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Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper 2025 is coming to an end and 2026 is coming CNN New Year’s Eve Live Special.
The 57-year-old Bravo star and the 58-year-old journalist co-hosted the show in New York’s Times Square on Wednesday, December 31, for the ninth consecutive year.
“Bottoms up: It’s tequila!” Cohen declared before posing with Cooper to open the show. The co-hosts then talked about highlights of 2025, including going to Disneyland and watching movies with their kids Cher Execute during event saturday night live50th anniversary.
“Cher called me a few weeks ago,” Cooper said, to which Cohen responded, “Did she ask for me?”
Cooper jokingly recalled Cher’s comment about Cohen: “What about that troublemaker?”
The host also mentioned Ryan Seacrestwho hosts Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve on ABC.
“Did Ryan call you … or text you today?” Cooper asked Cohen, who responded: “He texted me yesterday or the day before yesterday.”
Cooper said Seacrest texted him that morning. He noted that Seacrest had given him gifts in years past.
Roy Rocklin/Getty Images Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper are known for their hilarious (and sometimes unhinged) antics on CNN’s live New Year’s Eve show. In 2017, Cohen replaced Kathy Griffin as Cooper’s co-host. However, the two had known each other for decades after first meeting when their friend tried to (…)
“Like a picture of himself?” Cohen asked.
“No,” Cooper said, adding that Seacrest had sent him tequila before.
The longtime friends also discussed the hit hockey romance series fierce competitionCohen told Cooper, “Between the two of us, you’re Elijah and I’m Shane.”
“What?!” Cooper replied.
Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper had something to celebrate when they co-hosted CNN’s live New Year’s Eve special — a toast to the end of Prohibition the previous year. The dynamic duo returned to Times Square in New York City on Sunday, December 31, to kick off the countdown to the New Year. At the top of the broadcast, Cohen (…)
In addition to Cohen and Cooper’s signature banter, CNN New Year’s Eve Live Featured performances Robin, Shakira, Brandy and Monica, Bryan AdamsFlorence + Machine, Raye, Brandi Carlile, Aloe Vera Black, Patti LaBelle and Michelle Williams and special appearances Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris, Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O’Connell, BJ Novak, Leanne Morgan and Sarah Sherman.
The CNN New Year’s Eve special has been making headlines since Cohen joined the broadcaster as Cooper’s co-host in 2017, perhaps most notoriously when the network No two people are allowed to drink alcohol After Cohen shadow then mayor of new york city Bill de Blasio and Seacrest during the 2021-2022 show.
“After four years of one of the worst years of being a New York mayor, watching Mayor de Blasio give a victory lap dance, the only thing Democrats and Republicans can agree on is what a terrible mayor he is,” Cohen said at the time. “So goodbye, sucka. 2022! It’s a new year, because guess what? I have a feeling I’ll be standing here next year and you know who I won’t see dancing when this city falls apart? You!”
Cohen is Also critical of Seacrest’s hosting of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.
Roy Rocklin/Getty Images Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper are known for their hilarious (and sometimes unhinged) antics on CNN’s live New Year’s Eve show. In 2017, Cohen replaced Kathy Griffin as Cooper’s co-host. However, the two had known each other for decades after first meeting when their friend tried to (…)
“If you look behind me, you’ll see Ryan Seacrest’s bunch of losers performing… I’m sorry, but if you’re watching ABC, you’re not watching anything,” he quipped. “We were showered with confetti on ABC’s fake Journey. If not Steve Perrythis doesn’t count! Do you understand? This is not a journey! This is propaganda! This is propaganda! This is not a journey! This is not a journey! No, that’s not “Journey.” Steve Perry is Journey. “
Cohen later apologized to Seacrest, 51, and the two made amends. Cohen and Cooper are still banned from drinking during the 2022-2023 broadcast, but they Tequila tradition returns The following year.
Ahead of the 2025-2026 show, Cooper and Cohen reflected on fond memories of co-hosting the New Year’s Eve special over the years.
“We can’t talk about New Year’s Eve without talking about your countless giggles,” Cohen told Cooper in an interview. CNN Video earlier this month. “I say to people, it’s my job to make you laugh in the New Year because people love to hear you laugh. I think God will bless you for the work you do all year long. You keep it honest on CNN and this is a time for you and all of us to relax and enjoy.”
