Andy Cohen wishes he could find a partner who was just like John Mayer

Speaking on the Call Her Daddy podcast, Andy said of his friendship with John: "We love each other. If I could find a gay guy that was him, it would be magic, but you know what? I am so grateful for the love that we have."

Andy shared what a "typical night out" for himself and John, 48, looks like and admitted they are very affectionate with one another.

He said: "It is us going to dinner. We always sit on the same side of the booth. We sit next to each other always."

Noting they don't hold hands, he added: "But I do, as the night goes on, find myself sinking into him because he'll have his arm around me.

"As a matter of fact, we were at the Sunset Tower last week and I was getting so physical with him by the end that he was like, 'Andy,' but I was kind of using his body to tell a story about a guy, but then I was like, I was in my cups a little bit."

"We were in a puddle of laughter. We love each other deeply. We actually do."

The Bravo producer - who had his children Ben, six, and three-year-old Lucy via surrogate - knows exactly what kind of man John would like to set him up with.

He said: "It would be someone who has their own thing going, who has their own success, who is just smart and funny, and just someone strong and independent."

John previously shared his disappointment in being questioned over the nature of his friendship with Andy.

In an email to the Hollywood Reporter in response to being questioned if he and the presenter are romantically involved, he wrote: "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.

"I'd like to think they're sophisticated enough to see a relationship like ours without assuming it must include a sexual component. That turns the concept of being gay into an ignorantly two-dimensional one, which I know you know it's not. I don't question that at all.

"If someone is dubious of a platonic relationship between a straight man and a gay man, I don't think that shallow a view deserves clarification by anyone with self respect, be it Andy or your publication. Reinforcing the idea that any gay/straight relationship needs qualification that it's not sexual devoids everyone involved of their dignity."