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CNN Live Event/Special
CNN New Year's Eve Coverage; The World Welcomes 2026. Aired 8- 9p ET
Aired December 31, 2025 - 20:00 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
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KATE HUDSON, ACTRESS: Happy new year!
HUGH JACKMAN, ACTOR: Happy New Year, Anderson and Andy
HUDSON: Anderson and Andy, I love you both.
JACKMAN: And I know you're an absolute blast out there.
HUDSON: Yes.
JACKMAN: That you're not feeling one bit of cold. I know that.
HUDSON: I also want to wish everybody just the most beautiful New Year and a beautiful happy, safe, healthy New Year!
JACKMAN: There is a line in our movie, "Dream huge" and I wish that for every single one of you for 2026, just why not? Why don't you just -- let's see how huge you can dream this year. Go for it.
ANNOUNCER: From the heart of Times Square, its CNN's New Year's Eve Live. Welcome to T.V.'s wildest party, with appearances by Stephen Colbert, Shakira, B.J. Novak, Patti Labelle, Robyn, the mentalist -- Oz Pearlman, Brandi Carlile, Jerry O'Connell and Rebecca Romijn, Sarah Sherman, Michelle Williams, Leanne Morgan, Raye, Amy Sedaris, Bryan Adams, Brandy and Monica, and more surprises.
And now, your hosts Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN HOST, "ANDERSON COOPER: 360": And welcome everybody to Times Square. Thanks for joining us tonight from a not terribly cold -- it is 29 degrees.
ANDY COHEN, TALK SHOW HOST: I would call that very cold.
COOPER: I feel refreshed.
COHEN: All right. Talk to me in five hours.
COOPER: That's true. We are counting down to 2026 with hundreds of thousands of people here in New York.
COHEN: We have a ton of surprises in store for everybody. Amazing guests and performances and many things to embarrass Anderson.
But first, our annual and hourly tradition --
COOPER: They tried to stop it.
COHEN: Yes, they tried to stop us --
COOPER: But America spoke back.
COHEN: America spoke, didn't they? And what did America want? This. Oh, whoops. Oh, sorry.
COOPER: Pardon me.
COHEN: Sorry.
COOPER: You're spilling stuff already?
COHEN: Okay, this is going to be yours for the night and this is going to be mine. You're black. I am white.
COOPER: Okay.
COHEN: Okay. So let's not mix these up.
COOPER: Okay.
COHEN: And, Anderson --
COOPER: All right.
COHEN: We are doing this every hour. We actually may be doing it a little more than every hour, but this is a way of us having community with you. You don't have to do a shot of alcohol. Of course, it doesn't hurt.
COOPER: Water would work.
COHEN: Yes. People seem to love it, just a way of us joining together.
COOPER: This is tequila?
COHEN: This is tequila, my friend. This is De Nada Tequila to be exact and this is a toast.
COOPER: All right.
COHEN: Our first toast of the night. We are going to have a great night. It is going to be so much fun. I've been looking forward to this for so long.
COOPER: Yes.
COHEN: And to all of you at home, thank you again for hanging out with us.
COOPER: Yes. Thanks for being here.
COHEN: Anderson --
COOPER: All right --
COHEN: Here we go. Bottoms up. This is tequila.
COOPER: Ooh! There is a second wave. There is a second wave to it, I feel like. I feel like, it goes down and then there is a second wave coming.
COHEN: A second wave. Are you slurring at 8:03?
COOPER: I am not slurring at all.
COHEN: Five oh three on the West Coast.
Hey Anderson --
COOPER: Yes.
COHEN: Before they go to bed, I thought it would be great if we waved to our children.
COOPER: I hope they are not even watching.
COHEN: Yes, but my kids -- well, my kids were. Hey, Ben and Lucy. Just saying hi! Would you like to wave to them?
COOPER: Okay, hi Ben and Lucy. Wyatt and Sebastian.
COHEN: Okay.
COOPER: Yes, very good. How is parenthood doing?
COHEN: How is parenthood doing?
COOPER: Yes.
COHEN: Good, good. How's parenthood doing for you?
COOPER: Great. I am very happy.
COHEN: Good. You're still in it?
COOPER: I am still in it. I am fully committed.
We had -- we had a great year. We actually took a family trip. Andy and I, with our kids to Disneyworld.
COHEN: Yes, we did. One of the highlights of the year, arguably, there is Anderson and I on the Tron ride.
COOPER: Yes, yes.
COHEN: Looking kind of jacked. There we are at Epcot. COOPER: Yes. Yes, we did like all of the parks.
COHEN: All of the parks there. We were watching the fireworks. We had a ball.
COOPER: It was really fun.
COHEN: It was a really good time.
COOPER: Yes.
COHEN: We were looking forward to it.
COOPER: I want to go back.
COHEN: I want to go back, too, in maybe a few years.
COOPER: Oh, really?
COHEN: A little distance.
COOPER: Sebastian keeps saying like --
COHEN: Like, really? Soon?
COOPER: Yes, like he wants, like, next week.
COHEN: Oh, sweet!
I took Anderson -- I got him out of the house to attend the "SNL" 50 concert.
COOPER: That is true. That was like the only public event I've been to for a year.
COHEN: Yes.
COOPER: Literally.
COHEN: You don't really go anywhere.
COOPER: I don't go anywhere.
COHEN: Yes. Outside of --
COOPER: Yes. Note, there's a little video of me -- yes, I am just standing there awkward.
COHEN: There we are. Yes.
COOPER: Because that's what I do --
COHEN: Yes.
COOPER: -- at concerts. Yes.
COHEN: Yes, yes. Yes.
COOPER: You're dancing in the aisles.
COHEN: It was a great concert.
COOPER: It was amazing.
COHEN: Cher --
COOPER: Cher was incredible.
COHEN: Stevo! Unbelievable.
COOPER: You know, Cher called me a couple of weeks ago.
COHEN: Really?
COOPER: Yes.
COHEN: For -- what did she want?
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COOPER: Sitting at home watching the T.V.
COHEN: Yes.
COOPER: Looked at my phone, it's Cher.
COHEN: Really?
COOPER: Yes. So exciting.
COHEN: And how long did you chat?
COOPER: We chatted, ten minutes, maybe.
COHEN: Really?
COOPER: Yes.
COHEN: Did she ask for me?
COOPER: She was like, how's that troublemaker?
COHEN: Troublemaker. That wasn't the only concert I went to.
