The show will go on, but will the shots? Andy Cohen<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 and his tequila \u2014 have been helping CNN make headlines since taking over<\/a> cohosting New Year\u2019s Eve<\/em> Live<\/em> with Anderson Cooper<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n The Real Housewives<\/em> producer replaced Kathy Griffin<\/strong><\/a> for the 2017\u201318 broadcast, joining his BFF to ring in the New Year on the lengthy show and introducing shots \u201cat the top of every hour.\u201d While social media users always poked fun at Cooper\u2019s facial expressions when he attempted to down the tequila, Cohen\u2019s drunken antics made waves way after January 1 when he threw shade at Ryan Seacrest<\/strong> and Dick Clark\u2019s New Year\u2019s Rockin\u2019 Eve<\/em> on the 2021-22 show.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIf you look behind me, you\u2019ll see Ryan Seacrest\u2019s group of losers performing. \u2026 I\u2019m sorry but if you\u2019re watching ABC, you\u2019re watching nothing,\u201d Cohen said at the time. \u201cWe were doused with confetti from fake Journey on ABC. If it\u2019s not Steve Perry<\/strong>, it doesn\u2019t count! You get it? It\u2019s not Journey! It\u2019s propaganda! It\u2019s propaganda! It\u2019s not Journey! It\u2019s not Journey! No, that was not Journey. Steve Perry is Journey.\u201d<\/p>\n Seacrest wasn\u2019t the only one dissed by Cohen. For the second year in a row, he slammed then-New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWatching Mayor de Blasio do his victory lap dance after four years of the crappiest term as the mayor of New York \u2014 the only thing that Democrats and Republicans can agree on is what a horrible mayor he has been,\u201d he declared. \u201cSo sayonara sucka. 2022! It\u2019s a new year because guess what? I have a feeling I\u2019m gonna be standing right here next year, and you know who I\u2019m not going to be looking at dancing as the city comes apart? You!\u201d<\/p>\n While he laughed off the drunk moments the next morning, Cohen later revealed how he felt about the Seacrest dig.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cAs I was going on my rant about Journey, I did wind up kind of starting to throw ABC under the bus and that is my only regret from the night because I really like Ryan Seacrest,\u201d the Andy Cohen Diaries<\/em> author said on The Howard Stern Show<\/em>, adding that their mutual bestie Kelly Ripa<\/strong> <\/a>wasn\u2019t upset with him. \u201cHe\u2019s a really nice guy. And I was \u2014 as they say\u2014 in my cups, and I was kind of enjoying the rant. I was like, \u2018Wow, it\u2019s really fun being on CNN just ranting like a nutty guy. This is fun.\u2019 So I kept going and that I felt bad about and I texted Ryan the next morning.\u201d<\/p>\n In the days that followed, CNN released a statement in support of Cohen. \u201cAndy said something he shouldn\u2019t have on live TV. We\u2019ve addressed it with him and look forward to having him back again next year,\u201d the network said.<\/p>\n As preparations for the 2022-23 show began, however, Variety<\/a><\/em> reported in November that CNN chairman Chris Licht<\/strong> wanted to sober up New Year\u2019s Eve Live.<\/a> Amid the speculation, Cohen declared on WWHL that he was going to \u201cparty harder\u201d than ever and subsequently confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> that he wasn\u2019t kidding.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat [Chris Licht] said was that he didn\u2019t want the correspondents out there drinking, but that he wanted Anderson and I to do our thing,\u201d Cohen said. \u201cSo I\u2019m happy to do our thing. My only directive for years on CNN has been to have fun on New Year\u2019s Eve, and that is absolutely what I plan to do.\u201d<\/p>\n Seacrest, for his part, told Entertainment Weekly<\/em> in December 2022 that he doesn\u2019t \u201cadvocate drinking when one is on the air.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know how that started as a tradition but it\u2019s probably a good idea [to scale back], CNN,\u201d he said before addressing Cohen\u2019s diss for the first time. \u201c[I don\u2019t] think they would say what they said about our performers if they weren\u2019t drinking. I might send them some Casa Dragones Tequila just to tempt them while they\u2019re on the air.\u201d<\/p>\n Scroll through for more from Cohen about drinking on NYE:<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit:<\/em> Charles Sykes\/Invision\/AP\/Shutterstock\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n The show will go on, but will the shots? Andy Cohen<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 and his tequila \u2014 have been helping CNN make headlines since taking over<\/a> cohosting New Year’s Eve<\/em> Live<\/em> with Anderson Cooper<\/strong><\/a>.
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit:<\/em> Andrew Walker\/Shutterstock\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n While Cohen has been part of the show since December 2017, he made it his mission to get Anderson \u201cvery drunk\u201d ahead of the 2020-21 show after the difficulties of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s such a lightweight,\u201d Cohen said on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/em> in December 2020. \u201cIf news breaks when we\u2019re on the air, I\u2019m going to be the guy that\u2019s handling it. \u2026 It\u2019s very authentic, it\u2019s a very authentic experience unlike a lot of the pre-taped BS on a lot of the other networks.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit:<\/em> Charles Sykes\/Invision\/AP\/Shutterstock\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Cohen returned to Twitter on January 1, 2022, and admitted he was \u201ca bit overserved last night.\u201d When responding to a troll who called him \u201cirresponsible,\u201d he responded: \u201cI made the choice to get drunk on New Years Eve and lead a virtual audience in a night of revelry to forget a very sh\u2013ty year. Ashamed I am not. I had fun and so did others. Happy New Year.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit:<\/em> ohn Salangsang\/Shutterstock; Ben Hider\/AP\/Shutterstock\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u201cThe only thing that I regret saying, the only thing is that I slammed the ABC broadcast and I really like Ryan Seacrest and he\u2019s a great guy,\u201d the producer said on Sirius XM\u2019s Andy Cohen Live<\/em> in January 2022. \u201cAnd I really regret saying that, and I was just stupid and drunk and feeling it. \u2026 That is what I absolutely, that I really regret. I really do.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit:<\/em> Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP\/Shutterstock\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n “It’s a four-and-a-half-hour show,” Cohen told Howard Stern<\/strong> in January 2022. “The booze started kicking in around 11:30. So everyone’s focusing on kind of the last 45 minutes or hour that we were on the air. I kicked into high gear with 45 minutes left. So, we had done 15 interviews before that point.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nEverything Andy Cohen Has Said About Drinking on CNN\u2019s \u2018New Year\u2019s Eve Live\u2019 With Anderson Cooper<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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\nThe Real Housewives<\/em> producer replaced Kathy Griffin<\/strong><\/a> for the 2017\u201318 broadcast, joining his BFF to ring in the New Year on the lengthy show and introducing shots \u201cat the top of every hour.\u201d While social media users always poked fun at Cooper\u2019s facial expressions when he attempted to down the tequila, Cohen\u2019s drunken antics made waves way after January 1 when he threw shade at Ryan Seacrest<\/strong> and Dick Clark\u2019s New Year\u2019s Rockin\u2019 Eve<\/em> on the 2021-22 show.<\/a>
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\n\u201cIf you look behind me, you\u2019ll see Ryan Seacrest\u2019s group of losers performing. \u2026 I\u2019m sorry but if you\u2019re watching ABC, you\u2019re watching nothing,\u201d Cohen said at the time. \u201cWe were doused with confetti from fake Journey on ABC. If it\u2019s not Steve Perry<\/strong>, it doesn\u2019t count! You get it? It\u2019s not Journey! It\u2019s propaganda! It\u2019s propaganda! It\u2019s not Journey! It\u2019s not Journey! No, that was not Journey. Steve Perry is Journey.\u201d
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