January 28, 2026
Universal City, CA - January 22, 2026 — E!, the go-to destination for high-quality pop culture and entertainment news, has announced its original series from E! Digital Studios Hot Goss will relaunch on Thursday, January 22nd at 11am PT / 2pm ET on YouTube with three brand-new episodes. Hosted by Love Island UK alum Eyal Booker and social media personality Lonnie Marts IIV, Hot Goss dishes on Hollywood’s trending pop culture headlines with bold hot takes, juicy secrets, and plenty of laughs—all delivered shirtless from inside a sauna. Previously released as a short form series on Instagram, the series finds a new home on YouTube. In this expanded format, the Hot Goss guys turn up the heat by making room in the sauna for an array of talent across reality tv, social media, music, sports, television, and film. New episodes of Hot Goss will release weekly on Thursdays at 11am PT / 2pm ET.
Kicking off 2026 by spilling some tea, the series will welcome an exciting line-up of celebrity guests, including Dylan Efron & Boston Rob, Shayne Davis & Chris Hahn, and Chase “Huddy” Hudson, featured in the first three episodes, now streaming on YouTube.
Since the debut of Hot Goss in in October 2024, the show has generated a combined total of 98.8M video views, 1M engagements, and an audience reach of 74M. In 2025, E! saw record-setting growth across all digital platforms and social channels with 905M+ global YouTube views (including 477M+ U.S. views) across all E! Channels, marking E!’s best YouTube performance in history. E! Online amassed 370M+ U.S. video views, a 9% increase and its strongest year since 2022, while maintaining 1.8B U.S. page views, outperforming targets by 19% despite industry‑wide declines in referral traffic. Across social platforms, E! News generated a record 11.3B video views, up 18% from 2024 and setting a new all‑time high for social video performance.
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