Stephen Colbert Fields 13 Guest Questions on Penultimate Late Show Episode
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Updated · Variety · May 21
Stephen Colbert Fields 13 Guest Questions on Penultimate Late Show Episode
11 articles · Updated · Variety · May 21
Stephen Colbert spent Wednesday’s second-to-last “Late Show” episode answering his own “Colbert Questionnaire” as journalist John Dickerson introduced a parade of celebrity questioners.
Billy Crystal, Josh Brolin, Martha Stewart, Mark Hamill, Ben Stiller, Aubrey Plaza and Robert De Niro were among 13 guests, prompting answers on sandwiches, fears, childhood memories, pets and autographs.
Josh Brolin gave Colbert a ship in a bottle engraved with a farewell message, while De Niro used his question to joke about “2.5 million” Epstein files he said Trump still had not released.
Thursday, May 21 brings the series finale of “The Late Show,” with final-episode guests still undisclosed.
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