In 2022, Cohen made headlines for criticizing Seacrest and ABC's New Years Eve broadcast
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Andy Cohen and Ryan Seacrest are finally burying the hatchet!
During the Sept. 10 episode of Watch What Happens Live, Cohen, 56, and Seacrest, 49, put their longstanding New Year's Eve rivalry aside after hosting competing broadcasts on the holiday for years.
Cohen, who co-hosts CNN's New Year's Eve Live alongside Anderson Cooper, and Seacrest, who hosts Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, were taken by surprise when a fan asked if the duo could put their "feud aside," "do better" and "acknowledge each other" as 2025 approaches.
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(L-R) Andy Cohen, Vanna White and Ryan Seacrest on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.Related: Andy Cohen 'Overserved' on New Year's Eve While Anderson Cooper Lands New Parenting Show on CNN+
"I don't even remember what the feud was about," Cohen admitted while Seacrest laughed in the background. “But we did see each other this year. We did wave this year."
Seacrest agreed, "We did do all of that. I just said are you going to be there this year. We will be, we will wave. We can't get to each other or we'd hug!"
"Everything's been good," Seacrest, who was joined by his Wheel of Fortune co-host Vanna White, continued, to which Cohen added, "I feel like the beef is squashed."
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(L) Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen host CNN's 'New Year's Eve Live'While the origins of their feud remain unknown, their differences reached a breaking point when Cohen made headlines for criticizing Seacrest and the performers that were lined up to play for Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve in 2021 to celebrate the arrival of 2022. At the time, Seacrest and Cohen were reporting live from different areas in New York City's Time Square.
"If you look behind me, you'll see Ryan Seacrest's group of losers performing," he said, according to Us Weekly. "I'm sorry but if you're watching ABC, you're watching nothing."
Cohen later went on a rant about Journey, a famous band led by Arnel Pineda, claiming that the group was "not Journey" without original lead singer Steve Perry.
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"We were doused with confetti from fake Journey on ABC. If it's not Steve Perry, it doesn't count! You get it? It's not Journey!" he reportedly said. "It's propaganda! It's propaganda! It's not Journey! It's not Journey! No, that was not Journey. Steve Perry is Journey."
Shortly after, Cohen addressed his comments on an episode of his Radio Andy talk show, admitting he had too much to drink before going on his rant.
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"The only thing that I regret saying, the only thing is that I slammed the ABC broadcast," he said. "And I really like Ryan Seacrest and he's a great guy and I really regret saying that 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, so that is the only thing," he added.
CNN later announced a rule in November 2022 prohibiting its anchors from drinking live on air. At the time, Seacrest told Entertainment Weekly that CNN's new rule is "probably a good idea." However, the network eventually reversed course, permitting the consumption of alcohol again in 2023 to celebrate 2024.
