Drew Barrymore | What The Health?!

Summary

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Episode: Drew Barrymore | What The Health?!

Date: September 5, 2025
Host: Stephen Colbert
Guest: Drew Barrymore

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Episode Overview

In this lively and heartfelt episode, Stephen Colbert sits down with actress, talk show host, and author Drew Barrymore. The pair delve into everything from current controversies in public health to Drew’s personal journey toward self-love in her 50s. The conversation is marked by trademark Colbert wit and Barrymore’s infectious warmth, covering topics ranging from road trip adventures to wisdom about aging, self-acceptance, and thriving as your own best friend.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Opening Monologue: Satire on Current Public Health and Political Climate

• [03:57 - 15:14]
• Colbert delivers his signature humor, taking aim at recent decisions by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services RFK Jr., new vaccine mandates (or lack thereof), and Florida’s efforts to eliminate vaccine requirements.
• Uses satire to highlight the absurdities and potential risks in current public health policy.

Notable Quotes:

• "RFK Jr. looks neither healthy nor human." — Stephen Colbert (03:57)
• "Your job is to tell me to cut down on salt, and my job is to pretend that I did that." — Stephen Colbert (07:49)

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2. Drew Barrymore on Resilience, Parenting, and Adventure

• [17:12 - 18:41]
• Drew shares a harrowing story about her daughter’s e-bike accident in France and her daughter's surprising quick thinking to use her bra as a tourniquet.
• Reflects on parenting, pride in her children’s resilience, and the unpredictability of life.

Notable Quotes:

• "She ripped off her bra and turned it into a tourniquet...I just marvel at her." — Drew Barrymore (17:56)
• "You raised her right." — Stephen Colbert (18:13)

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3. The Art of Road Tripping

• [18:42 - 20:43]
• Drew and Stephen bond over a shared love of road trips and the sense of freedom they provide.
• Drew explains her method for cross-country RV travel, including her firm bathroom rules.

Memorable Moments:

• Drew’s rule for RVs: "Don't you dare ever poo in that bathroom. Cause you're gonna be in it for a while." — Drew Barrymore (19:30)
• "Let me write that down. Don't poo in Drew's bathroom." — Stephen Colbert (19:42)

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4. Turning 50 and the Wisdom of the '50 Effets'

• [20:43 - 24:08]
• Drew discusses hitting 50 and embracing the ‘50 Effets,’ a philosophy of caring less about external validation and being kinder to herself.
• Shares how Ellen Pompeo inspired her to value self-acceptance over constant people pleasing.

Notable Quotes:

• "It is no longer worth it for me to dislike me." — Drew Barrymore (22:30)
• "You’re not lowering your expectations for yourself. You're just not killing yourself emotionally if you don't reach them." — Stephen Colbert (24:08)
• "The reason I'm my best friend is because I'm what I have in this world now." — Drew Barrymore (24:29)

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5. Season Six of The Drew Barrymore Show and Celebrity Guests

• [27:05 - 27:36]
• Drew teases the new season and upcoming guests, including Jennifer Aniston, Issa Rae, Katherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas, and David Letterman.

Memorable Exchange:

• "Catherine Zeta Jones. And Zeta Jones. Both of them?" — Stephen Colbert (27:17)
• "Yeah, both of them. And her husband, Michael Douglas." — Drew Barrymore (27:18)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Vaccine Policy Satire:
  "This will also impact America's most vulnerable population: Disney adults… They only got one doc and he's got his hands full with Sneezy and a drug addict named Dopey." — Stephen Colbert (10:32)
• Self-Acceptance:
  "Nothing is worth me talking this way to myself anymore. I'm done." — Drew Barrymore (23:49)
• On Being Your Own Best Friend:
  "She’s there for me. I don’t know—does anyone else call themselves names or say, 'you should have done that better,' things you would never say to a child but somehow you are fair game?" — Drew Barrymore (23:13)
• Humor on Bathroom Rules:
  "Don't you dare ever poo in that bathroom… that will come back to haunt you." — Drew Barrymore (19:30)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [03:57] – Colbert’s Monologue on RFK Jr., vaccines, and public health
• [17:12] – Drew Barrymore joins the show; parenting stories and e-bike accident
• [18:42] – Road trip adventures and RV living tips
• [20:43] – Turning 50 and the '50 Effets'
• [22:30] – Discussion on self-kindness and ending negative self-talk
• [27:05] – Preview of Season 6 of The Drew Barrymore Show and celebrity guest rundown