I was back at The Sphere again.
COOPER: Yes!
COHEN: I saw Dan and company.
COOPER: I have yet to go to The Sphere. I want to go.
COHEN: Oh my God, it is the greatest. Here I am. I don't know. Oh, I know, Miles Tellers' wife took this. That's me and Miles Teller.
COOPER: Oh, wow. Okay.
COHEN: Doing our thing?
COOPER: No, I will say --
COHEN: Yes.
COOPER: Last year, this is a different performance than the one from last year, because last year you were wearing some sort of --
COHEN: Yes. Correct.
COOPER: Circus tent --
COHEN: Yes, that is true.
COOPER: Patchwork patchouli outfit.
COHEN: Yes.
COOPER: This is -- this is your --
COHEN: Normal.
COOPER: -- weekend wear.
COHEN: Yes. Exactly, weekend wear.
COOPER: And I will say, I sort of poked fun at you because you were --
COHEN: Sort of?
COOPER: You were like strumming --
COHEN: -- shreds.
COOPER: I felt a little bad about it.
COHEN: You felt bad about it?
COOPER: Yes, I did.
COHEN: Wow. This is news!
COOPER: Who am I to judge anybody who is dancing? God knows.
COHEN: Continuing coverage of Anderson Cooper feeling bad about offending me. Coverage continues. Wow!
COOPER: Did Ryan call you? Did Ryan -- did -- or texted you tonight?
COHEN: Seacrest?
COOPER: Yes. COHEN: He texted me like yesterday or the day before.
COOPER: Okay.
COHEN: Why? Did he text you?
COOPER: He texted me this morning.
COHEN: Oh, really? Did he send you a shot of himself?
COOPER: No! No! In prior years, he has sent something.
COHEN: Like a photo of himself?
COOPER: No, not a photo -- like a -- like a, I think he said he had a tequila brand or something.
COHEN: Oh, really?
COOPER: He sent me one time years ago.
COHEN: I have never been gifted by him.
COOPER: Well, sweetie, you keep --
COHEN: Okay.
I found out tonight that Diana Ross is running around here somewhere.
COOPER: That is exciting. Wait a minute, I don't think --
COHEN: I am -- well, I mean, you know what? Have you seen? She is still on tour and she is incredible.
COOPER: Awesome!
COHEN: But you need to know, Diana Ross was my first diva. Did you know this?
COOPER: I --
COHEN: We all remember our first. And she was my first diva that I loved and loved and loved.
COOPER: And so, wait, this photo that we are showing you, this when you were a producer, it seems.
COHEN: No, that was at an -- yes, I was at CBS at the time, so that was me.
COOPER: I went to the premiere of "The Wiz" in 1979 that she or '78 that -- because my mom was dating Sidney Lumet that she started.
COHEN: That she started.
COOPER: Yes. And we went to Studio 54 afterward and I was 11, which is appropriate, I believe.
COHEN: Anyway, I am praying that we can get Diana Ross to come up here because she is running around.
COOPER: She is not running around.
COHEN: What? I love her so much. She is my --
COOPER: It would be awesome.
COHEN: She is my queen.
COOPER: But she is --
COHEN: She is my queen.
COOPER: I went to school with her kids.
COHEN: You did?
COOPER: They were younger, so I didn't know.
COHEN: Oh, yes. Father Time. Yes.
COOPER: It is shocking.
COHEN: Everyone is younger.
COOPER: Well, that is true. I've realized this year everyone is younger than me.
COHEN: Yes.
COOPER: When did this happen? Because I remember 20 years ago --
COHEN: Yes.
COOPER: There were a lot of people who --
COHEN: Okay, we will talk about this later.
COOPER: It is so sad -- the tequila.
COHEN: I want to say, you know, Diana Ross isn't the only one that's touring. Anderson and I, I convinced him to hit the road with me again.
COOPER: That's true.
COHEN: We are back on the road. We've got some upcoming dates. January 23rd and 24th at The Beacon Theater in New York City, just added a date in Chicago. Plenty of great seats. March 27th at the Chicago Theater and March 28th. We love the Chicago Theater.
COOPER: Yes, yes, yes. We did a show in Boston, which was awesome.
COHEN: Oh the best. We did it last month. We had a ball on tour.
COOPER: Well, I didn't really want to do it because it was like, we'd have to come up with all new material.
COHEN: Yes. You didn't want to do the work.
COOPER: I didn't want to the work.
COHEN: Yes, we did. Boy somebody is really warbling in the background, aren't they?
COOPER: It's not -- oh, I see they're far away. I don't know them.
COHEN: Yes.
COOPER: Yes, but I don't -- yes, anyway.
COHEN: Anderson, would you ever wear a coat like this? What do you guys think? I mean --
COOPER: I mean, look, I think it works for you. I think you can pull it off.
COHEN: Thank you.
COOPER: Yes. I wish you were --
COHEN: We have so much -- we have so many surprises. We have so many -- by the way, I brought three bottles of tequila tonight.
COOPER: Yes.
COHEN: Just so you know.
COOPER: I have to get on a plane, like a couple hours after I leave here.
COHEN: You do? You have to get on a plane when?
COOPER: A couple hours after I leave here.
COHEN: Excuse me?
COOPER: A couple hours after I leave here.
COHEN: A couple hours after -- really? Well, you're with me for tonight.
COOPER: All right.
COHEN: We are going out after this, so I don't want to hear you. You know, the one night a year.
COOPER: I know.
COHEN: Okay. COOPER: We will talk during the commercial.
COHEN: Should we go to break?
COOPER: Sure. Why not?
COHEN: Okay, well, guess what? Amy Sedaris --
COOPER: We have a really exciting show. And I've got to say, this is our ninth year together.
COHEN: Yes.
COOPER: They said it wouldn't last, and I don't know who they is, but -- my agent. But -- no I am kidding about that. But I am so excited to do this with you again.
COHEN: Me, too.
COOPER: Yes.
COHEN: Me, too. We have a huge show tonight. We have puppetry. We have --
COOPER: By the way, I know nothing about the show.
COHEN: Yes.
COOPER: Because Andy did not allow me on any of the show meetings.
COHEN: They're playing us out.
COOPER: There were many show meetings.
COHEN: Coming up next, Amy Sedaris is right here on the riser. The funniest person I know.
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And joining us from the rooftop at Pier 17 in Lower Manhattan, we have the students from Steps on Broadway Academy dancing to one of this year's biggest hits. We will be right back going up.
