Jimmy Kimmel hosted fellow late-night frontman Stephen Colbert on his show Tuesday night, and during the interview, Colbert recalled how he found out “ The Late Show ” had been canceled and how he told his staff.

Colbert said the news was first delivered to him via a two and a half hour phone call with his manager, James Dixon, who had known for a week prior but didn’t want to tell Colbert while he was on vacation. Colbert then told his wife, who was adamant that he tell his staff as soon as possible.

“She said, ‘Are you going to tell the staff?'” Colbert recalled. “I said, ‘I don’t know. Maybe I will tell them after the summer break.’ She said, ‘You are going to tell them tomorrow.’ I said, ‘I don’t think so.’ She said, ‘I am coming to work with you tomorrow because I think you are

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