Amy Sedaris Joins Colbert’s Second-to-Last Late Show With Dozens
amy sedaris was among more than a dozen celebrities who showed up on Stephen Colbert’s second-to-last “Late Show” episode on Wednesday night. The appearance folded her into a farewell-night lineup that turned a regular late-night taping into a broader sendoff for a show that is ending.
Robert De Niro and Bruce Springsteen were the other names with the sharpest headlines attached to the night. De Niro used the Colbert Questionert segment to joke, “OK. Cause I thought it would've been two million point five, or two and a half million. That's the number of Epstein files Trump still hasn't released.”
Springsteen’s Colbert Remarks
Bruce Springsteen performed “Streets of Minneapolis” and used his appearance to back Colbert directly, saying, “I am here tonight in support for Stephen because you’re the first guy in America who’s lost his show because we’ve got a president who can’t take a joke.” He also said, “Larry and David Ellison feel they need to kiss his a-- to get what they want.”
John Dickerson, James Taylor, Billy Crystal, Jeff Daniels, Weird Al Yankovic, Josh Brolin, and Tiffany Haddis were also listed among the surprise guests. That guest list gave the episode the feel of an industry inventory rather than a standard celebrity drop-in, with the show using its second-to-last night to stack recognizable names across comedy, music, and political chatter.
White House Response
The White House answered the episode on Thursday with a statement to Digital, calling Colbert “a pathetic trainwreck with no talent and terrible ratings, which is exactly why CBS canceled his show and is booting him off the airwaves.” The line widened the dispute beyond the studio audience and pushed the farewell episode into a public fight about whether the show’s end was a business decision or something more political.
For viewers, the practical takeaway is simple: Colbert’s run is down to its last stretch, and the show is now being used to close with a dense cluster of familiar faces rather than a single featured guest. If this is the format for the final stretch, the rest of the farewell week should be watched less like a routine late-night calendar and more like a controlled exit with one more round of guests before the lights go down.