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COOPER: And welcome back.
COHEN: Our pal, Amy Sedaris is here. Hi, Amy.
AMY SEDARIS, ACTRESS: Hi! I love dropping by.
COOPER: You look amazing.
COHEN: Happy New Year!
SEDARIS: Happy New Year to you. COOPER: Happy New Year!
SEDARIS: It's so good to see you.
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COHEN: Listen, you know what?
SEDARIS: What?
COHEN: You've come by every year that we have done this.
SEDARIS: Every time -- I've done this, right?
COHEN: I beg her --
COOPER: You were on our first show where we were very nervous, and we walked from like a weird hotel set up through the streets --
SEDARIS: Yes.
COOPER: And it was really cold.
COHEN: It was terrible.
SEDARIS: Yes, it was freezing.
COHEN: It was terrible.
COOPER: Just terrible.
SEDARIS: There were still a bare legs in the street, remember? We couldn't believe it.
COOPER: Yes.
COHEN: I don't remember that.
SEDARIS: Oh, I do.
COHEN: You know, Anderson, Amy is bullish on 2026.
COOPER: Really?
SEDARIS: Bullish.
COHEN: Yes. You said last night. We went out last night.
SEDARIS: I said I am going to cut back on my supplements.
COHEN: Okay.
COOPER: Really?
SEDARIS: That's what I said. I take too many vitamins.
COHEN: Oh really?
COOPER: How many do you take a day?
SEDARIS: I don't know, maybe 18.
COHEN: What?
COOPER: Okay.
SEDARIS: Make it 20.
COHEN: But you also said you were super optimistic about the year.
SEDARIS: I feel -- don't we always start off optimistic, don't we?
COHEN: Yes. How long does it take for that to fade?
SEDARIS: March.
COHEN: Okay. You know what --
SEDARIS: You know it starts -- I feel like it starts in March.
COHEN: But I feel like we had a really good year together. I saw you a lot.
SEDARIS: Yes, you did. Yes. I went to the Hamptons, I got to go to your house.
SEDARIS: Yes.
COHEN: Yes. And you, I know, were very impacted by Anderson's podcast.
SEDARIS: I loved Tig Notaro. And I loved Ben Stiller. I mean, they're all good, but that was --
COOPER: Tig Notaro was great.
SEDARIS: I know.
COOPER: Yes.
SEDARIS: Really, really good.
COOPER: The deathbed of poet, Andrea Gibson, who was remarkable poet -- anyway.
SEDARIS: Yes, it was beautiful. It really was.
COOPER: And Amy was on the podcast with her brother, David, which was fantastic.
SEDARIS: Yes.
COOPER: Also talking about pet loss and pet grief.
SEDARIS: Yes.
COOPER: And so many people responded.
SEDARIS: I know. People don't think about it too much.
COHEN: Yes, yes.
SEDARIS: Like you had that cat for 18 years or that turtle for ten.
COHEN: Right.
SEDARIS: Or that turtle for 82.
COHEN: Please don't bring up my turtle.
SEDARIS: Shelly!
SEDARIS: Amy and I started a coloring club this year.
COOPER: I did -- I can't believe --
SEDARIS: It's fun!
COOPER: I've know you both for quite a while, and I had never heard of this.
COHEN: Yes.
COOPER: It has been going on --
COHEN: We get together Sundays at three, when we can.
SEDARIS: Only when we can.
COHEN: Uh-huh!
SEDARIS: He is very good.
COHEN: There is some of our work.
SEDARIS: Yes, and he is really good.
COOPER: Oh, wow!
COHEN: Thank you.
SEDARIS: Yes.
COHEN: And we just --
COOPER: Very inside the lines.
COHEN: We smoke it up and we color.
SEDARIS: Yes, we just --
COHEN: Then we talk and talk about the week.
SEDARIS: It is very casual. You're invited.
COOPER: I would -- I would --
COHEN: Yes, we would love it if you came by.
COOPER: That's clearly Andy.
SEDARIS: You just have to pay to get out of the club --
COOPER: Oh no. Is that --
COHEN: That was me. That's me, too.
COOPER: Okay.
SEDARIS: Yes, I think so.
COHEN: Actually.
SEDARIS: But you pay to get out and you're not allowed to hum or sing to any music that's playing. Those are my rules.
COHEN: And the tagline is "leave your brain at the door."
SEDARIS: Leave your brain at the door.
COHEN: Leave your brain at the door.
COOPER: You've hosted Andy's kids at your house as well. How'd that go?
SEDARIS: It won't happen again. I am not joking. Everything -- I have my knives eyelevel, scissors, everything is dangerous. I was a fool to give them a balloon to toss.
COHEN: No, you gave them a jar of balloons.
SEDARIS: I gave them a jar of balloons. And then it was --
COHEN: Yes.
SEDARIS: I just -- I just saw the --
COOPER: Balloons never do that.
SEDARIS: Never. Never.
COHEN: Yes, yes. It was mayhem.
SEDARIS: No. No. that will never happen again.
COOPER: Someone gave my oldest a balloon in a restaurant last week in Spain.
COHEN: How'd that go?
SEDARIS: Oh, no!
COOPER: It was horrible.
COHEN: Yes.
COOPER: Yes.
SEDARIS: No, no. Around the paella? No! No, no, no.
COHEN: Hey, Amy, if people are -- its early in the night right now.
SEDARIS: It is.
COHEN: Its eight whatever it is.
SEDARIS: Okay.
COHEN: Thank you.
COOPER: It is 8:15.
COHEN: Thank you, Newsman.
COOPER: Written on the clock.
COHEN: Oh, yes, it is right there. It's 8:17.
SEDARIS: Okay.
COHEN: What three things should people who are having New Year's Eve parties right now be concerned about in order to make them a homerun?
SEDARIS: I think they should focus on the lighting and the music and make sure their bar is well stocked.
COHEN: Yes.
SEDARIS: Stocked, rather, especially with ice and all that stuff and the right glasses. And then one lady told me the success -- to have a successful room, you've got to have fruit, fire and flowers.
COHEN: Food, fire and flowers.
SEDARIS: Fruit, fire and flowers.
COHEN: Fruit?
SEDARIS: For every room. Isn't that a nice idea? I bet your mom knew that.
COHEN: Oh, you mean like candles?
SEDARIS: Yes, yes. Yes, yes. Flowers or a fireplace. You know?
COHEN: Okay.
