Ahead of his hosting gig at this year’s Emmys on Sunday, Stephen Colbert paid his fellow late night hosts a visit with appearances on West Coast shows Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Late Late Show last night. In the above clip, Colbert teams up with James Corden to share some of the many hyper-specific side effects that come with being a late night host, awards show host, and celebrity interviewer, including “running into Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and having to pretend you watch Ballers.†“Who doesn’t watch Ballers? There’s The Rock, and then there’s the ballers … What about that scene! There was The Rock, and all the ballers. I loved it!â€
In the below clips from Jimmy Kimmel Live, Colbert and Kimmel chat about David Letterman, Emmy hosting advice, and Kimmel’s recent interview with Sean Spicer: