{"id":1957,"date":"2026-05-13T14:31:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/stephen-colbert-name-drops-a-list-actress-he-was-wildly-attracted-to-in-11-late-show-seasons\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T14:31:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:31:47","slug":"stephen-colbert-name-drops-a-list-actress-he-was-wildly-attracted-to-in-11-late-show-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/stephen-colbert-name-drops-a-list-actress-he-was-wildly-attracted-to-in-11-late-show-seasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert name-drops A-list actress he was &#8216;wildly attracted to&#8217; in 11 &#8216;Late Show&#8217; seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127642425.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Stephen Colbert \u201cdidn\u2019t know what to do with his eyeballs\u201d when actress Michelle Williams appeared on \u201cThe Late Show\u201d for the first time back in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The comedian revealed that he was \u201cwildly attracted\u201d to the \u201cDawson\u2019s Creek\u201d alum <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ep-13-strike-force-five-returns-to-celebrate-stephen\/id1704871055?i=1000767536155\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">during the episode of \u201cStrike Force Five\u201d<\/a> released Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHas there been a guest who was so attractive that you found it distracting?\u201d Jimmy Kimmel asked his fellow late-night host during the podcast.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Stephen Colbert (pictured here in November 2023) was \u201cwildly attracted\u201d to Michelle Williams when she first visited his \u201cLate Show.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Scott Kowalchyk\/CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Colbert (seen here in November 2023) revealed the A-list actress he was attracted to during \u201cStrike Force Five\u201d on Wednesday. <span class=\"credit\">Scott Kowalchyk\/CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll tell you who I did not expect to be wildly attracted to,\u201d Colbert, 62, responded. \u201cLike, I didn\u2019t know what to do with myself. I did not know what to do with my eyeballs when Michelle Williams was on for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cShe sat down across from me and I went, \u2018F\u2013k, what is wrong with my head? I\u2019d better not look directly at her for this entire interview.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former \u201cColbert Show\u201d host, who will <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/17\/entertainment\/late-show-with-stephen-colbert-canceled-by-cbs\/\">say goodbye to \u201cThe Late Show\u201d<\/a> later this month, went on to gush about the \u201cDying for Sex\u201d star\u2019s \u201cvibe\u201d and \u201cface\u201d because he finds her \u201cso beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI didn\u2019t know what to do with myself,\u201d the comedian (pictured here with the \u201cDying for Sex\u201d alum in April 2025) said. \u201cI did not know what to do with my eyeballs when Michelle Williams was on for the first time.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Scott Kowalchyk\/CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cShe sat down across from me and I went, \u2018F\u2013k, what is wrong with my head?&#8217;\u201d Colbert added. <span class=\"credit\">Scott Kowalchyk\/CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Williams, 45, first visited the \u201cLate Show\u201d to promote her miniseries \u201cFosse\/Verdon\u201d in April 2019. <\/p>\n<p>The last time she visited Colbert on his late-night show was in April 2025 to talk about her Golden Globe-winning Hulu series \u201cDying for Sex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Williams wasn\u2019t the only A-lister who caught Colbert\u2019s eye during his 11 seasons hosting the late-night CBS program, because he also name-dropped Rachel Weisz, Rebecca Ferguson and Andrew Garfield.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to have a Rachel Weisz problem,\u201d he told co-hosts Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers and John Oliver during the podcast of the 56-year-old \u201cBlack Widow\u201d actress.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Colbert (pictured here with Rachel Weisz in April 2023) also gushed about Rachel Weisz during the podcast. <span class=\"credit\">Scott Kowalchyk\/CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The former \u201cColbert Report\u201d host gushed over Andrew Garfield (both seen here in November 2021) during the latest episode of \u201cStrike Force Five.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Scott Kowalchyk\/CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen Rachel Weisz would be on, I would leave the building for fear I would say something stupid,\u201d Colbert shared.<\/p>\n<p>As for 42-year-old Garfield, Colbert couldn\u2019t help but bring up the time they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sbyhbLR0u0A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared an intimate on-screen kiss <\/a>during a January 2017 episode of the \u201cLate Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAndrew Garfield, he is so attractive,\u201d Colbert laughed as Kimmel chimed in, \u201cAnd you kissed him!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Colbert co-hosts the \u201cStrike Force Five\u201d podcast with John Oliver, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel (all five pictured here on May 11). <span class=\"credit\">Scott Kowalchyk \/CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The five late-night hosts (all seen here on May 11) came together for another episode of their podcast in honor of Colbert\u2019s last episodes of \u201cThe Late Show.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Scott Kowalchyk \/CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOr he kissed me,\u201d the former Comedy Central star responded. \u201cWe did get our hands tangled in each other\u2019s hair. It was really nice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Colbert, Fallon, Kimmel, Meyers and Oliver all came together for a new episode of their \u201cStrike Force Five\u201d podcast in honor of Colbert\u2019s last \u201cLate Show\u201d episodes.<\/p>\n<p>The popular late-night program premiered its first episode back in September 2015 and will air its last on May 21.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/13\/celebrity-news\/stephen-colbert-name-drops-a-list-actress-he-was-wildly-attracted-to-in-11-late-show-seasons\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Colbert \u201cdidn\u2019t know what to do with his eyeballs\u201d when actress Michelle Williams appeared<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/127642425.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}