Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper rang in 2024 with some boozing on live television — bringing back alcohol consumption to CNN after staying sober for last year’s New Year’s Eve broadcast. Back in November 2022, then-CEO Chris Licht announced that CNN would be dialing down alcohol consumption for its New Year’s telecast. Regular host Cohen was quick to claim that that rule, in fact, did not apply to him as a host, though he and Cooper elected to take shots of non-alcoholic beverages like buttermilk and pickle juice in solidarity with the rest of the staff. “CNN said the correspondents will not be drinking,” Cohen said. “I haven’t heard anything yet, but come on, they need to let us drink,” Cohen told E!

Source: CNN January 01, 2024 05:40 UTC