Andy Cohen Brings Tequila to CNN New Year; Anderson Cooper Struggles

Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper shortly jumped into their outdated rapport throughout CNN’s “New Yr’s Eve Stay” on Tuesday, with the 2 hosts and real-life BFFs teasing one another and breaking out the booze.

Cohen excitedly introduced tequila to take a shot on the high of each hour with Cooper. Whereas Cooper, a light-weight drinker, took the primary shot in stride, the second left him gasping for air.

The hosts remained jovial throughout the present, speaking about having giggle matches throughout industrial breaks and FaceTiming with Hoda Kotb, who was internet hosting NBC’s New Yr’s Eve particular, “A Toast to 2024.”

A foolish second-hour costume contest, set in entrance of the duo’s Madame Tussauds wax figures, featured a sequence of 2024 popular culture get-ups — together with pygmy hippopotamus Moo Deng, viral French pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati and a tragic Glasgow Oompa Loompa — which left Cooper in a match of giggles.

In different media moments, Roy Wooden Jr., host of CNN’s weekend comedy panel present “Have I Received Information For You,” appeared with the present’s “workforce captains” Amber Ruffin and Michael Ian Black, turned down a shot with the hosts, quipping that, “the final Black man to drink on this community bought fired,” which gave the impression to be a nod to Don Lemon getting the axe from CNN in 2023.

The alcohol marched on alongside the friends, as even critical stars like “Conclave” lead Ralph Fiennes threw again a shot with the duo. Amazingly, Fiennes, a distinguished actor, additionally did a dramatic recitation of the “Very Demure, Very Aware” meme.

This yr is Cohen and Cooper’s eighth time internet hosting the chatty New Yr’s Eve present, which additionally welcomed loads of their celeb associates, together with chats with Amy Sedaris, Jon Hamm, Ziwe and extra. Nation singer Mickey Guyton helped the pair usher in 2025 by performing John Lennon’s “Think about” shortly earlier than the well-known ball drop started on the countdown to midnight.