Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper will be co-hosting CNN's New Year's Eve special for the eighth consecutive year and Cohen has revealed that the most annoying part of the gig is having to be the 'straight guy' while Cooper lets loose.
Cohen's comment comes on the heels of Anderson revealing his own biggest pet peeve about hosting the annual show with his longtime pal. Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in places like Bustle, LAMag, and HelloGiggles.) in N.Y.C. on Dec. 19, Cohen, 56, spoke with PEOPLE exclusively about his love of radio, his upcoming holiday plans and the most “annoying” part of hosting CNN ’s New Year’s Eve.
“Well, that I have to be the straight guy,” the Bravo host revealed. “Literally, he's in a puddle of giggles for the last 90 minutes of the broadcast, and I'm the one that's hitting all the commercial breaks.” “I kind of turn into Mr. CNN for the last 90 minutes, and he turns into Mr. Bravo,” he added. “It's a very funny role reversal.”his own biggest pet peeve “Just who he's gonna insult and what the clean up on aisle 3 is gonna be in the morning,” Cooper, 57, said during the Dec. 16 episode.during the live event, leading him to insult a competing New Year’s broadcast on ABC hosted by Ryan Seacrest. Cohen called Seacrest’s show a “group of losers,” which landed him in hot water the next day.The Howard Stern Show , Cohen admitted that he regretted his actions. 'I really like Ryan Seacrest and he's a great guy and I really regret saying that and I was just stupid and drunk and feeling it,” he told Stern. This will mark the eighth consecutive year that Cohen and Cooper will be hosting the CNN special, and viewers have come to expect — and delight — in watching the old friends crack each other up. Fans, especially, love watching the usually buttoned-up Cooper let loose. Cohen and Cooper have been friends for over two decades, and first connected when a mutual friend attempted to set them u
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