{"id":2000011,"date":"2025-09-05T18:52:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T18:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2000011"},"modified":"2025-09-05T18:52:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T18:52:00","slug":"drew-barrymore-revisits-late-show-desk-dance-more-than-30-years-later-with-stephen-colbert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/drew-barrymore-revisits-late-show-desk-dance-more-than-30-years-later-with-stephen-colbert\/","title":{"rendered":"Drew Barrymore revisits \u2018Late Show\u2019 desk dance more than 30 years later with Stephen Colbert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/action-bar\/instances\/cmf73y17e004n28ozeu3vehvk@published\" data-label-id-prefix=\"action-bar-start-of-article\" class=\"action-bar\" 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data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/youtube\/instances\/cmf755nz0000o3b6nhgmgldye@published\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-component-name=\"youtube\">\n<aside class=\"youtube__aspect-ratio-container\">\n<div id=\"r5F8LL7C\" data-video-id=\"fFSgqXLaTmk\" class=\"youtube__content player\">\n\t\t<span class=\"youtube__video-title\">Drew Barrymore Flashes Dave for His Birthday | Letterman<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmf751qfo000j3b6nsmh4jky0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            On Thursday, Barrymore asked Colbert, who <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2014\/04\/10\/showbiz\/stephen-colbert-david-letterman\">succeeded<\/a> Letterman as host of \u201cThe Late Show\u201d in 2014, if he wanted her to do a little dance for him after he joked that he was \u201conly mildly insulted that you\u2019ve never gotten on the desk.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmf7532d3000m3b6nq4kfqwik@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI promise you, I don\u2019t,\u201d Colbert said, trying to shy away from the dance. \u201cIt was just a joke.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmf75kezd001a3b6nw3ton6ry@published\" class=\"image_large-elevate image_large__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-name=\"20250905-drew.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_large--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" 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colbert=\"\" and=\"\" guest=\"\" drew=\"\" barrymore=\"\" during=\"\" thursday=\"\" september=\"\" show.=\"\" class=\"image_large__dam-img image_large__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_large__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"900\" width=\"1600\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmf75ar33000r3b6natgiqp9j@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            That didn\u2019t stop the free spirited Barrymore, who took off her jacked to reveal a white shirt with \u201cWe (heart) Stephen\u201d on the back before she began dancing on and crawling across the desk.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmf75bkjd000u3b6nta430b7z@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt\u2019s different now,\u201d a now 50 year old Barrymore told Colbert.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmf75ditn000x3b6nlchkni8s@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A seemingly slightly embarrassed Colbert appeared to appreciate the gesture, pulling Barrymore into an embrace and telling her, \u201cYou\u2019re the best.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmf75uw5a00003b6nf4ylnd7f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Letterman, who had a 22-year run on the \u201cLate Show,\u201d is a scheduled to be guest on the forthcoming sixth season of Barrymore\u2019s daytime talk show.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmf75f08f00103b6n3d3bluj7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Barrymore is the latest celeb\/guest who has shown Colbert appreciation in the wake of news <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/17\/media\/cbs-cancels-stephen-colbert\">that CBS would be ending \u201cThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert\u201d <\/a>in May 2026.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this 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During a recent appearance on \u201cThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert,\u201d Colbert and Barrymore\u2019s conversation at one point turned to the show\u2019s former host, David Letterman. Letterman and Barrymore, of course, have history. 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