Among just about every major network being live in New York City to ring in the new year on December 31st, ABC’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest and CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live with Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper were especially big ones to tune into if you were at home getting in the 2023 spirit. After Seacrest claimed this week that Cohen declined to say hello to him during their competing broadcasts on NYE 2022, Cohen has shared his side of the story.
While Ryan Seacrest was on his morning show Live! with Kelly and Ryan on Tuesday, the host claimed that Andy Cohen, who was standing just 10 feet away from him as they each put on their own New Year’s Eve shows, “did not turn around” to greet him amidst the celebration. Here’s how Andy Cohen addressed it on his Radio Andy show:
Ryan, I don’t know, he’s got a bug up on me two weeks in a row…I don’t even know what I, I didn’t see Anderson turn around and wave. Usually what Anderson will do, and I should, I should call him back and ask him about this, frankly. But I think he’ll yell at me if I do… usually if he’s waving at Ryan, he’ll say to me, ‘Hey, there’s Ryan.’ You know what I mean? Yeah. And then I’ll turn around and wave or I’ll say, ‘There’s Ryan,’ but he didn’t do that.
Andy Cohen claimed that he never saw Ryan Seacrest and somewhat blamed his co-host Anderson Cooper for not letting him know when he was waving to Ryan Seacrest so he could turn around and do the same. Per Seacrest’s comments while conversing with Kelly Ripa on their shared morning show on Tuesday, Cooper mouthed “have a good show” to Seacrest while he didn’t have an interaction with Cohen during NYE.
Seacrest also shared that his stage was right in front of Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen and during commercial breaks, he was trying to get their attention. Apparently the programs usually go on commercial break at the same time, but this year they did not, allowing viewers to switch between the two programs that were available to stream during New Year's Eve 2022.
During Cohen’s radio show on Wednesday morning, he then decided to call Anderson Cooper about the whole thing, who didn’t sound too pleased about getting him “involved” in “a thing with Seacrest.” When Cohen asked Cooper why he didn’t get his attention while Seacrest was behind him, the CNN broadcast journalist said this:
Yeah, you didn’t know… I just happened to turn, there were a couple times I looked to see if he was around and there was one time I turned and he was there over by where they do that hourly countdown. So, I saw him and we both waved and I said ‘have a great new year’ or ‘have a great show.’ You were involved in some producing thing, so I just didn’t. I mean it all happened so fast and it wasn’t a big deal. I just assumed maybe you had [said hi] maybe previously and I was just catching up.
According to all accounts, it sounds like there was a simple miscommunication between Andy Cohen and Ryan Seacrest, Cohen apparently not seeing the longtime New Year’s Eve host and Seacrest thinking Cohen intentionally did not greet him. Cohen also joked that he was more focused on getting Duran Duran’s attention than Seacrest during the whole thing.
Now that that’s all sorted, you can stay updated with what’s being broadcast and streaming with the 2023 TV schedule here on CinemaBlend. Happy New Year!!
