CNN's new boss asks anchors not to drink during New Year's Eve special: report

[Kennah]

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3793432-cnns-new-boss-asks-anchors-not-to-drink-during-new-years-eve-special-report/?fbclid=IwAR2bMIs0CzjlXjuN-bymyDF2gQyK0Y5GzewcgtVJxpTMv_WcK6Iilji0JH4

CNN head Chris Licht has asked the network’s anchors for its New Year’s Eve special not to consume alcohol on the air while the program is on, The Washington Post reported on Friday.

The Post reported that a network source said Licht asked Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper, who will host coverage in New York, and Don Lemon, who will take over in New Orleans, not to drink, which will mark a change from previous years.

Cohen went viral last year after he went on an apparently booze-fueled rant that included criticism of former New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D).

Lemon appeared to be intoxicated while getting his ear pierced on television during New Year’s in 2017, while Cooper said “it’s like burning your lungs” while taking a shot of tequila in 2019.

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Don't drink during. Got it. Loophole noted.

[Tree-Hugger]

1. Haha

Cohen may not drink while on air, but they didn't mention the nose candy that he is famously known to love.

[LakeArenal]

2. Can they smoke pot? Eat gummies.

I find Anderson Cooper’s drinking quite humorous.

CNN is getting so bland. CNN international is about unwatchable with its “Highlights” and long commercial breaks. I really don’t care about Stanley Tucci Italy. I would rather have Italian news.

[hlthe2b]

3. That ought to ensure a boring broadcast. Seems there is a middle ground

between last year's Don Lemon and tea-totaling.

[SoCalDavidS]

4. Brilliant!!!

Put Don Lemon in Nawlins’. No alcohol allowed. Good times.

[Haggard Celine]

12. Don't consume alcohol ON AIR while program is ON.

I think that gives Don some wiggle room.

[2naSalit]

5. I bet they will anyway.

[Kennah]

6. "Coffee"

[2naSalit]

8. Yup.

[SoCalDavidS]

7. This Dude Used To Run Colbert's Show

Boggles the mind.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

13. Not really. He did a great job while with Colbert

and Colbert has praised Licht to the skies. And now Christ Light is doing a great job helping to restore CNN.

Having anchors getting sloppy drunk on the air really isn't a good look for a new network that hopes to be taken seriously.

[SoCalDavidS]

17. It's New Years Eve

Plenty of other times to be serious. People drink on NYE.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

20. Not getting drunk on the air on a news network that hopes to be taken seriously.

That's serious unprofessional behavior. Come on, man.

[SoCalDavidS]

21. We Disagree

It’s NYE. Nobody is watching for professionalism.

Their ratings will suffer.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

22. We sure as hell do disagree.

It is completely unprofessional to have on-air talent getting snockered during the broadcast (and while on camera).

I spent my entire career working in television. I know what broadcast standards are.

Good to have an adult back in charge at CNN.

[Genki Hikari]

25. No more unprofessional

Than their constant sucking up to r thugs and bashing Democrats for the stupidest of reasons.

I'd rather they be drunk than act like they do the rest of the year. They might be amusing if they're drunk. Their pandering to r thugs never is.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

26. Yeah, well the sucking up is a phoney charge

and getting drunk on the air is unprofessional behavior on its face.

Are you serious here?

[Emile]

9. Smoke weed instead!

[Just A Box Of Rain]

10. To think that the head of a news network would want his staff and anchor people

to behave like professional journalists while on camera on his network.

[Tetrachloride]

11. Lietchtenstein requires religious instruction: Catholic, Calvinism or Lutheranism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liechtenstein

[EYESORE 9001]

15. Is this related to the OP

or just a random fact?

[Tetrachloride]

23. spelling conflation for fun and prophet

[snowybirdie]

14. Marijuana will be

Legal in NY as of midnight. So..............

[EYESORE 9001]

16. Really?!?

I can’t keep up with everything.

[nolabear]

18. Okay, not on the air. But the party and uncertainty is fun.

Any other time I’d discourage it but as a once a year completely silly off the rails event it’s fun to watch, particularly in the Left Coast where it’s early.

And drunk Don Lemon in my beloved New Orleans is adorable. Makes me homesick.

I do hope someone covers Miami so we can see a real live Florida drag queen in a giant stiletto. It’s sooooo Florida—the part DeSantos wants to pretend isn’t a huge part of the population there. 😃

[C_U_L8R]

19. Just sayin... mushrooms

Whoooaaaaaaaa
That's the best way to top last years boozy bash.

[elias7]

24. I found them rather sh**faced several times in the past few years

I’m secretly pleased. The Kathy Griffith, Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen drunkenness over the years was not working for me. But, who am I to complain? I was pretty sh**faced…

[Mr.Bill]

27. Bring back Kathy Griffin.

Unlike Anderson Cooper, she can handle her liquor. To me, the whole comic premise of the show was watching Amderson get shit faced on what I sometimes drink before lunch while Griffin just took him apart. Probably all an act, but very funny anyway.

One could have a legit arguement that news anchors shouldn't be covering the biggest party of the year with a comedian, but that ship sailed a long time ago.

[2naSalit]

29. It wasn't fun after she stopped being on.

[bahboo]

30. you are absolutely correct....

we've stopped watching....

[DET]

28. Good

Drunk New Years Eve has gotten out of hand at CNN. I don’t mind if they have a drink or two, as long as they maintain some degree of professionalism. But Andy Cohen - who I can’t stand - deliberately gets totally shitfaced and inappropriate. I get the sense that Anderson Cooper feels compelled to join in, against his better judgment. At least Anderson is cute and has an adorable giggle. Don Lemon is a sloppy drunk, and it’s really not a good look. I hope these guys can have fun without becoming obnoxiously inebriated this year.

[LudwigPastorius]

31. I have no problem with this.

I've been around drunk people my entire life, and 99.8% of the time, they think they are funnier and smarter when they're juiced. It is painful to watch.

If CNN finds hosts that actually get wittier after they've imbibed...maybe get a shovel and dig up Noël Coward, Dorothy Parker, or Oscar Wilde...then I'd be OK with on-air boozing.

[Raine]

32. GOOD I don't find watching drunks entertaining or funny

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they think they are but they're not, they just look like idiots.