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Overall Tone and Takeaway

The episode is a delightful blend of sharp political satire and heartfelt personal reflection. Colbert’s incisive humor sets the stage for an introspective, empowering conversation with Drew Barrymore. Listeners are treated to candid stories of family, aging, and self-growth, alongside the playful banter for which both Colbert and Barrymore are known. The lasting message: self-compassion and authenticity become even more valuable as you grow older.

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Transcript

[Stephen Colbert]

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[Drew Barrymore]

It's a hard nut smooth.

[Stephen Colbert]

Exactly. I mean, even out of the shell, it's still a nut.

[Drew Barrymore]

We can't disparage the nuts. You.

[Stephen Colbert]

I'm not disparaging the nut. I'm describing the nut.

[Drew Barrymore]

Don't disparage any flavors.

[Stephen Colbert]

I'm not. I am celebrating the pistachio right now. I'm on board. I love pistachios. I love. I love crushed pistachio. Like a pistachio crusted trout. Oh, unbelievable. Instead of a trout amandine, a trout pistachio. Fantastic. Enough butter? Who cares? Very good. And I love pistachio ice cream.

[Drew Barrymore]

Have you had the sea salt and vinegar? Wonderful pistachio. It's delicious. I get em.

[Stephen Colbert]

I didn't even know I get them.

[Drew Barrymore]

Before the softball games.

[Stephen Colbert]

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[Drew Barrymore]

That was a wonderful.

[Stephen Colbert]

I wonder what more there is to learn. We just told them so much. We just told them so much about pistachios. But evidently there's a whole other world. There's an unexplored vista. They got a bunch of flavors.

[Drew Barrymore]

They got dill pickle, jalapeno lime, as we learned, smoky barbecue. There's a lot of different flavors.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow. And I would not disparage any of them. No, no, no. Bring it on.

[Drew Barrymore]

Nothing bad to say.

[Stephen Colbert]

Nut me, nut. Nut me with nut meat.

[Drew Barrymore]

We're nut.

[Stephen Colbert]

No, we got nothing but nut. Nutty, nutty, nutty, nutty. Talk about, talk about, talk about, talk about, talk about nutty. Good.

[Drew Barrymore]

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[Stephen Colbert]

I just.

[Drew Barrymore]

Whoa, wait, you mean finance? Yeah, finance. Got pre qualified for a Carvana auto loan, entered my terms and shot from thousands of great car options, all within my budget. That's cool. But financing through Carvana was so easy. Financed. Done. And I get to pick up my car from their Carvana vending machine tomorrow. Financed.

[Stephen Colbert]

Right? That's what they said.

[Drew Barrymore]

You can spend time trying to pronounce financing, or you can actually finance and buy your car. Today on Carvana financing, subject to credit approval. Additional terms and conditions may apply.

[Stephen Colbert]

Welcome, welcome one and all to the Late show. I'm your host, Stephen Colbert, ladies and gentlemen. Kevin. How's everybody feeling? Feeling good. All right, well, that may not last, thanks to our secretary of Health and Human Services, RFK Jr. I gotta say, Health and Human Services. A bit of an odd title for him because he looks neither healthy nor human. That reminds me, before you put your barbecue away this winter, you really gotta clean the grill. Speaking of which, fall is coming. That means cold weather. And a lot of people are thinking about vaccines. Well, think again, lot of people. Because thanks to new vaccine rules from Bobby Jr. CVS and Walgreens are clamping down on offering Covid vaccines in more than a dozen states.

[Drew Barrymore]

What?

