Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper drink during the CNN New Year’s Eve 2024 show

Andy Cohen And Anderson Cooper had something to celebrate while cohosting CNN’s New Year’s Eve live special — toasting the end of last year’s alcohol ban.

The dynamic duo returned to Times Square in New York City on Sunday, December 31, to countdown to the new year. At the start of the broadcast, Cohen, 55, revealed that he and Cooper, 56, would be soaking up the entire show again.

“Speaking of traditions,” he began, “it’s the highest hour and that’s why we’ve been here for seven years and most of those years… the highest hour usually involves a toast.”

When Cooper reluctantly asked if Cohen was referring to alcohol, the latter replied, “I guess I’m just wondering, does Dad get his juice?”

Cooper quickly responded, “Can Dad get his juice responsibly?” before admitting he hadn’t brought anything to drink. However, Cohen came prepared with his own bottle of tequila. “This is why I’m a really good partner for you,” he teased. “I understand. We do this.”

Cohen reminded viewers that Cooper doesn’t drink often outside of the NYE special, but fans think that’s exactly what makes it so fun. “A giggly/tipsy Anderson Cooper is how every year should end,” one social media user tweeted on Sunday, while another added: “Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper are incredibly wasted on national television, this is the only New Year’s chaos I’ve seen in faith. ”

A third fan joked, “I love that we, as a community, bullied CNN into letting Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen drink on TV,” as we celebrated the return of the pair’s traditional shot-taking.

The pair were not allowed to drink after the broadcast during the 2022-2023 broadcast Watch what happens live with Andy Cohen The host made some controversial comments on air the year before while drunk.

“If you look back, you’ll see it Ryan Seacrest‘s group of losers performs. … I’m sorry, but when you watch ABC, you watch nothing,” Cohen said during the 2021-2022 special, referring to Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest. “We were showered with confetti from fake Journey on ABC. If not Steve Perry, it doesn’t count! You got it? It’s not a trip! It’s propaganda! It’s propaganda! It’s not a trip! It’s not a trip! No, that wasn’t Journey. Steve Perry is Journey.”

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Cohen also lambasted then-Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio. “Watching Mayor de Blasio do his victory lap dance after four years of the crappiest term as mayor of New York – the only thing Democrats and Republicans can agree on is what a terrible mayor he has been,” he told the audience. “So say, onara sucka.”

After the ordeal, Cohen expressed regret for his statements about the 49-year-old Seacrest. “The only thing I regret is turning down the ABC broadcast and I really love Ryan Seacrest and he’s a great guy,” he noted. SiriusXMs Andy Cohen Live in January 2022. “And I really regret saying that, and I was just stupid and drunk and felt it.”

The two later shut down rumors of a feud when Cohen called up “On Air With Ryan Seacrest” in January. “I don’t like fighting people,” Cohen said, to which Seacrest replied, “Well, we’re not. [fighting]. Were not.”

Amid the drama, CNN mandated that Cohen and Cooper could not drink for the 2022-2023 broadcast. “We can’t drink, okay! We can’t drink,” Cohen said during the special. ‘But it’s fine. It’s totally cool.”

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Cooper then said, “Are you going to make it?”

“That’s the question. We’ll see! Do I have a bag full of edibles? I do. Should I bring them? I don’t think so,” Cohen responded. “I don’t know, it’s a long night. This is a telethon without disease, you understand? We’re here all night, passing the time.”

In the lead-up to the 2023-2024 show, Cohen begged the network to let him and Cooper enjoy it again.

“Hopefully I won’t do it secretly,” he said E! News in November. “I haven’t heard anything yet, but come on, they have to let us drink. It’s New Year’s Eve. That didn’t go well last year in terms of viewer happiness about our drinking. People really cared and I hope CNN gives people what they want.”