Andy Cohen Doubles Down on New Year’s Eve Drinking Plans, Says He Can ‘Torch’ CNN Before Returning to His Bravo Duties

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Life of the party! Andy Cohen has no plans of reining in his drinking while cohosting CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live with pal Anderson Cooper.“It’s fun for me because I’m a guest on CNN, so I’m like a visitor,” Cohen, 54, told Rolling Stone in an interview published on Wednesday, December 28. “I’m going to just march back to Bravo at 12:30 in the morning and be done with it.”The longtime Bravo host and producer joked: “And so I can kind of torch the place while I’m there, and then head out.”The Watch What Happens Live!

With Andy Cohen star further explained that his “job” on the annual New Year’s Eve broadcast is to “take Anderson out of his comfort zone” and have a good time.“My job is to be a party ringleader for everyone watching us on New Year’s Eve,” Cohen told the outlet. “And that is what I will continue to do.”The Missouri native has been working alongside Cooper, 55, since the 2017-18 show.

While the BFFs have been known for knocking back shots on camera, it wasn’t until the 2021-22 broadcast that Cohen really made waves for his shenanigans.The Radio Andy host turned heads in January when he threw shade at Ryan Seacrest and his work on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve event.“If you look behind me, you’ll see Ryan Seacrest’s group of losers performing. … I’m sorry but if you’re watching ABC, you’re watching nothing,” Cohen said at the time. “We were doused with confetti from fake Journey on ABC.

If it’s not Steve Perry, it doesn’t count! You get it? It’s not Journey! It’s propaganda! It’s propaganda! It’s not Journey!