Stephen Colbert he's seen it all as a late-night talk show host – but he couldn't guess how good he is Michelle Williams it will be at their first meeting.
On the Wednesday, May 13, episode of the “Strike Force Five” podcast, Colbert, 62, talked about which of his past guests The Late Show with Stephen Colbert it was “so lovely” that it was “disturbing.”
“I'll tell you what I didn't expect to be attracted to. Like, I didn't know what to do,” Colbert told his podcast hosts, his late night show co-hosts, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers again John Oliver.
He admitted, “I didn't—I love this person's work, but I never thought of them as a bombshell—I didn't know what to do with my eyeballs when Michelle Williams first sang.”
Colbert remembered Dawson's Creek alum, 45, stopped him in his tracks when he was on stage with her.
Stephen Colbert, Michelle Williams.
Getty Images (2)“He sat down across from me and I said, 'F***. What's wrong with my head? I better not look at him directly during this whole interview,'” he said. “There was something about his vibe. His face. Everything. … He's so beautiful.”
Colbert – married to a wife Evelyn McGee Colbert – he pointed again Rachel Weisz, Rebecca Ferguson again Andrew Garfield like the players who left him in awe.
“I used to have a Rachel Weisz problem,” he said. “I'm on the mend. When Rachel Weisz was playing The Daily ShowI was leaving the house afraid that I would say something stupid. I was afraid I would stand in the hallway and go, 'Hello.'”
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As the group of comedians laughed, Colbert added, “Who else is insanely attractive? Rebecca Ferguson. Because she brings the game.”
She also said, “Andrew Garfield, you're so cute,” before noting that he blew her a kiss Spider Man actor on his show again.
Colbert continued to take a trip down memory lane during the podcast, revealing which wrestlers he faced in a TV armwrestling match.
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The comedian remembered that he was competing with him Daniel Craig, John Krasinski again Josh Brolinall that he lost.
“I took arm wrestling lessons for the challenge — because when Krasinski came back, I wanted to beat him. I went to one of these trained guys,” Colbert recalled, admitting, “I lost very little, at that time.”
Colbert's funniest stories about his time on screen come before his final episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbertairs Thursday, May 21.
Colbert previously announced in July 2025 that the show would end after 11 seasons, after being canceled by CBS.
