Comic Roy Wood Jr., host of CNN’s “Have I Got News For You,” wouldn’t join the network’s tradition of boozing it up during the New Year’s Eve broadcast for one simple reason.
“Does anyone want a shot?” Andy Cohen asked Wood and others during Tuesday night’s show.
“Oh, no! No, I don’t,” Wood replied. “The last Black man to drink on this network got fired.”
Wood, a former “Daily Show” correspondent, said he’d stick with water, and later added on X:
Wood’s joke was likely a reference to former longtime CNN host Don Lemon, who was once a staple of the network’s boozy New Year’s Eve celebrations.
Lemon was fired in April, not for alcohol-fueled antics but after he said then-GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley was past her “prime,” comments widely blasted as ageist and misogynistic.
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He later apologized.
Lemon is currently hosting a show on YouTube.