Andy Cohen’s drunken Christmas antics may return to kickstart 2024!
Last year, CNN banned 55-year-old Cohen and his friend. Christmas Live co-host Anderson Cooper stopped drinking while filming the special.
However Watch What Happened Live the landlord said This Howard Stern show He said Wednesday’s alcohol ban was not successful and he was ready to celebrate live with a drink in hand.
“What a clumsiness,” Cohen said simply.
Recognized as a dynamic duo, and even having their own live tour called AC2, Cohen and Cooper have a history of making audiences laugh on New Year’s Eve. This is undoubtedly due in large part to Cohen’s drinking habits as the night progresses, he said.
“People want to see me giggle Anderson and they love to see him shoot,” Cohen told Stern, explaining that he and 56-year-old Cooper – who will be hosting the special together for 7 years – are challenged to get creative this year. drinking pickle juice in the air to entertain themselves and the audience.
“We did everything we could to get around [the alcohol ban]but it was just a stupid move,” he added.
Stern, 69, continued to ask Cohen if former CNN President and CEO Chris Licht, who was fired after a short and turbulent 13-month tenure, was “the wrong man for the job” given the bad experience. Bravo executive was on CNN last year.
“I don’t know the answer to that… I guess because it didn’t work out,” Cohen replied.
He added: “I really didn’t care. I just wanted to drink on New Year’s Eve and I want Anderson to be happy.”
He went on to say that after seeing how Licht was doing in 2022, he wished he would stay on the net so he could undo the ban. ‘Listen, this didn’t work out last year, so let’s revisit this.’”
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The alcohol ban comes after Cohen joked that he was “over-served” on the 2021 special. Cohen drunkenly called the ABCs Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, who stepped down at the start of the new year, hurled insults at him, calling him “a bunch of losers.”
“Watching Mayor de Blasio doing the victory lap dance after his worst four years as mayor of New York. [City],” Cohen said to the camera.
As Cooper speaks, “Don’t exaggerate” and “Is this how you want to start the new year?”
But Cohen insisted. “The only thing Democrats and Republicans agree on is what a terrible mayor he is.” “So, sayonara, sucker!”
A dazed Cooper looked at the co-host and said “Wow” twice. A chuckle was heard from behind the camera.
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Regardless, Cohen had previously told Stern that he “wouldn’t be ashamed” for drinking in front of the camera.
“I won’t be ashamed, I had a lot of fun, Anderson had a lot of fun. We broke up and said, ‘It was fun, what a fun New Year’s Eve.’ .