On air drinking

Just because there is no on air drinking, doesn’t mean this late night talk show host isn’t going to get plastered while the camera is not on him.

He will be even more wrecked because he will be drinking more in shorter amounts of time.

Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live, CNN New Year’s Eve

Andy Cohen says ‘rest assured,’ he will be drinking on CNN this New Year’s Eve: ‘People enjoy watching me try to get Anderson plastered’

Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper are known for their alcohol-induced antics each New Year’s Eve on CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live, but fans of the broadcast learned this week that CNN may not be as entertained by how the two television personalities choose to ring in the new year.

According to Variety, in a town-hall discussion on Tuesday between CNN staffers and Chris Licht, the company’s chairman and CEO, Licht expressed concern that on-camera drinking could cause CNN to lose “respectability” with its viewers. While Cohen and Cooper are said to be permitted to drink alcohol during the primetime portion of the show, Variety reports that they, along with other correspondents and anchors who may have, in previous years, drank alcohol both on and off camera in Times Square, will be asked not to imbibe.

But Cohen says fear not: His plans for welcoming 2023 include plenty of booze.

“I think New Year’s Eve is a night to go hard,” he tells Yahoo Life, “and I will be going hard on New Year’s Eve.”

And he’ll do it … for the fans watching from the couch.

“I think that part of the ‘play at home’ factor of New Year’s Eve is, I think people enjoy watching me try to get Anderson plastered, and I will be,” says Cohen. “The announcement yesterday was that CNN doesn’t want their correspondents drinking on New Year’s Eve. I think that people don’t understand. I will be drinking on New Year’s Eve — just rest assured of that.” – Source