Jennifer Garner | Kristi Business

Summary

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The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Episode: Jennifer Garner | Kristi Business
Date: February 17, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode of "The Late Show Pod Show" centers on Stephen Colbert's signature comedic take on the week's political oddities before welcoming beloved actress Jennifer Garner. The conversation covers Presidential holidays, political scandals, party balloons mistaken for cartel drones, and AI nutrition advice, then transitions into a warm, nostalgic, and celebratory interview with Garner. The discussion touches on family adventures, Garner’s business milestone, memories from early careers, and her return in season two of "The Last Thing He Told Me" on Apple TV.

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Monologue & Headlines (02:11–13:38)

President’s Day and Presidential Nostalgia (02:21–03:16)

• Colbert jokes about the evolution of President’s Day from separate holidays for Washington and Lincoln (“I’m a President’s Day originalist. It wasn’t always all presidents…”).
  • Notable quote:

    “They jammed together into what we now call President's Day. But this still does not apply to every single president.” – Stephen Colbert (02:21)

Kristi Noem’s Office Drama (03:20–06:17)

• Colbert lampoons stories about Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s reported jealousy and staff treatment.
• Alleged rivalry with border czar Tom Homan, citing excessive media appearance tracking.
• Colbert riffs on rumors of Noem’s romantic ties with top advisor Corey Lewandowski, their use of a private jet, and the ongoing “boing, oing, oing” joke referencing the airplane manufacturer.
  • Notable quote:

    “That rumor is that the two of them are in a romantic relationship even though they're both married with children. Okay, if that romantic part is true, Corey, a word of warning. Avoid doggy sty, Especially near the gravel pit.” – Stephen Colbert (05:18)

Drone Panic in El Paso: Balloons or Cartel, or... Aliens? (06:18–10:15)

• FAA’s dramatic airspace shutdown in El Paso, Texas, over suspected drones—later revealed to be Mylar party balloons.
• Military-style drone response leads to lampooning bureaucratic confusion and mishandling.
• Colbert segues into Obama’s podcast comments teasing that “aliens are real,” and subsequent denial on social media—suggesting in jest there’s a government cover-up.
  • Notable quote:

    “Obama reveals aliens exist, then goes to a basketball game and suddenly changes his story. Who got to him?” – Stephen Colbert (09:30)

AI Nutrition Goes Off Rails (10:17–13:38)

• Colbert skews the new Health and Human Services website, realfood.gov, where nutrition advice is delivered by Elon Musk’s AI chatbot “Grok.”
• The bot recommends foods that can be comfortably inserted rectally; hilarity follows with riffing on “acetarian” diets and bananas in odd places.
  • Notable quote:

    “The nutrition bot gives advice for the safest foods that can be inserted into your rectum. Are we great again yet?” – Stephen Colbert (11:20)

  • Memorable moment:

    “Of course, to be safe, be sure to serve those with plenty of ranch before you venture into the Hidden Valley.” – Stephen Colbert (12:32)

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Main Guest: Jennifer Garner (15:51–25:26)

Adventuring with Mom & The Northern Lights (16:07–17:22)

• Garner recounts a recent trip to Yellowknife, Canada to see the Northern Lights with her 88-year-old mother:
  • Her mom’s adventurous spirit (all 50 states, all 7 continents).
  • Garner’s appreciation for the experience:

    “It was magical. It really is. The world is so beautiful.” – Jennifer Garner (17:12)

Early NYC Days & Babysitting the Colberts (18:00–19:19)

• Discussing New York’s recent snow day, Garner shares a story of sledding down hills on cookie sheets.
• Nostalgic reveal: Garner babysat Colbert’s eldest daughter when both were guest stars on "Spin City." A story of shared beginnings.
  • Notable quote:

    “They were kind enough to ask my roommate and me to babysit for their gorgeous little one because you–” – Jennifer Garner (18:52)
    “That baby you were feeding is 30 now.” – Stephen Colbert (19:14)

Winter Olympic Cookie Sheet Event (19:33–20:13)

• Colbert jokes about making cookie-sheet sledding into a new Olympic event:

  “You could make that into an Olympic event… go down on the cookie sheet and you have to bake cookies.” – Stephen Colbert (20:01)

Entrepreneurial Milestone: Once Upon a Farm Goes Public (21:25–22:45)

• Garner celebrates her organic kids' food company, Once Upon a Farm, going public.
• Explains the company’s mission:

  “All organic, fresh, non gmo, no extra ingredients no added sugar.” – Jennifer Garner (21:56)

• Garner describes the moment:

  “A lot of the team members brought their babies and kids… it was fun.” – Jennifer Garner (22:33)

Favorite Family Recipes & More Colbert Nostalgia (22:47–23:20)

• Garner’s favorite thing to make for her kids: bread, continuing her family’s Sunday tradition.
• Reminiscing about cooking mac and cheese for Colbert’s daughter.

