Andy Cohen is in favor of all his guests hooking up after appearing on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen.
After Us Weekly reported on Friday, May 23, that The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne and Summer House’s Jesse Solomon hooked up after appearing together on the show, Cohen, 56, gave them his endorsement.
“I’m in favor of everyone hooking up,” he told Us Weekly exclusively on the red carpet of Hoda Kotb’s Joy 101 launch event.
The news of Erika, 53, and Jesse, 31, getting together came amid fallout from Jesse’s fling with his Summer House costar Lexi Wood, which played out on season 9. But don’t get too excited — a source tells Us that “nothing serious is going on” between Jesse and Erika.
“They were seen flirting and getting cuddly while out at a bar in New York City a few weeks ago,” the source explained. “After their Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen appearance, they ended up hanging out afterward.”
“Jesse was very straightforward with her and Erika was into it,” the source continued. “It was playful and they were just having fun.”
Meanwhile Lexi, 27, and Jesse reunited at the Summer House reunion, part 1 of which aired Wednesday, May 28. While didn’t get too into their breakup (there’s more to come in part 2), Lexi claimed her ex and Ciara Miller were getting a little too close for her liking.
She used her own birthday party as an example, which she said Jesse and Ciara, 29, skipped to go to brunch together.
“You are also creating this narrative that me and Jesse are more [than friends],” Ciara said.
“If it was on your birthday, it was not on purpose,” Jesse added.
Erika, for her part, said on the iHeartRadio’s “Diamonds in the Rough” podcast in November 2024 that she is single and was hesitant to dive into dating apps.
“I’m not very good with the old dialogue. I’m very direct, very to the point, and men don’t like that,” she said at the time. “I never look at men and find them attractive. I always say this. I’m never looking at the way someone looks, necessarily. I’m always looking at the feeling I get from them.”
Erika was previously married to Tom Girardi from 2000 to 2020. Despite their decades-long relationship ending with a public divorce, she said she is open to finding love again.
“I have done a lot of work on myself and pulling myself together, rebuilding my life,” she told Bravo’s The Daily Dish in January. “[This is] a time to be open and to have fun.”
