Overview
- Stephen Colbert announced during Thursday’s show that he will interview Barack Obama on Tuesday, May 5, in the former president’s first televised interview from the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.
- The Obama Foundation confirmed the booking on Instagram, writing, “Couch booked. Volume up. Ready to go.”
- The Late Show is set to air its series finale on May 21 on CBS, placing the Obama conversation in the program’s final weeks.
- Obama and Colbert have a long on-air history, including three visits on The Colbert Report and Late Show interviews that aired in 2016 and 2020.
- The Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park plans a June 18 dedication and a June 19 public opening, so the interview will take place before the museum and campus welcome visitors.