Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper shortly jumped into their outdated rapport throughout CNN’s “New Yr’s Eve Reside” on Tuesday, with the 2 hosts and real-life BFFs teasing one another and breaking out the booze.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 lightweight drinker, took the primary shot in stride, the second left him gasping for air.
The hosts remained jovial through the present, speaking about having giggle matches throughout business 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. turned down a shot with the hosts, quipping that, “the final Black man to drink on this community obtained fired,” which appeared to be a nod to Don Lemon getting the axe from CNN in 2023.
The alcohol marched on alongside the visitor, as even severe 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 Dumure, Very Conscious” 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 buddies, together with chats with Amy Sedaris, Jon Hamm, Ziwe and extra.
