Colbert confesses he's healthier away from late night, compares hosting to drinking a 'cup of poison'

Former "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert said Tuesday that he doesn't appear to drink a "cup of poison" every day, as late-night host Jimmy Kimmel told him he looked happier and healthier away from the late-night television.Colbert's final episode of "The Late Show" aired in May after CBS announced in 2025 that they would be canceling the program."Do you think about it ever?" Kimmel asked the former late-night host in an interview on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"Colbert said, "Nope," and added, "I have an opportunity to not think about the news every day, and I took it."JIMMY KIMMEL SAYS HE FELT 'DEFEATED' AFTER COLBERT SHOW WAS CANCELLED, SAYS CBS IS USING 'MADE-UP NUMBERS'Stephen Colbert says he's happier after "The Late Show" cancellation, telling Jimmy Kimmel he took the opportunity to stop thinking about the news every day.(ABC/JimmyKimmelLive)TUNING OUT: WHY MANY AMERICANS ARE SICK OF THE NEWS – ESPECIALLY TRUMP NEWSKimmel told Colbert that the ex-late-night host seemed like a different person when he saw him at the Emmys."When I saw you last night, I felt like you, I don’t know, you just seemed like a different person.

You seemed happier, you seemed healthier," Kimmel said.Colbert quipped, "Like I don’t drink a cup of poison every day?""The old gig, as I remember, was that, to be lowered like carbon rods into a radioactive pool every day.And then to be pulled out and put in front of a camera.

And to radiate it back at the audience at a non-lethal rad level," Colbert said.The former "Late Show" host said that he doesn't appear to drink a "cup of poison" every day.(Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images)JON STEWART ASKS WHETHER 'THE DAILY SHOW' IS LIKE HIGH-SUGAR FOOD GIVING US 'POLITICAL DIABETES'"Oh, the irony that someone the left charged with spewing daily, anti-Trump missives feels happier that he's not engaged in grand delusions.

It's almost as if having a life and hobbies outside of hating Trump and half the country is better for the soul.I, for one, am gl...