CNN Faces Backlash After Airing Gay Kiss On New Year’s Eve
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CNN has copped backlash from right-wing conservatives in New York City after broadcasting an interracial gay kiss as the clock struck midnight on New Year鈥檚 Eve.
Conservatives took this moment to display their homophobia and spread disparaging messages on social media in response to a brief display of a gay couple’s celebration.听
The opening moment of its New Year’s Eve Live broadcast in 2024 saw bigots take to social media to express their “disgust”, with one X user posting, 鈥淭he first kiss shown by nearly every media outlet, CNN, ABC, CBS, was this:聽 A salacious, sickening, interracial gay tongue lashing session. Out of literal millions present, they chose this to send a message to you. They are ramping up the psyop. Nothing is by accident.鈥�
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Another user , 鈥淚 started off my 2024 with watching two silly boys kiss.听
Jonathan Bowen, known the online handle BostonByBirth, posted some extreme reactions to CNN and ABC airing the gay kiss. Bowen claimed that the kiss between the men didn鈥檛 look natural and was a planned psychological operation that was meant to 鈥渋ntrude on Middle America鈥�.听
鈥淎BC News had to cut straight to the interracial gay couple with the sloppy kiss at midnight. Is it a happy new year? Gah! It seems as though other networks showed the same kiss at midnight. The kiss wasn鈥檛 organic; the interracial gay couple was separated by crowd control barriers. This was a psychological operation which was designed to intrude on Middle America鈥�, he .听
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Amidst the anticipated outcry, several users applauded the networks for broadcasting the kiss while also poking fun at the backlash.
鈥淐NN Never would have thought the first shot of the new year would be a beautiful queer kiss. THANK you for being bold! 馃憦馃憦馃憦 Happy New Year! 馃コ #CNNNYE鈥� X user Sean David .听
also celebrated the interracial gay kiss, sharing 鈥淭he first kiss CNN聽 shows of 2024 was 2 guys! 馃槏 it鈥檚 our year queens!鈥�. The X user commended New Year鈥檚 Eve Live co-hosts Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen, who returned for their seventh year together.听
鈥淚 love that Anderson Cooper is just wrecked and I love it! He and Andy are a treasure鈥�, Josh K added.听
In a , Cooper expressed his delight in celebrating New Year’s Eve with the American radio and television talk show host, saying, 鈥淭here鈥檚 no one I鈥檇 rather spend New Year鈥檚 Eve with and nowhere I鈥檇 rather be at midnight than New York鈥檚 Times Square!”
Cohen echoed the sentiment, stating, 鈥淪pending New Year with my dear friend Anderson is my idea of a great time and a happy tradition that I look forward to all year long.鈥�
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