{"id":2528071,"date":"2026-01-01T15:45:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T20:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andy-cohen-rips-eric-adams-in-drunken-new-years-eve-rant\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T15:48:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T20:48:00","slug":"andy-cohen-rips-eric-adams-in-drunken-new-years-eve-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andy-cohen-rips-eric-adams-in-drunken-new-years-eve-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Cohen Rips Eric Adams in Drunken New Year&#8217;s Eve Rant"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fandy-cohen-rips-eric-adams-in-drunken-new-years-eve-rant%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2528071&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On CNN&#8217;s New Year&#8217;s eve broadcast, host Andy Cohen launched into an extended, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >slurred rant mocking outgoing<\/a> New York City Mayor Eric Adams, joking that Adams &#8220;partied&#8221; through his term and saying he&#8217;d received pardons &#8211; a reference to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protesters-defend-protests-say-protection-around-capitol-building-was-inadequate\/\" title=\"Protesters defend protests, say protection around Capitol building was inadequate\">federal charges<\/a> that the DOJ later moved to drop and a judge dismissed with prejudice in 2025. Cohen, holding a drink in Times square, also credited Adams-half jokingly-with reducing the city&#8217;s rat problem; Adams had created a &#8220;rat czar&#8221; post in 2023 with a $3.5 million budget for rodent mitigation. Co-host anderson Cooper laughed and corrected Cohen&#8217;s grammar during the exchange.The segment echoed a similar post-inaugural rant Cohen made about former mayor Bill de Blasio in 2022. The report notes that Adams briefly ran as an self-reliant, then withdrew and endorsed Andrew Cuomo, who lost the general election to Zohran Mamdani.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bravo host Andy Cohen launched into a seemingly drunken nearly two-minute rant about former Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams on CNN&rsquo;s New Year&rsquo;s Eve show on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Cohen gave his slurred commentary about Adams&rsquo; sole term at the helm of New York City minutes after midnight, around the time Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James swore in the former mayor&rsquo;s socialist successor, Zohran Mamdani, during a private ceremony. The host, holding a drink, suggested that Adams &ldquo;partied&rdquo; during his mayoral tenure but did give him credit for mitigating New York City&rsquo;s rat problem, during his rambling remarks from Times Square on CNN&rsquo;s &ldquo;New Year&rsquo;s Eve Live With Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Watching the final moments of Mayor Adams&rsquo; chaotic&hellip; I just want to say he got his pardons,&rdquo; Cohen said at the start of the rant. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m just saying, great, you got your pardons. Go off into the sunset.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll fiddle with what we have, with what you&rsquo;ve left us with. Go dance away. We&rsquo;ll see you at all the parties,&rdquo; Cohen added, gesturing with his free hand. &ldquo;You partied your way through four years&hellip; all the clubs, we&rsquo;ll see you there. You got the pardons.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump did not pardon Adams, but instead, his administration&rsquo;s Department of Justice directed the Southern District of New York in February 2025 to drop federal criminal <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/09\/25\/feds-indict-new-york-city-mayor-eric-adams-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">charges<\/a> including fraud and bribery &mdash; related to accusations he accepted illegal gifts from Turkish government officials. Two months later, a federal judge dismissed Adams&rsquo; federal indictment with prejudice, meaning the specific case against him cannot be brought again.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After the ball dropped and after having a few, Andy Cohen goes off about he&rsquo;s relishing the end of Mayor Eric Adams&rsquo; time as New York City mayor.<br \/> Anderson Cooper desperately tried to get out of frame but the cameraman does him dirty and goes wide. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rmzWi5upN4\">pic.twitter.com\/rmzWi5upN4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickFondacaro\/status\/2006595560459870496?\">January 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just want to say, goodbye Mayor Adams. You did it. You did it. You did it, didn&rsquo;t you?&rdquo; Cohen continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I love how quickly you turn&hellip; but he did do great work on rats,&rdquo; Cooper weighed in.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think he got rid of some of the rats. But isn&rsquo;t that a metaphor of sorts?&rdquo; Cohen added, prompting Cooper to burst into a fit of laughter.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well guess what? It is 2026 and there are less rats,&rdquo; Cohen went on to emphasize.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Fewer,&rdquo; Cooper said, correcting his co-host&rsquo;s grammar.<\/p>\n<p>Adams in 2023 notably <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/mayors-office\/news\/2023\/04\/mayor-adams-anoints-kathleen-corradi-nyc-s-first-ever-rat-czar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appointed<\/a> an official to serve as the city&rsquo;s first ever director of Rodent Mitigation &mdash; a position that was popularly dubbed the Big Apple&rsquo;s &ldquo;rat czar&rdquo; &mdash; and <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/rat-birth-control-rat-walks-new-initiatives-curb\/story?id=117620322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gave<\/a> her a $3.5 million budget to reduce the city&rsquo;s rat population.<\/p>\n<p>Cohen previously garnered attention when he gave a similar drunken rant about Adams&rsquo; predecessor, former Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, on New Year&rsquo;s Day 2022 &mdash; minutes after the two-term mayor departed office. The TV host, who has publicly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DBeB6hWJi5B\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">supported<\/a> other Democratic candidates for office, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WWKgGWoLSVs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blasted<\/a> de Blasio for doing what he called &ldquo;the crappiest job as mayor of New York.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The only thing that Democrats and Republicans can agree on is what a horrible mayor he has been,&rdquo; Cohen said about Adams&rsquo; predecessor. &ldquo;So sayonara, sucker!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, in the final hours of his mayoral tenure, Adams <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HowardMortman\/status\/2006584647199965246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> a reporter that on the day he leaves office, he will &ldquo;have a single malt scotch and smoke a cigar.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Adams initially ran for reelection as a Democrat but later switched to running as an independent, only to drop out of the race altogether. 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