SEDARIS: Shish kebab.
COOPER: Are you a big candle person, Amy?
SEDARIS: I love candles. Yes.
COHEN: Yes.
SEDARIS: I like beeswax candles. Those are my favorite. Like church altar candles.
COOPER: Okay.
COHEN: Amy, where are you off to tonight?
SEDARIS: I am going to go to a big party that you two are going to come by afterwards, right?
COOPER: Sure. Yes.
SEDARIS: We have to. My brother is going to go, so that will be nice and special.
COHEN: That's going to be very fun.
SEDARIS: You know, we are going to have Stephen Colbert, your former comrade in arms.
SEDARIS: Oh my God!
COHEN: Yes, he is coming on in a little bit.
SEDARIS: Yes.
COHEN: What's one thing about Colbert that would surprise us that nobody knows?
SEDARIS: Oh, gosh!
COHEN: You've known him forever --
SEDARIS: Smartest person I know.
COHEN: Brilliant, yes.
SEDARIS: I mean, you know, yes, he has a very high reference level. He's got that southern charm.
COHEN: Yes.
SEDARIS: That he can pull out of his back pocket.
COHEN: Yes.
COOPER: Did he always speak elven? COHEN: He speaks elven?
COOPER: I know. Yes.
COHEN: Amy, we have some questions for you.
SEDARIS: Oh, the gold box.
COHEN: Yes. From the team.
SEDARIS: Some questions from --
COHEN: From audience. Amy is a consummate entertainer.
SEDARIS: Hello to my kids. Giancarlo and Luca and Madeline.
COHEN: When someone is --
SEDARIS: Mama loves you.
COOPER: How is Giancarlo?
SEDARIS: Giancarlo --
COOPER: I don't see him much.
COHEN: When someone is showing up to one of your parties, what do you hope they bring you as a gift?
SEDARIS: Oh, butter. Really, to be honest with you. Or if they're going to bring flowers, bring them in a vase.
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COHEN: Okay.
COOPER: What should I serve to a party guest who has a ton of dietary restrictions?
SEDARIS: Bye-bye. Not this year's list. Sorry. Seriously. It is harder and harder to have a dinner party.
COOPER: Yes.
COHEN: What should I buy for my husband whose birthday is right after New Years and I already got him something good for Christmas?
SEDARIS: I think we know what she can give him. I think it is something personal. Something sexual. Right?
COOPER: Okay.
SEDARIS: Hot bath.
COHEN: Yes.
SEDARIS: Yes.
COOPER: I understand.
SEDARIS: Right?
COHEN: Yes, I understand.
Amy had a bad Christmas tree this year. She was really down on her --
SEDARIS: It was dead on arrival. It was dead on arrival.
COOPER: Really?
SEDARIS: It was starving. And it was -- it made me stress out so much, I felt anxious.
COHEN: She got rid of it.
SEDARIS: Right away, I got rid of it, by myself.
COOPER: What's the number one best excuse to get out of a prior commitment? I would like to know.
SEDARIS: I just say nothing -- anything after because is bullshit! So I just say I can't come.
COHEN: Okay.
SEDARIS: What? I can't say that?
COHEN: No.
COOPER: No.
SEDARIS: Oh, sorry.
COHEN: Okay. What's a good conversation starter if you're stuck making small talk at a party with someone you don't know?
SEDARIS: Oh, like icebreakers?
COHEN: Yes.
SEDARIS: What did you do to your face?
COOPER: How do you discreetly tell someone they have food in their teeth?
SEDARIS: I'm sorry. You have food in your teeth.
COHEN: Yes.
SEDARIS: It is that easy. Yes.
COHEN: How do you handle a guest who overserve themselves and is a little too drunk before the ball drop? SEDARIS: You wait until they wet the bed, and then you date them for two years. That actually happened to me once.
COHEN: That happened to you once?
SEDARIS: Yes. That happened to me once. I dropped -- I had sangria and they dropped the watermelon on the floor. And then they stayed over and wet the bed and I dated him for two years.
COOPER: Were you dating before they wet the bed, or was there something about the wetting of the bed.
SEDARIS: Yes, there is something --
COOPER: That Amy thinks he is for me.
SEDARIS: A little bit. We were dating a little bit.
COHEN: Did they ever wet the bed again?
SEDARIS: No.
COHEN: No. That was a one and done.
COOPER: All right.
SEDARIS: Yes, it was a one and done.
COHEN: Do I know this person?
SEDARIS: No.
COOPER: Where is the best place to meet a man in 2026.
SEDARIS: Oh really? Well, oh -- where is a good place to meet a man? I'd say in the ladies room, but I don't know where can you meet a man? Maybe, Bergdorf's.
COOPER: Oh, really?
SEDARIS: I don't know. Where is a good place to meet a man in 2026?
COOPER: I wouldn't know.
COHEN: I mean, you meet men at different places.
SEDARIS: You guys -- fire station? Where would that be?
COHEN: Yes. Fire station.
SEDARIS: Fire station.
COHEN: Yes, yes, yes.
SEDARIS: Yes. I'd say Tower Records in the jazz department. That's where you meet cool people. But it is not there anymore. COHEN: Yes, RIP.
SEDARIS: Yes, yes, yes.
COHEN: Amy, we are going to let you get off to your party.
SEDARIS: Is that it? Okay.
COHEN: I love you so much.
SEDARIS: I love you, too. Thank you.
COHEN: I love your outfit. Who made this?
COOPER: Yes.
SEDARIS: This is Cam Pederson (ph). This is Sandy Lang.
COOPER: Wow!
COHEN: You look beautiful. And I love your hair.
COOPER: What color is that? It is like a neon pink.
COHEN: You're asking what color this is?
COOPER: I mean, it is like --
COHEN: What color do you think it is?
COOPER: It is like a shocking pink.
COHEN: Yes, I think it is.
SEDARIS: Because he is color blind.
COHEN: What color is this, Anderson?
COOPER: I just don't know the -- you know, they have names for colors.
COHEN: Blue. Pink.
SEDARIS: Yes. Electric pink.
COOPER: Okay, all right.
SEDARIS: David gave it to me for Christmas.
COOPER: If you're so basic, you think that's just blue, sweetie? That's like --
SEDARIS: Yes, I think. Yes, this looks --
COHEN: It is shiny blue.
Coming up next, we are going into the crowd. Richard Quest has a special costume to show off.
Plus, the one and only Patti Labelle joins us from her house.
