Andy Cohen created a reality show empire but being a dad is his biggest challenge yet

Andy Cohen, known as the face of Bravo TV, was fascinated by soap operas growing up in St. Louis. He was raised on All My Children. He loved the drama, the opulence, the unattainable lifestyles.

So in 2006 when he created The Real Housewives of Orange County as then vice president of original programming at Bravo, in his mind it was the reality version of the soap operas he loved.

"They were wealthy, they had pools in their backyards and they had grottos," he said. "All their kids were good looking, and they all lived near each other and went to the same tennis club."

He never imagined that all these years later franchise would still be airing and expanding to locations as far as Dubai. shows, has his talk show his imprint, Andy Cohen Books, and two Sirius XM radio channels.