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Andy Cohen says claims that CNN wants to curb his drinking on the network’s annual New Year’s Eve show have been greatly exaggerated.

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Responding to a report that CNN had banned its hosts from consuming alcohol during this year’s New Year’s Eve broadcast, Cohen says the supposed directive from CNN boss Chris Licht may not apply to himself or co-host Anderson Cooper.

“CNN said the correspondents will not be drinking,” Cohen clarified to Rolling Stone Thursday. “Anderson and I will be the people partying on CNN [though] we will be partying responsibly,” he says.

“My job is to take Anderson out of his comfort zone [and] my job is to be a party ringleader for everyone watching us on New Year’s Eve,” Cohen explains. “And that is what I will continue to do. And as a matter of fact,” the host declares: “If the correspondents are not drinking this year, I will be partying even harder on their behalf.”

Though Cohen and Cooper have famously done tequila shots on air during CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live festivities, the Bravo host may be drinking from a can this year, thanks to his new partnership with Fresca.

The popular citrus-flavored soft drink has launched its new Fresca Mixed collection, a line of…