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May 7, 2025
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WATCH: Apple CEO Tim Cook Talks to Colbert About Coming Out
Apple CEO Tim Cook's appearance on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert covered several topics, but the tech giant's thoughts on coming out was a must-see.
September 16, 2015
Poll: Who Would You Have Picked to Fill Letterman's Spot?
Stephen Colbert is replacing David Letterman. Who would you have picked? Take our poll.
April 10, 2014
Colbert Shows Trump the Cost of Gender-Neutral Bathrooms
The late-night host ripped apart the GOP candidate's claim that bathroom equality is "unbelievably expensive."
May 26, 2016
WATCH: Stephen Colbert & Jack Black's Political Anthem
The Late Show host teamed up with the The Brink actor to create a generic — and hilarious — new political tune.
October 15, 2015
N.Y. Times Paints Trump and Putin as Lovers With Tired Gay Joke
The Gray Lady is the latest outlet to denigrate LGBT people by insisting that Trump and Putin's unholy alliance is so "gay."
July 16, 2018
Larry Wilmore: Kim Davis Is No MLK
The Nightly Show host is not happy with people who compare a homophobic Kentucky clerk to a civil rights icon.
September 10, 2015
Pete Buttigieg Slams Speaker Mike Johnson's Homophobic Views
"Our family deserves to be protected," Pete Buttigieg said. "It deserves to be supported just like every American family."
November 3, 2023
Harvey Guillén Nails George Santos Impersonation on Colbert
Give Guillén an Emmy already.
January 20, 2023
Colbert Explains Marriage Through Cake
The Late Show Host shows the endless possibilities of cake toppers available to those who don't really understand what marriage equality means.
September 27, 2015
Dolly Parton Brings Stressed-Out Stephen Colbert to Tears With Song
"Like a lot of Americans, I'm under a lot of stress right now Dolly."
October 21, 2020
Of Course Stephen Colbert Has a Joke About Mike Pence on His Knees (Video)
The Mike Pence line from the debate that Twitter was snickering about gets the late-night treatment.
October 5, 2016
Stephen Colbert: Democrats' Sit-In Sends Mixed Messages, Interferes With Gridlock (Video)
The Late Night host critiques the Democrats' messaging and Republican complaints, while noting that the C-SPAN shutdown upset the service's "viewer."
June 23, 2016
Stephen Colbert Re-Creates Jeff Sessions's Speech to Anti-LGBT Group
Using an elf-shaped cookie to stand in for Sessions, Colbert speculates hilariously on what the attorney general might have said.
July 15, 2017
How Late Night Comedy Handled the Orlando Tragedy
From Samantha Bee to Stephen Colbert, late night royalty made their feelings on guns and extremists known.
June 14, 2016
Pete Buttigieg Talks 2024 Speculation on 'Tooning Out the News'
In a clip airing Tuesday on Stephen Colbert's show, an animated interviewer tells Buttigieg it's impossible to find "a young, vibrant, gay transformative political figure."
October 4, 2022
WATCH: In His First Act as Host, Jimmy Fallon Un-banishes Joan Rivers
Jimmy Fallon starts a new chapter for late night and brought along a lot of friends, including Lady Gaga, Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, and the formerly "banned from The Tonight Show forever" Joan Rivers.
February 18, 2014
Colbert's Convention Recap: Vote Turtles and Show Trials
Colbert get some jabs in at Mitch McConnell, Chris Christie, and of course, Donald Trump.
July 20, 2016
Is the Internet Overreacting to Stephen Colbert's FCC Investigation?
Some are outraged the Federal Communications Commission is looking into the late-night host's "homophobic" joke. Others say the agency is just doing its job.
May 6, 2017
Stephen Colbert Regrets Word Choice, Not Denouncing Trump
Addressing a controversy over his oral sex joke about Trump and Putin, Colbert said his words were "cruder" than needed.
May 4, 2017
Jodie Foster Reprises Clarice Starling to Help Mueller Investigate Trump
Foster played her iconic role opposite Stephen Colbert's scarily good Hannibal Lecter. And she elaborated on election night 2016's "screaming of the lambs" moment.
December 16, 2017