Stephen Colbert halts more 'Late Show' episodes due to COVID
"Late Show" host Stephen Colbert, who recently recovered from COVID-19, "is experiencing symptoms consistent with a recurrence of" the disease, the program's social media announced Monday. Credit: TNS / Al Seib
Stephen Colbert has indefinitely canceled tapings of his CBS late-night talk show due to an apparent new bout of COVID-19.
"WORST. SEQUEL. EVER," Colbert, who turns 58 on Friday, tweeted afterward Monday, prompting comedian Sarah Silverman, originally among that night's scheduled guests, to reply jocularly, "But I got all gussied up! Feel better, Friendo!"
The additional Monday guests were basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal and singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten. Tuesday was to have featured actor-playwright Tracy Letts and Mark Esper, former President Donald Trump's defense secretary and the author of a new memoir. Monday instead was a rerun of the May 3 show, with filmmaker Ron Howard among the guests, and Tuesday a rerun of the April 20 edition, with actor Alexander Skarsgård and musician Jack White.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the remaining shows this week were scheduled to be actors Jean Smart and Hugh Dancy on Wednesday, CNN anchor Jake Tapper and the musical duo Beach House on Thursday, and comedian and "The Masked Singer" panelist Ken Jeong and singer-songwriter Regina Spektor on Friday.
"Late Show" bandleader Jon Batiste had announced last Friday that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
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