While CNN’s previous New Year’s Eve specials have featured a boozy broadcast, this year, the festivities will reportedly have less alcohol consumption. In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, American Idol host Ryan Seacrest welcomed the network’s change in policy. “I don’t advocate drinking when one is on the air,” he told the news outlet. “I don’t know how that started as a tradition, but it’s probably a good idea [to scale back], CNN.”
Towards the end of his interview, Seacrest seemingly took a playful shot at Copper and Cohen, who have faced their fair share of controversy over their on-air drinking. “There’s some pretty respectable people or at least one, right?” he said, “I think there’s a serious journalist and then a friend of mine who has a lot of fun, but it’s probably a good idea… I might send them some Casa Dragones Tequila just to tempt them while they’re on air.”
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Seacrest’s comments come a few weeks after Cohen clarified that CNN’s new drinking policy is only meant for the network’s correspondents. “Anderson and I will be the people partying on CNN [though] we will be partying responsibly,” he told Rolling Stone in November. “My job is to take Anderson out of his comfort zone [and] my job is to be a party ringleader for everyone watching us on New Year’s Eve.” We can’t wait to tune in.