COOPER: Patti Labelle is coming around.
COHEN: Amy, we love you. Happy New Year! So fun!
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ASHLEE SIMPSON, SINGER-SONGWRITER: My New Year's resolution is to get so much love from my husband, and more nude pics from him.
TEYANA TAYLOR, SINGER-SONGWRITER: Continue to strive towards being the best version of myself.
MICHELLE COLLINS, ACTOR: Get rich or die trying and ideally get a show here at Bravo, Andy Cohen.
CHAKA KHAN, SINGER: Just love. I mean, we have to really embrace that in this crazy world that were living in.
DYLAN O'BRIEN, ACTOR: My New Year's resolution is to consume more probiotics.
SHERRI SHEPHERD, TALK SHOW HOST: This year, I am leveling up with the men. You've got to have good credit. You've got to have a great job. You've got to have some money coming in. You're going to have a great sense of humor and then the rest of the stuff -- that too.
ALLISON WILLIAMS, ACTOR: To drink more water and when I need to pee, neither of which I have seemed to do until this point. So maybe this is the year.
RUSSELL TOVEY, ACTOR: My New Year's resolution is to have a digital detox as much as possible.
TONY GOLDWIN, Actor: Be able to keep doing the work that I love, and make sure that I make time with the people that I love most, especially my wife.
BETTE MIDLER, SINGER: Plant more trees all around the world, always. I always wanted to get apple seed. Let's all do it.
DEMI LOVATO, SINGER: My New Year's resolution would have to be, I would love to cook more and I would also love to find a new hobby.
BROOKS NADER, MODEL: To be healthier and get off of those -- I am sorry.
COOPER: We are just 3.5 hours away from the ball drop here in Times Square.
COHEN: Wow! Only 3.5 hours.
COOPER: Its flying by.
COHEN: Anything can happen.
COOPER: It is getting a little -- the cold is --
COHEN: Yes, you changed coats.
COOPER: I've added a layer.
COHEN: Wow, an outfit change.
COOPER: I added a layer.
COHEN: Now, Anderson, if you had to say --
COOPER: Yes.
COHEN: What color is this?
COOPER: It would be a -- I don't know, some sort of cerulean blue.
COHEN: Oh.
COOPER: I don't know.
COHEN: Yes.
COOPER: Is that about right?
COHEN: Yes.
COOPER: Okay. Richard Quest is here with us in the crowd.
RICHARD QUEST, CNN INTERNATIONAL HOST, "QUEST MEANS BUSINESS": Yes.
COOPER: Oh.
COHEN: King Richard.
COOPER: Wow!
QUEST: Of course, it being the 250th anniversary of the United States, our theme tonight is Kings and Queens. And so I start you off with King George III.
COOPER: This is -- it is an amazing confetti that you've done here, Richard.
COHEN: Oh Richard. Did you --
QUEST: I've come --
COOPER: I didn't know we had a budget for confetti.
COHEN: Yes, that's our budget.
COOPER: Wow. We have are going through the budget.
QUEST: I've come to take you back. I've come to say come back to us. All is forgiven.
We are here in the crowd. Where are you from, sir?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Los Angeles, California.
QUEST: Los Angeles.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Norway.
QUEST: What time did you get here?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Last night in the middle of the night.
QUEST: Good God! They've been here all night. And remember, of course, it is the usual. No toilets. They can't leave to go to the bathroom.
Where are you from?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Mexico.
QUEST: Mexico?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Mexico.
QUEST: Are you regretting being here.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: A little bit.
QUEST: You see, it gets better, I promise you, it gets better as the night goes on.
They are in this period when they're sort of wondering why the hell they bothered to come here to freeze their bits off where they can't go to the bathroom and they have no idea what happens in three hours' time.
By the way, I discovered this year the ball -- do you know why they have a ball that does that? Do either of you know that?
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COOPER: Why they have a ball that drops?
QUEST: Yes.
COOPER: Wow, now you have streamers. It's amazing.
QUEST: We're being attacked.
COHEN: We're under attack over here from sea grass (ph).
COOPER: I can't see you.
COHEN: I mean, with all this, we're trying to do a show over here. I mean --
COOPER: Sea grass (ph) again, right?
COHEN: The conditions.
COOPER: I'm sorry.
QUEST: That's all right.
COHEN: Richard, what's happening with the ball?
COOPER: Yeah, no, why? I actually used to know this story when I used to do this show by myself 22 years ago, and I actually did research.
QUEST: Right.
COOPER: I do none now, so I've forgotten the story.
QUEST: Because it's the old Mariners thing of the time ball that used to drop at one o'clock in the afternoon and one o'clock in the morning. And when they decided, because fireworks were banned in Times Square in the early 1900s, so they went for a ball. And as a result, all these millions, thousands of people turn up to watch a ball drop in the middle of the night. Go figure.
COOPER: Richard, let me test Andy for a second. Do you know what Times Square used to be called?
QUEST: Oh.
COHEN: I do, but I can't access it right now.
COOPER: This is literally the answer my five-year-old gives. I do know, but I want to hear from you.
COHEN: What is it again?
COOPER: Long Acre Square. Am I? Is that correct, Richard?
QUEST: I believe so, sir.
COOPER: Yes.
QUEST: I now -- by the way, time for a bit of royalties. Here we go. I dub each of you Sir Andy and Sir Anderson.
COHEN: Oh, that's kind.
QUEST: Go forth and multiply.
COHEN: Thank you, sir. We will be back to you as the night continues. I hear there are costume changes afoot.
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COHEN: Coming up next, Destiny's Child and Broadway star -- COOPER: We don't use the term afoot enough, do we?
COHEN: No.
COOPER: No.
COHEN: Michelle Williams will be here to test our Broadway knowledge.
COOPER: And Broadway and Destiny's Child stars.
COHEN: Yeah, we just said that.
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COHEN: But first, a special message from HGTV.
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BREEGAN JANE, HOST, HGTV DREAM HOME 2026: Happy New Year from HGTV Dream Home 2026. Where are we? Well, stick around because later tonight, you'll get a special sneak peek.
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COHEN: We are back live in Times Square. Joined by the incredible. She is a Grammy nominee. She is a Broadway and music star. She is one- third of Destiny's Child. She is currently in the 10-time Tony nominated, Death Becomes Her.
COOPER: Ten time?
COHEN -- on Broadway. She also has a podcast called "Checking In."