[Stephen Colbert]

But that's why we go to drugstores to get medicine. Vaccines. Family sized bags of mini Snickers, school supplies, Christmas ornaments, personal massagers, a pallet of Yoo Hoo and tuna in a pouch. You know, drugstore. Get that hustuffed. That's enough for a pretty good Weekend. Because of the growing chaos throughout our public health agencies today, RFK Jr. Was hauled before the Senate. Now, Bobby seemed to be experiencing more upper respiratory distress than usual today. Listen to Mr. Health breathing into the microphone off camera while one of the senators speaks. So I appreciate you commenting on that in the last few. In the last minute and ten seconds that I have with you. I've never heard someone have sleep apnea while they're still awake. That. That is a lot of labored breathing into a microphone. Do we have a footage from RFK Jr. S opening statement? I knew Harvey Weinstein. I knew Roger ailes. I knew O.J. simpson came to my house. Bill Cosby came to my house. He looks good. He actually looks pretty good. The former head of the cdc, the one who just got fired, wrote a scathing op ed today saying that she was forced out for not rubber stamping RFK's anti vaccine policies. But old brainworm McGillicuddy remembered it a little differently. And Medicaid will help. She was the head of the cdc.

[Drew Barrymore]

That if she refused to sign off on your changes to the childhood vaccine.

[Stephen Colbert]

Schedule that she had to resign. No, I told her that she had to resign because I asked her, are you a trustworthy person? And she said no. Okay, then why did you believe her? Come on. Come on. She just told you she's untrustworthy. It took me a long time. It's taken me three years. It wasn't just Democrats going over Bobby, going after Bobby today. This is Wyoming Republican senator and physician John Barrasso, who this year voted to confirm Kennedy. I support vaccines. I'm a doctor. Vaccines work. Then why'd you vote for the anti vax guy? Look, look, I. I'm no doctor, but your results are in and you just tested positive for bull. Earlier this year, Kennedy fired 17 members of the vaccine advisory panel. And yesterday he said he plans to add seven new members to that panel. Of the seven new members, five of them are physicians. And as for the rest, these are my two ravens. They understand. Get that beak in. As you can imagine, RFK's picks are the creme de la cucu, including Katherine Stein, an epidemiology professor who called for an end to vaccine mandates at universities. Also, Dr. Kirk Milhone, a cardiologist who incorrectly claimed that vaccines contributed to rising infant mortality. And Dr. John Gaetanis, a pediatric neurologist who served as an expert witness for families who believed they were harmed by vaccines. Why do all those descriptions start out promising and end up crazy? We'll also be adding Dr. Bethany Smith, a pulmonologist who believes that asthma can be cured by human sacrifice. And Dr. Jeff Johnson, a kidney specialist who is in a common law marriage with a marmoset. It's not just about vaccines. RFK Jr says a lot of weird things. Last week at an event in Texas, he said this about children. I know what a healthy child is supposed to look like. I'm looking at kids as I walk through the airports today, as I walk down the street and I see these kids that are just overburdened with mitochondrial challenges with inflammation. That might be the creepiest way I've ever heard someone get their point across. Hello. Before you judge anything, I have to say, keep in mind I go to the airport and stare at your children and their troubled mitochondria. The vaccine chaos has not stopped with the feds. Yesterday, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo made this announcement. The Florida Department of Health, in partnership with the governor, is going to be working to end all vaccine mandates in Florida law. All of them. All of them. What an insane thing to cheer for. Come on. Who's in that room? Jim? Play that again with a shot of the audience. The Florida Department of Health, in partnership with the governor, is going to be working to end all vaccine mandates in Florida law. All of them. All of them. Ladapo. Yeah. Seem good. They seem healthy. Ladapo made this insane statement about vaccine mandates. Who am I as a government or anyone else? Or who am I as a man standing here now to tell you what you should put in your body? You're a doctor, that's who you are. Look at your name tag. You're supposed to tell us what goes in our bodies. Your job, sir. Your job. Your job is to tell me to cut down on salt, and my job is to pretend that I did that. The biggest immediate effect of all of this right now, Florida mandates that students have to be vaxxed against polio, diphtheria, measles, rubella, pertussis, mumps, and tetanus, also known as diseases that should only come up in Oregon Trail, although they have now updated that video game. So the most common message is you have died of Florida. It is. I got something. I got something. There you go. Now, it's hard. It is hard to overstate how bad this is for everyone who is in Florida or knows anyone in Florida or enjoys living in a world where you don't have to have 14 children because half of them get taken by viruses with names like the King's Evil or the Galloping Run. This is taking our country so far backwards. Because keep in mind, US school vaccination laws have been around since the 1850s when they were put in place to prevent smallpox. And they worked. You know how I know? Because I didn't die of smallpox yet. And it's not just kids. It's not just kids. This will also impact America's most vulnerable population, Disney adults. This is true. This is true. Infectious disease experts are sounding the alarm about Disney vacations. Yeah, everyone knows you can't get sick at Disney. They only got one doc and he's got his hands full with Sneezy and a drug addict named Dopey. Speaking of diseases, speaking of diseases. Americans caught from Florida. Donald Trump. The President Trump is concerned with something he finds far more dangerous than disease. Big ugly windmills, they ruin your neighborhood. The windmills. The windmills that don't work when you need them. The windmills are driving the whales crazy. Obviously. You want to see a bird cemetery, just go under a windmill. You want to see a bird cemetery. You want to see a bird widow in her veil crying over the casket. An open casket. I don't know why they made that choice. It looks like a mess in there. She's squawking. It should have been me. All while throwing up in her little babies mouths because they're hungry. And papa bird isn't there anymore. He was murdered. It was bird murder. It was birder. Rest in beak, everybody. Thanks to the wind. Rest in Trump has. Trump has hated windmills. Trump has hated windmills ever since 2011 when he unsuccessfully tried to stop an offshore wind farm from being built near one of his Scottish golf courses. Now he's taking his revenge. This week the White House ordered its agencies to escalate the fight against offshore wind. Yes, the fight against wind has begun. Mimes of America assemble. Did mimes do that? I don't know what that means. Trump is putting together a crack squad to find reasons to attack wind power. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Howard Lutnick and Pete Hegseth are part of a departmental coalition team to investigate the risks from offshore wind farms. Investigate them well, boys. Get right up close under those spinning turbines. Just really lean in, okay? Get in there. Maybe you'll see a bird cemetery. We got a great show for you tonight coming up.

