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In a “Peacock exclusive,” Stephen Colbert announced the date of the final Late Show With Stephen Colbert. “May 21, 2026,” Colbert said on Late Night With Seth Meyers. “Mark your calendars.” Meyers told Colbert he’d take a night of his own show to be there for Colbert’s final goodbye to the Ed Sullivan Theater.
Colbert said that his last white whale of a dream guest, the one he really wants to book before May 21, is Pope Leo XIV. It makes sense. Leo is the Chicago Pope; Colbert is a Chicago Catholic. He even met the last Pope, organizing a group of comedians to link up with Papa Francis. Reflecting on that trip, Meyers said he’d given a firm “No way” to Colbert when he was invitied. Colbert, on the other hand, took a helicopter from his show to JFK in order to make it Vatican City in time. When Meyers joked that Pope Francis would have been a dull talk show guest, Colbert took umbrage. “This is good that you did not meet the Pope,” he said. “Those Swiss guards would take that halberd and just take you down. In their big pantaloons and everything.” Seriously, if you have not google image searched what the papal guards look like, you simply must. Goofy, but deadly.
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