Comedian Whitney Cummings held no punches on New Year’s Eve, going after President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris − and even NCS.
During NCS’s live New Year’s Eve celebration, Cummings roasted 2024 and sounded off on how the election “fried our brains” after the “Democrats couldn’t hold a primary because they were too busy holding a body upright,” seemingly referring to the dialog surrounding the president’s well being.
“Are we still rolling, am I off?” Cummings mentioned earlier than pausing for just a few seconds. “Go for it,” host Andy Cohen gleefully replied as Anderson Cooper merely appeared on.
“It was amazing that the pro-choice party didn’t give their voters one when it came to the presidential candidate,” the comic continued. “Kamala was forced on us so hard, you’d think she was patented by Pfizer or Moderna … oh god, Andy just gave me a really scary look.”
Cummings additionally mocked NCS’s low scores throughout their reside protection Tuesday night time, saying: “I’m not playing 3,000-person shows, which is about the viewership of NCS these days.”
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Roy Wood Jr. says no to tequila shot from Andy Cohen
Roy Wood Jr. took a tough move on the free-flowing tequila in the course of the particular.
On-air photographs are a practice for hosts Cooper and Cohen, who provided a drink to the comic and his NCS “Have I Got News for You” comedy panel co-stars Amber Ruffin and Michael Ian Black whereas ringing in 2025. Ruffin and Black accepted, however Wood shortly recoiled.
“Oh, no. No, no, I don’t,” Wood advised Cohen and Cooper. “The last Black man that drank on this network got fired. I’m going to keep it with water for right now. I need some stability.”
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Roy Wood Jr. declined to partake in New Year’s Eve photographs on NCS and seemingly referenced Don Lemon.
The former “Daily Show” correspondent and visitor host, 46, seemingly referenced longtime NCS host (and New Year’s Eve common) Don Lemon, who was fired by NCS in 2023 after saying Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, a lady in her 50s, was no longer “in her prime” whereas calling out Haley for age bias in opposition to President Joe Biden. He subsequently apologized for his remarks.
NCS had no remark when contacted by USA TODAY, which has additionally reached out to Wood.
‘Not gone catch me slippin,’ says Roy Wood Jr. on social media
Wood’s refusal went unnoted on the present, however he doubled down on X, sharing NCS’s clip of the second and writing on X, “Not gone catch me slippin in the Deuce-Five.”
In 2024, Lemon reached a settlement with the cable information community. He sued Elon Musk in August after X pulled the plug on his introduced “The Don Lemon Show.”
“I didn’t lose my job,” he advised USA TODAY earlier this yr of his NCS gig, whereas discussing his new e book “I Once Was Lost.” “My job lost me.”
It’s not the primary time the present has generated a stir with alcohol in New York City’s Times Square. Drinking was banned after the 2021 present, when Cohen slammed Ryan Seacrest and ABC’s “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” on the air. In 2023, booze returned to the televised show.
“I’m hearing from a lot of people asking, ‘Does Daddy get his juice?’ ” Cohen joked on the time.
Diplo says he’s on LSD throughout NCS’s New Year’s Eve particular
Diplo rang in 2025 on a “light trip.”
While being interviewed by Cohen and Cooper throughout NCS’s New Year’s Eve particular Tuesday, the DJ revealed he was at the moment on LSD.
“I’m curious, what is the most conventional place you’ve done LSD?” Cohen asked Diplo according to a clip of the change shared by Pop Crave on X, previously Twitter.
“Right now,” Diplo casually responded. “Yeah, I did some on the helicopter, on the way here,” he added as Cooper giggled uncontrollably over the reply.
“I’m not even lying,” Diplo mentioned deadpan. ” … it’s like a light trip.”
Contributing: Pamela Avila, David Oliver and Bryan Alexander
This article initially appeared on USA TODAY: Whitney Cummings roasts NCS’s viewership, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris