January 3, 2023 | 4:19pm
Ryan Seacrest claims helium was ignored by Andy Cohen arsenic they hosted their respective New Year’s Eve specials past weekend.
“It was comic due to the fact that my large signifier was close successful beforehand of Anderson [Cooper] and Andy,” Seacrest, 48, told Kelly Ripa during Tuesday’s episode of “Live With Ryan and Kelly.”
“When I was not working, I was trying to get their attention.”
The “American Idol” big past showed Ripa, 52, however helium waved to Cooper and Cohen, who were hosting CNN’s “New Year’s Eve Live.”
“I thought possibly I was successful the shot. I conscionable wanted to question and accidental hi. They person a large show,” Seacrest explained.
“And Anderson, the best. He turns astir and helium says, ‘Have a bully show.’ Very nice. Andy did not crook around.”
Ripa, however, refuted her co-host’s claims and alleged that Cohen, 54, did effort to accidental hullo to Seacrest.
“That’s not true. He said helium was trying to get your attention,” the “Live Wire” writer said.
Page Six has reached retired to Cohen’s rep for comment.
Last year, the “Real Housewives” shaper dissed the ABC broadcast squad for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” which is hosted by Seacrest.
“If you look down me, you’ll see Ryan Seacrest’s radical of losers performing,” Cohen joked during the 2021 New Year’s Eve show. “I’m atrocious but if you’re watching ABC, you’re watching nothing.”
After Cohen’s comments went viral, the “Watch What Happens Live” big issued an apology for his remarks.
“The lone happening that I regret saying, the lone happening is that I slammed the ABC broadcast, and I truly like Ryan Seacrest and he’s a large guy,” helium said connected his “Radio Andy” speech show past January.
Cohen admitted that helium was “just anserine and drunk” that night.
“I conscionable kept talking and I shouldn’t have, and I felt atrocious astir that. So that is the lone happening [I regret]. It’s the lone thing.”
Ahead of the 2022 NYE special, CNN announced that it was banning intoxicant consumption for on-air talent. Naturally, Cohen and Cooper, 55, recovered different originative ways to have immoderate drinking fun arsenic they counted down to 2023.