Season Two of “The Last Thing He Told Me” (23:20–25:17)

• Garner’s excitement returning to the Apple TV series, especially teaming up with friend Judy Greer (from “13 Going on 30” days).
• Discussion of the appeal of “competency porn”—enjoying characters who are exceptionally good at what they do:

  “It’s like what they call competency porn. Where we all love characters who are, like, excellent at their jobs. Like you, Steven, or… lawyers.” – Jennifer Garner (24:12)

• Garner enjoyed playing a character, Hannah, who prepares vigilantly to protect her daughter and now knows “how to throw down.”
• Colbert playfully warns not to google “competency porn” at work.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “So she's [my mom] been to seven continents in 50 states.” – Jennifer Garner (16:51)
• “You could make that into an Olympic event… Like Great British Bake Off or something like that.” – Stephen Colbert (20:01)
• “It just…I felt like it was in a balloon over my own, you know, just watching all of it.” – Jennifer Garner (22:33)
• “Do not use your work computer to look up competency porn.” – Stephen Colbert (25:20)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 02:21 – President’s Day jokes and origins
• 03:20 – Kristi Noem “exposé” and Trump staff humor
• 06:18 – El Paso drone scare: party balloons vs. aliens
• 10:17 – HHS AI chatbot and rectal-nutrition riff
• 15:51 – Jennifer Garner joins the show
• 16:07–17:22 – Northern Lights story with Garner’s mom
• 18:00–19:19 – Babysitting Colbert’s daughter, “Spin City” connection
• 21:25–22:45 – Garner’s Once Upon a Farm IPO experience
• 23:20–25:17 – “Last Thing He Told Me” season two preview, competency porn banter

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Summary Takeaway

This episode offers a perfect blend of Colbert’s topical, irreverent monologue and Jennifer Garner’s wholesome, adventurous spirit. From political jabs to AI absurdity, then pivoting to Garner’s family bonds, career milestones, and heartfelt reflections, the show delivers both laughs and warmth. Garner’s down-to-earth stories—whether about her mom, her business, or her deep Hollywood friendships—shine with humor and heart, making this conversation memorable for fans old and new.

Transcript

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[Stephen Colbert]

Welcome one and all in here, out there, all around the world to the Late Show. I'm your host Stephen Colbert, ladies and gentlemen. Good to see all of y'.

[Jennifer Garner]

All.

[Stephen Colbert]

Been too long.

[Jennifer Garner]

You know.

[Stephen Colbert]

First of all, I'll start off by saying happy President's Day everybody. And I just want to warn you right off the bean here, that does not apply to all presidents. I don't know about you, now I'm running. I'm a President's Day originalist. Okay? It wasn't always all presidents. When I was a kid we had a few presidents birthdays that we celebrated in different days in the winter. And those holidays were eventually merged into one, I believe. Following an accident at the Fermilab particle accelerator, they jammed together into what we now call President's Day. But this still does not apply to every single president. Okay? It is specifically honoring our first president, George Washington, our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, and our 22nd president, Grover T. Queen size.

[Advertiser/Announcer]

All right. Ah.

