{"id":2023949,"date":"2025-09-15T15:54:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2023949"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:54:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:54:20","slug":"stephen-colbert-says-hes-got-nothing-else-on-my-mind-but-the-late-show-ahead-of-final-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/stephen-colbert-says-hes-got-nothing-else-on-my-mind-but-the-late-show-ahead-of-final-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert Says He\u2019s Got \u2018Nothing Else on My Mind\u2019 but \u2018The Late Show\u2019 Ahead of Final Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Stephen Colbert<\/strong> is fully concentrated on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/jimmy-fallon-jimmy-kimmel-more-210424776.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:the final months;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">the final months<\/a> of <em>The Late Show.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Sunday, September 14, the late-night host, 61, spoke to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/stephen-colbert-not-focused-on-future-ahead-of-the-late-show-cancellation-emmys-2025-11809840\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>People<\/em><\/a> after the Emmy Awards \u2014 where he took home the win for Outstanding Talk Series \u2014 and shared that he isn\u2019t thinking too much about what happens after the hit show ends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI love what we do, and I want to go to work on Tuesday and for the next nine months with these people and work hard to have fun,\u201d he told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe do the show with each other, we do the show for each other every day,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd I have the privilege and responsibility of that day to share with the audience what we did. And I love it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">JIM RUYMEN\/UPI\/Newscom\/The Mega Agency<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAnd I know it\u2019s coming to the end in May, but I\u2019m going to savor every day of it,\u201d the comedian added. \u201cI want to land this plane. Absolutely beautiful. And I got nothing else on my mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, the TV personality did jokingly make some remarks about finding work on Sunday. While presenting at the Emmys, he brought out a headshot of himself from decades ago and handed <strong>Harrison Ford<\/strong> his resume.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/jimmy-fallon-night-fate-revealed-145915928.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:As the National Enquirer previously reported;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">As the<em> National Enquirer<\/em> previously reported<\/a>, it was announced in July that Colbert\u2019s show will come to an end after May 2026. CBS executives said the cancellation was \u201cpurely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night\u201d in a statement, according to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/news\/cbs-cancel-late-show-stephen-colbert-financial-decision-1236464356\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Variety.\u00a0;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Variety.\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\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 article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Colbert is fully concentrated on the final months of The Late Show.\u00a0 On Sunday, September 14, the late-night host, 61, spoke to People after the Emmy Awards \u2014 where he took home the win for Outstanding Talk Series \u2014 and shared that he isn\u2019t thinking too much about what happens after the hit show [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2023950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[372446,22653],"class_list":["post-2023949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-outstanding-talk-series","tag-stephen-colbert"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Stephen-Colbert-Says-Hes-Got-\u2018Nothing-Else-on-My-Mind.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2023949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2023950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2023949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2023949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2023949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}