7 Don Lemon will booze live from New Orleans on his on own New Year’s Eve special. Respective CollectiveIt became Lemon’s annual schtick to imbibe on-air during CNN’s New Year’s Eve special until 2022, when his then new boss, Chris Licht, implemented an alcohol ban for anchors and correspondents. Check out more newsletters7 Lemon says he was the first to start the on-air New Year’s Eve drinking trend at CNN. 7 CNN banned Lemon and other anchors from drinking on-air in 2022. Christopher Sadowski7 Luann De Lesseps will join Lemon on his New Year’s Eve special.

Source: CNN January 01, 2026 04:43 UTC