Stephen Colbert Tests Positive for COVID-19, Upcoming ‘Late Show’ Episode Canceled | THR News - video Dailymotion

Stephen Colbert announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19.

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00:00Stephen Colbert has tested positive for COVID-19 and canceled the latest episode of The Late

00:05Show on CBS. The Late Show Twitter account posted a tweet on Thursday that read,

00:10Stephen Colbert has tested positive for COVID-19. Tonight's show is canceled. As previously planned,

00:16the show will be airing repeats tomorrow through next week. We will return with new episodes on

00:22May 2nd. Host Colbert retweeted the post and added, yep, I tested positive for COVID,

00:27but basically I'm feeling fine. Grateful to be vaxxed and boosted. Thank you for the well

00:32wishes. This just proves that I will do anything to avoid interviewing Jason Bateman. Bateman was

00:37scheduled to be a guest on the show Thursday evening. Colbert is the latest of several hosts

00:42who have tested positive for COVID-19. Fellow late night hosts who revealed breakthrough cases earlier

00:47this year include NBC's late night host Seth Meyers, as well as The Tonight Show's Jimmy Fallon

00:52and The Late Late Show's James Corden. For more on this story and the latest news,

00:57go to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.