MICHELLE WILLIAMS, SINGER AND ACTRESS: Yeah. "Checking In."
COHEN: It is Michelle Williams.
WILLIAMS: Oh, yes.
COHEN: How are you, Michelle?
WILLIAMS: I am doing well. How are you, Andy? How are you, Anderson?
COOPER: I'm good. I'm good.
WILLIAMS: Thank you for having me.
COOPER: So happy you are here.
COHEN: We're great. And I'm very excited about this coat, which you point out is --
WILLIAMS: To the nations, it's faux. F-A-U-X. It is faux. I know it's giving German shepherd a little bit -- COOPER: Oh my God.
WILLIAMS: But I'm warm.
COHEN: She is warm. And I've been -- she has allowed me to pet her and I really appreciate it. Congratulations, by the way. I loved Death Becomes Her. You're so great. This past October, you celebrated your year anniversary --
WILLIAMS: Yes.
COHEN: -- starring in the show.
WILLIAMS: Yes.
COHEN: What has the show given you? What are you loving about it?
WILLIAMS: It's given me family. It's given me so much fun. Shout out to everybody who gets to be home tonight. Shout out to everybody in Death Becomes Her. It's been amazing. Just --
COHEN: You're so great. And it's so funny.
WILLIAMS: I love performing. I love being --
COHEN: Yes.
WILLIAMS: -- just animated and all the things that, you know, it might be too much to be in person.
COHEN: What's harder? What's harder, being on Broadway or being in Destiny's Child?
WILLIAMS: Oh, both are amazing because I love performing.
COHEN: Yeah.
WILLIAMS: I love making the audiences smile and having impact in so many ways. Death Becomes Her, people can come in for two and a half hours, leave their problems at the door and laugh out loud. Literally, for two and a half hours.
COHEN: Yes.
COOPER: It must be incredible to feel that from an audience. I mean --
WILLIAMS: Yes.
COOPER: It's live theater. That's the incredible thing.
WILLIAMS: Yesterday, I literally had to tell them, listen children, behave. The energy, the screams, the -- I let them go on a little bit. I opened the show.
COHEN: Yes.
WILLIAMS: So when I'm coming out of the pit, I turn around and I'm like, yeah, we got one tonight.
COHEN: Oh, yeah.
COOPER: You can tell right away?
WILLIAMS: Oh, I can tell. And so when I go off stage, I tell them we've got a live one or --
COHEN: Work a little harder -- work for these guys.
COOPER: So like, do you do matinees as well?
WILLIAMS: Yes.
COOPER: So, are matinees sometimes hard?
COHEN: What you mean did she do matinees?
COOPER: I don't know there's matinees.
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COHEN: She's on Broadway.
WILLIAMS: You have to be ashamed, Anderson. How have you not come to see Death Becomes Her? It's right there.
COHEN: It doesn't seem like -- it doesn't appear that you've seen a Broadway show.
WILLIAMS: Oh, we are going to Broadway shame him.
COOPER: I have not seen a Broadway show.
COHEN: They have matinees.
COOPER: I know.
COHEN: I love this statistic because Death Becomes Her -- Death Becomes Her, the cast album was nominated for a Grammy.
WILLIAMS: Yes, we have been nominated for a Grammy.
COHEN: If you win, Destiny's Child will become the only group, besides the Beatles, where every member won a Grammy for work outside the group.
COOPER: Wow. Oh, my God.
COHEN: Which is very cool.
WILLIAMS: That is so cool.
COHEN: Yes. One of the most talked about moments in music this year was the surprise reunion of Destiny's Child --
WILLIAMS: Yes.
COHEN: -- at Beyonce's last Cowboy Carter performance.
WILLIAMS: Yes.
COHEN: What was that like for you?
WILLIAMS: OK, I saw your interview with Kelly.
COHEN: Yes.
WILLIAMS: And Kelly was telling the truth. I was lurking in the comments. And we literally had no warning, no time. That literally was like, you all want to do it? OK, get you some gold boots and come on out here.
COHEN: So you find out how many hours in advance?
WILLIAMS: Hours in advance.
COOPER: Seriously? Wow.
WILLIAMS: Yeah. But we love each other and we are professionals
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COHEN: And you all were as tight as you were?
WILLIAMS: And we can do this.
COOPER: By the way, when you only have a few hours, where do you find gold boots?
(LAUGH)
WILLIAMS: Where do you find gold boots? Listen, let me tell you something.
COHEN: They're Destiny's Child.
COOPER: Yeah, they got ours.
WILLIAMS: Beyonce's tour, she can get anything she wants, from tacos to boobs.
COHEN: Yes. Well, are we ever going to get another Destiny's Child album, do you think?
WILLIAMS: That's a great question. That's a great question.
COHEN: Who has the answer?
(LAUGH)
WILLIAMS: If we do, you guys should be the first to talk to her about it. COHEN: I totally agree.
WILLIAMS: I'll give you the scoop.
COHEN: I totally agree. Listen, since Anderson doesn't even realize that Broadway shows have a matinee, let's humiliate him further by doing a Broadway trivia quiz about the year in Broadway. You have questions.
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WILLIAMS: Zoom in on him.
COOPER: Yes, please.
COHEN: Yes.
COOPER: I'm really going to do well.
WILLIAMS: Which show won the Tony for Best Musical this year, Anderson?
COHEN: I know.
WILLIAMS: OK, it starts with an M. It's three words.
COHEN: It was Maybe Happy Ending.
WILLIAMS: It was Maybe Happy Ending. You're amazing.
COHEN: During Christmas. Amazing show.
WILLIAMS: You're amazing.
COOPER: Yes.
WILLIAMS: OK. What original cast member from Rent returned to Broadway this season, marking her first stage role in 10 years?
COHEN: I know. Is it Idina Menzel?
WILLIAMS: It is!
COOPER: Oh, it was on the tip of my tongue.
COHEN: No, it wasn't.
WILLIAMS: Oh, my gosh.
COHEN: Have you seen Frozen?
WILLIAMS: If your life was on the line, I'd be concerned, Anderson.
COOPER: Yeah, yeah. Of course.
WILLIAMS: Who was nominated for a Tony this year and became the most nominated performer in Tony history? Female.
COHEN: Audra?
WILLIAMS: Yes.
COHEN: OK.
WILLIAMS: Audra McDonald.
COHEN: OK.
WILLIAMS: I'm trying to help you.
COHEN: Are you OK?
