When Kandi Burruss went through the IVF process, even though it wasn't smooth sailing, she wasn't completely in the dark about what to expect. Not knowing anyone who had gone through the surrogacy process that she could lean on made the experience all the more daunting. "When we were going through the IVF process, I did have a couple of friends who had done it, so, you know, I could talk to them, but this is a situation where I don't have anybody I can talk to," she told US Weekly. 

Despite her initial hesitation to fully embrace the idea of surrogacy, the television personality revealed that Bravo host Andy Cohen – who welcomed son Benjamin via a surrogate in February 2019 — offered some kind words that helped her get through it. "I had made a comment. I said something like, 'I guess I'm gonna have a baby mama,'" the Bravo personality told former Busy Tonight host, Busy Phillips." And he said to me, 'Don't you ever say that because you are the mother. And to say she's your baby's mom is taking away from you.' It made me feel better." Burruss teared up, adding, "At the time I didn't know that he was doing [surrogacy] too. And then when he announced it, he hit me up immediately and said, 'Now you see why I felt so strongly.'" 

Tucker and Buruss' child is due in November 2019. 

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