Let Andy Cohen and John Mayer Cuddle Platonically

"Both men have said, again and again, that the vibes are strictly platonic. But that doesn't stop them from being physically affectionate or, as Mr. Bravo put it, "a puddle of laughter." Cohen told Alex Cooper that the two went out to dinner at the Sunset Tower recently, "and I was getting so physical with him by the end that he was like, ' Andy.'""

""I think that to suggest that people are dubious of a friendship like mine and Andy's is to undermine the public's ability to accept and understand diversity in all facets of culture, be it in art or in real life," he wrote. "I'd like to think they're sophisticated enough to see a relationship like ours without assuming it must include a sexual component.""

Andy Cohen and John Mayer maintain an affectionate, platonic friendship characterized by playful physical closeness, shared dinners at the Sunset Tower, and sitting on the same side of booths. The dynamic has been likened to zookeepers giving cheetahs emotional-support dogs when the primary commonality is a love of the Grateful Dead, and has been characterized as "a puddle of laughter." One dinner reportedly grew physically demonstrative as one used the other to illustrate a story about a man. John Mayer pushed back against assumptions that the friendship must include a sexual component, urging recognition of diverse, nonsexual relationships. Fans nevertheless continue to produce romantic edits.

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