COOPER: I have four jobs. I --
COHEN: I have eight.
WILLIAMS: Oh, he's saying you're not busy enough, Andy.
COHEN: Yeah, right now.
WILLIAMS: That's what he's saying. It's a little shady to me.
COHEN: OK.
WILLIAMS: What real-life singer does Jonathan Groff play in the new musical, Just In Time?
COHEN: He spits a lot. Bobby Darin.
WILLIAMS: Yes, Bobby Darin.
COOPER: OK. He's right. I saw him in Hamilton.
COHEN: Yes, you did. I got it.
WILLIAMS: If don't know this, Andy, he shouldn't be a friend if he doesn't know this.
COHEN: OK, yes.
WILLIAMS: What Broadway show did Andy Cohen play in the new musical?
COHEN: I made a cameo.
WILLIAMS: What Broadway show?
COOPER: I have no idea. How would I know?
WILLIAMS: Let me off this riser.
COHEN: Thank you, Michelle. Queen of Versailles.
WILLIAMS: That's it. (Inaudible). COOPER: Wait, you appeared on stage?
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COHEN: I did. No, well, Kristen Chenoweth and I shot something that they --
COOPER: OK.
COHEN: -- rolled into the show that I'm told played very well.
COOPER: Oh.
WILLIAMS: All right. How much was the most expensive ticket to see Denzel Washington in Othello?
COOPER: Oh, I heard that was hugely expensive.
WILLIAMS: How much? How much? Give us the ballpark here.
COOPER: $1,500.
WILLIAMS: Huh?
COOPER: $1,500.
WILLIAMS: $1,500? A little lower.
COOPER: Oh. But it's still --
COHEN: $1,000?
WILLIAMS: $921.
COHEN: Wow.
COOPER: I mean, that's --
COHEN: Produced by our friend, Kandi Burruss.
COOPER: I heard that was --
COHEN: Who wrote Bills, Bills, Bills. Yes.
WILLIAMS: She did, man. She did.
COHEN: Yes.
WILLIAMS: OK, OK. Here we go. What gay icon will be having a musical based on her life on Broadway in the spring?
COHEN: Is it Dolly?
WILLIAMS: You read these.
COHEN: Is it? No, I didn't. WILLIAMS: Yes, you did. No, I'm just -- I pay attention to the news.
COOPER: Oh, that's cool.
WILLIAMS: And if I'm yelling, you guys, excuse me, I feel like I can't hear.
COOPER: It's hard. It's hard in Times Square.
WILLIAMS: But to the people at -- No, it's not you. I'm just apologizing to the people at home. I'm sober as well.
COHEN: Oh, do you want a shot?
WILLIAMS: No, I got to sing.
COHEN: Tonight?
WILLIAMS: How did George Clooney -- No.
COHEN: Well, then.
COOPER: I mean, if you want to sing tonight, you're welcome.
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WILLIAMS: I want to wake up and be on time for my show.
COHEN: I know. I'm a pusher.
WILLIAMS: How did George Clooney change his appearance for his role in Good Night and Good Luck?
COOPER: Oh, this I know. Because we broadcast it live on CNN. He dyed his hair.
WILLIAMS: Oh, look at you.
COOPER: I know a thing or two.
COHEN: Wow, Anderson.
(LAUGH)
WILLIAMS: Oh, I love you. I was concerned.
COHEN: Michelle Williams, we love you. I'm always concerned. We love you. Go see Michelle in Death Becomes Her on Broadway, eight shows a week.
COOPER: I will go. I'm definitely going to go.
COHEN: The party is well underway here in Times Square. Things are just getting started in New Orleans too. And Randi Kaye is joining us now, our pal. Hey, Randi.
COOPER: Hey, Randi. How's it going in New Orleans?
COHEN: So much.
WILLIAMS: I love you.
COHEN: You're the best.
WILLIAMS: All right. I'll see you all. All right. You all want to come to a show together, let me know. I'd love to treat you.
RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hey, Anderson and Andy. Happy New Year. We are here on Frenchmen Street in New Orleans, outside the Blue Nile. We have the quintessential Second Mind band going on right here down the street. And you never know who you're going to meet right here in New Orleans. You guys know that. It's always a crazy time. So, oh, wow. Look at this.
Happy New Year.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Happy New Year.
KAYE: What's your name?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My name is Charlotte.
KAYE: Charlotte. And?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Richard.
KAYE: It's Richard. Whoa.
COOPER: Wow.
KAYE: Let me see. Is Richard friendly?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Richard is very friendly. Wait, let's see.
KAYE: Is this a New Year's Eve snake?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.
KAYE: Let's see. OK, OK. Does he give kisses?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm sorry, I can't hear you.
KAYE: Mic -- Oh, I have never seen or held a snake this big. I don't know about you guys, but this is crazy. Crazy.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, I know. When you are snake handler, you've got to keep your snake nice and warm.
KAYE: Oh, yes, of course, of course. So, it's good that the weather warmed up, right? Oh, ah, only in New Orleans on New Year's Eve. Oh, my God.
COHEN: Randi! COOPER: Randi has started early.
KAYE: How do you manage a serpent this large?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, when you're managing a serpent this large, it takes an awful lot of handling.
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You've got to have a very firm grip.
KAYE: A firm grip.
COHEN: A firm grip.
(LAUGH)
COOPER: OK, all right.
KAYE: So, it's good that it's in the warm weather, right? Because otherwise, the snake is going to hibernate.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, yeah, yeah.
(LAUGH)
KAYE: So, that's why you had to keep it warm?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yeah, he needed to be out here in the warm (inaudible).
KAYE: And he's friendly?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.
KAYE: You just walk down the street here on New Year's Eve with him?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: That's New Orleans for you, baby.
COOPER: Randi, you're very intrigued.
KAYE: Oh, my gosh. Wow, wow. Oh, my gosh. And this is the year of the snake.
(CROSSTALK)
COOPER: It's a long night, Randi. You got to pace yourself.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, so this is the year of the snake right now, 2025. It's ending. The year of the snake was all about being --
COOPER: Randi, you've got to pace yourself.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, it's all about
KAYE: There you go. COOPER: It's a long night ahead.
KAYE: OK.
COOPER: It's a long night ahead, Randi.
KAYE: Well, we're just beginning here with my new friend, Richard.
COOPER: Oh, yes, we are.
COHEN: Randi, be careful, please. Randi, pace yourself. It is a long night.
