Late-night hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, and John Oliver discuss Colbert's departure and their own career paths, including diversifying their skill sets.
“I’m heartbroken,” Meyers said. “It’s very sad to lose a colleague and even sadder to lose a time slot. It would be one thing if Stephen was leaving and a younger person was getting a chance to have one of these jobs that are—as someone who’s experienced it—so exciting to have.
So just in general, I think it’s a very sad week for television in America. ”“I’m also very optimistic that Stephen’s next chapter is going to be exciting for him and for the rest of us,” Meyers added.
“I think he’s been slow-playing this as what his next step was going to be for years and I’m very excited it’s going to happen. ”. Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, and John Oliver joined Colbert on the show last week for a reunion of , a podcast the five late-night hosts launched during the 2023 writers strike.
The hosts sat down for a lengthy discussion on the state of Bruce Springsteen Sings a Rallying Cry as Colbert's ‘Late Show’ EndsColbert noted, “You guys started before I did. Each of your shows you’re doing started before this show. And then you’re going to be here after I’m here. You’re like the candy shell, I’m like the nougat filling, and then somebody came in and just sucked it out.
”, the host admitted that he had thought being cancelled himself.
“I would worry about myself mental health-wise,” he said. “But I put a lot of thought into diversifying my skill set. Certainly, financially, I could have been fine just doing the show for the last eleven years. But then it was like, ‘Oh, you know what?
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