‘Late Late Show’ shoots down One Direction rumor: The group won’t reunite for James Corden’s last show
While James Corden’s next direction is back to England, and perhaps to the stage, he and the producers of “The Late Late Show” want to make it abundantly clear what not to expect on the final episode: One Direction.
Following a weird bit of online chatter about the British boy band reuniting to send Corden off, the show took to its social media channels to nip the rumor in the bud.
“Nobody loves the boys more than us … but this story just isn’t true,” the official “Late Late Show” social team posted, linking to a Daily Mail article, then hyping up their two-hour finale on April 27.
Nobody loves the boys more than us … but this story just isn’t true.
What is true is we’ve got an absolutely brilliant 2 hour finale planned to celebrate 8 years of #LateLateShow at 10pm on April 27th. pic.twitter.com/Vyj75eB5qz
— The Late Late Show with James Corden (@latelateshow) April 13, 2023
Corden and 1D have a long relationship. The group (minus Zayn Malik, who had just departed) did one of the Carpool Karaoke gags with him in 2015, and breakout star Harry Styles has appeared on the program many times. Corden even directed one of Styles’s videos. Pals!
But One Direction has been on indefinite hiatus since January 2016. In 2017, when the video for their song “History” won a Brit Award, only Liam Paine was on-hand to accept on everyone’s behalf.
The Tony-winning Corden took over “The Late Late Show” from Craig Ferguson in 2015, and infused the program with a lot of celebrity interviews, YouTube-ready bits, gags, and stunts. Since joining the late-night circuit, Corden’s profile has exploded—as has his awards recognition. He’s won 12 Emmy Awards in a variety of categories.
With Corden leaving the time slot, CBS is leaving the old-school talk show format even further behind. Under Stephen Colbert’s producing shingle, the network is revising the quasi-interactive game show “@midnight” with Funny or Die. A host has not been named.
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