(LAUGH)
KAYE: I mean, I mean --
COOPER: It's a long night. It's nowhere to go but --
KAYE: But, you know, you can't go the wrong.
COHEN: Are you getting choked out by that snake right now? I mean -- I think we've got to go to break now. Oh, this is bad.
(LAUGH)
KAYE: Whoa. Will you give me a kiss? Let's see.
COHEN: Oh, my God. OK.
KAYE: It's going to be a long night. Me and the snake in 2026.
COHEN: Feels that way.
COOPER: Let's go to break.
COHEN: OK.
(LAUGH)
COHEN: All right. Thank you, Randi. Continuing coverage of New Year's Eve from New Orleans. More later.
COOPER: Patti LaBelle joins us from her home --
COHEN: Yes.
COOPER: -- which we are always excited about. But first, a special note. Times Square is marking America's 250th birthday this year, with its largest confetti drop in history. At midnight, more than 2,000 pounds of red, white, and blue confetti will descend onto the crowd here at midnight when Ray Charles starts to sing "America the Beautiful." Celebrations also happening in Washington, D.C., where tonight the Washington Monument stands as the world's tallest birthday candle. Back in a moment.
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COOPER: And welcome back, live in Times Square. Joining us from her home, the legendary Ms. Patti LaBelle.
COHEN: Hi, Ms. Patti, our Gemini twin. We love you.
PATTI LABELLE, SINGER AND ACTRESS: All Gemini. Yes, I love you guys. Hey, I'm here with my grandbabies. My daughter-in-law, she's helping me cook and all this stuff. So we're having fun tonight. And guess what?
COOPER: Is that -- are you having a pajama party?
LABELLE: It is a pajama party. We all have our pajamas. Yes, so everybody's taking over, OK?
COOPER: I love it.
LABELLE: Pajama time.
COOPER: Oh my gosh.
LABELLE: Yes. Oh gosh.
(CROSSTALK)
COHEN: Ms. Patti, Ms. Patti, do you always wear diamonds with your pajamas?
LABELLE: Do I always wear diamonds with my pajamas?
COHEN: Yes.
LABELLE: These are pretend diamonds. (Inaudible) they are real. I always wear diamonds with my PJs. Those are my kids. Yes, and we're having fun tonight.
COHEN: Ms. Patti, what did you make? Because you sent us some chicken with some of your waffle recipe and some of your homemade syrup. They are so good.
LABELLE: I sent you my new chicken. Yes, my pancakes mixed with, I made waffles tonight. My brand new syrup. And my babies, they have my sweet potato pies. And we have all Patti's food tonight. I did lobster ravioli. I did chicken wings. I did caviar, did crab cakes, did everything.
COOPER: Wow.
LABELLE: Just everything. All of this stuff.
COOPER: That is huge (inaudible).
LABELLE: Yes. COHEN: Wow, wow. How many people are you going to have, Patti?
LABELLE: Everything's good. Tonight, we're having a small party. We have about 15 people, Andy.
COHEN: Oh, nice.
LABELLE: You know, and then we're having a car party. Come on, come on with us. We're going to the dining room. Yeah, a car party.
COHEN: (Inaudible) in the dining room?
LABELLE: No money, just a car party. In the dining room, see?
COOPER: Wow.
(LAUGH)
COHEN: All right.
LABELLE: Everybody's here. We're ready to play. Say Happy New Year. Happy new year, everybody.
COHEN: Hey, Patti.
LABELLE: Mr. Cuddles. Mr. Cuddles.
COHEN: Patti, what's your new year's resolution for next year?
LABELLE: My new year's resolution is to forgive everybody. Where are you?
COOPER: Forgive everybody. I like that.
LABELLE: My new year's resolution, Andy, is to forgive everybody because everybody (inaudible) a lot of people. So I have to forgive a lot of people. Yes. OK, this is Mr. Cuddles.
COOPER: You've been on a whirlwind tour with Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, Stephanie Mills, with the Queens Tour getting -- it's been extended multiple times because of the demand. What's been your favorite part of touring?
LABELLE: It's been extended and we're going to be together again because I love all the ladies. And we just -- we've all toured before but never together as four. So we're going to kill it again in February. Starting February 19th, and I have shows before that by Patti -- by Patti -- by myself. And I'll be working and working and working. Thank you, Jesus. I am blessed.
COHEN: Wow. You know, you celebrated your --
LABELLE: And my pancake and my syrup. Go ahead.
COHEN: Well, no.
LABELLE: Go ahead.
COHEN: Were you going to plug your pancakes, Ms. Patti? Because they're damn good. I had them out at the beach the other night.
LABELLE: Yeah, I will plug in my pancakes.
COHEN: Yeah, good, do it. They're great pancakes.
LABELLE: Are you having them the other night?
COHEN: I have -- No, I had them the other morning. I had them the other morning, the day after Christmas.
LABELLE: Thank you, Andy.
COHEN: We had them for the kids. Yes, I have them. I have them.
LABELLE: Yes. You have them and my grandkids love them.
COHEN: Yeah, you celebrated your 81st birthday on tour with -- you celebrated your 81st birthday on tour with the Queens.
LABELLE: I sure did.
COHEN: Did you think you would still be touring and doing all you're doing when you were 81?
LABELLE: I had no clue what I would be doing at 81. I was just hoping that I would be alive. And I am and I'm still moving.
(LAUGH)
COHEN: Yeah, you are.
COOPER: Sold out of the Barclays Center for your 81st birthday, a solo performance, incredible.
LABELLE: That was wonderful. Oh, yes.
COOPER: We want to come see you in the New Year.
LABELLE: It's beautiful.
COHEN: Yeah.
COOPER: Look forward to that.
COHEN: I had -- by the way, I was very blessed to be at your 80th birthday party. And so, please invite me to your 85th or whatever the next one is, too.
LABELLE: I'll invite you to every birthday I have, boo. OK?
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COHEN: We love you so much, Patti. LABELLE: Thank you.
COHEN: Have a great time.
LABELLE: We love you, too, my family.
COOPER: Happy New Year.
LABELLE: Thank you, honey.
COHEN: All right.
LABELLE: Goodbye, guys.
COOPER: Hope this is your best year yet.
LABELLE: Thank you. Happy New Year.
COHEN: We'll see you soon.
COOPER: Our next guest is an iconic performer. He has a brand new album out called "Roll with the Punches." Here's Bryan Adams from Madison Square Garden with one of his all-time anthems.
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