In its new issue on stands now, popular TV personality Andy Cohen, sits down with In Touch and reveals he is ready to take the next step with boyfriend Clifton Dassuncao.

“I would like to get married,” Andy, 48, reveals His relationship with boyfriend Clifton, 28, a Harvard Ph.D. who captured the best-selling author’s heart in 2015, is going strong. “We both have our own things going on, and somehow we meet in the middle. We just really like each other and like being together.”

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Andy also adds that he’s thinking about starting a family sooner rather than later.

“I would like to have kids,” he admits. “The clock is ticking!”

According to Andy, there is nothing to announce on that front yet, but he says he is open to “anything," including adoption.

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“I think it would be great to open my life up. My dog Wacha made me think totally differently. It’s great to take care of someone else and put their needs before your own."

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