[Stephen Colbert]

That'S pretty. That's good looking. That's good looking tonight. Speaking of the executive branch, we recently got some new scoops about Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, seen here swearing to fill the lip, the whole lip, and nothing but the lip. Last week, last week, liberal rag the Wall Street Journal published an expose all about Noem. And it's the kind of article that gets published only if everyone who works for you cannot wait to tell a reporter just how awful you are. Here's one instance. The Journal reports that Noem is jealous of Trump's other top immigration henchman, border czar Tom Homan, seen here demanding the Costco lady fill that sample cup to the brim with Kirkland chili. Do it fill. Apparently, you know. You know what I'm talking about. You know what I'm talking about. Apparently, Noem was so worried that Trump would like Homan more than he likes her that she kept track of both their media appearances to make sure that she was on TV more than him, and even routinely berated staff if she saw Homan on tv. I mean, anywhere, including his popular anti immigrant sitcom, Home Improvement. Yeah, yeah, the neighbor was. The neighbor was behind the fence because he was scared of it. While she reportedly doesn't like that MAGA dude, it's rumored that there are some MAGA dudes that she do like and does do. For example, top advisor and disgruntled pencil, Corey Lewandowski. The boos are coming a little late, guys. On the bus or off the bus, but the boo bus is leaving the station. Noem is Cory's boss, and possibly boss with benefits, because that rumor is that the two of them are in a romantic relationship even though they're both married with children. Okay, if that romantic part is true, Cory, a word of warning. Avoid doggy sty, Especially near the gravel pit. You remember it. You remembered. Okay. Adding fuel to the freaky deaky. According to the Wall Street Journal, again, they have lately been using a luxury 737 Max jet with a private cabin in the back. That plane's manufacturer. Boing, oing, oing, oing, oing, boing, boing, oing, oing, oink.

[Advertiser/Announcer]

Boing.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, wow. I didn't make a little side hustle there. Yeah, you know, we've been off for a week and we missed a lot of stories. Like, I got bangs and then I got rid of them. But we also missed some weird ones. Like last Wednesday when the FAA abruptly shut down the airspace over El Paso, Texas. Here's what happened. After seeing what they thought to be a drone flying near the airport, the FAA unilaterally shut down El Paso's airspace, restricting all planes flying below 18,000ft for 10 days. Something that hasn't happened since 9 11. And this was nothing like 9 11. This is El Paso, Texas. And 911 happened where? New York City. Now, understandably, understandably, as you can see there, people were freaking out. But only for a bit, because the restriction was lifted after only eight hours after CBP officials used a laser counter drone weapon to take out the objects that were later identified as party balloons. There's absolutely no excuse for using military grade battle lasers to shoot down party balloons. Unless they are specifically this Elmo. Yes. Which I believe was taken from the Elmo bodies exhibit. So this was a huge misunderstanding. Right? Maybe not. Because Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy released a statement saying the FAA and Department of War acted swiftly to address a cartel drone incursion. Sir, this is far more serious than something from a cartel. This is from a desperate parrot who just spent an afternoon at Party city. Why is one Mylar balloon more expensive than 20 regular ones? And also, how is everything here? Brand new, but also covered in dust. All of it. It's all covered. What is the deal? So here's the thing. Which was it? Party balloons or cartel drones? We may never know. Or may we. Caught that camera by surprise. May we? We may. Because over the weekend, President Obama went on a podcast and dropped this bomb. Are aliens real? The real. That's it. We got aliens. Cool president. President. Cool guy. President Kuhl says so. But of course, Obama tried to backtrack the next day by posting. Let me clarify. I saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us. Really? Boo. What happened to hope, buddy? This is why everyone likes Michelle better. Oh, you've seen the polls. Don't tell me you haven't seen the polling. I know you've seen the polling. Now hear me out, ladies and gentlemen. I smell a big fat cover up. Because Obama posted that clarification yesterday at 5:59pm Eastern when he was at the NBA All Star game. So Obama reveals aliens exist, then goes to a basketball game and suddenly changes his story. Who got to him? Could it be aliens? Because I'm calling it right now. They're making space jam. Three. And I'll tell you this. It's time. One. Yes.

[Advertiser/Announcer]

Two.

[Stephen Colbert]

Three. I know you love it. I'll tell you this much, folks. I would much rather have the aliens take over than artificial intelligence. Case in point. Case in point. Couple of humans left in here. That's good. Case in point. Health and Human Services just launched a new website called realfood.gov. if you go there, you are greeted by milk broccoli steak, followed by a gargantuan head nutritionist, Mike Tyson. So it looks like human ear is back on the menu, boys. On the website. He likes food. On the website, you can ask questions about your diet. Unfortunately, those answers are supplied by AI Specifically, Grok, Elon Musk's AI chatbot, best known for calling itself Mecha Hitler. Always, always a little dicey to get your nutritional advice from Robo fascists. Explains the poor sales of the cookbook. Salt fat acid Himmler.

