Eric Adams has implied that Andy Cohen might need help for his drinking habits after the Bravo personality criticized the former New York City mayor during CNN’s New Year’s Eve broadcast.
Adams, who had recently concluded his term as mayor, responded to Cohen’s alcohol-fueled tirade against him. Cohen, co-hosting the event alongside Anderson Cooper, launched into a verbal attack on Adams while sipping on drinks during the live coverage.
Just as the iconic ball dropped in Times Square to mark the new year, Cohen—drink in hand—began his rant against Adams, whose tenure had officially ended with the turn of the year.
When approached by the New York Post for his thoughts on Cohen’s outburst, Adams reacted with a laugh.
“I have two letters for him: AA,” Adams replied, alluding to Alcoholics Anonymous.
Adams reiterated this sentiment on social media, describing Cohen’s comments as “yet another sloppy, drunken tirade.”
‘If anyone actually cares about him, they’ll tell him to get help,’ the now-former mayor wrote on X.
‘New Yorkers aren’t laughing with him,’ he continued. ‘They are concerned about him. Public intoxication is a disease. He should seek help.’
Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams has issued a brutal response to Andy Cohen
Within moments of the crystal-encrusted ball dropping in Times Square, Cohen – with a drink in his hand – started going off about Adams, whose term in office officially came to an end with the new year
In a post on X Thursday, Adams wrote that Cohen needs to start attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings
Adams then went on to argue that Cohen was only safe in Times Square due to the heightened police presence.
‘Seek help,’ Adams concluded. ‘AAA: Andy’s Alcohol Anonymous.’
Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Cohen for comment.
The Bravo star was seen holding a drink as he began his drunken rant overnight.
‘Watching the final moments of Mayor Adams’s chaotic…’ Cohen began, before Cooper tried to stop him.
‘I just want to say…’ Cohen continued as Cooper interrupted him once again. ‘Don’t,’ he said while attempting to walk out of frame.
But the camera panned out to keep the co-host in frame. ‘He got his pardons,’ Cohen continued with a slight slur, before Cooper said ‘I’m out’ once again.
‘I’m just saying, great, you got your pardons. Go off into the sunset,’ Cohen said. ‘We’ll fiddle with what we have, with what you’ve left us with.’
‘He can’t help himself,’ Cooper then said.
Cohen has been co-hosting CNN’s New Year’s Eve special for the past nine years alongside Anderson Cooper
That seemed to encourage Cohen, who then went after the outgoing mayor for getting his federal corruption case dismissed in April.
‘Great, you got your pardons, now go off into the sunset,’ Cohen said, slurring his words. ‘Go dance away, we’ll see you at the parties… all the clubs,’ Cohen advised Adams, who was known for his clubbing.
‘I just want to say goodbye Mayor Adams, you did it, didn’t you?,’ he continued.
But Cohen did give the now-former mayor credit for reducing the rat population in New York City.
‘I will say this – he maybe dented the rat population,’ Cohen acknowledged. ‘But isn’t that a metaphor of sorts – I mean, let’s call it as it is.’
‘Well, guess what it’s 2026 and there are less rats,’ the Bravo host then concluded his unhinged remarks.
On X, people thought the clip was hilarious. ‘The years may change but Andy Cohen railing against the outgoing mayor of NYC stays the same,’ wrote one user.
‘Andy Cohen drunk af on CNN while Anderson Cooper tries to stay out of the frame is gold,’ another user wrote.
A third simply replied with dozens of crying laughing emojis.
In his final act as New York City mayor, Eric Adams pushed the button to begin the ball drop countdown in Times Square
Adams was standing nearby as Cohen spoke, marking the end of his mayoral term pushing the button to begin the ball drop countdown in Times Square.
He then ended his term in office in the same place it began four years ago, when he was sworn in.
‘This has been a remarkable four years,’ Adams said, as Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as the first Muslim mayor of America’s largest city.
He took the oath of office in a private ceremony at an historic decommissioned subway station in Manhattan, with a much larger ceremony Thursday afternoon.
‘This is truly the honor and the privilege of a lifetime,’ the Democratic Socialist said in a brief speech Wednesday night.
