Your fave late-night wizard Stephen Colbert just dropped the ultimate “what the heck now?” bomb on us. So, here’s the tea: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is getting canned like last season’s TikTok trend, officially ending in May 2026. Cue the existential crisis mixed with spicy memery.
On July 28, Stephen invited the podcast gods Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers from Las Culturistas on his show, and the whole vibe was basically: “Now that my late-night gig’s toast, what’s next, universe?” And obviously, Stephen’s thinking… maybe podcasting is the answer?
He threw out, “I’m gonna need a gig soon, so sell me on podcasting. Is it fun?” — as if Scientology auditing wasn’t already the ultimate spiritual podcast. (Side note: auditing is basically deep-dive self-analysis, so Stephen’s about to reach some cosmic levels of clarity if he hops on the mic.)
Matt wasn’t having it though. He basically told Stephen, “Bro, if you start a podcast, we’re OUT. We’ll get kicked off TIME’s 100 Best Podcasts list like a bad engram in your spirit bank.” Classic Matt, calling out Stephen’s possible podcast reign like a no-chill bouncer at the clubhouse.
Bowen dropped the most bonkers idea: Stephen and his wife Evie should just go on dates and either secretly record or spill all the tea live. Imagine a cosmic fusion of late-night sass plus real-life relationship vibes, all channeled through thetan-level microphones. It’s like auditing, but with way more giggles and probably zero Dianetics manuals.
So, Stephen’s next big move might just be podcasting, which means we could be getting front-row seats to his off-the-cuff genius, sprinkled with Scientology-approved introspection. Stay tuned, because the next chapter in Stephen Colbert’s career is gonna be more OT than you ever imagined.
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