December 30, 2024
Andy Cohen Reveals What's 'Most Annoying' about His NYC Gig with Anderson Cooper
Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 2 MIN.
CNN's yearly "New Year's Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen" is almost six hours long, but even that much time might not make enough room for both of these divas!
Page Six reported that Cooper opened up in advance of the annual broadcast – the eighth year in a row the pair have shared hosting duties for the event, which is set to take place at Times Square in New York – and shared what he called Cooper's "most annoying" habit when co-hosting the extravaganza.
The thing that drives the "Watch What Happens Live" host nuts about co-hosting with his CNN anchor bestie? It's "that I have to be the straight guy," Cohen told People Magazine. "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. It's a very funny role reversal," Cohen said.
If that seems like a strange complaint coming from the guy who got drinking banned (at least, for a time) during the celebratory program thanks to an on-air rant, consider it payback after Cooper offered his own critique of Cohen.
People Mag discussed "Cooper recently revealing his own biggest pet peeve about hosting the NYE show during an appearance on Cohen's Bravo series 'Watch What Happens Live.'"
In Cooper's own words, it comes down to who Cohen is "gonna insult and what the clean up on aisle 3 is gonna be in the morning."
"Cohen and Cooper have been friends for over two decades," People recalled, "and first connected when a mutual friend attempted to set them up."
"While a date never actually happened (Cooper called it off after speaking to Cohen on the phone), the pair connected several years later and became platonic friends."
People included an example of Cooper's giggling fits. Watch it below.
Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.