Whitney Cummings lit up CNN New Year’s Eve Live Of particular note were her fiery jokes, which included a reference to Anderson Cooper’s former co-host Kathy Griffin.

Cummings appeared on the CNN special and immediately mocked Cooper and Andy Cohen.

“Was that thunder?” Cummings asked the co-hosts as she took the stage in Times Square on a rainy night.

Cummings continued: “Are you sure? I thought it was Kathy Griffin yelling at you from the street? Are you sure? I think she’s swearing.”

Cooper responded, adding, “Well, no doubt about it.”

Griffin co-hosted the New Year’s Eve Live Special with Cooper from 2007 to 2017 and developed the format in which the comedian embarrassed the news anchor with her risqué jokes. Griffin was dropped from the CNN special in 2017 after backlash over a promotional photo that showed her holding an image of Donald Trump’s severed head. Cohen was named the new co-host in 2017 and has been with the show ever since.

Cummings announced that she would continue her comedy tour in 2025, noting that she is “performing in bigger and bigger venues.” The comedian then took a job at CNN, adding: “I thought being a mother would mean fewer people would want to come see me.” I now play in a 3,000-seat theater, which is about the audience of CNN these days corresponds.”

Cummings was given space to roast 2024 to “hold 2024 accountable for his behavior,” mentioning several big names in the entertainment industry.

“This was the year when people behaved so badly that we started to feel nostalgic for the murderers,” Cummings said. “Remember, this was the year we thought: Were the Menendez brothers that bad? Were we too hard on the Menendez brothers?”

Cummings was referring to the brothers who were convicted in the 1990s after murdering their parents. Netflix dramatized the events in Ryan Murphy’s Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendezbringing the case back into the spotlight and making people campaign for her release.

“White supremacy groups reached record highs,” Cummings said in another of her jokes. “It got so bad that Ariana Grande turned white again.”

Cummings also shot in Hollywood and said: “We started seeing older women in films too. Equality or madness? You tell me.”

“Demi Moore was in a movie called The substance “It shows that Hollywood is willing to let a woman in her 50s star in a movie as long as a hot 28-year-old wears a leotard most of the time,” she added. “Pam Anderson gets Oscar buzz for a movie she made without makeup. Guys, calling it courageous isn’t progress.”

Cummings also took a stab at Disney, saying, “The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia put money into Disney, so just know there won’t be any girl characters in the next movie.” Cars Film.”

Cohen wasn’t exempt from Cumming’s roast and did this See what’s happening live Host the punchline of a joke about the film joker.

“This is the year everyone hated the movie The joker“But if you love watching men go insane in a few hours, you can watch Andy Cohen on Countdown,” she joked.

At the end of their roast, Cummings said: “I can’t believe you guys are still letting me go. This is amazing. I love CNN. Please stop me, Andy, because I’m just going to keep going… No censorship on CNN. I love you guys.”