Andy Cohen Launches into How Mayor Adams Is ‘Looking for a Pardon,’ Cooper Stops Him ‘We’re Not Going to Let Him... ‘

COOPER: “ — thousands of people here who are sopping wet, they’ve been here for hours. And yet, I will say it‘s much happier than it was when we first got here.”
COHEN: “I‘m so glad it cleared up. We are going to have a great midnight.”
COOPER: “Yes.”
COHEN: “The mayor seems to have left, which is good news for America.”
COOPER: “He wants to start stirring the pot.”
COHEN: “Yes.”
COOPER: “We‘re not going to let him.”
COHEN: “He‘s looking for a pardon in Times Square.”
COOPER: “We‘re not going to let him do this.”
COHEN: “He‘s looking under things for the pardon.”
COOPER: “Sweetie, it‘s 10 minutes before the new year.”
COHEN: “Yes.”
COOPER: “We‘re not going to go there now.”
COHEN: “Lil Jon gave us a meditation.”
COOPER: “Yes.”
COHEN: “And I thought that was very beautiful.”
COOPER: “Let‘s read — traditionally on this program, we read new year‘s eve. It‘s our tradition. We read ‘Goodnight Moon,’ it‘s a special edition of ‘Goodnight Moon.’ We‘re both big ‘Goodnight Moon’ fans.”
COHEN: “Yes, we are. Okay, so shall we do this right now?”
COOPER: “Yes.”
COHEN: “Okay. Very good. Okay.”
COOPER: “‘Goodnight to the never ending Eras Tour. Good night to Raygun, who will breakdance no more.’”
COHEN: “‘Good night, French pole vaulter whose pole was too big. Good night, expats and yet another Nicole Kidman wig.’”
COOPER: “(Laughs) I love Nicole Kidman. ‘Goodnight to the girl who taught us all to hawk-tuah. Goodnight to the popcorn bucket from ‘Dune Part Two-ah.’ (Laughs) I love ‘Dune.’”
COHEN: “Did — you didn‘t see ‘Dune Part Two!’”
COOPER: “I did, I watched it on Apple Vision.”
COHEN: “Oh, okay.”
COOPER: “Do you have Apple Vision?”
COHEN: “No.”
COOPER: “It‘s great.”
COHEN: “Okay.”
COOPER: “I know. I love it.”
COHEN: “Yes. ‘Goodnight. Chapel and Sabrina, two pop girls who came to slay. Goodnight, lookalike contest of Timothee Chalamet.’”
COOPER: “(Laughs) ‘Goodnight, Ben and...’ — oh, you do this one. I don‘t want to do this one.”
COHEN: “‘Good night, Ben and Jennifer 2.0. Goodnight. usher‘s shirtless halftime show.’ That was so controversial?”
COOPER: “No, I just — like, leave them alone. Like, they broke up. Like, leave them alone.”
COHEN: “All right, well, don‘t get it on me.”
COOPER: “Like, we‘ve mentioned this several times tonight. I just — it‘s enough.”
COHEN: “Oh, this is where you‘re taking a stand? Oh! Oh!”
COOPER: “Give them a break.”
COHEN: “Oh, Anderson is taking up for this. Wow.”
COOPER: “‘Good night, Charli XCX and the summer of brat. Goodnight to those taking the lyrics of ‘Defying Gravity’ and...’ — (Laughs)”
COHEN: “‘...and really holding space with that.’”
COOPER: “It was just a little too long for me.”
COHEN: “‘Good night, crypto. Good night, Moo Deng, our favorite biting baby hippo.’”
COOPER: “Goodnight to those very mindful and demure. Goodnight, hope it didn‘t ruin the tour.’”
COHEN: “Do you know what that reference was?”
COOPER: “I do not know, so — yeah, I don’t — what is that a reference to?”
COHEN: “I‘m not going to tell you.”
COOPER: “Oh. Is it a Taylor Swift thing?”
COHEN: “No.”
COOPER: “I don‘t know.”
COHEN: “No, it‘s not.”
COOPER: “I mean, how crazy was Ralph Fiennes on this program?”
COHEN: “That was amazing.”
COOPER: “It was crazy.”