Stephen Colbert Recalls Moment He Found Out ‘The Late Show’ Was Canceled and Delivering the News to His Staff: ‘I Had Sweat Through My Shirt’

Jimmy Kimmel hosted fellow late-night frontman Stephen Colbert on his show Tuesday night, and during the interview, Colbert recalled how he found out “The Late Show” had been canceled and how he told his staff.

Colbert said the news was first delivered to him via a two and a half hour phone call with his manager, James Dixon, who had known for a week prior but didn’t want to tell Colbert while he was on vacation. Colbert then told his wife, who was adamant that he tell his staff as soon as possible.

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