[Advertiser/Announcer]

One.

[Stephen Colbert]

Thank you. One reporter. Don't. One reporter tested out the HHS's chatbot and made it a surprising discovery. The nutrition bot gives advice for the safest foods that can be inserted into into your rectum. Are we great again yet? One user. Thank you, thank you, thank you. One user actually asked Grok, I only eat foods which can be comfortably inserted into my rectum. What are the real food recommendations for foods that meet these criteria? Ah, a proud acetarian. Stop, stop, Stop it. Stop right there. Let's not encourage these people. It's bad enough at Thanksgiving when your acetarian cousin ruins the meal by complaining, there's nothing here I can fit up my ass. And don't get me started on the butt. Vegans. Fake cheese Feels all wrong. Grok went on to propose healthy choices for the user's butt, recommending a peeled medium cucumber and a small zucchini as the two best choices. Of course, to be safe, be sure to serve those with plenty of ranch before you before you venture into the Hidden Valley. Thank you. This is not only dangerous, but it completely recontextualizes the veggietale series. Oh, no.

[Advertiser/Announcer]

Ow.

[Stephen Colbert]

Now we know why they did so much praying. Grok also listed other top acetarian staples. First tip, no staples. Instead, Grok advised bananas. Firm, not overripe.

[Advertiser/Announcer]

Peeled.

[Stephen Colbert]

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[Stephen Colbert]

I think we should call a doctor, Angie. The one you trust to find the ones you trust. Find pros for all your home [e-mail]. Ladies and gentlemen, my first guest is an actress you know from Alias 13 going on 30 and love Simon. She's back for the second season of the last thing he Told Me.

[Jennifer Garner]

Bailey. Bailey. I'm sorry.

[Advertiser/Announcer]

I have to go.

[Jennifer Garner]

The car's parking back. Let's go. Mom, mom, just start the car. I'll be right.

[Stephen Colbert]

Got a report at a gas leak. Someone named Hannah.

[Jennifer Garner]

Go, go, go.

[Stephen Colbert]

Please. Welcome back to the late show, Jennifer Garner. Hi.

[Jennifer Garner]

Hi.

[Stephen Colbert]

How's. How's it going, Jen?

[Jennifer Garner]

Everything's great. How are you doing?

[Stephen Colbert]

I'm doing great. Lovely to see you.

[Jennifer Garner]

I'm all revved up tonight. I'm very happy to be here.

[Stephen Colbert]

We're all revved up because Jennifer Garner's here. You rang? In the new year in a revved up way. Tell me what's going on. What's going on?

[Jennifer Garner]

Oh, my goodness. This is Yellowknife, Canada, Northwest territories. My mom wanted to see the northern lights, and she is about to be 88. And she is like, she's an adventurer, you know.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, that's lovely.

[Jennifer Garner]

She grew up on this farm in Oklahoma, and they had kind of. They didn't have a whole lot, but they had chickens. And so they collected the eggs. They sold them on the corner. The neighbor who would come by to buy them would drop off Life magazines. And it gave my mom this whole, she's been to 50 states. A few years ago, she said, jennifer, I need to see Antarctica so I can say I've been to seven continents. So she's been to seven continents in 50 states.

[Stephen Colbert]

And.

[Jennifer Garner]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

And so Real sense of adventure.

[Jennifer Garner]

Yeah. And so this, it was, you know, I need to see the northern lights. I said, mom, I have three nights. We have to go straight north. We don't have time for anything. So I said, it might not happen. And she said, well, I guess we better try. So, luckily.

[Stephen Colbert]

What was your impression? I was lucky enough to see him a few years back in Iceland. It's extraordinary.

[Jennifer Garner]

It was magical. It really is. The world is so beautiful. Yes, it is. Yes, yes.

[Stephen Colbert]

It's like painting with watercolors.

[Jennifer Garner]

It was moving. It was gorgeous.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay, you look kind of frosty there. Winter Olympics are going on right now. That's a segue. We call them the basics.

[Jennifer Garner]

Okay, thanks. Good job.

[Stephen Colbert]

So you've got an idea for a new Winter Olympic sport, and I understand we have a clip of you doing the sport here.

[Jennifer Garner]

Oh, my gosh. Here we go. I think she's coming here to get anywhere.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, yeah. So tell me what's going on there?

