Photo: Spencer Tunick
Andy Cohenhas something to get off his chest: His shirt!
But it’s for a good cause, as theWatch What Happens Live!host has teamed up with skincare brand EltaMD to promote skin cancer awareness, via a racy photo shoot in New York City.
Cohen, 54, covered himself inEltaMDsunscreen — including the brand’s newest launch,UV AOX Mist— and nothing else for the shoot, where he appears to sun himself while fully nude in the middle of Midtown Manhattan.
It’s a recreation ofCohen’s iconic nude photofrom 1994, where he posed for an early-morning shoot in the buff with the famed lions outside of the New York Public Library.
The Bravo host posted the photos to Instagram, writing, “Thirty years ago, I posed for photographer@spencertunick(swipe for that image). And I did it again…May is#SkinCancerAwarenessMonth and I’m partnering with@eltamdskincareto remind you all to wear sunscreen and#GetNaked… for a skin check with your dermatologist.”
Cohen is a skin cancer survivor, who was diagnosed with amelanoma in 2016after palKelly Ripanoticed a black dot on his lip and told him to see a dermatologist.
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Andy Cohen.Spencer Tunick
“It really taught me because I am tanorexic. I love the sun, I really do,“Cohen told Ripaat the time during an appearance onLive with Kelly.“But just be careful. And I, of course, never thought that that kind of thing would happen to me and it will change my relationship to the sun.”
Melanoma is the most serious type of skin cancer, according to theMayo Clinic.
And while Cohen pointed out that “The lip heals very well,” he admitted “I really had a chunk removed out of it” due to the melanoma.
Since then, Cohen has been outspoken about remaining vigilant about sun exposure. And in hisInstagrampost, he prompts his followers to tag their friends who need a reminder to visit the dermatologist for a skin check.
The post concludes with a generous pledge from EltaMD: “For every tag in the next 30 days,@eltamdskincarewill donate a bottle of sunscreen to the@curemelanomafoundation, up to $100,000 in value#EltaMDPartner.”
source: people.com
