope he keeps publishing his diaries – they’re the best!

Other books I’ve reviewed by Andy Cohen:
Most Talkative: Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture
The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year
Superficial: More Adventures from the Andy Cohen Diaries