Comedian rejects Andy Cohen’s NYE tequila shot with brutal joke about Don Lemon firing
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Roy Wood Jr. quipped that ‘the last Black man that drank on this network got fired’. Wood Jr. and his Have I Got News For You co-stars Amber Ruffin and Michael Ian Black joined Andy Cohen and CNN’s Anderson Cooper for their special New Year’s Eve Live coverage in New York City’s Time Square.
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While Ruffin and Black enthusiastically accepted the shots, Wood Jr. turned down the offer, quipping: “No I don’t. 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,” he added.
Cooper and Cohen ignored the comedian’s remarks going on to pour shots for Ruffin and Black. Lemon, who had previously co-anchored CNN This Morning and hosted the network’s NYE coverage, was fired in 2023. “CNN and Don have parted ways,” CNN’s chairman Chris Licht said in a statement at the time. “Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years. We wish him well and will be cheering him on in his future endeavors.”.
“With that said, I want to thank my colleagues and the many teams I have worked with for an incredible run. They are the most talented journalists in the business, and I wish them all the best.”. CNN later addressed Lemon’s sharp-tongued response, claiming that his “statement about this morning’s events is inaccurate. He was offered an opportunity to meet with management but instead released a statement on Twitter.”.