[Jennifer Garner]

Well, there was a snow day in New York. Wasn't it just the best? Were you guys here? I love it. It reminded me of when I first lived in New York. And you know, you guys may know this or you may not know this, but I babysat for Steven and Evie's eldest daughter. Yeah, I did. Yes. Yeah. Okay. Can I just tell them while I'm here?

[Advertiser/Announcer]

Sure.

[Jennifer Garner]

So we met. We were both guest stars on Spin City in the same episode. And we were like the scrubby guest stars.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes.

[Jennifer Garner]

Yes.

[Stephen Colbert]

Well, you had a two episode guest star.

[Jennifer Garner]

No, no. Hey, it was only one.

[Stephen Colbert]

Only one.

[Jennifer Garner]

And you.

[Stephen Colbert]

I've been jealous all this time. No, I thought you had a two episode arc. I'm like, well, she's got it made.

[Jennifer Garner]

No, no. I would have loved that.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, no, I only had one.

[Jennifer Garner]

Yeah, I had one. Yeah, yeah. And we didn't have that much to do, so we hung out together. And he was like, what are you doing here from West Virginia? And I was like, what are you doing here from South Carolina? So anyway, they were kind enough to ask my roommate and me to babysit for their gorgeous little one because you.

[Stephen Colbert]

Said you needed a job.

[Jennifer Garner]

I did.

[Stephen Colbert]

And I said, well, I have a baby.

[Jennifer Garner]

Yes.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, it worked out.

[Jennifer Garner]

Yeah, it did. Yeah. Yeah. So we go back anyway, I was here. It reminded me of that huge blizzard in 96. Oh, God, we're old.

[Stephen Colbert]

That baby you were feeding is 30 now. Yes. What? She's 30? Yeah.

[Jennifer Garner]

That is so rude. Is she flirty and thriving?

[Stephen Colbert]

For me to mention it was 30 years ago or for her to have grown up. I know. I'll tell her you said so.

[Jennifer Garner]

Is she flirty and thriving?

[Stephen Colbert]

She is.

[Jennifer Garner]

Okay. That's what I care about. Hey, congrats on your album. But anyway. Okay, so I was in Central Park. This is back. This is taking us back in the day. Yeah, in the day of the snow. And Shaun White was there doing flips off of a hill. And everyone was talking. It was like that really fun New York snow day feel. And these cute girls were going down the hill on their cookie sheet. And so they let me have a turn.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow. You could make that into an Olympic event. Like a sort of a biathlete event where you go down on the cookie sheet and you have to bake cookies. Like Great British Bake off or something like that.

[Jennifer Garner]

Yes.

[Stephen Colbert]

Get the judges.

[Jennifer Garner]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

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[Stephen Colbert]

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[Advertiser/Announcer]

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[Stephen Colbert]

Delivery fees may apply. We're back with Jennifer Garner now about a week ago. Okay, this is exciting. Evie. I found out about this, actually, because Evie sent me a text. She sent me a little clip of an article and said, look what Jen did. Oh. Your company, Once Upon a Farm went public. There you are. First of all, tell people what Once Upon a Farm is and then what it was like to do this.

[Jennifer Garner]

So Once Upon a Farm is a kid's baby food. You know, little baby to big kid nutrition. We're out to change the future of food for kids. All organic, fresh, non gmo, no extra ingredients no added sugar. Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

And we got to ring the bell.

[Jennifer Garner]

We got to ring the bell. We have families who trust us with their little babies and kids. It's such an honor, and it's so great for the whole team, and we're just hard at work.

[Stephen Colbert]

That's great.

[Jennifer Garner]

Yeah. Thank you.

[Stephen Colbert]

You give the babies back eventually, right?

[Jennifer Garner]

Yeah, we don't take the babies.

[Stephen Colbert]

What's it like ringing the bell?

[Jennifer Garner]

It just. I felt like it was in a balloon over my own, you know, just watching all of it. And we. A lot of the team members brought their babies and kids, so we kind of. We took over. There were a lot of little ones. It was fun.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow. That must have been.

[Jennifer Garner]

Congratulations. Really special. Thank you.

[Stephen Colbert]

For your mom. Now, what was your favorite thing to make for your kids when they were kids?

