Diplo Reveals He's on LSD While Appearing Live on CNN During NYE Special: 'It's Like a Light Trip'

Mar. 15, 2025

Andy Cohen, Anderson Cooper, Diplo.Photo:Craig T Fruchtman/WireImage; Leon Bennett/Getty

Craig T Fruchtman/WireImage; Leon Bennett/Getty

Diplois on a high for New Year’s Eve!

The DJ, 46, revealed while being interviewed onNew Year’s Eve Live with Andy Cohen & Anderson Cooperon Tuesday, Dec. 31, that he was currently tripping on LSD to shocked co-hostsAndy CohenandAnderson Cooper.

“Right now?” Cohen exclaimed as Cooper, 57, burst out laughing.

“Yeah, I did some on the helicopter, on the way here,” replied Diplo as Cooper keeled over in more fits of giggles. “I’m not even lying,” he added.

Diplo pictured in L.A. in May 2024.Rebecca Sapp/Getty

Rebecca Sapp/Getty

“Oh my God, hold on … please tell me — You’re tripping right now?” Cohen said.

“Yeah, but it’s like a light trip,” Diplo shared. He explained that he was “microdosing” and that he could have “macrodosed” earlier in the day, perThe Hollywood Reporter.

PEOPLE has reached out to Diplo for comment.

Cooper praised the music producer following the interview, saying per the outlet, “I wish I was Diplo. I got to say. I just think he has a fun, cool lifestyle. Can you imagine his lifestyle? ‘I’m Diplo. I do things.' ”

Cohen and Cooper hosting CNN’s New Year’s Eve coverage in N.Y.C. on Dec. 31, 2024.Craig T Fruchtman/WireImage

Craig T Fruchtman/WireImage

The presenter shared that he hadn’t been following Diplo on Instagram before the interview — but he will now. “I’m absolutely going to start,” Cooper said, perThe Hollywood Reporter. “I mean … I feel bad about my own boring life compared to Diplo’s. He’s got helicopters and he’s like doing things.”

The co-host added that Diplo “did like four shots while we were talking," saying in admiration, “And he’s going to play. How does he work? How does anybody do anything? I’ve had four shots. I just want to go to sleep."

Diplo pictured in Cannes, France, in June 2024.Dave Benett/Getty

Dave Benett/Getty

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Diplo’s LSD confession comes after hespoke about finding his activity on TikTok “cringey”in an interview withThe Wall Street Journal’s Katherine Finnerty atJournal HouseatCannes Lionspublished on June 19.

“For me as a musician… I’m also a DJ/producer — I wasn’t a brand. When you watchDoja CatorLil Nas Xon their TikTok, they are just geniuses with it. They know how to work that medium so well,” he said. “I’m 45. When I make a TikTok I always think it’s pretty cringey what I’m doing … Sometimes I make things that are funny but it’s really a young person’s format.”

source: people.com