News Summary

• At the top of each hour, the hosts are taking shots of alcohol to toast the new year; two years ago, Cohen and Cooper got noticeably tipsy, especially Cohen, who dissed Seacrest on the air as the latter was hosting ABC’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve..
• "He saw us waving so he cannot go around saying that I dissed him," the CNN host said, alluding to tension between the two hosts over the years..
• Said Cohen: “I have to give it up to Bridget because the moment she started singing, some God-awful song is playing over there, and she sang — that is so hard to sing while another song is going..
• But then last year, Seacrest claimed on Live With Kelly and Ryan that Cohen “did not turn around and wave” at Seacrest when the latter waved at the CNN hosts while taping their specials in December 2022..
• Cohen later said he wasn’t aware of the exchange and during the taping of their respective specials, Cohen went on Seacrest’s radio show On Air With Ryan Seacrest to clear the air..
• I’m keeping my side of the street clean this year.” A few moments later, Cohen did actually lob another diss at a different celebrity..