What will Stephen Colbert do once he ends his run hosting CBS’ Late Show in May 2026? He has plenty of options.
But Josh Brolin also offered him a job during his Wednesday night Late Show appearance.
Colbert, Brolin suggested, should be his personal assistant.
Colbert indicated that it wouldn’t be too difficult, suggesting Brolin wasn’t particularly high-maintenance.
“You know what, Josh Brolin, I bet that’s a real easy job,” Colbert said. “No calls in the middle of the night complaining about why the steam room isn’t working from Josh Brolin.”
And Colbert was on board: “I’m in, man.”
In another segment of the interview, when Brolin was reminiscing about a recent motorcycle trip with his friends, Colbert asked how he could get invited, and Brolin suggested he could start by messing up his hair to fit in with his biker buddies.
“After May,” Colbert said, adding that once The Late Show came to an end, “I’m going to get so cut. I’m going to do the fat shot drug. And I’m going to get super cut. I’m going to do nothing but protein … eat 16 chickens a day.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Brolin and Colbert shared their mutual love for each other and even recited poetry before Brolin gave Colbert a doll with Brolin’s face on it that read “I [heart] you.”
Earlier in the week, Brolin sent Colbert a video message via his Weapons co-star Julia Garner, who shared it with the host when she was on the late night show.
“Stephen, it’s Josh. Be nice to our girl,” Brolin began in the clip. “She’s a really sweet girl, and she’s really, really good in this movie. I hope you saw the movie.”
Brolin added, “Also I want to say, how’s your boat? Now that you don’t have a job, you’ll be able to spend more time on the boat.” Brolin also suggested that Colbert finally watch The Goonies, which the host has said he has never seen, when his show ends.
And Brolin teased in the video message, “I have an offer for you when I see you.” The “offer” turned out to be the assistant gig.
It was announced last month that CBS had canceled The Late Show, with the long-running franchise set to come to an end in May. CBS called the move “purely a financial decision” amid a challenging linear TV environment.
But there’s been widespread speculation about possible other reasons for the cancellation, as Colbert has been a prominent critic of President Donald Trump and CBS parent company Paramount Global recently completed a merger with Skydance that had been awaiting FCC approval. Paramount also recently settled a lawsuit filed by Trump over a 60 Minutes interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris, which Colbert criticized on his show. But CBS said that wasn’t a factor in the decision.