Drunk Don Lemon Gets Ear Pierced LIVE During CNN New Year’s Show

An inebriated Don Lemon got his left ear pierced live on-air during CNN‘s 2017 New Year’s show Saturday while accompanied by his co-host Brooke Baldwin.

Lemon, 50, was trending on Twitter during the show with hashtag: #DrunkDonLemon, as he brought in the new year from a New Orleans bar by getting his ear pierced by a heavily tattooed man. “Don’t get blood on the jacket!” Lemon could be heard exclaiming during the painful process.

All eyes were on New Orleans, where Lemon once again was not holding back on the alcohol, getting fully into the swing of the city. Will I? As midnight approached in Louisiana, the host tweeted: #CNN producers & @brookebcnn trying to convince me to get a tattoo or a piercing of some sort. Should I? #cnnnye’ As midnight approached in Louisiana, the host tweeted: #CNN producers & @brookebcnn trying to convince me to get a tattoo or a piercing of some sort.Should I? #cnnnye’ And it wasn’t an empty threat either, as he recruited a piercer shortly afterward to stick a needle through his earlobe live on television. ‘If this hurts I’m going to be so mad,’ he winced as co-host Brooke Baldwin gripped his hand tightly in support. h/t dailymail

It’s the second year in a row Lemon trended on social media for being drunk during the year’s end broadcast which is also hosted by Anderson Cooper.