Andy Cohen — and his tequila — were serving to CNN make headlines since he took over cohosting New Yr’s Eve Reside with Anderson Cooper.
The Actual Housewives manufacturer changed Kathy Griffin for the 2017–18 broadcast, becoming a member of his BFF to ring within the New Yr at the long display and introducing photographs “at the top of every hour.”
Whilst social media customers at all times poked amusing at Cooper’s facial expressions when he tried to down the tequila, Cohen’s drunken antics made waves when he threw coloration at Ryan Seacrest and Dick Clark’s New Yr’s Rockin’ Eve all over the 2021-22 display. (He additionally made headlines for slamming then-New York Town Mayor Invoice de Blasio that very same yr.)
“If you look behind me, you’ll see Ryan Seacrest’s group of losers performing. … I’m sorry, but if you’re watching ABC, you’re watching nothing,” Cohen stated on the time.
He later published that his Seacrest dig used to be his “only regret from the night,” when discussing the debacle on The Howard Stern Display.
“Andy said something he shouldn’t have on live TV. We’ve addressed it with him and look forward to having him back again next year,” the CNN shared in a observation.
As arrangements for the 2022-23 display started, then again, Selection reported that CNN chairman Chris Licht sought after to sober up New Yr’s Eve Reside.
“What [Chris Licht] said was that he didn’t want the correspondents out there drinking, but that he wanted Anderson and I to do our thing,” Cohen advised The Hollywood Reporter in November 2022. “So I’m happy to do our thing. My only directive for years on CNN has been to have fun on New Year’s Eve, and that is absolutely what I plan to do.”
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