[Jennifer Garner]

Well, my mom always made bread on Sundays, so I make. And I make and made a lot of bread.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay.

[Jennifer Garner]

Yeah. So I have one who really loves 10 grain bread or cinnamon bread or just whole wheat bread. Men.

[Stephen Colbert]

Did you make anything for my daughter Maddie back in the day?

[Jennifer Garner]

I definitely made her Mac and cheese. And, like, that's what I made her too. I'm sure Emmy had it pretty dialed in. I'm sure it was all locked down and I heated it up very well.

[Stephen Colbert]

The series. The Last Thing He Told Me is back for season two. Yes. The great Judy Greer is doing it with you. She's lovely.

[Jennifer Garner]

Great Judy Greer.

[Stephen Colbert]

You two first worked together in 13 going on 30.

[Jennifer Garner]

Yes. She's won my oldest bestest.

[Stephen Colbert]

There you go.

[Jennifer Garner]

She's iconic Judy Greer, as we saw.

[Stephen Colbert]

From the clip before you came out here. Is it fun to play a character who's really good at getting away from the bad guys?

[Jennifer Garner]

It is. It's fun to play a character who's good at things because I kind of fumble through.

[Stephen Colbert]

You've done a lot of things.

[Jennifer Garner]

I mean, I do things.

[Stephen Colbert]

Sidney was very good at things.

[Jennifer Garner]

Yes. And that is a really nice feeling to be someone. It's like what they call competency porn. Where have you heard of that? Where we all love characters who are, like, excellent at their jobs. Like you, Steven, or like the Pit or, you know. Yeah. Or like lawyers.

[Stephen Colbert]

It is competency porn.

[Jennifer Garner]

That's classic competency porn. And at the beginning of season two of the Last Thing youg Told Me, you see that my character, Hannah hall has been preparing the Last Thing five years for the danger that will inevitably come her way. And she is going to protect her daughter at all costs in Gowry Rice. And so she's been preparing like crazy. And as it catches up to them, it's just like watching, like, locks fall into place. And it's very. It was very satisfying for me to play. And, you know, I hope because if you had seen me actually play it, you would see that the axe was. That I was using was rubber and bounced off of the tire and bounced and you would see something.

[Stephen Colbert]

I'm glad to hear that, though.

[Jennifer Garner]

Okay.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, I'm glad to hear that.

[Jennifer Garner]

But it's really fun to play and it's a great season. My character learned to fight. Go figure. So sometimes I have to throw down.

[Stephen Colbert]

Sure as you do.

[Jennifer Garner]

I didn't know how to do when I. No, no, no, no, my friend. When I was your babysitter.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, you know. You didn't know how to do it.

[Jennifer Garner]

Yes, I did not know how to do it.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, I never saw you throw a punch.

[Jennifer Garner]

Now I can't.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes.

[Jennifer Garner]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Jen, it's so lovely to see you.

[Jennifer Garner]

So good to see you.

[Stephen Colbert]

I want to warn everyone at home, do not use your work computer to look up competency porn.

[Jennifer Garner]

Yeah. Don't tell your kids. No, don't use that.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wonderful to see you. Season two of the Last Thing He Told Me premieres Friday on Apple tv. Thank you for listening to the Late Show POD show with Stephen Colbert. Just one more thing. If you want to see more of me, come to The Late Show YouTube channel for more clips and exclusives. You could save thousands by refinancing your student loans with Earnest. What does thousands really mean? That could buy 438 unicorn pool floats or a trip to Europe, where you find yourself, but mostly find bread and cheese. Earnest means competitive rates, flexible terms and zero fees. Visit earnest.com today to check your rate in minutes. No credit impact. No catch. Earnest loans are made by Earnest Operations llc. Terms and conditions apply. Refinancing savings may vary.

[Jennifer Garner]

Can you keep a secret, dad?

[Stephen Colbert]

It turns out I hadn't died. Now streaming on Paramount.

[Jennifer Garner]

Plus, the money from your dad's life insurance finally came through.

[Stephen Colbert]

Please, this is Fraud. A new original series.

[Jennifer Garner]

You have to give the money back. What sort of friend blackmails their own mates? We're a crime family. Oh, don't be silly. We're just a bit complicated, like the Beckons.

[Stephen Colbert]

Can you keep a secret? New series now streaming on Paramount Plus.