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CNN Live Event/Special
East Coast of U.S. Sees in New Year. Aired 12-12:30a ET
Aired January 01, 2021 - 00:00 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Times Square 2021 was presented by Planet Fitness.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: And even though there are not the crowds here in Times Square, it is an extraordinary thing to be here in Times Square, and an extraordinary thing to be here with all of you watching all around the world. It is -- there's really no place like Times Square in New York City.
ANDY COHEN, BRAVO HOST: It's true.
It felt magical, and weird, and cleansing. Got a little drunk.
COOPER: And 2020 is gone.
COHEN: And 2020 is freaking gone.
COOPER: Gone. So --
COHEN: We flushed it down the toilet.
COOPER: I definitely need this.
COHEN: The fecal mass that it was. This is a little half. I like saying that. But just -- (DRINKS)
I'm glad I brought two bottles for this.
COOPER: Oh, my God! Oh, man!
COHEN: All right. All right.
COOPER: Oh my God.
COHEN: That's how I felt when I saw Mayor de Blasio dancing just now.
COOPER: What are you -- what --
COHEN: I just don't need to see that at the beginning of 2021. Do something with this city! Honestly, get it together!
COOPER: My God. Goodness. All right.
COHEN: Anyway.
COOPER: We've still got a lot to show.
COHEN: I'll be tiptoeing back to Bravo in about 20 minutes.
While I have this platform, I've got some other stuff I want to say, too. All right!
COOPER: You're that guy in the bar?
COHEN: Yes, I am!
COOPER: Listen, and another thing.
COHEN: Yes. Yes!
COOPER: I think we've had enough of that in 2020.
COHEN: Yes, we actually have.
COOPER: 2021 is --
COHEN: Yes.
COOPER: Let's all just wear masks.
COHEN: Yes.
COOPER: Get through this.
COHEN: Could there be some decorum? Would it be the worst thing?
COOPER: A sense of shame.
COHEN: A sense of shame. What if that existed?
COOPER: Nothing wrong with a little sense of shame. COHEN: By the way, I just want to Iraq to 11:58, and Andra Day, who was so brilliant. And she plays Billie Holiday in Lee Daniels's new movie that's coming out.
COOPER: Oh, really?
COHEN: Apparently, she's --
COOPER: Oh, really?
COHEN: -- incredible in it, and everybody is buzzing. But I thought that was such a great performance. And I just wanted to shout that out while I have the mic.
Snoop Dogg is coming up.
COOPER: Snoop Dogg is coming up.
COHEN: How are we going to get through this interview? He's going to join us from his compound. He's got a stunt man with him.
COOPER: I want a compound with a stunt man?
COHEN: You have a compound with a stunt man, Vanderbilt boy.
COOPER: What?
COHEN: And you --
COOPER: Where is this coming from?
COHEN: What? I don't know. You know what's going to happen?
COOPER: No, I really don't.
COHEN: At the bottom of the hour. No, is 11:30 the bottom of the hour? No, is 12:30 the bottom of the hour?
COOPER: Sweetie, this is not something we need to work out on the air.
COHEN: All right.
COOPER: OK. You need to work that out in the commercial.
COHEN: Well, what's going to happen is, if you can believe it --
COOPER: Uh-huh.
COHEN: -- this one is coming back to my house, and we're going to have munchies. I have special hors d'oeuvres for you. Countess LuAnn sent me caviar, which we're going to have. Yes! We're going to bring in the new year. It's not done.
Don and Brooke are going to be here getting drunk.
[00:15:04] All right. We're going to be right back.
COOPER: We'll be right back.
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COHEN: Here we are. We are back, hobbling into the new year. No, we are charging into the new year.
COOPER: Right.
COHEN: And joining us now from his compound in L.A., the one and only host of the new show, "Go Big" on TBS. It's Snoop Dogg. Hey, Snoop Dogg!
COOPER: How are you doing? How are you celebrating?
SNOOP DOGG, RAP ARTIST/HOST, TBS'S "GO BIG": Hey, man, what's crack-a- lacking? You know, I'm doing real big, man. We're in my spot, bringing in 2021. Had some celebrities pop in on a Zoom call. And now, we're in my lot, about the same size as, you know, the "Go Big" lot. And I brought somebody from the "Go Big" show to do something special for you all tonight.
COHEN: Let's see it.
DOGG: Andrew! Come here, Andrew? My main man, Andrew Stanton right here. He's on the "Go Big" show. He's a phenomenal stunt man. And he's got a couple of tricks he wants to show. What are you going to show them, Andrew?
ANDREW STANTON, "GO BIG SHOW" CONTESTANT: I'm going to be swallowing a sword and diving into a cold pool.
DOGG: You hear what he's saying? Swallowing a sword, diving into a cold pool.
STANTON: I think they warmed it, actually.
COHEN: Let's see it. Let's see it.
DOGG: But he said swallowing a sword.
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Don't try this at home. Please. Please don't try this at home.
Andrew is very calm with what he does. He takes his time. When he swallows that sword, that's something that makes me cringe.
STANTON: Woo!
DOGG: He came out with the sword. Give it up for my main man, Andrew!
That's how you close down 2020, baby. With a sword in your throat, swimming in the water like Nemo. Power! STANTON: The "Go Big Show," I've got one more for you, Snoop.
DOGG: Go big or go home, man!
STANTON: Here we go! Going big. Light sword underwater.
DOGG: He did it, man.
STANTON: Happy new year! Woo, woo!
