Andy Cohen will replace Kathy Griffin on CNN's New Year's Eve special.
"The news is out," Cohen confirmed in a tweet. "I'm co-hosting New Year's Eve on CNN with @andersoncooper and I could not be more excited!"
Cooper and Griffin's friendship was also put on the rocks following the controversy. Cooper disavowed the image, saying, "For the record, I am appalled by the photo shoot Kathy Griffin took part in. It is clearly disgusting and completely inappropriate."
Griffin co-hosted CNN's New Year's Eve special with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper for 10 years, but the network parted ways with the comedian in May after she took a photo holding up a fake, bloody, decapitated head in the likeness of President Donald Trump. The network released a statement saying that they found the image "disgusting and offensive."
It was announced in August that Griffin and Cooper's long-term friendship was officially over following the scandal.