Stephen Colbert Admits He Was 'Surprised' To Be 'Wildly Attracted To' 1 Of His Guests

LOADINGERROR LOADINGStephen Colbert was struck by one of his guest’s beauty — and doesn’t want to wait for our lives to be over before revealing it.The host of the “Late Show” reunited with fellow late-night hosts Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and John Oliver for an episode of their “Strike Force Five” podcast that was released Wednesday, and Kimmel asked Colbert a pretty spicy question.Advertisement “Has there been a guest who was so attractive that you found it distracting?”Colbert didn’t hesitate at all before giving his answer.Stephen Colbert and his crush.Getty“I’ll tell you who I did not expect to be wildly attracted to,” Colbert began.

“I didn’t know what to do with myself.I like this person’s work, but I never thought of them as like a bombshell.”He continued, “I could not — I didn’t know what to do with my eyeballs when Michelle Williams was on for the first time.”Advertisement Colbert interviewing guest Michelle Williams in 2025 on “The Late Show.”CBS Photo Archive via Getty ImagesColbert went on to say the first time she sat across from him on his show, he immediately thought, “Oh, fuck, what’s wrong with my head? I cannot, I better not look directly at her for this entire interview.”“There was something about her vibe, her face, everything! …She’s so beautiful!”Colbert also admitted to having a “Rachel Weisz problem” but “recovered.”“When Rachel Weisz would be on ‘The Daily Show’ I would leave the building out of fear of saying something stupid to her,” Colbert said.

He also admitted that Rebecca Ferguson was another guest he was attracted to because she’s a “great interview.”Advertisement “She brings game,” Colbert said of the “Dune” star.Colbert certainly wasn’t the first to immediately swoon over Williams.Apparently the late Heath Ledger, who shares a child with Williams, was smitten with her right away as well.“I remember him look...