{"id":2427500,"date":"2026-05-22T05:03:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T05:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2427500"},"modified":"2026-05-22T05:03:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T05:03:51","slug":"angry-celebs-crash-stephen-colberts-final-monologue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/angry-celebs-crash-stephen-colberts-final-monologue\/","title":{"rendered":"Angry Celebs Crash Stephen Colbert&#8217;s Final Monologue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entertainment\/topic\/stephen-colbert\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Stephen Colbert\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a0fb361e4b0bb04cec5728d\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/entertainment\/topic\/stephen-colbert\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\">Stephen Colbert<\/a> on Thursday delivered his final \u201cLate Show\u201d monologue. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Or at least, he tried to. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>As he spoke, he was repeatedly interrupted by celebrities sitting in his audience, each of whom thought they would have the honor of being his last guest. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Spoiler alert: None of them made the cut. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/bryan-cranston\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Actor Bryan Cranston\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a0fb361e4b0bb04cec5728d\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/bryan-cranston\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"1\">Actor Bryan Cranston<\/a> popped up in the audience wearing a \u201cLate Show\u201d hat to ask if there might be \u201ca surprise celebrity cameo popping up out of nowhere.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>\u201cNo, Bryan, those always feel kind of forced,\u201d Colbert replied. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely, yeah, totally, that\u2019s a very cheap stunt,\u201d Cranston agreed. \u201cBut hey, I\u2019m here. Maybe I could be your last guest.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>When Colbert said he already had a \u201cpretty special\u201d show lined up, Cranston lost his cool. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>\u201cWhat the hell am I here for?\u201d he asked. \u201cYou know what, you can keep your stupid hat. I\u2019m gonna go sell my ticket.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Then, he tossed the hat and stormed off. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Not long after, actor Paul Rudd appeared to ask if he would have time to read his poem during the final interview.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>\u201cYou wrote a poem about me?\u201d Colbert asked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>\u201cI wrote a poem,\u201d Rudd corrected. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>He, in turn, was interrupted by actor\/comedian Tim Meadows, who insisted he would actually be Colbert\u2019s last guest so they could reminisce about their time at Second City together. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not you either, Tim,\u201d Colbert said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>\u201cScrew you, Colbert!\u201d Meadows shot back. \u201cYou know what? 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title=\"There&amp;apos;s Nothing Special About Stephen Colbert&amp;apos;s Final Monologue At &quot;The Late Show&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/76Gopgo-4PY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>CBS <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/url-cbs-stephen-colbert-late-show-cancel-2026_n_6879868de4b0b08368f597ee\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"announced the end\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a0fb361e4b0bb04cec5728d\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"6879868de4b0b08368f597ee\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"2\">announced the end<\/a> of the \u201cLate Show\u201d last July, sending shockwaves through the industry, given that Colbert had been consistently number one in his time slot for years. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>The network insisted that the move was \u201cpurely a financial decision\u201d as the show had been losing millions. However, that decision also came after President <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/news\/topic\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> repeatedly demanded that CBS cancel the program, and just as corporate parent Paramount was seeking FCC approval to complete a massive merger.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>At the time, Trump celebrated the show\u2019s demise and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/trump-late-night-threat-kimmel_n_68940f03e4b0a1fdf7a9ddc6\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"warned that others\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a0fb361e4b0bb04cec5728d\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"68940f03e4b0a1fdf7a9ddc6\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"4\">warned that others<\/a> \u2015 such as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entertainment\/topic\/jimmy-kimmel\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Jimmy Kimmel\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a0fb361e4b0bb04cec5728d\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/entertainment\/topic\/jimmy-kimmel\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"5\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> \u2015 would be next. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Kimmel was briefly taken off the air a few months later due to a joke he made about Charlie Kirk\u2019s alleged killer, but he was put back on TV after viewers began canceling their Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions in protest. <\/p>\n<\/div>\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.celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Colbert on Thursday delivered his final \u201cLate Show\u201d monologue. 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