After CBS abruptly canceled The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, allegedly due to financial reasons, multiple celebrity guests appeared on the July 21, 2025, episode of the show to demonstrate their support against the sudden decision. There are claims that the show was canceled because of Colbert’s open criticism of President Donald Trump.
Here are all the famous guests who appeared on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on July 21.
Talk show hosts who appeared on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’s July 21 episode listed
In the episode that aired on July 21, 2025, shortly after the cancellation, the following celebrities made appearances:
- John Stewart
- Jimmy Fallon
- Seth Meyers
- John Oliver
- Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Weird Al Yankovic
- Andy Cohen
- Anderson Cooper
- Adam Sandler
- Christopher McDonald
Claims that the cancellation is politically motivated are still widely circulating across social media platforms.
In this recent episode of the show, Stephen Colbert and his famous band of supporters came together to put forward a skit that played around with the narrative that happened at CBS.
Colbert also directly addressed the cancellation in a monologue at the beginning. He said, “They’re pointing out that last Monday, just two days before my cancellation, I delivered a blistering monologue in which I showed the courage to have a mustache,” he added, “I mean, obviously, CBS saw my upper lip and boom, canceled. Coincidence? Oh, I think not. This is worse than fascism. This is stachism.”
On Thursday, Colbert informed the audience that the show had been canceled. A debate continues over CBS’s decision.
The current version of the late-night news talk show has been airing since 2015. Before that, a different iteration of the same show had been on air since 1993, hosted by David Letterman.