Andy Cohen is defending his alcohol-fueled New Year's Eve broadcast.
Cohen co-hosted CNN's New Year's Eve Live on December 31 with Anderson Cooper.
Despite Cooper's efforts to rein him in, Cohen went on several rants during the special including telling Mark Zuckerberg to "stop messing with our minds" and calling the New York City mayor Bill de Blasio "horrible."
The Bravo personality and producer has since admitted to being "overserved," which resulted in him making alcohol-fueled jabs, including at Ryan Seacrest and his ABC program - Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve - filming nearby.
After acknowledging that he may have overshared during the broadcast, Cohen recently told Howard Stern that he will make no apologies for his drinking.
"Listen, I will not be shamed for having fun on New Year's Eve," he said on The Howard Stern Show on Wednesday, January 5.
"That's why I'm there, that's why they bring me there. It's a four-and-a-half-hour show, the booze started kicking in around 11:30 so everyone's focusing on the last 45 minutes or hour that we were on the air — I kicked into high gear with 45 minutes left so we had done 15 interviews before that point."
He added: "I won't be shamed for it, I had a blast, Anderson has a blast. We left and we were like 'That was fun, what a fun New Year's Eve.' No apologies for my drinking on New Year's Eve, none."
He went on to say that CNN president Jeff Zucker directed him to "have fun" on the show. "There you go, that is my job," Cohen said.
"It was not only a middling year, but it ended in a car crash of COVID and Betty White dying on the day of New Year's Eve, who everyone loved, so it was like, we got to kick it into gear. We got to have fun, a lot of people are home spending their evenings with us," he added.
Cohen did repeat his previous statement that his "only regret" from the evening was his jab at Ryan Seacrest and his ABC broadcast, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve.
At one point he started slamming ABC's Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, who were filming live right next to the CNN team.
"Bunch of smoke coming from Ryan Seacrest's group of losers that are performing behind us," Cohen said about the ABC's New Year broadcast.
"I mean with all due — if you've been watching ABC tonight, you've seen nothing, I'm sorry," he added.
On Monday, January 3, Cohen addressed his words on his SiriusXM radio show, Just Andy, with his co-host John Hill.
"Only thing that I regret saying, the only thing is that I slammed the ABC broadcast and I really like Ryan Seacrest and he's a great guy and I really regret saying that," he said.
"And I was just stupid and drunk and feeling it. I was continuing the Journey rant and I just kept talking and I shouldn't have and I felt bad about that," he added.
CNN has since announced that Cohen will be back to host the New Year's Eve broadcast alongside Cooper this year.