Andy Cohen and Ryan Seacrest Address Feud Rumors Following Their New Year’s Eve Drama
06.01.2023 - 01:13
/ usmagazine.com
Where’s the beef? Ryan Seacrest and Andy Cohen addressed the rumors of their feud following two years of New Year’s Eve drama.
On Thursday, January 5, the Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen host, 54, called into Seacrest’s radio show to set the record straight on their rumored rift. “I didn’t know where we stood, Ryan! I got to tell you something, I like watching people fight. I don’t like fighting with people,” Cohen joked during Thursday’s episode of “On Air With Ryan Seacrest.”
The Live! With Kelly and Ryan host, 48, for his part, confirmed that there is no ongoing feud between the two, who have been pals for more than a decade. “Well, we’re not [fighting]. We’re not,” Seacrest said in response to the rumors, which were initially sparked in December 2021 after Cohen shaded the American Idol host’s New Year’s Eve special. “That’s the funny thing … we’re not.”
Following their respective 2023 New Year’s broadcasts, Seacrest claimed to his Live! cohost Kelly Ripa that Cohen didn’t acknowledge him when the host tried to catch his attention on the holiday. (The TV personalities’ respective NYC stages were close to each other.)
“I thought maybe I was in the shot,” he explained on the January 3 episode of Live!. “I just wanted to wave and say hi. They have a great show. And Anderson, the best. He turns around and he says, ‘Have a good show.’ Very nice. Andy did not turn around.”
In the January 5 radio interview, Cohen brought up Seacrest’s claim and blamed cohost and close friend Anderson Cooper for the misunderstanding.
“I called Anderson and yelled at him on the radio yesterday,” Cohen revealed. “I was on my radio show yesterday and I said, ‘You know, Anderson, typically … when one of us sees Ryan behind us … one of us will