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Which celebrities had cameos in final episode of 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert'
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0:38Now PlayingA star-studded final episode of "The Late Night with Stephen Colbert" featured actors, comedians, musicians, and even astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, helping Colbert close out 11 years at The Ed Sullivan Theater.
Outside of the final guest, which Colbert kept a secret until Wednesday's episode, there were 15 celebrity cameos.
From the audience, Bryan Cranston, Paul Rudd, Tim Meadows, Tig Notaro and Ryan Reynolds appeared as contenders for the final guest, with many of the actors and comedians angrily walking off the set after Colbert denied them an interview.
The show also poked fun at speculation that Pope Leo XIV would appear as Colbert's final guest. On Thursday night's episode, an impersonator in a white robe launched a hot dog at the cameras from backstage.
"The pope won't get out of his dressing room," Colbert joked. "Evidently, we got him the wrong snacks."
A devout Catholic, Colbert has called Chicago-born Leo XIV his "white whale" dream guest for the show.
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