Andy Cohen
TORCHES Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams Live on CNN
Published
January 1, 2026
6:34 AM PST
CNN
Andy Cohen didn’t just end the year—he detonated a LIVE-TV BOMBSHELL, launching into a VICIOUS, seemingly inebriated rant targeting disgraced former New York City Mayor Eric Adams the moment the New Year’s ball dropped. This wasn’t just gossip; it was a PUBLIC EXECUTION on CNN, leaving co-host Anderson Cooper panicking and scrambling to cut his mic.
With a drink firmly in hand, Cohen SPAT venom at Adams’ scandal-plagued administration, all but DANCING on its grave. He openly MOCKED Adams for his recent, humiliating exit, making a SHOCKINGLY direct reference to the dismissed federal corruption case—a subject so radioactive, it sent Cooper and BJ Novak into a visible, sweating panic as they attempted to physically restrain him.
The meltdown was A NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT for the network, a moment of raw, unscripted truth breaking through the carefully curated New Year’s Eve platitudes. What Cohen exposed was DEEPER than simple politics; it was the UGLY, UNSPOKEN sentiment of a city left betrayed.
And then came the KILLER TWIST. Cohen, with a sardonic smirk, “praised” Adams for his absurd final act: launching the pathetic “Office of Rodent Mitigation.” He said maybe Adams actually did reduce the rat population… but the city he was CLEANING was the one HE HIMSELF GOT DIRTY. The implication was DEVASTATING: the REAL vermin wasn’t in the streets, it was in City Hall all along.
This wasn’t a drunk rant; it was a PSYCHOLOGICAL BREAK. Cohen’s raw, televised fury is a DARK PORTENT for our political discourse, proving that the REAL NEWS breaks when the teleprompters fail and the liquor flows.
As new mayor Zohran Mamdani was secretively sworn in in an abandoned subway station, the message was clear: New York is desperate to bury the past. But Andy Cohen just proved the ghost of the Adams era will HAUNT us forever.



