Not long after Anderson Cooper started hosting CNN's New Year's Eve coverage from Times Square in 2002, the news program often became the news. In 2007, Kathy Griffin joined as the journalist's official cohost. While the unlikely duo brought the laughs, Griffin made waves annually for her dirty jokes and cursing. Still, the network stood by her - until May 2017 when Griffin came under fire for posing with a fake severed head of then-President Donald Trump.