Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen are again at it for New Yr’s Eve 2026—and sure, the drinks might be flowing.
The longtime buddies and CNN’s New Yr’s Eve Stay cohosts confirmed the custom throughout a playful look on The Late Present with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday, December 16. In a basic TV second, Cooper, Cohen, Colbert, and his bandleader Louis Cato all took pictures from a shotski earlier than reminiscing about their 2024 celebrations.
Cohen admitted that he “dragged” Cooper to Patti LuPone’s afterparty, which Cooper known as “beautiful.” Cohen, in fact, didn’t let that slide: “You bear in mind none of it! You have been so drunk.” Cooper agreed he was seemingly tipsy, including, “I don’t drink apart from after I’m with this man on New Yr’s Eve.”
The duo additionally dished on the logistics behind their broadcast. Cohen defined that yearly round 10:45 p.m., he has to begin “driving the ship” for CNN’s protection. Cooper tried to protest, however Cohen doubled down: “That is the reality. I hear the slur in his voice. I do know his voice so properly. Final yr I actually did get him slightly drunk on New Yr’s Eve, so by the point we went to Patti’s home…”
Cooper chimed in, saying he “[had] to intervene,” noting that he was “absolutely in management” throughout the night. “I don’t bear in mind a lot, but it surely was advantageous,” he added. “The issue for me [on] New Yr’s Eve, actually within the final half-hour, I’m simply taking a look at issues on-line to see in what methods has [Cohen] screwed us over? In what methods did he say issues that I’m going to should defend?”
It will mark the ninth consecutive yr the pair cohosts the published. After a quick CNN ban on on-air ingesting in 2022 following controversy over Cohen’s remarks about Ryan Seacrest and former NYC Mayor Invoice de Blasio, Cooper and Cohen returned to elevating glasses the subsequent yr. For New Yr’s 2025, Cohen famously pledged a tequila shot each hour main as much as midnight.
Followers may count on a star-studded lineup this yr, together with performances from Robyn, Shakira, Brandy and Monica, Bryan Adams, Florence + The Machine and RAYE. Particular appearances are slated from Colbert, Oz Perlman, Amy Sedaris, Brandi Carlile, Aloe Blacc, Patti LaBelle, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Romijn, Jerry O’Connell, B.J. Novak, Leanne Morgan, Sarah Sherman and extra.
