Watch Stephen Colbert Dancing at ‘Late Show’ Wrap Party

For months folks have been questioning what Stephen Colbert would do when his time as host of CBS’ Late Show got here to an finish.

Apparently his rapid plans had been to bounce the night time away together with his workers, family members and stars like Bette Midler on the Late Show wrap celebration Thursday night time.

In movies shared by Gayle King and her CBS Mornings producer Gisela Margarita Pérez, Colbert may very well be seen enthusiastically slicing a rug to House of Pain’s “Jump Around,” taking the lyrics to coronary heart and singing alongside as he was surrounded by a bunch of individuals doing the identical.

He additionally may very well be seen dancing to Outkast’s “Hey Ya” with Bette Midler and his spouse, Evie Colbert. There once more Colbert was singing alongside and shaking his physique “like a Polaroid picture” as commanded by the lyrics.

Along with a carousel of pictures of King with Jon Batiste, Evie Colbert and Lin-Manuel Miranda on the celebration, the CBS Mornings host wrote on Instagram, “I can’t imagine late night without Stephen @colbert and yet here we are. I’m not the only one that feels that way and the people turned out for his wrap party in NYC. They hit the dance floor with Stephen who is clearly ready for things to come—and I can’t wait!”

Earlier this month, King sung Colbert’s praises to The Hollywood Reporter on the pink carpet at THR‘s Most Powerful People in New York Media celebration, saying: “I love everything about him. I’ve been on his show a couple of times. The wit that he has, the intelligence that he has, there’s nobody like him. And I can’t wait to see what he does in his next chapter because we all know Stephen ain’t done.”

Other stars noticed by photographers on the afterparty included Anderson Cooper, Dick Cavett, Katie Couric, Mark Hamill, Tiffany Haddish, Drew Barrymore, Ewan McGregor, Padma Lakshmi, Bernadette Peters, Keegan-Michael Key, Patton Oswalt, Steve Buscemi and “Weird Al” Yankovic, who memorably appeared on the primary Late Show after Colbert introduced his present had been canceled and Thursday night time was the visitor on The Daily Show, the place Colbert clearly bought his begin in late night time.

He was additionally joined by plenty of the celebs who made appearances on the ultimate Late Show together with Paul McCartney, in addition to John Oliver and Paul Rudd.

The afterparty kicked off at 8 p.m. on Thursday on the New York occasions area, Second, according to an invitation reviewed by Page Six. The invite, in accordance with Page Six and different retailers, mentioned, “That’s a Wrap! (Party)” and requested folks to put on “Fired & Festive!” apparel.

Colbert wrapped up his 11-year run on The Late Show Thursday night with what the host referred to as a “normal,” last episode that featured a slew of movie star cameos and an interdimensional wormhole that swallowed the Ed Sullivan Theater. The largely politics-free finale didn’t embrace a single reference to President Donald Trump and there was one other star who didn’t make the present: Colbert’s “white whale” visitor, the pope, who, the present joked, canceled on the final minute.

Colbert’s subsequent endeavor is taking the avid J.R.R. Tolkien fan to Middle-earth as he co-writes an upcoming installment of the Lord of the Rings franchise. Beyond that, the host has insisted he needed to stay centered on ending out The Late Show to the very best of his capacity earlier than he thought-about different future strikes. Still, he advised Meyers in January that he and his longtime collaborators, a lot of whom work with him at The Late Show, will “do something else together.”

And Colbert just lately advised THR he started fielding scripts instantly after he introduced the top of The Late Show and that he might see “creating another show” and nonetheless has the will to carry out.

“Got to stay in front of the lens, baby,” he joked.

This weekend, although, Colbert and his household, all of whom had been on the Ed Sullivan Theater for his last episode, will head right down to D.C. for his brother’s wedding ceremony. He celebrated his son’s faculty commencement this previous Monday as properly.