Ryan Seacrest and Rita Ora are ready to ring in the new year.<\/p>\n
The pair are co-hosting \u201cDick Clark\u2019s New Year\u2019s Rockin\u2019 Eve\u201d<\/a> together for the third consecutive year on Wednesday night, and they opened up about the experience during a chat with People<\/a> ahead of the annual ball drop event.<\/p>\n However, Seacrest and Ora also revealed some of the interesting ways attendees prepare for the cold weather<\/a> and long Times Square lines \u2013 including wearing adult diapers so they don\u2019t need to worry about finding a bathroom.<\/p>\n A view of the ball drop during the Times Square New Year\u2019s Eve 2025 Celebration in NYC on Dec. 31, 2024. FilmMagic<\/p>\n Rita Ora and Ryan Seacrest rehearsing for \u201cDick Clark\u2019s New Year\u2019s Rockin\u2019 Eve\u201d in Times Square on Dec. 29, 2025. GC Images<\/p>\n \u201cThey do things you don\u2019t want to see them do because they\u2019re there for that long,\u201d the \u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d host, 51, told the outlet. \u201cI\u2019m happy I\u2019ve not seen them do those things.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI hear the diaper stories,\u201d Ora, 35, chimed in.<\/p>\n But while Seacrest acknowledged that he\u2019s also heard such stories, he clarified that he\u2019s never witnessed it in person.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s what I\u2019m talking about,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve not seen it. I just know it\u2019s happening.\u201d<\/p>\n Orlando Mendez, a 38-year-old Bronx resident who peddles adult diapers to New Year\u2019s Eve revelers visiting Times Square for the iconic ball drop, revealed that he sells the absorbent undergarments for $50 a piece.<\/p>\n Rita Ora during \u201cDick Clark\u2019s New Year\u2019s Rockin\u2019 Eve\u201d in Times Square on Dec. 31, 2024. Penske Media via Getty Images<\/p>\n Rita Ora and Ryan Seacrest rehearsing in Times Square on Dec. 30, 2025. AP<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s funny til it\u2019s not,\u201d Mendez told The Post.<\/a> \u201cDesperation sets the price. There are no bathrooms in there at all. Once [people] are in, they can\u2019t come back out. This is a real problem.\u201d<\/p>\n Other experienced revelers, meanwhile, are already prepared.<\/p>\n \u201cSurprisingly, a lot of people are already wearing diapers,\u201d he shared. \u201cThe early birds and the die-hards know the game.\u201d<\/p>\n Ryan Seacrest during \u201cDick Clark\u2019s New Year\u2019s Rockin\u2019 Eve\u201d in Times Square on Dec. 31, 2024. Al Drago<\/p>\n New Year\u2019s Eve Revelers in Times Square to watch the ball drop on Dec. 31, 2024. Jose A. Alvarado, Jr.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s eight-hour \u201cNew Year\u2019s Rockin\u2019 Eve\u201d broadcast on ABC<\/a> is set to feature live performances from Diana Ross, Ciara, Little Big Town, Maren Morris and Le Sserafim.<\/p>\n Seacrest and Ora, who first co-hosted the event together in 2023, said that they are looking forward to reuniting for the third year in a row.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u201cWe have the same sense of humor,\u201d the \u201cAnywhere\u201d singer shared. \u201cI\u2019m so happy to be working on this.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe really have a good time together,\u201d Seacrest agreed.<\/p>\n The pair made headlines last New Year\u2019s Eve when they joked about \u201ckissing\u201d Ora\u2019s husband, director Taika Waititi, as the clock struck midnight.<\/p>\n Rita Ora and Ryan Seacrest rehearsing for \u201cDick Clark\u2019s New Year\u2019s Rockin\u2019 Eve\u201d in Times Square on Dec. 30, 2025. AP<\/p>\n Ryan Seacrest and Rita Ora after the ball dropped in Times Square to ring in the new year on Jan. 1, 2025. ABC<\/p>\n \u201cShould we both make out with him?\u201d the British singer asked her co-host<\/a> last Dec. 31, as Seacrest responded, \u201cNo \u2013\u00a0not make out! You can do that.\u201d<\/p>\n As for their plans for the new year, both Ora and Seacrest expect to return to their respective roles on TV and beyond.<\/p>\n People gather around the \u201c2026\u201d numerals on display after an illumination ceremony in Times Square on Dec. 18, 2025. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n