[Drew Barrymore]

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[Stephen Colbert]

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[Stephen Colbert]

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[Drew Barrymore]

I was like, is Evie here?

[Stephen Colbert]

No. No. She says hi. She says hi.

[Drew Barrymore]

I love Stephen's wife so much.

[Stephen Colbert]

I know. I'm mildly jealous, you guys. Cause you guys do things without me.

[Drew Barrymore]

Yeah, I know. And the last time we were supposed to get together, my daughter ended up having, like, an accident. And I was, like, calling her, and she's fine. She's fine. Yes. Everything's fine. She's actually my daughter. Actually, she got in an e bike accident. In the city? No, in France, which sounds so fabulous. So, yes, we were in fabulous France. And then she had an E bike accident, and she was, like, a mile out in the mountains and ripped her whole elbow open. It was completely just. I mean, we've spent days in an er. In and out, she's fine. But she ripped off her bra and turned it into a tourniquet, and I was like.

[Stephen Colbert]

You raised her right. You raised her right. Did you ever prep her for that?

[Drew Barrymore]

No, it's just. That's who she is.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow.

[Drew Barrymore]

And I just marvel at her.

[Stephen Colbert]

But you had to have done something right for her. To have that presence of mind.

[Drew Barrymore]

You think I have anything to do with it? Of course.

[Stephen Colbert]

They learn by example, don't they?

[Drew Barrymore]

God, I hope I'm that cool.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow. Well, you're about to start season six. Yes. Of the Drew Barrymore show this coming Monday. Yes.

[Drew Barrymore]

Yes.

