[New Orleans Advocate] "CNN Tonight" anchor Don Lemon was the most liquored name in news Saturday night.Lemon, who co-hosted the network's New Year's Eve coverage from New Orleans, ended the night with a freshly pierced ear, a tequila hangover and the distinction of being the first TV personality of 2017 to have his microphone cut off during a live broadcast.
Lemon had just ordered up another in a night-long series of rounds -- pouring some, drinking many from behind the bar at the Spotted Cat Music Club on Frenchmen Street -- when the network apparently had heard enough.
"I need a little more. Pour me a little more. A little more. Perfect," Lemon was heard saying just after the clock struck midnight. "So, 2016 was awful."