The network tried to make up for it with a different kind of on-air drinking game for New York hosts Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen.
They were given alcohol-free mystery shots and asked to guess what it was ― and the answers had Cooper, Cohen and viewers alike all gagging.
In the video above, the two sampled pickle juice. Below, they knock back shots of buttermilk:
“Socks? Shoes?” Cooper guessed after trying apple cider vinegar.
“I need tequila,” Cohen cried out:
“We aren’t drinking, but we’re going to have a BLAST,” he told Page Six.
His reaction on-air suggests some parts of the show might’ve been less of a blast then others.