Watch: Andy Cohen Says 'I Will Not Be Shamed for Having Fun on New Year's Eve'

Is it CNN's goal to start the new year every year with a drunk Andy Cohen?

That is what the producer and Bravo honcho contends in defending his getting drunk on air during CNN's New Year's Eve coverage from Times Square with co-host Anderson Cooper.

"Listen, I will not be shamed for having fun on New Year's Eve," he said during the Jan. 4 episode of SiriusXM's The Howard Stern Show. "That's why I'm there. That's why they bring me there," reported E! Online.

"For those who weren't watching live, Cohen hosted CNN's New Year's Eve Live from New York's Times Square on Dec. 31. And as the Bravo star put it in an Instagram post, he 'was a hair over-served' that night."

During his broadcast, he aggressively shaded the outgoing NYC mayor Bill de Blasio; called viewers of rival ABC broadcast with Ryan Seacrest "losers;" insulted the Filipino lead singer of Journey saying he wasn't authentic; and sent a note to Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg about "messing with all of us."

"It's a four-and-a-half-hour show," Cohen told Howard Stern. "The booze started kicking in around 11:30. So everyone's focusing on kind of the last 45 minutes or hour that we were on the air. I kicked into high gear with 45 minutes left. So, we had done 15 interviews before that point."

He added: "I won't be shamed for it. I had a blast. Anderson had a blast. We left and we were like, 'That was fun. What a fun New Year's Eve.' No apologies for my drinking on New Year's Eve. None."

Asked if CNN had spoken to him about the broadcast, Cohen said they had not. "The only direction that I get every year from [CNN president] Jeff Zucker is 'Have fun.' There you go. That is my job."

A spokesperson for CNN told E! News that while "Andy said something he shouldn't have on live TV," they "look forward to having him back again next year."

He also re-emphasized his only regret was calling out Seacrest and his co-host Kelly Ripa. "She is not upset with me," Cohen noted of Ripa. "As I was going on my rant about Journey, I did wind up kind of starting to throw ABC under the bus and that is my only regret from the night because I really like Ryan Seacrest. He's a really nice guy. And I was–as they say–in my cups, and I was kind of enjoying the rant. I was like, 'Wow, it's really fun being on CNN just ranting like a nutty guy. This is fun.' So I kept going and that I felt bad about...and I texted Ryan the next morning."

But he did admit some anxiety that he wouldn't be called back after reviewing his comments about de Blasio. "And when I saw the clip, I was like, 'Dude, that's the clip they're going to play when you get canceled this year.' They're going to be like, 'I guess he's not going to be there next year.' Although, CNN announced yesterday I'm coming back next year, so I was happy for that."