Even the wealthy are eager to eat the wealthy.
Or not less than that’s what went down throughout Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen’s dwell New 12 months’s Eve particular for CNN on Tuesday.
Towards the tail finish of the evening, the duo — who’ve been overlaying New York Metropolis’s annual ball drop in Occasions Sq. for the previous eight years and sometimes cross the time getting progressively drunker on air — have been ready for musician Diplo to reach for a DJ set.
However Diplo was having bother attending to the occasion for a really unrelatable cause.
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“His helicopter is running late,” a visibly sloshed Cohen instructed viewers about Diplo’s delay, based on a clip posted on TikTok.
“I’ve never heard that before,” an equally inebriated Cooper slurred. “I think that’s amazing. … I want one day to have a lifestyle where somebody says, ‘Oh yeah, he’s late. His helicopter’s running late.’”
Cooper’s comment instantly got here off as clueless contemplating the approach to life he was born into. The journalist is the son of the late heiress Gloria Vanderbilt. The rich and influential Vanderbilt household constructed a railroad empire through the Gilded Age and are thought of by many to be American royalty.
With this in thoughts, Cohen (who’s no slouch financially because of his “Real Housewives” franchise on Bravo) couldn’t assist however name his buddy out.
“Yes, the Vanderbilt boy suffers. Just like you,” Cohen instructed viewers as Cooper, realizing his gaffe, slumped to the ground in a match of giggles.
Though the second between Cooper and Cohen was actually amusing, there might have been one other issue that contributed to Diplo’s tardiness.
In a while within the broadcast — and earlier than his efficiency — Diplo instructed Cohen and Cooper on air that he was tripping on LSD.
“I did some on the helicopter, on the way here … I’m not even lying,” the music producer admitted to a shocked Cooper and Cohen. “It’s like a light trip.”
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After talking with Diplo, Cooper appeared much more impressed by the Main Lazer co-creator’s informal use of each hallucinogens and helicopters.
“I wish I was Diplo,” the CNN anchor admitted. “I got to say. I just think he has a fun, cool lifestyle. Can you imagine his lifestyle? ‘I’m Diplo, I do things!’”
“I feel bad about my own boring life compared to Diplo’s” Cooper continued. “He’s got helicopters, he’s doing things, he did like four shots while we were talking. … And he’s going to play. How does he work? … I’ve had four shots and I just want to go to sleep.”
