{"id":2426596,"date":"2026-05-21T15:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2426596"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:49:16","slug":"colbert-late-show-all-the-star-cameos-on-penultimate-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/colbert-late-show-all-the-star-cameos-on-penultimate-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"Colbert &#8216;Late Show&#8217; \u2013 All the star cameos on penultimate episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\">\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/05\/13\/USAT\/90063924007-20260508-t-015839-z-1393839854-rc-2-n-4-laevls-2-rtrmadp-3-usaentertainmentmedia.JPG?crop=3999,2250,x0,y0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Stephen Colbert\u2019s final week marks the end of The Late Show<\/p>\n<p>As Stephen Colbert signs off, questions remain about what replaces late night as a shared cultural ritual in a fragmented media era.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2026\/05\/19\/stephen-colbert-late-show-ending-impact\/90102204007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stephen Colbert<\/a> didn&#8217;t wait until <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2026\/05\/21\/stephen-colbert-late-show-finale-date-time-how-to-watch\/90178984007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his &#8220;Late Show&#8221; series finale<\/a> to start flipping through his rolodex.<\/p>\n<p>The late-night host&#8217;s second-to-last show on Wednesday, May 20, featured surprise cameos by more than 10 major stars, all taking the stage one after another.<\/p>\n<p>The cameos came as Colbert finally took his own &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2026\/05\/14\/barack-obama-stephen-colbert-late-show-interview\/90045594007\/\">Colbert Questionert<\/a>,&#8221; a series of mostly lighthearted questions he has used in interviews with guests. During the segment, which took up much of the show, the stars came in to ask Colbert a single question before handing things off to the next person, with the host sitting on the guest chair.<\/p>\n<p>Billy Crystal, &#8220;Weird Al&#8221; Yankovic, Josh Brolin, Martha Stewart, Mark Hamill, Jim Gaffigan, Jeff Daniels, Tiffany Haddish, Amy Sedaris, Ben Stiller, Aubrey Plaza, James Taylor and Robert De Niro all stopped by, with former &#8220;CBS Evening News&#8221; anchor John Dickerson introducing them.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the celebrities snuck in quick jokes or reflections while they were out on stage with Colbert.<\/p>\n<p>Crystal glanced around the stage and joked that he was &#8220;looking for something to take,&#8221; while Plaza, cradling her pregnant belly, quipped, &#8220;My water broke backstage. They said it was going to take a couple of hours, so I could still do this.&#8221; After Stewart said she was sad because &#8220;maybe I won&#8217;t be here again,&#8221; Colbert deadpanned, &#8220;You will not.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brolin also gave Colbert a gift: a ship in a bottle, which said, &#8220;May you always glide through life&#8217;s sometimes tumultuous waters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In response to his own questions, Colbert declared that the best sandwich is pastrami on rye for most of the year, but a tomato sandwich on white bread during the summer; named &#8220;Raiders of the Lost Ark&#8221; his favorite action movie; and said that when we die, &#8220;I think there is some continuance of some kind, but it&#8217;s a dispersion of the self into some other greater being.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In between the stars, Colbert&#8217;s wife, Evelyn McGee, came on stage and asked her husband to name his favorite smell. His answer? McGee herself, specifically the smell of the rose-scented lotion she uses while they&#8217;re getting ready to go out.<\/p>\n<p>The final question, administered by Dickerson, asked Colbert to describe the rest of his life in five words. &#8220;My family, my friends, fun,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Colbert&#8217;s May 20 &#8220;Late Show&#8221; also <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2026\/05\/21\/bruce-springsteen-trump-stephen-colbert-cancellation-cbs\/90192191007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">featured a performance by Bruce Springsteen<\/a>, who said he was &#8220;here in support tonight for Stephen because you&#8217;re the first guy in America who lost his show because we&#8217;ve got a president who can&#8217;t take a joke.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The series finale of &#8220;The Late Show&#8221; is scheduled for May 21. 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