CNN attempted a truly cringeworthy “How do you do, fellow kids?” stunt during the network’s New Year’s Eve celebration as it allowed Anderson Cooper and his co-host to down shots of vodka, prompting Cooper to literally gag for viewers.
The longtime host has been a staple of CNN’s traditional New Year’s Eve broadcast and weathered controversies that ultimately contributed to the downfall of colleagues like Don Lemon and co-hosts like Kathy Griffin. The approval of alcohol for Cooper followed a longstanding ban on shots since Lemon appeared visibly intoxicated during past years and ranted about his “haters.”
Raising a shot glass, co-host Andy Cohen shouted a good old, “Here we go!” before the two take the plunge. Cooper immediately makes a squelching noise and sticks out his tongue in a look of utter disgust.
By the third shot, Cohen was beginning to accept they may be going overboard.
“That was a big one, even for me!” he joked.
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This is very umcomfortable
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As actor Neil Patrick Harris stood by uncomfortably, the two hosts fell into a laughing fit so complete that viewers were forced to listen to Cooper’s high-pitched squeal for more than 10 seconds straight before they continued with a game of “Never Have I Ever.”
With nearly an hour to go before midnight, Cohen declared that Cooper was “off with the fairies” as he went off-camera to lean over the railing and laugh uncontrollably while yet another guest stood by, visibly impatient to get on with the pockmarked interview.
Since going full anti-Trump, CNN has suffered mightily in the ratings against its longstanding competitors Fox News and MSNBC, both of which have surpassed the once-centrist network. The rise of Tucker Carlson has further reinforced that the new media landscape will be dominated by personalities who drive their viewership with opinionated coverage rather than a veneer of journalistic impartiality. Major figures at CNN, including the since-fired Lemon and White House correspondent Jim Acosta, have betrayed liberal slants that revealed their reporting was never about the facts, but rather the perception of independence.
Candy ass! Anyone that would pick Vodka over moonshine is a fkg nut. Moonshine is much better. But you know you got real men then you got creeps that were spoon fed pussy’s!!! LMAO HAVE A CLAPPY NEW BIDENLESS YEAR COOPY BABY!!! DA DA GOO GOO!
If he would’ve chased that shot with an erect penis he wouldn’t have has a problem.
His throat is probably perpetually raw from all that cock gobbling.