COOPER: I -- I have been to so many parties where that happens. Wow!
COHEN: Would you date that guy?
DOGG: Hey, man, that was crazy. And I'm glad you all got to see it. That's what's "The Go Big Show" is. We get to see that every week on "The Go Big Show." And I'm telling you, it's crazy, y'all.
COHEN: Wow, that was -- that was like one of the first things we all saw in 2021. You're shocking -- you are shocking the system in 2021, Snoop. I mean, I couldn't believe it.
DOGG: Well, we're going to go big, or we're going to go home. Snoop, I'm glad you all enjoyed it, man. I love you two brothers, man.
COHEN: We love you. And I -- I got to tell you something. I love when you come on my show and you bring some of the good herb with you. And I want to play a game with you. Because you're so upfront about your smoking. And I want to play a game with you called, have you gotten high there?
OK, I'm going to run through various locations, and I want to know if you have gotten high in them, OK? All right, Snoop, have you gotten high --
DOGG; I like that.
COHEN: I do, too. Have you gotten high on a yacht?
DOGG: I have got high there!
COHEN: Yes!
DOGG: Yes.
COHEN: I know the answer to this one, because you talked about it on "Watch What Happens Live." Have you gotten high at the White House?
DOGG: And you do know that. Yes, yes, yes.
COHEN: OK. Have you gotten high at Martha Stewart's house?
COOPER: What is happening?
COHEN: Just -- let me handle this.
DOGG: And the answer would be, Y-E-S. Yes, yes, yes.
COHEN: Yes! Did you get Martha high? Did you get Martha high?
This is the new CNN.
DOGG: I would have to say if -- if secondhand smoke counts, yes, yes, yes.
COHEN: OK. OK, Snoop. Have you gotten high at a bar mitzvah?
DOGG: You wouldn't believe me if I told you, but the answer is going to be yes, yes, yes.
COHEN: I knew it! I knew it. Because you were performing. And some rich guy paid you --
DOGG: Yes.
COHEN: -- to perform at his kid's bar mitzvah.
DOGG: Yes.
COHEN: And you were like, I'm going to get so high.
DOGG: And he told me to do whatever you want to do.
COOPER: Where am I? Where am I?
COHEN: Have you gotten high at an NFL football game?
DOGG: Yes, yes, yes! And I almost got thrown out.
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COHEN: Yes, you did!
DOGG: Yes.
COHEN: OK, have you gotten high at an awards show?
COOPER: (COUGHING)
DOGG: How many? Yes, yes, yes!
COHEN: Andy, you're doing that in the mic, and it's kind --
COOPER: I'm sorry.
COHEN: Yes, you have. OK, have you gotten high at the Oscars, Snoop? At the Oscars?
DOGG: I have -- I have never been to the Oscars. But when I do go, you better know that I will.
That's on my hit list. You just put that on my hit list, Andy.
COHEN: Have you gotten high at a late-night talk show?
DOGG: Of course.
COHEN: I know. He's gotten me high.
DOGG: Letterman, Leno, Kimmel.
COHEN: Have you gotten high on CNN?
DOGG: No, but in front of the CNN building on Sunset Boulevard I have.
COHEN: Have -- Snoop, have you gotten high at the DMV?
DOGG: That would be a no. That would be a no-no.
COHEN: Let me ask you this, and then I'm going to wrap out of this game. Have you gotten high at a bris?
DOGG: Yes, yes, yes!
COHEN: Whoa! Wow!
DOGG: Yes.
COHEN: That's incredible!
DOGG: This is the Dogg of all dog dogs we're talking about, Andy.
COHEN: Wow, wow. Snoop, I love you for a million reasons. But your answers in that game -- do you want to -- can you remind us who was in office when you got high in the White House? Because it is CNN, and I need to ask these questions.
DOGG: Yes. It was a president that has the -- got the same complexion I got.
COHEN: All right, OK. I think I know what you're talking about.
DOGG: That's the clue. And they had -- they had chicken wings and greens on the menu that night.
COHEN: All right, all right. Well, Snoop Dogg, I love you so much. I can't wait to see you again to high five you for this brilliant performance tonight. "The Go Big Show" debuts next week. Happy new year, man.
COOPER: Happy new year, Snoop.
COHEN: I hope it's a great new year for you.
DOGG: Amen. Thank you. I love -- I love y'all's presence, and I love what y'all do. Continue the great work. And keep giving people hope. I love you all. 2021 is here.
COHEN: Thanks, man.
COOPER: 2021 is here.
COHEN: All right, thank you. 2021 is here. And I love it that these workers have no respect for the fact that we're doing a broadcast here. They've got to sweep up the -- the stuff right now.
COOPER: That's the amazing thing. Yes, that's the great thing about Times Square, is as soon as it's done, it is done. And they're incredible how efficient they are in getting this stuff up and out and done. And worked -- and done away. I love the way they're working. I love the way they do this stuff.
COHEN: I do, too.
COOPER: It's incredible to watch.
COHEN: It's great. I feel like I'm getting served right now.
COOPER: That is it for us, I believe.
COHEN: Anderson, this was fun.
COOPER: I don't know what this was.
COHEN: Well, I had a great time.
COOPER: I had a good time.
COHEN: I had a great time.
COOPER: OK, Don Lemon, Brooke Baldwin, they're going to continue the party for us right after this quick break. Happy new year.
COHEN: Happy new year, guys. Thanks for hanging out with us. Cheers to you all. Happy 2021.
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