Andy Cohen joked about sober New Year’s Eve on the CNN show and took booze-free photos with Anderson Cooper on the show since CNN banned its anchors from drinking during the New Year’s Eve show. New Year, as reported American magazine.
Instead, Cooper and Cohen took non-alcoholic doses of various liquids, including pickle juice, buttermilk and vinegar.
Cohen said, “So we should talk about the elephant in the room. We can’t drink, okay! We can’t drink. But it’s okay. It’s totally cool.”
When Cooper asked him if he would go through the show without drinking, Cohen replied, “That’s the question. We’ll see! Do I have a pocket full of edibles? I do. Will I take them? I don’t think “…I don’t know, it’s a long night. It’s a disease-free telethon, you know? We’re here all night to pass the time.”
It was reported in November 2022 that CNN wanted to sober up its New Year’s Eve show, which is why it banned its anchors from drinking.