[Stephen Colbert]

But. But that means you're just coming off the summer hiatus.

[Drew Barrymore]

Yes.

[Stephen Colbert]

Not all of it was in the er. No. Now, I understand that you and I share something. Is that we. I love a long road trip.

[Drew Barrymore]

Yes.

[Stephen Colbert]

And you love road trips.

[Drew Barrymore]

Yes. Cause you are beholden to no one.

[Stephen Colbert]

No. You're free. You're the wind.

[Drew Barrymore]

Yeah. And I like doing this.

[Stephen Colbert]

You can leave when you want and.

[Drew Barrymore]

Stay if you like.

[Stephen Colbert]

Exactly.

[Drew Barrymore]

I mean, I've definitely screeched out of a few places.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes.

[Drew Barrymore]

Get me out of here. And then some. You just, you know. And I like to flip coins at Intersect. Okay, so here's how I start. I rent a Tioga, which is a. It's a type of rv.

[Stephen Colbert]

Like a little Winnebago or something.

[Drew Barrymore]

Yeah. You could have a regular driver's license.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay. Oh, I understand.

[Drew Barrymore]

And you start from one place, your.

[Stephen Colbert]

Own bathroom and everything.

[Drew Barrymore]

Yeah. But you cannot poo in there. Don't you dare ever poo in that bathroom. Cause you're gonna be in it for a while.

[Stephen Colbert]

Let me write that down.

[Drew Barrymore]

That will come back to haunt you.

[Stephen Colbert]

Don't poo in Drew's bathroom.

[Drew Barrymore]

That's right. That's right.

[Stephen Colbert]

Drew. Say, no poo.

[Drew Barrymore]

No poo here. That's when you pull over and you find a bathroom. But you can pee in there. And then you go and, you know, clean it and. But you. So you start somewhere and you end somewhere. So, like, one trip, I.

[Stephen Colbert]

Hold on, Let me write that down. You start, end. Got it. Yes. Yes.

[Drew Barrymore]

One time I started in Los Angeles, and we knew we had to be in New Hampshire in a month. And so we just took whatever route came, you know, to us.

[Stephen Colbert]

And where do you stay? You just pull up to, like, a Motel 6. What do you do?

[Drew Barrymore]

We stayed in RV parks. We stayed in.

[Stephen Colbert]

You're staying in the thing?

[Drew Barrymore]

Kind of a little bit of, you know.

[Stephen Colbert]

Are people surprised? The other people at the RV park?

[Drew Barrymore]

I had a bag of weed in a Motel 6, and I was so.

[Stephen Colbert]

Mad.

[Drew Barrymore]

I would hide my weed under the mattress. And I was in the next state, and I was like, all right, time to roll. Oh, no.

[Stephen Colbert]

Hey. Happy birthday. Oh, thank you. I know. You just turned the big five zero this past year.

[Drew Barrymore]

I did.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay.

[Drew Barrymore]

And I did. I've never been Happier.

[Stephen Colbert]

I like this. I like this that you're celebrating that with 50 effets.

[Drew Barrymore]

Yes, that's right.

[Stephen Colbert]

What are we effing these days?

[Drew Barrymore]

Well, it was the actress Ellen Pompeo of Grey's Anatomy. The great Meredith Grey. Exactly. She came on the show a few years ago and she introduced me to this idea of the 50 effets. And at the time, I was like, 47. I don't know, somewhere around there, maybe 48 Pisces. Terrible with numbers. Anyway, I was like, what is this that she speaks of, this liberation? Because I've always been very concerned with, you know, probably more how people feel. First. Yeah, like the Maya Angelou quote, you know, it's not what people think of you, it's how you make them feel. But I think we all do care what people think, you know, and it can be a good way to have a check on yourself, but it can also be really just to our downfall. You know, we care so much and we're so worried about the Phantom. They. Or the thing you said that night, you know, I mean, where you left.

[Stephen Colbert]

Your weed.

[Drew Barrymore]

At the Motel 6 in New Orleans. That's where it was.

