Where’s the meat? Ryan Seacrest and Andy Cohen addressed the rumors of their feud following two years of New Year’s Eve drama.
On Thursday, January 5, the Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen host, 54, referred to as into Seacrest’s radio present to set the report straight on their rumored rift. “I didn’t know where we stood, Ryan! I got to tell you something, I like watching people fight. I don’t like fighting with people,” Cohen joked throughout Thursday’s episode of “On Air With Ryan Seacrest.”
The Live! With Kelly and Ryan host, 48, for his half, confirmed that there is no such thing as a ongoing feud between the 2, who’ve been friends for greater than a decade. “Well, we’re not [fighting]. We’re not,” Seacrest mentioned in response to the rumors, which had been initially sparked in December 2021 after Cohen shaded the American Idol host’s New Year’s Eve particular. “That’s the funny thing … we’re not.”
Following their respective 2023 New Year’s broadcasts, Seacrest claimed to his Live! cohost Kelly Ripa that Cohen didn’t acknowledge him when the host tried to catch his consideration on the vacation. (The TV personalities’ respective NYC levels had been shut to one another.)
“I thought maybe I was in the shot,” he defined on the January 3 episode of Live!. “I just wanted to wave and say hi. They have a great show. And Anderson, the best. He turns around and he says, ‘Have a good show.’ Very nice. Andy did not turn around.”
In the January 5 radio interview, Cohen introduced up Seacrest’s declare and blamed cohost and shut buddy Anderson Cooper for the misunderstanding.
“I called Anderson and yelled at him on the radio yesterday,” Cohen revealed. “I was on my radio show yesterday and I said, ‘You know, Anderson, typically … when one of us sees Ryan behind us … one of us will nudge the other and say hey, there’s Seacrest. Look there’s Ryan’ so the other one can make note and give a wave. And I said, ‘This year you did not do that! … Now look what you’ve done, Anderson.’”
Rumblings of a possible feud between the 2 discuss present hosts began in December 2021 when the Bravo persona, who admittedly was drunk on the time, threw shade at Seacrest whereas on air for CNN’s 2021-22 New Years’ present.
“If you look behind me, you’ll see Ryan Seacrest’s group of losers performing,” Cohen mentioned in the course of the stay occasion, referring to the radio persona’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2022 lineup. “I’m sorry but if you’re watching ABC, you’re watching nothing.”
The Missouri native later admitted that he regretted the jab and apologized for the remark. “He’s a really nice guy. And I was — as they say— in my cups, and I was kind of enjoying the rant. I was like, ‘Wow, it’s really fun being on CNN just ranting like a nutty guy. This is fun,’” Cohen mentioned on The Howard Stern Show in January 2022. “So I kept going and that I felt bad about and I texted Ryan the next morning.”
After Cohen’s remarks, CNN determined to crack down on alcohol consumption for its correspondents and anchors. The Most Talkative writer responded to the brand new guidelines in November 2022 by saying they didn’t apply to him and AC360 anchor. “I just want you to know Anderson and I are going to party harder than we have ever partied before on New Year’s Eve!” Cohen declared. “Do you understand me?!” One month later, Cohen later clarified that he and Cooper wouldn’t be consuming in the course of the present.
Prior to internet hosting New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2023, Seacrest downplayed the drama with Cohen in an unique interview with Us Weekly.
“You know, those guys, we’ve been friends for so many years and we’re all in it together,” the Georgia native instructed Us on December 29. “We’re all out there blocks away from each other, bringing in the new year.”
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