[Stephen Colbert]

So what are you saying? Effort to caring what people think of you.

[Drew Barrymore]

I don't think I'll ever be able to totally achieve that. But what I have achieved in and the efforts is to realize that it is no longer worth it for me to dislike me.

[Stephen Colbert]

Ooh, I like that.

[Drew Barrymore]

Really?

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, I like that a lot. That gets right to the heart of it. Which brings me to another announcement. I just found out that you made a surprising new best friend.

[Drew Barrymore]

Oh, yes, I did. Yes.

[Stephen Colbert]

And this person is a big celebrity.

[Drew Barrymore]

Oh, yeah, they are.

[Stephen Colbert]

They all know this person, apparently. And you love them. Tell the audience who your new best friend is.

[Drew Barrymore]

Well, now that I said, they're a big celebr.

[Stephen Colbert]

It's me.

[Drew Barrymore]

It's me. I'm my best friend.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes. Drew Barrymore Penn's essay, choosing Love to Love a single life in 50. I want to be my own best friend. What does your best friend do for you?

[Drew Barrymore]

Well, she's nice to me, and I think we all, you know, she's there for you. She's there for me. I don't know. Does anyone else, like, take themselves down and even call themselves names or say, oh, my God, how could you screw that up? Like, you loser, you're a failure at this. Or, God, you should have done that better. Or, how dare you do that? What's wrong with you? These things that you would not speak to other people, you would not speak to a child. But somehow you are fair game. And I'm so sick of it that nothing is worth me talking this way to myself anymore. I'm done.

[Stephen Colbert]

That's it. You did it. That's fantastic.

[Drew Barrymore]

And so if this is what the 50 effets are, then I've waited my whole life to get here because my expectations and my standards for myself are impossible to live up to.

[Stephen Colbert]

Sure. So you're not lowering your expectations for yourself. You're just not killing yourself emotionally if you don't reach them.

[Drew Barrymore]

That's right. Because I think a lot of us feel like we have to push ourselves in order to achieve things. You know, when did like sitting back and just hoping for the best work out so well for any of us? Not a lot sometimes. But we are self generators. We are our motivation, our inspiration and the, you know, we're accountable for how we live our lives and what we accomplish in it. And accomplishment to me, or any definition of success has only to do with if you are at ease in your own body. Like you. The reason I'm my best friend is because I'm what I have in this world now. I think my friends are my first family and I love my children more than anything I've ever known in my life. But I have not been in the mix. It's like I was on the sidelines and it was, you know, I've been a big people pleaser and I think a lot of us are. And I think people pleasing almost gives us an excuse, like it's the other person's fault. Oh God, we're just such people pleasers. This starts and ends with me and this isn't about other people. I have to take responsibility for myself in a solo way. And then I just. This is all new to me. So I'm like a wobbly calf that just got born. But I'm learning to walk, walk. And it feels really good.

[Stephen Colbert]

You look perfectly sturdy. We have to take a quick break. We'll be right back with more Drew Barrymore, everybody.

[Drew Barrymore]

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[Stephen Colbert]

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[Drew Barrymore]

That's right, it does.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay.

[Drew Barrymore]

And we have some fun people coming this week.

[Stephen Colbert]

Who do you have coming?

[Drew Barrymore]

Well, we have Jennifer Aniston, Issa Rae, Katherine Zeta Jones. Catherine Zeta Jones.

[Stephen Colbert]

And Zeta Jones. Both of them?

[Drew Barrymore]

Yeah, both of them. And her husband, Michael Douglas.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow. And Michael Douglas.

[Drew Barrymore]

And Michael Douglas, just to name a few. And then also, funny enough to say in this room, David Letterman.

[Stephen Colbert]

And his beard.

[Drew Barrymore]

Yeah, I mean, I've spent some times here with David Letterman in this room.

[Stephen Colbert]

You have? I'm only mildly insulted that you've never gotten on the desk. All right, so now hold on.

[Drew Barrymore]

All right, so you want me to do a little dance for you?

[Stephen Colbert]

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